Felt like it fell pretty short in that last episode.
Yep. Extremely disappointing end to an otherwise great show. After all the poignant moments and emotional highs of early episodes, "and then things were just normal and ok, there was some further character growth in montage form, and Kano and Mahiru's obsession with one another fizzled out without ever actually being addressed" was an extremely flat ending.
Another win for cynicism and never daring to expect anything good from an anime series, no matter how promising it may look to begin with.
It felt like everything was really crammed in there while at the same time missing a bunch stuff, just to build up tension with no real payoff.
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Like Mahiru gets Jellee signed on and then there's no communication building up to the show? Kano's just going in blind? And idk how idol shows work, but shouldn't she have been the opener? Really thought they were gonna kiss after the show and then nothing.
Yeah, the whole story just sort of fell apart completely there, losing any sort of drama. Kano and Mahiru just going completely radio silent on each other after their fight even as they just sort of got over it on their own was just so narratively empty and unsatisfying. There was no conflict resolved with the climax, nor was there any real character growth. Kano just sort of got cheered up a bit, did a show, and that was that.
It's just so disappointing, both in narrative quality and lack of acknowledgement for LGBT themes.
