Did I cry? Yes. I don't mind admitting to it.
Mostly episode 2.
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After following Kanae through her angst to tell how Takaki how she felt about and her realisation that he could never feel the same way about her, and the final scene where she is curled up on her foton weeping. Heartbreaking.
Episode 3 felt like a punch to the stomach. That hollow shock after the train passed. I kind of lost a bit sympathy for Takaki after the first viewing.
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It was like, 'man get over it, you are hurting everyone around you'. But that is what the this episode is about, finally letting go, acknowledging that they had grown apart for ever and that they would never be together. I think that final realisation hits him at the crossing were he turns away and smiles, this small gesture is something I hadn't noticed before. As if he could now finally move on and that things could now get better.
Tenmon's OST is so simple yet gives the old heartstrings a good thrashing. I don't think the emotional impact for have been the same without it.
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