i really like what u said about kei and miyako (both are good people)
i thought what they did was pretty realistic
very good =D

The only thing I don’t agree with which I have heard so many times and not just here is when people say that Miyako ‘took’ Hirino away I know they don’t mean it literally but I don’t think its true nobody can be taken unless they want to so if Miyako did ‘take’ him it’s because Hirino wanted her too.
Also even Miyako said she was being selfish I don’t think she was intentionally being selfish to spite Kei.

Even though I dont think Kei was bad she still wasn’t my favourite, this type of love traingle situation is classical in anime where a theres a childhood friend like who has always loved the boy but then he meets someone new and the girl feels like shes losing him and refuses to give them up.
I although I can sympathise and understand the feelings of characters like kei I never like the way they feel like they deserved to be with the boy just because they’ve known them longer.
Also even though kei has been with him since childhood she nver told him her feelings due to the guilt she felt from the accident with chihiro thats understandable but at same time you can’t go on without making your feelings clear especially if you love someone and not expect them to find someone else I think if you truly love someone you should find it in yourself to be for them even they love and find happiness with someone else.

My rant is over!
As you can see the fact that I flet so much for these charcters mean the creators did a good job, I just hope everyone gets a happy ending. (including Kei!)

On the Kei topic. Of course not all that happy about some things she did along the road. When it came to someone getting closer to Hiro she would react quickly and sometimes in ways you just wouldn’t condone. With Chihiro she dragged him off and a sad twist of fate got Chihiro into that situation because of it. Carrying that guilt she wouldn’t make her move and yet when someone else came in again she couldn’t help herself from striking out at them. Kei was suffering and trying to handle all of it. Feeling bad and responsible for Chihiro and yet not bieng able to move forward in her relationship, it’s rough. Sometimes you can’t forgive some actions, but you can understand them and accept that none of these characters are perfect.

Never thought the alls fair quote sat right. After all we wouldn’t condone biological weapons or nuking a third world nation, so all isn’t really fair. So maybe I went overboard on that, but some sayings just don’t sit with me. Long as you win it doesn’t matter who gets hurt along the way and I just can’t accept that. As we saw choices had ramifications. Both girls did things because they didn’t want to lose someone who was important to them. Miyako admitted she knew that was she did at times wasn’t right and it was hurting Kei. While Kei never said anything, I’d hope she knew the pain she inflicted as well.

Anyways do hope Kei finds her happiness down the road. She did finally get to say everything that was hidden in her heart about Hiro and that’s a good thing. Kei is a strong person and will be able to move forward from this point. If Kyosuke is done beating Hiro then maybe he can do something once she’s had time to recover.

So thought I might comment on the other side now that Kei has been discussed. Hiro finally dealt with everything he needed to. Sitting on the half-way point on a few things couldn’t continue. If he was going to write manga that’s what he should do. Does no one good to somewhat handle school and put his wrist under more stress by doing that and then manga. Hopefully his career is a bright one and that works out fine.

Making the key choice in regards to the people he cares about. Of course finally got everything into the open with Kei. But also addressing Miyako. The countdown at first was annoying (I call the beeping, distracting me). But soon you got really engrossed as they let out all hte serious topics and cleared everything. Her own trauma of the past having to be settled. Finally she has a place where she can live as herself. Putting everything else in the past and starting to recover from what made her terrified of vanishing.

Props to Hiro since it can’t be easy to have a very emotional conversation while biking around to every public phone you can find. They also worked in colour that played a key role in their relationship. She brought back the colour to his world and in that dark hour when the time ran out he brought back colour to her world. Do hope they will be fine and can live happily.

Won’t say I’m not happy that a pair that I hoped for got together. But I also accepted Kei and wish for her happiness. Now they will focus on Chihiro and Renji and I have no clue what resolution will come there.