Comments on: Kanon Remake - 18

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:55:25 +0000

Additional point: The positioning of Yuuichi’s hands whilst he is wearing Shiori’s shawl in the next episode preview would seem to indicate that he is praying; the logical conclusion if such is the case is that Shiori is not dead, but rather is fighting for her life (perhaps hospitalised?).

Jun’s facial expression when saying ‘Shiori-chan’ is additionally not consistent with the manner in which you’d expect him to act if Shiori had actually died; as far as we know, he hasn’t been informed of Shiori’s illness, yet he doesn’t appear shocked. Perhaps Shiori’s just been admitted to hospital for a difficult operation; this would explain the concrete birthday deadline.

By: Tim

Tim — Wed, 07 Feb 2007 00:49:04 +0000

Her survival would be consistent with the structure of her story so far and Kanon’s take on miracles; I would be very surprised if KyoAni killed her off. Kanon is about miracles happening when there is a sufficient desire for them, or when a price has been paid for them, and Shiori’s story is fundamentally about the process whereby Shiori gains the desire for that miracle, going from a state of apathy and depression to admitting to wanting more out of life. I would be very, very surprised if Shiori did not survive.

By: Nanami Kamimura

Nanami Kamimura — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:15:32 +0000

Like I said in Omni’s entry about the episode, this one just gave us a wait-and-see stance. But like I said, I am hoping that very slim chance Shiori will live. But if she doens’t, then “que sera sera.” Nice analysis on the story though, considering you both followed the two versions.

By: Ronny

Ronny — Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:07:44 +0000

I might up eating my words after saying this, but in this episode you saw Shiori doing the Mole Whacking game again, but now getting a score of 5, with Kyuuichi looking suprised. I saw that as a “Shiori starts to actually fight to stay alive” or “on the way to recovery” hint, may just be wishful thinking though, but KyoAni does slap hints here and there in one’s face.

In the preview though, Kitagawa is the one who mentions Shiori with a rather absent or sad face and quiet tone.. so that has me worried a bit. Same goes for the scene with the scarf you mentioned, but I also have the feeling that he went looking for her and found the scarf.. and took his conclusion.

Speculation, speculation.