Once you see an
anime's ending, that's the time when you can fully judge it. When something
from an anime's concluding episode carves something in your mind, you just know
that that anime will really just be
something that you will remember for the rest of your life (or so I think).
I really hate being
busy and a really great anime with a great episode comes up. With how Sakamichi no Apollon had been going in the past
couple of episodes, I wouldn't say that this one came in different because it isn't entirely different except for the fact
that this is the concluding episode. As
I always say, Sakamichi no Apollon had
been going pretty fast. When the episode started, I think that it opened with a
already a year or a few months after Sentarou had gone missing. AND by the
second half of the episode, 8yrs had already gone by. I know, it's pretty sad.
In one word, I'm pretty sure everyone has the same thing in mind. This episode
is rushed. Really rushed.
Anyway, seeing Kaoru
act the way he's out of his mind saying that he's happy that Sentarou's gone
isn't really that surprising. Sentarou
always seem more important for him than Ritsuko is. Of course he likes Ritsuko
but everyone do know that friendship goes stronger than romantic relationships.
But that doesn't mean that Ritsuko doesn't mean that
much to him. Of course she does, only Sentarou goes in first because they have
a stronger bond.
The moment the 8yrs
later came in, I wasn't really the most excited to see Kaoru with a long hair,
or Yukika become someone I couldn't even notice or Seiji finally becoming the
idol (or star) he wants himself to be. The 8yrs later was another show off of
Kaoru's melancholic moments until Yurika shows up with a photo with Sentarou.
When that time came in, I just know that we're all going back to real time
drama and I wasn't disappointed.
When Kaoru finally
went to the small island, he asked the residents about Sentarou and it seems
that he's still the same. He causes trouble but everyone seems to see him just
the way Kaoru, Ritsuko and old Tsutomu (Ritsuko's father) does. When I saw the white
cloth at the church, I thought it was going to be Sentarou and it will be the
3rd time that Kaoru will see Sentarou underneath a white cloth sleeping. But
instead of seeing a sleeping Sentarou, he sees a drum set. The best part? No
it's not the last part where they see Ritsuko and the three of them reunites.
For me, the best part was when Kaoru started playing Moanin' at the church's organ (why wasn't this on the
soundtrack!?!?). I was really moved that I just started crying from then until
the series closes with the three's reunion with the OP, Sakamichi no Melody (by
YUKI), playing at the background :D
