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Rating: 9.5/10

Impressions:

Oh no, this series will end in two episodes? That’s bad, it should be a 26 episode series…But since it’s been so great from episode one until now, perhaps making it short and sweet is for the better. There’s still quite a bit of resolving to do, and ultimately I still believe that Karada and Shouko will return to normal. Shouko leaving is quite convenient, as I believe she will return to her city and change back to normal there. I can already imagine her waking up in her apartment one day to find herself back in her original body. Same for Karada; she will probably go back to Hiro and revert back to normal. This is sort of hinted every episode by the notion of the series being Shouko’s and Karada’s “story” which happened one summer. If it really is a story which occurred over a summer, it should be safe to assume that everything goes back to normal at the end of summer. But then again, there is always the possibility of them staying the same. I think the whole series is about learning your lesson in life, and getting such a drastic change to your life without reverting back to normal defeats that whole purpose. I’m also very tempted to go read a blog about the last episode, but I think I can resist it for now…

Hiro not doing anything may be surprising to some, but apart from the drastic age change, Asatte no Houkou is very realistic. This is why I’m sure Hiro is actually extremely worried and agitated inside, but just isn’t showing it. And no, believe me, you don’t need acting lessons or anything to keep such a calm face. Humans are born as deceivers (my personal opinion) and acting like nothing happened is very easy. This is also why, people being able to tell when someone else is unhappy, is actually a very anime-only thing. I doubt it’s so easy to tell in real life. Speaking of reality, Karada might be giving al the hints she can to Tetsu that she is the girl he’s looking for, though there’s no way he would ever come to that conclusion without solid visual proof (such as seeing her change back to normal). Even Hiro coming to believe that Shouko’s and Karada’s age changed magically is rather hard to believe; he must be very superstitious. It also looks to me like Karada is going to confess her secret to Tetsu, and he is probably going to believe it. But then again, if no one believed them, the story wouldn’t go anywhere since the beginning, so some things have to be accepted I guess.

Preview:

Next episode – #11
Karada confesses to Tetsu…? (about her age!)

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