So in light of recent events, I decided to watch this series. I seen that it got decent ratings but never was very high on my list to watch. Overall it was a decent anime, a little slow on the uptake (expected of a slice of life anime ) that had a nice strong finish.
So story starts out as you would expect. The anime follows story of the siblings Mirai and Yuuki. I felt the main charaters themselves to be well developed. Probably exactly as someone their age would actually act unlike most animes these days where no one acts as they appear. My huge problem was with the "background" characters. I mean I really don't see people acting so insensitive. General case after a crisis is people still work together and help each other help when their is no "impending" danger. People only act selfish like that when they are in danger themselves.
I guess main thing about the story was the twist. While I was watching I had a slight clue what was happening but it was pretty impact-ful. Contradicting what I was saying earlier, Yuuki was a bit to good to be true. For a little boy, he doesn't seem to throw much tantrums and such. Another thing that I did notice from the begging was his understanding of the "bigger picture" was a bit to good. To understand that your family isn't picture perfect and wanted to fix it is a thought that should never occur at that age. Neither should you be so resiliant to not whine about pain and endure the walk home.
Either way, like any character that becomes to good to be true *cough cough* Mami *cough cough* they are generally slated to have some misfortune. It is what jerks the tears from the viewers the most. Suffice to say, it did get me, I did tear up a bit on the final episode.
I guess I neglected to mention an important character, Mari, the third main character. I mean realistically, yes a person would probably help the kids out seeing them in distress, but the hard part to believe is still prioritizing them over your own child.
In the end, the story had huge impact with the ending and I did enjoy the ending. It was the path leading up to it that felt quite slow and unrealistic at times. ~7.7/10
~Pearz
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