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Oh boy I (finally) finished Angel Beats! You know, it’s a terrible idea to watch this in the library. It’s hard to hold back those tears when there are people around.
SPOILERS
During the graduation scene, I realized that maybe the reason why I enjoy watching anime a lot lately is because it often focuses on people in their last years of high school. The Coronavirus pandemic kind of took that away from me, so I didn’t get to experience a graduation like most people have.
At the time, I didn’t really think about it. I thought it didn’t matter much but maybe it does.
Anyway, there are worse things in the world so I don’t want to dwell on it too much. Maybe it’s just media’s fault for romanticizing high school life :P I tend to guard myself from thoughts like that but alas, I too have emotions.
The end credits scene made a lot more sense to me now, and I really like that feeling of anticipation on whether Otonashi decided to stay or not. I think Hiroshi Kamiya’s delivery of the line “Kanade!!!” will forever be ingrained in my head.
By the way, the ending reminded me of this video. It’s way too accurate lol
Anyway, this week I’m watching Genius Party and Ghost in the Shell.