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Jun 24, 2008 9:37 PM
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Great episode, very mysterious. Who would've thought the puppet played such an important role? The next episode looks like it'll reveal who the girl with wings is. Can't wait!
Jul 15, 2008 1:34 PM
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That was so sad, but so good!! I wonder what will happen next. I can't wait to find out!!
Oct 12, 2008 12:15 PM
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zion111 said:
Great episode, very mysterious. Who would've thought the puppet played such an important role? The next episode looks like it'll reveal who the girl with wings is. Can't wait!

It just got more interesting! Great show!! Key does a great job at story telling! :D
Nov 1, 2008 7:46 PM
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I feel so ecchi whenever I hear Misuzu's moan in pain.
Jun 9, 2009 9:34 PM
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this is my least favorite episode of the series
but i still loved it =3




Dec 20, 2009 8:01 AM
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i don't know why, i don't like Misuzu. okay, i was sad when i know what's going to happen with her but i don't give her my symphaty , but i like Haruko, even when she does not take to heart Misuzu's pain and she left.

however interesting ending with that angel
Dec 20, 2009 10:45 AM
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It's interesting, but I feel sleepy while watching. It's kinda boring.
Dec 22, 2009 9:20 PM
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Same. I fell asleep during this animet to many times lol. I have watched Kanon and Clannad and both are so much better. I can't find my self getting connected to the characters for some reason and the story is rushed way to much. The whole thing is way to emo for my taste also.



Jan 2, 2010 12:37 AM
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Same here too but things are looking up at the end ^^

Jan 16, 2010 2:08 AM

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I didn't quite understand how the whole magic part of the show, i kind of lost track watching so i wasn't fully paying attention to the story. Any anime that does that to me is better off ending up in the trash Bin!

For since this series is only 13 episodes i will push through. I usually finish every anime i watch unless its REALLY bad. But this is short so i can manage! :p



Jan 19, 2010 4:50 PM

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awww i feel so bad for her!!! i wonder where he went... X3 this plot is really confusing... somehow... XP
Jan 29, 2010 4:45 AM

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Aww where did Yukito go? :<
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Feb 4, 2010 10:10 PM

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That was a weird ending O.o

Awwww, poor Misuzu :'(
Feb 8, 2010 3:40 PM

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link9us said:
I didn't quite understand how the whole magic part of the show, i kind of lost track watching so i wasn't fully paying attention to the story.
If I remember correctly, I had the same problem the first time I watched Air, a long time ago. I find the plot to be easier to follow this time around, but everything's not completely clear, and that's how I like it.

This episode was also very sad towards the end... T_T
May 6, 2010 8:31 PM

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Where did Yukito go? hmmmm.. we shall see!

Excited for the next "flashback" arc!
Sep 16, 2010 9:53 PM

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poor Misuzu :( Where did Yukito go?
Oct 17, 2010 4:07 AM

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oh noez, Yukito spirited away...But such a good episode, just upped my rating for this =)
Nov 2, 2010 12:31 PM

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I don't get none of this.
Jan 22, 2011 8:56 PM

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wat was up with the ending? it came out of nowhere.


Mar 22, 2011 3:59 PM

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D: where'd yukito go??
Mar 27, 2011 3:59 PM

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I feel so ecchi whenever I hear Misuzu's moan in pain.

god damn it ... there goes the purity and innocence

Tomoya + Nagisa cameo :D

Oct 25, 2011 4:34 AM

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great episode, really nice done!!!
Dec 9, 2011 2:36 PM
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I feel so bad for Yukito, but seriously, why didn't he go to Hijiri when he sees the mark on his back? I understand not taking Misuzu because of her wishes, but that didn't mean he couldn't get himself checked out? Ugh.... Still flash back looks interesting at least.
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Jan 24, 2012 9:28 AM
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Misuzu is too pretty to have no friends!!!
Jul 27, 2012 6:48 PM

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Rather a sad ending especially the last part :(
Aug 26, 2012 4:38 PM
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This episode is way too rushed.
Not so intrested in the next episode.
Sad for Misuzu.
3/5
Nov 20, 2012 11:26 AM

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link9us said:
Same. I fell asleep during this animet to many times lol. I have watched Kanon and Clannad and both are so much better. I can't find my self getting connected to the characters for some reason and the story is rushed way to much. The whole thing is way to emo for my taste also.


It's the same that happens to me. It's not that I dislike it, but I get bored so fast, every episode feels too long, with Clannad and Kanon it was different.
Feb 6, 2013 1:02 PM

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I'm having this feeling that all of these seemingly unconnected things will make up a very interesting picture in the end. This episode was fascinating as well, although slow-paced.
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Feb 19, 2013 9:10 AM

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Well, at least it's good to me.
Apr 20, 2013 6:39 AM

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I'm not saying that this episode was depressive, but it was depressive. Too good the part with doll was included, or I'd have felt like cutting my veins :D
Jun 19, 2013 4:05 AM

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An ancient tale at the end. This is getting more interesting.
Jun 26, 2014 9:54 AM

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I'm a bit confused - not because Yukito disappeared, but because of why he did. The way I understand it, Yukito was upset he left her and was begging for a chance to go back and re-do it so he wouldn't leave her, and he could just stay by her side and make her laugh. But... he was only gone for like a day, right? Isn't that kind of an over-reaction over being gone for a single day? O_o

Or wait... maybe when he said he wish he didn't leave her, he was referring to when he began distancing himself from Misuzu awhile before. So when she broke down, he realized he should have gotten closer to her, not distance himself. Yeah, that's probably it. But still, it didn't seem like it had been very long since he had begun doing that, either... perhaps there is more time passing during these episodes than it seems.

This entire post is pretty much me talking to myself to make sense of what's going on, but whatevs. Misuzu is fuggin adorable regardless. This gets a little too corny at times, but I'm still enjoying it.



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Jul 17, 2014 8:59 PM

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great episode!! Its sad that they couldn't go to the beach and that scar Yukito got suddenly was crazy!

Loved the part where all the children were helping Yukito make a funny puppet show ;D

Excited to see more of the winged lady Kanna and know where Yukito went?!?!
Nov 4, 2014 4:48 AM

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i feel sad when yukito left but i still love the ep
Dec 4, 2014 7:22 PM

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Was that... time travel?
Nov 29, 2015 7:25 PM

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Looks like they saved most of the screen time for Misuzu arc. It's nice to get deeper in the story cause a 2 eps arc is definitely too short for me...

All the encounters are special, no matter how short they are.
Feb 12, 2018 1:01 PM

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Wait.

Whaaaaat?!

So, Yukito wishing something (in this case, making Misuzu walk again) reincarnated him... in... another world?

Okay.

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Jun 20, 2019 11:15 PM

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To the people complaining and saying Kanon and Clannad was better, those series had more episodes to flesh out the characters and have us grow an attachment to them. I think Air does the best it can with so few episodes.
Jun 4, 2020 6:58 AM

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I have no clue what's happening at the end but I am feeling it *sniff sniff*
Sep 24, 2020 2:00 PM

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That vision was interesting....

At the end of the episode a real cutie appears...

Jul 12, 2021 1:29 AM
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I always wondered why Yukito didn’t improve his puppet skills even though he got criticized for it and his goal was to make money. This episode showed me that he just didn’t, which I found lame.

I feel like this episode pacing is too fast, kinda rushed. The flashback with Yukitos mother on the beach could’ve happened earlier and if it did, he should’ve tried to improve his puppet skills earlier, with her words as the catalyst, in some form. It wouldn’t seem like it came out of nowhere just to move the plot forward. Also, I say make Yukito noticeably happier around Misuzu after he starts caring about his puppet show and asks the kids for advice (we should probably see him like this 2-3 times at least) Maybe have her condition either improve a bit or stabilize rather than decline. After he thinks he’s confident he goes back to Misuzu only to find her like she was in the end and that scene plays out. Also the thing he remembered about a girl dying, push that back in the timeline too so he could associate that with her more and we could see it and we can feel a deeper connection. This is how I’d roughly change this episode.
Jul 12, 2021 1:35 AM
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Also, 13 episodes is a fine amount of time for characters to be built and things to be explained. It’s all about approach really.
Oct 7, 2021 4:59 AM

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Yikes, future doesn't look too bright for Misuzu if what Yukito's mom told him actually happens (y'know with her dying and all) O_o

Yukito getting slashed by the spirit and then getting a giant scar, and now this old flashback from a long time ago are mysterious and interesting
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Pacing for this episode is terrible, one moment we're seeing Misuzu agonizing in her room and the next she's fine without any transition whatsoever. Coupled with the sudden flashback to Yukito and his mom who suddenly... disappeared out of thin air?? Then bam we're seeing the origin stories for the feathers??

I thought The Day I Became a God had awful pacing, turns out Key messed up too even in the early 2000s
Dec 20, 2021 7:12 PM
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the pacing is ngl pretty weird at times

Mar 8, 2022 7:39 PM

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What can i say, it's just hoping from one place to other. And it isn't helping appreciating even a single thing a bit. Still not a fan of these dreams and all.
Aug 23, 2022 2:23 PM
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Okay so now we're going back to ancient times? This show can be so confusing.
Dec 11, 2022 11:26 AM

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HitSquare said:
Wait.

Whaaaaat?!

So, Yukito wishing something (in this case, making Misuzu walk again) reincarnated him... in... another world?

Okay.


this is how I understood this episode as well.
wow this anime is even better the second time I am watching it
Apr 19, 2023 11:19 AM
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One of the best episodes I've ever watched.
Apr 30, 2023 6:13 PM
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it was aight but why did it allude to something.
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