Otakuism

We’re nearing the end now. The appearance of the actual Sawatari Makoto was a real surprise to me. Though, she looked more like older Mikuru than older Makoto. I’m kind of confused on who she is supposed to be. Yuuichi calls her Sawatari’s older sister, so is she the older girl Yuuichi had a crush on? That would make sense, and I think I remember Yuuichi saying he got the name Makoto from another girl. With all the hints Kyoani was throwin’ around I almost believed she was just fox Makoto reincarnated, though maybe she knew Makoto in some way. I’m really overthinking this too much. She’s a cute girl and I’ll leave it at that.

I have to admit that I really like the Yuuichi/Ayu reunion and goodbye scene. One, the scene was absolutely beautiful with the sunset and then snowstorm. A very nice effect on how the weather increases with the emotion. Ayu’s final wish was expected, but of course Yuuichi couldn’t forget about her. I really wanted him to say ” I can’t fulfill that wish idiot, because I’ll never forget you, ” followed with an ” uguu~ ” from Ayu and then they kissed. So it didn’t exactly go that way, buy Yuuichi did confirm that he won’t forget her and they hugged. Don’t know why they hugged when they kissed a few episodes earlier. Though, I do wonder what Ayu’s final wish was. Probably something suitably romantic. A couple of things I didn’t like: a few shots made Ayu look way too much like a kid. Kind of hard to take Yuuichi seriously when he’s confessing to a girl that looks ten. Also, Ayu should of sprouted angel wings and disappeared into the sky, like the toei series. You have angel Ayu in the OP, so put her in the show. Those are some pretty mild complaints though.

And Nayuki got some tough love beat into her into Kaori and confesses apologizes to Yuuichi and promises to become stronger and ” Fight-o! ” till her power level is over 9000. Or something to that effect. I guess Nayuki’s ” arc, ” if you can call it that, was more about her overcoming her grief instead of any love-love situation with Yuuichi. Too bad. Final episode next week. Time to say goodbye to Kanon. It’s been a fun ride and I’ll be sad to see it done. But then again, looks like I may have a Clannad Kyoani ver. to look forward to.