Location: On the whole, I'd rather be in Kyoto ...
Age: 66
I feel more at ease now... (someone patted my head figuratively). But if I thought I liked Mai before just from the TOEI version -- I seriously worship the imaginary little toon now She's just glorious ...
I'm going to have to agree with parvu here and say that Mai is not dead. You could see her start to wake up, and I'm pretty sure I heard the young Mai say "Don't worry, she won't die." Of course, this is only coming from what I could understand from the raw, so maybe I misheard it.
Anyway, this episode definitely deserves a 10 from me. All the loose ends were tied up nicely, and the animation quality was incredible. The cloud and grass effects were like nothing I've ever seen (which only goes to show that KyoAni has talented animators on the team), even though this is their first 24-episode series. Looks like the budget taken from the other episodes were well spent in this one.
I had high expectation for this episode as Mai's story is IMO the best out of Kanon.
Un forturnately Mai suffered the same treatment as Sayuri- everything went by too fast! KyoAni got all the main points across, but since they have to skimp through the whole flashback scene in 10 minutes. KyoAni didn't (or couldn't) let the mood to built up :/
Which is unforturnate because the tragdy-mood feeling is the strong point for Mai's arc.
But one has to compliment KyoAni's ability. Rushed as this episode may be, it contains everything you need to understand Mai's arc.
Back to the story, did KyoAni change Mai's ability? I seem to recall that Mai's ability is not revival- her ability can merely imitate the person she wants to see. It has been a long time since I played the game...
But yeah Mai is not dead...
If you play the game, you will know who good/lucky Yuuichi gets after this scene
Spoiler for game ending:
At the graduation ceremony, he decided to live together with Mai, who "woke up from the dream" and (mentally)revert back to when she was small, and Sayuri, who promised to take care of Mai for the rest of her life. And the three of them live happily forever after.
the stargaze continues....
Anyway, we got a pleasent surprise from the perview- Nayuki and Shiori's arcs together! Interesting...
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Looked at the previews, and I have to say it looks pretty good. If anything, I'm looking forward to the animated effects from the fighting for the action segments, and the tearjerker parts from Mai's past.
Of course, the preview screenies can be somewhat misleading, so I'll base comments on assumptions before I finally get my hands on the episode.
The whole thing where they were using her power and showing it off to everyone... and then her house was attacked by freaked out people. :/ Quite sad.
I don't think she dies because Yuuichi tells her to wake up when the sun comes up, and she makes a noise. That plus there is no blood on the sword... which I found very odd.
I'd love to see how the president would react when he comes to school and finds holes in the walls and ceiling that the demon made while pushing Yuuichi around the school... The president would probably pop a blood vessel and blame everything on Mai.
Unless Kuze wants a bloodbath on the scale of Elfen Lied, he will do well not to push Mai's buttons. Sigh... I so badly wanted Mai and/or Sayuri to smackdown Kuze really good.
Mai does have a little similarity to S.Haruhi, but she's far more aware of what she could do, unlike Haruhi who has absolutely no idea about it.
I would like to see the other characters, namely Amano and Sayuri, as well as Mai to maintain a continuous presence as we move onto the other arcs. Kyuichi spewing out his woes to them would be something nice to see...
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It would be enough for the depressing things in life to only exist in reality.
It is because that I think the birth of a story... is from people dreaming of a happy ending. ~Misaka Shiori
I don't think she dies because Yuuichi tells her to wake up when the sun comes up, and she makes a noise. That plus there is no blood on the sword... which I found very odd.
Spoiler:
Mai's last piece of power, "hope", (represented as little Mai) healed her wound. So no, Mai is not dead.
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Her power is to make anything true just by wishing it so, eh?
In that case, she could well be the original Suzumiya Haruhi.
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They do share some common points, actually. The demons are created by Mai's own power, just like the shinjins are created by Haruhi's power. And both are created out of their owner's negative mindsets.
Anyway, I think they managed to make a great episode focused primarily on the final fight. The episode began to feel like it's rushing a little near the end, but that's probably because they had to pack quite a bit of information into the latter half of the episode.
Spoiler for minor issue:
Watching the anime like this, the fact that Yuuichi happens to keep getting involved with girls he came across as a kid gives off somewhat of a "pushy" or "convenient" feel.
In the game, this wasn't a problem, since the scenarios were separate from each other... I guess this is one problem that occurs when you try to stitch multiple game scenarios together into one anime.
For game fans who already know the whole story, this is probably not a problem though.
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Anyway, we got a pleasent surprise from the perview- Nayuki and Shiori's arcs together! Interesting...
I don't mean to be pushy, but is there a possibility that someone could translate the site linked to by Sushi-Y for the non-Japanese speakers here (like me).
I tried an auto-translate site (which gave me the usual gibberish), but this possibility of original story intrigues me (not sure if its in a positive or negative way yet though).
I don't mean to be pushy, but is there a possibility that someone could translate the site linked to by Sushi-Y for the non-Japanese speakers here (like me).
I tried an auto-translate site (which gave me the usual gibberish), but this possibility of original story intrigues me (not sure if its in a positive or negative way yet though).
I figured someone might ask, so I was going to edit it with a quick translation, but I guess I'll do it here:
Spoiler for quick translation of ep.16-19 preview from Newtype:
Episode 16: Nayuki's mother, Akiko, has fallen ill to a cold. Although Ayu says she will watch after Akiko, Yuuichi is worried since Ayu can't even do housework properly. After being taught by Nayuki, Ayu makes mixed rice soup for the first time. A warm rice soup filled with grateful feelings for Akiko...
Episode 17: Yuuichi's shocked at the truth he heard from Kaori, and was unable to get it out of his mind even after returning home. The next morning, despite Ayu being concerned for him, Yuuichi walks down the street with many thoughts in his head, and meets Shiori at the park.
Episode 18: After he began to actively spend his time together with Shiori, Yuuichi planned to hold a humble party for her birthday. Shiori is surprised but happy. Yuuichi invites Ayu, Nayuki, and Kitakawa to the party.
Episode 19: Yuuichi goes to the track-and-field team's competition event with Akiko, Ayu, Kitakawa and others to cheer for Nayuki, who is participating.
Thank you. It certainly sounds...interesting...but I guess the execution will have to be seen before any real judgement can be levied. The series thus far has been very true to the game from most accounts, so this surprises me, assuming that the previews posted are fully accurate.
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She's just glorious ...
Sigh... I so badly wanted Mai and/or Sayuri to smackdown Kuze really good.
