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Okazaki and Nagisa try and find out what’s happening to Fuko when everyone starts forgetting about her and is unable to see her.

Impressions:

This episode was great, and it’s almost a bit hard to explain why. There weren’t any huge developments in this episode, no big events or revelations. They had already established that Fuko was disappearing from people’s memories and sights, and really this episode didn’t offer anything new, however it was still very interesting to watch and although its not like it had any incredibly sad moments that would make you cry, it almost seemed like the whole episode was just one continuous long sad moment. They just kept showing what a tragic situation Fuko was in, showing all the close friends forgetting her, essentially showing that her existence and purpose are meaningless, it was very interesting to watch, it was almost hard because they’ve done such a great job with the character that at this point I really felt for her. Although she was really a huge joke, her personality and the things she did were mainly focused on comedy, the fact that she was disappearing from everyone’s mind was very sad to watch.

I really almost fear the conclusion to Fuko’s arc. It doesn’t look like it will be going in a happy direction. It really seems like she’s going to eventually disappear form at least Okazaki’s mind, and maybe Nagisa’s. I can just see the ending now where they forget her but have some kind of memory of her, not as a person or what she did but this strange feeling that they get especially when looking at the star. I’m sure that in the game if you don’t choose her path that is exactly how it ends, her never coming back and having it be sad, but since this is the anime they could always do what they did with Kanon and turn the sad arcs of the girls who didn’t “win” into happy endings somehow, so who knows, she could essentially pull an Ayu and come out of her coma, still I’m really looking forward to how it ends.