ef ~ a tale of memories: Episode 7
Rating: 9.5/10
Impressions:
Omfg…If I have to compare Hiro’s story with School Days, it is easy to think of School Days as an extremely shallow, badly versed and scripted piece of crap. Renji’s story makes me jumpy, but the second half, which artistically illustrates the day that she’s stood up (as well as the 90+ missed calls—was it 90?), is just so shockingly good, I can’t get over it. To be honest, in some ways, the white background with text and Miyako’s voice…that’s probably one of the sadder scenes I’ve seen in any anime (though I still regard Air’s final scenes as the saddest). Purely objectively, this is certainly my favourite show of the season. But…I still remain faithful to Shakugan no Shana.
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it was 99 lol.
The first half of the episode was ok, but the second half blew me away. it was incredible.
Until this episode I was more interested chihiro’s story than the love triangle, but after the episode, I was just as interested in the love triangle. at first, I thought that Miyako was just another side character, but seeing her past really made her much more interesting and I didn’t know who I want to end up with Hiro anymore.
This episode really took the series to another level. to an EPIC level
Furuba: yeah I found out afterwards lol
arcanes: so you like Kei, eh? I find Miyako’s personality a lot more refreshing
Oh do get serious now. Shana is nothing like the ef, it’s flat and unconvincing, the characters are retards. The second season is even worse than the first one. Why the loyalty? What did she do to earn your loyalty? You don’t have to.
I’m afraid, Author, that I can’t really do that. Shana herself is what made me fall in love with the show. It was also one of the first show of the genre that I saw, so I never found it unoriginal or cliched in any way. I’ll admit that ef is a lot better than Shana, though it’s not like I’m going to place ef above shana on my list of favourite animes.
Another factor for my placing shana so high is the level of my eagerness to watch the following episode. ef doesn’t do that, despite my recognization of its awesomeness. shana, on the other hand, makes me desperate to see more after finishing each episode. It’s just like that. Sometimes, there are things you just like, and there’s no real good reason for it.
By the way though, is my opinion so important that you need to convince me otherwise?
Visually, this was definitely one of my favourite episodes, the story was good as well though. I also agree with the white background and the text appearing as she speaks to be a really sad scene, but I also thought of it as something really intense.
I thought that the second half of this episode was F****** INCREBIDLE! It was so intense, filled with so many emotions…In comparison to this, School Days is not just a piece of crap, it’s something inexistent for me now(I wish I never watched it)…
And the directing, the animation, the angles…this anime amuzes me to no end. Just incredibly awesome.