Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

[Kraco]

I guess at the end of the episode Yuuki was just about to tell Mirai that he's already dead and Mirai will need to let go. Mirai seems to be a bit too levelheaded to believe in delucions too long as her fabricated reality was already cracking with memories of Yuuki's death. It remains to be seen how she will actually deal with the knowledge once it hits and she can no more escapa the inevitable.

Of course the biggest question of whether her parents still live remains. But I reckon they do, seeing how Hina and the grandma were still living as well. Yuuki will likely be the only sacrifice. Although I'm fully prepared to be proven wrong as well.

I wonder if Mari will leave Hina and her mom behind to catch up with Mirai. In a certain sense it would be reasonable since there's no reason why the little girl couldn't survive in such a controlled environment and with the knowledge her mom is well. However, there's no guarantee Mirai will make it all alone out there. The soldier probably thought she knows exactly where she's going and will be well over there.

[Pandadice]

I guess at the end of the episode Yuuki was just about to tell Mirai that he's already dead and Mirai will need to let go. Mirai seems to be a bit too levelheaded to believe in delucions too long as her fabricated reality was already cracking with memories of Yuuki's death. It remains to be seen how she will actually deal with the knowledge once it hits and she can no more escapa the inevitable.

yeah, i got that same feeling as he started speaking and then it cut to the ED. i thought she was gonna realize it when she had the flashbacks to the hospital, and then saw Mari's face.. but i think she's trying to ignore it, and so the subconscious illusion Yuuki is gonna have to come right out and tell her.

[Kraco]

That's actually quite a believable way for it to happen: Normally realising Yuuki is dead is something she doesn't want to acknowledge and thus will fight against it, like happened in the hospital. However, Yuuki is a projection of a sort and while it's not the real Yuuki anymore, it still should have a degree of increased freedom compared to Mirai's normal thought processes. So, the imagined Yuuki could say things Mirai doesn't want to hear but still knows to be true. Kind of like externalising it so that she doesn't need to say it first herself.

[animus]

Near the end I was thinking plot hole; Yuuki's carrying a backpack! But it seems they aren't that careless. Also, I've been trying to listen to foot steps in some scenes where it's just the two of them. Sometimes I can hear just a pair, sometimes I hear two.

[David75]

Near the end I was thinking plot hole; Yuuki's carrying a backpack! But it seems they aren't that careless. Also, I've been trying to listen to foot steps in some scenes where it's just the two of them. Sometimes I can hear just a pair, sometimes I hear two.

Tried the same thing, regarding footsteps. I tried camera angles too.
But I guess Mari's last words of the ep are an indication Yuuki really isn't there.

[Buffalobiian]

I didn't pay close attention to the camera angles, but I noticed they were well done enough that when someone is talking to Mirai, Yuuki is often not visible. Of course, no one took any notice of him neither.

The Hina/Mari reunion scene made my eyes warm/hot. It was especially powerful knowing that Mirai and Yuuki will never get theirs.

They've all but established a pairing last time between Kento and Mirai, and after this episode, I'm positive it'll take place after a flashback, along with Mirai becoming a "robotaku".

[Kraco]

They've all but established a pairing last time between Kento and Mirai, and after this episode, I'm positive it'll take place after a flashback, along with Mirai becoming a "robotaku".

I'd definitely agree - if this series wasn't making realism its strong point. In any fancier story they would certainly meet again, but if we considered these real events, the likelyhood would speak against it, especially in a city as big as Tokyo. I wouldn't be so sure Mirai will become a robotaku either, with Yuuki dead. Had Yuuki been left alive, they might have met in the next robot exhibition.

[shinta|hikari]

Mirai might inherit some of her younger brother's hobbies as a reaction to his death. It can be a form of adjustment, or a way of remembering him in the future. Maybe then the robotaku Kento ending is possible.

[Buffalobiian]

Mirai might inherit some of her younger brother's hobbies as a reaction to his death. It can be a form of adjustment, or a way of remembering him in the future. Maybe then the robotaku Kento ending is possible.

That's the ending I envisioned. They spent quite some time establishing Yuuki's love for robots, why he loves them, how they can save people and all right before he died. At the same time, they showed how Mirai had no future aspirations whatsoever. Only now has she decided to play her "sister" role properly, albeit too late.

Taking on Yuuki's dream as her own is like living her brother's life for him, fulfilling the dream that he couldn't.

[MFauli]

Taking on Yuuki's dream as her own is like living her brother's life for him, fulfilling the dream that he couldn't.

Yeah, and by pairing Mirai with Kento they let Mirai live her brother´s yaoi-dreams....eh, wut :/

[Pandadice]

i just thought it was his dehydration/heatstroke.

awman, i can definitely see what you guys are talking about for an ending. we've only got 2 more episodes D:

[Kraco]

Impending aftershocks:

Episode 10 - BSS




Edit: Hmm... While I can understand why they would spend a whole episode to make Mirai understand Yuuki has boarded Charon's ferry already, but it felt a bit stretched. I reckon mainly because it was so blatantly obvious already way before this episode he is indeed dead.

On the other hand, with the end approaching and families more or less getting reconnected, it was to be expected no other adventures would anymore take undue screentime.

[MFauli]

Poor Itsuki has to be there when Mirai´s break down will happen

I seriously cannot see this series ending with a happy end.

[Buffalobiian]

I'm still waiting for Mari to come with the explanation. They hinted Crush Syndrome before, but Yuuki had nothing like it, so I'm expecting something else. The writer even said themselves that they're aiming for realism after all.

[Pandadice]

just watched it.

yeha, it did seems like a lot after already knwoing he was dead.. but i still liked the episode. man, at the end when he's like "I'm dead", i was expecting him to say it that bluntly at the beginning, but he avoided it, so i was like "well thats dumb" but then he said it and i was like daang.

it really does suck for Itsuki.. sitting there picking up on her insanity, and seeing her talk like that.. i think its esspecially hard now that she told him he was alive, and they looked for him, only for her to be like "oh yeah, i guess he did die"..

man i loved the animation in this episode. maybe it's been this good all along and i just hadn't really been paying attention. or maybe it's cause i just watched a 2003 series that was 640x480 and looked pretty bad on my monitor.. i think after watching that, and then opening up this episode in 720p.. it just looked amazing.

[Kraco]

The truth will set you sad:

Episode 11 Final - BSS

[Pandadice]

well, it was okay.

i don't think it went far enough, and developed their post-earthquake outlook/lifestyle enough :\

it was an acceptable ending to a good series.

[Kraco]

Quite a moving last episode, at least for me. Much sadder moments than in the previous episodes where Mirai hadn't yet realised Yuuki has died. But sad in a good way (not bitter), which is exactly like I prefer it. Happy endings and endings like this are my favorites.

I think this series succeeded finely. This episode left me under an impression Yuuki might have died due to a head trauma, which would make sense to me. That being more or less the only open question all in all I don't feel like anything crucial was left unexplained (that required to be explained in the first place in a realistic series like this, where you can't expect the characters to know everything).

[RyougaZell]

Since they never came out and said it plainly... I think Kraco's suggestion is the correct one. Head trauma. Probably ever since the earthquake he had internal bleeding or something. Which would explain how fast he died after collapsing.

[animus]

Man, I cried during that hospital scene. I have an older sister, so it kinda pains me if I was the one in that position.

This was a good series. I was fully expecting a standard ending with everyone arriving home with everyone intact. The childhood snaps of Yuuki and Mirai over the years were pretty heart wrenching.