Xebek’s Blog

Xebek:

Did you honestly expect any other episode would get Episode of the Week? First off, there weren’t that many great other series going on. Even still, this was a great episode for this great series. It finished it off beautifully. I admit, I cried at the end. This series captivated me and this episode was a beautiful end to it.

I really did find this a great end to this series. The OP at the end was done great, the way they showed it slightly modified with small changes made a HUGE impact as it showed how much things had changed. Mizuki and Yuuko no longer being alone and lost, Himura not restrained by his past.

Kuze’s story ended great I thought, it’s very under rated I think. Him living or dying isn’t the issue in his story. It’s the fact that he chose to go though the surgery, something he wouldn’t likely survive that’s important. It’s the fact that he admitted he didn’t want to die and it was an important part of his character.

Himura’s story ended fine I thought. It’s pretty much exactly what I thought it would be, him talking to Yuuko’s spirit and effectively admitting his true feelings. Still, it was very emotional. The fact that it was predictable doesn’t make what happened to Yuuko any less sad and I thought it was a nice end showing movement and development.

FlareKnight:

Final episodes for series usually have a good chance of being good episodes. So it’s no surprise that the final ef episode won this week. There were just too many nice moments within it. Really liked how they gave Himura and Yuuko one more meeting before she had to leave. Oddly while it wasn’t what you’d call a happy ending I still left it feeling comfortable.

Kuze’s story was finished nicely with him getting extended time with a new outlook. But at the same time he’s not perfectly fine and will only live on a few more years. So it’s a happy ending that’s tempered by not being perfect. Knowing that characters like Mizuki and Himura aren’t alone even without the ones they loved the most is a good message. Their bond was rediscovered and they’ll be just fine at the end of it. So for showing us the other characters one more time and leaving with a pleasant feeling, I had to go with this as the top episode for this week.