I don't know if it's
just me but I get the feeling that Sakamichi no
Apollon just got a little faster these past couple of episodes. The
pacing had quicken a bit and although I feel what's happening, with a lot of
things going on in one episode, I'd say that it isn't really that good.
With one more
episode to go, I have no idea how this story will wrap up but I have to admit
that I was pretty disappointed how things just turned out this episode. Like I
said, it was rather fast paced compared to the previous ones but it's no doubt
that it moved me really well. I thought that Sentarou's issues with his father
will be the final drama this series will go through but it seems that it was
just a simple opening and an attempt to make everyone think of it that way.
With the way this episode ended, I was pretty surprised with what happened,
with what Sentarou did.
Probably the best
part of this episode was when Ritsuko sings My
Favorite Things. I've been listening to that song from the soundtrack a
lot because it gives off a really comforting feeling. It was really fun to see
the three of them have the time of their lives and saying their favorite things. I was really looking
forward to their performance at their final school festival. Who would have
thought that something terrible would happen? The accident that Sentarou went
through probably surprised everyone but suddenly knowing that Sachiko will be
the one being on the critical condition surprised me the most. AND thus
Sentarou's breakdown begins. I don't blame him for being like that. Sometimes I
feel disappointed and hate myself as well. Of course I don't run away because
I'm scared to stay away from my comfort zone. For Sentarou's position, it seems
that he has always gone through more things that we can all just imagine to
make himself feel that he is unneeded and only cause pain and such. It's
adolescent problems, I know. And I'm pretty sure that by the final episode,
Sentarou will see some light and we'll all see that happy ending in some pretty
tear jerking kind of way.
Looking at Sakamichi no Apollon now, it is a very moving
anime with a very good combination of its characters that are very easy to
sympathize with, that very beautiful OST by Yoko Kanno and the really great
atmosphere done by the collaboration of Tezuka Productions and MAPPA which fits
the setting of the story very well. It started very well with each episode
getting better than the previous and cliffhangers really make you look forward
to it every week. The romance is done very well from Kaoru's feelings towards
Ritsuko to Sentarou's one sided crush on Yurika to Ritsuko's development from
Sentarou to Kaoru. This would have been a pretty outstanding anime until its
recent episodes which had been pretty fast paced and feels quite rush with one
thing happening after another. Either way, I'd like to see the final episode
and really judge this series(:
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