Kimi ga Nozomu Eien ~Next Season~ (OVA Series) - General Discussion

[Jin Kizuite]

Dude that can't be good, she hit her head on the table and then hit the floor. OH NOES ITS NOT GONNA END GOOD!!! *goes crazy*

[ranchan13]

Originally Posted by kanedazero

I completely agree, which is why I refuse to watch this remake. Oh well, to each their own.

I thought the Mitsuki ending was horrible, I mean come on, he chose a bitch, and on top of that a woman who cheated on him with his best friend. I actually LIKED Mitsuki for most of the series until she cheated on Takayuki.

Still, I always hoped he'd end up with Haruka, I'm rather liking the new OVA for that

[SidVicious]

Looks like there will be no delays this time.

http://www.kiminozo.jp/dvd/

[BetoJR]

Originally Posted by ranchan13

I thought the Mitsuki ending was horrible, I mean come on, he chose a bitch, and on top of that a woman who cheated on him with his best friend.

Right, like he didn't cheat on her, as well, with the convalescing Haruka. Face it, there are no easy ways out of that situation... for me, at least, the original will always be the proper resolution.

[cbatty]

Originally Posted by BetoJR

Right, like he didn't cheat on her, as well, with the convalescing Haruka. Face it, there are no easy ways out of that situation... for me, at least, the original will always be the proper resolution.

I agree... for me, this is a "what if" scenario. Although the alternate route does make for a good story.

[NaweG]

Originally Posted by SidVicious

Looks like there will be no delays this time.

http://www.kiminozo.jp/dvd/

And yet, here it is January...

[DarkCntry]

Originally Posted by NaweG

And yet, here it is January...

And it has been out for quite a while now

[NaweG]

Originally Posted by DarkCntry

And it has been out for quite a while now

Really? I haven't seen it in "the normal places", and I certainly haven't seen any discussion on here about it. Or was it just THAT bad?

[BetoJR]

This discussion, you mean?

[NaweG]

Thank you for that pointer! Silly me would have expected to see something in here, not realizing the OVAs also had episode threads.

Makes me real glad I asked the question, especially after seeing the link at the end of that thread!

[willyvereb]

Originally Posted by ranchan13

I thought the Mitsuki ending was horrible, I mean come on, he chose a bitch, and on top of that a woman who cheated on him with his best friend. I actually LIKED Mitsuki for most of the series until she cheated on Takayuki.

Still, I always hoped he'd end up with Haruka, I'm rather liking the new OVA for that

Because you only see someone's mere actions...not the tough behind it and not the situation she's in. She had almost gave up her life...she's seriousl needed love to just survive(no matter how short and fake it is)
Many ppl said that they chose haruka because she did NOTHING wrong...yeah she clearly did nothing so natural that she did nothing wrong but nothing good either.
If you do something then there's a chance that you do a mistake.

back to the topic:
I found that a bit to lemonade at the first "episode". Then more cruel than the tv series(because they did nothing to Mitsuki just leave her be...let her healing to the time...i've realy waited for a Shinji x Mitsuki end just to ease her pain). The Takayuki in the series and in the OVA were two other persons(even if it not considerably different), but it's good to be because if he remained the same then he chosed Mitsuki at the end...
It's just an OVA that devoted to show Haruka's pain a bit more and gave some of the angry fans a "good ending".

[H23]

just finished it - I still definitely would pick the original ending over this OVA.. simply because the original ending is the most realistic out of the two

[npal]

Realistically, Takayuki would have just dropped Mitsuki after she had sex with Shinji really, and possibly stay with Haruka at best, alone at worse. Can't see how realistic Mitsuki's ending is, unless realistic came to mean "it sucks and it's stupid" at some point, but I wasn't aware of such a definition change.

[BetoJR]

Try to pick your opinion over others, much?
You seem to forget Takayuki's actions toward the convalescent Haruka, before Mitsuki cheated on him, don't you? I mean, sure, let's blame only Mitsuki for the hell of it. It's not like she was mentally unstable, after being ignored for so long... Let's just stick it to her, shall we?

[npal]

LOL, when you flirt with someone and your gf runs to get it going with your best friend, DO come back and support Mitsuki afterwards

Also, you missed the point. I was mainly aiming at the "realistic" part. Calling Mitsuki's ending more realistic is a bad joke. Less cheesy maybe, but more realistic, no way.

[BetoJR]

As for your first point, I already do. No need to get more personal than this, I think.
Also, we can call what Takayuki did to Haruka in the hospital bed something more than mere flirting, can't we?

And I still find the original series' ending more realistic. The guy was shown to care for Mitsuki first. Whatever problems they faced after Haruka's accident was brought upon by their personal burdens and they finally managed to overcome them, somewhat (with Haruka's help, no less). I do find it more believable than what we got with this OVA, but your mileage may vary.

[DarkCntry]

It's so nice to see that the hang-ups on this show are still the same for people...

[BetoJR]

My excuse is that I only saw the original last year. What's yours?

[willyvereb]

Originally Posted by npal

LOL, when you flirt with someone and your gf runs to get it going with your best friend, DO come back and support Mitsuki afterwards

Also, you missed the point. I was mainly aiming at the "realistic" part. Calling Mitsuki's ending more realistic is a bad joke. Less cheesy maybe, but more realistic, no way.

True, because in the most cases it didn't takes a year to have a new girlfriend and start everything over with her...and the most ppl didn't overweight a relationship of only one month!

So yeah somewhat it was not realistic...because the reality much more heartless...I think in the most cases he have just forgotten by the time his previous girlfriend awakens.
Perhaps if the girl you hook up with next is the previous's best friend...then maybe not. But the confusion like that surely don't happens.

As Akane said in the series: "Being too nice can be hurt too."
Takayuki was too nice and toughtfull with everyone. That's why he caused that much suffering(+being uncertain with the feelings of himself). Funny but true.

[4Tran]

Finishing up the OVA series only makes me appreciate the original all the more. I felt that this rendition was weaker for a couple of key reasons. The first is that Haruka's story isn't all that compelling - it lacks a lot of the drama (melodrama) that characterized the original, and that Takayuki is simply too accomodating. I'm supposed to be watching him blunder about as Bakayuki .

The other, perhaps more key difference is that the direction here is much more mundane than the wonderful direction of the original. Looking back, the actual story of Kiminozo isn't all that spectacular. But it's still among my favorites because of the way the different elements gelled together. This mostly worked by internalizing all of the conflicts and displaying them largely through non-verbal cues. This isn't as strong in the OVAs, and I think that it detracted a lot from the overall effect. In the end, it's still a worthy series, but it's nowhere nearly as powerful as its predecessor.