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| wawawawawawawa wait a click! This is based on a (h-)game? *goes lower the score even more* |
alert105 said: yay she comes back from the dead!! but is she a spirit or is it actually real? and he has his eyes back and working also everyone is grown up wonder how many years have gone by.? i had those questions too :/ hirose is sounding a little too girlish though maybe ami koshimizu tried to voice like a child, kohinata got rush over by the train (btw, how is she going to save the child if all she did was stand there hugging him and let the train go through both of them), though i'm glad that hirose's mom didn't suicide. also i still don't understand why hinata/hotaru's grandfather wanted her to be with hirose so much. anyway, chibi-otoha is just so cute, the insert and ending song are really awesome. what's more important is that , YAY, HAYAMI CAME BACK! :D maybe i'm crazy, but i liked this final episode. 5/5 |
id said: maybe i'm crazy, but i liked this final episode. 5/5 Same here. Hotaru's grandfather got prison. Some unexpected events in this episode, especially when Hayami got hit by the train. And the epilogue was awesome. It started out not that great, but IMO it got progressively better around the end. 8/10 |
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| I didn't hate this particular episode.. but the whole series didn't make any sense, jumps and holes of the story everywhere.. almost as bad as in Rosario & Vampire.. and this is not an ecchi comedy, at least it wasn't last time I checked. Sure, there were some scenes throughout the series that were nice and/or funny and/or well done.. but the whole picture was just uber screwed up - not (only) the story, but (mainly) the execution of it. I'm giving this a 4/10 because I liked the OP/ED and it was kinda promising at times. |
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| Whats wit this ending???Hayami get banged by train and still alive??and hirose get to live happily ever after???giving it a 7/10 for occupied my free time and effort for m33w...... |
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| She died but came back alive anyway? Everything before 15 minutes was really bad, but the things after it were pretty good. Still, overall this was not a worthwhile anime, I give it a 5/10. |
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| Im gonna go ahead and say I loved this ending, and the show overall. 9/10 for a slow start but excellent, excellent finish. This show gets too much hate. I think its actually really good. |
| This was probably the best ending this series could have had. It resolved everything nicely, and even found a way to work in a happy ending that was fitting for the show. Good endings are hard to do, so this actually boosted my overall rating of the show to a 7. The earlier episodes had a lot of flaws, but they really pulled off the ending. |
| 世界は美しくなんかない。 そしてそれ故に、美しい |
alert105 said: hinata/hotaru in the end didn't die because she lept on the second track and the kid that was there was just a memory forgetten that hirose's mom tried to save so everything should be cleared up now ^^ I'm not totally sure I agree with this interpretation. That may have been the end result after Otoha changed some things, but I think they pretty explicitly used the past-tense to refer to Hayami (BTW, Hotaru is the blond one...) rather than just saying that she loves windmills. He also wouldn't have been shocked when she showed up on the hill... |
| 世界は美しくなんかない。 そしてそれ故に、美しい |
| I really have no idea what to say. On one hand I'm happy that it's finally over on the other I'm sad that they rushed through the episode too much. Also I didn't really care for the ending. It seems weird that the title is named H20- Footprints in the sand yet it had nothing to do with H20, footprints, sad, or any metaphors that fit it (time maybe because the title came from a poem which had the line "In the footprints of the sands of time, so it means that someone wanted to leave a lasting impression during their time/stay) All in all I would have to say that it was ok. |
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| That was one of the best endings to an anime series that I have ever seen. |
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| I didn't understand this serie at all. They make it seem that Hirose can finally see, then they twist the plot almost at the end saying that, in reality, he was just imaging it. Then Hayami helps him out to recover, leaves the little town and goes to the big city with him... to get killed by a train in the same way Hirose's mother got killed? I mean, right as he's able to see she gets killed... wouldn't that give a bigger trauma? How can someone kill a main character like that?! Not like she wasn't important or that the character barely participated... At the end Hayami had a rather painful plot in the story, even tho he met Hirose... she was the only one that died?! Couldn't have a happier ending? And the ghost thing at the end was terrible... I'm gonna lower the score on this series (—.—) |
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| Bad ending is bad. Well I mean, the story ended nicely just because you find out what happens in a few years, but everything in that whole episode was a WTF. Hayami getting hit by that train was pretty WTF, wasn't expecting that at all. But what was even more WTF was Otoha making her come back at the very end. I would've accepted her staying dead and Otoha making a cameo appearance. That would've been pretty cute, but she had to bring Hayami back and raise the WTF level. 4/10 for me just because the overall series was pretty bad, with some good, funny, heartwarming scenes thrown in. |
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| yeah this anime had alot of wtf when it shouldn't have been in this kind of anime. im sorta pissed that otoha brought her back from the dead. i mean how the hell do you even explain that to everyone. i've been dead for a couple of years but now im back. The only thing that really had me going was that Hirose gained his vision back by having to watch Hayami die. It was a bitter/sweet moment. Then they took it away by brining her back in a non-logical way. |
| i don't know about you people but i think the ending was well made. |
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| To the people wondering if she is brought back alive or as a spirit, Otoha says all you need to hear to understand that Hayami is Alive. Otoha says something like "it wasn't easy to get the spirit counsel to aprove this", then she stands up and tells Takuma "Take better care of her this time" (or something like that I can't remember the exact wording). If she wasn't alive Takuma wouldn't have to take care of her. The only thing I found confusing in the finale was why the hell Hayami just stood infront of the train and let herself get hit. She could of easily move forward a few feet and recieved the same results. But instead she just turns and smiles and lets the train hit her. Nothing like curing a case of severe psychological wounds and then dealing an even greater one lol. |
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| I liked the ending. I think this ending is what they must've meant in the promo when they said "H2O Rocks your soul!". I was going to rate this a 7, but the ending bumped it up to an 8. |
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| Hayami getting hit the train... wtf, I hope the story editors are run over by a train someday :p ah well, at least she's back, so happy ending. |
| ok, maybe we do need an OVA or season 2, everyone is having questions including me :/ anyway, overall 7/10 for me, partly cause zexcs is a great studio, op/ed & insert especially those in the last episode was really awesome, also i liked epi 08 alot, the episode i dont' like is that boring sea trip something, yeah i'm crazy |
| Eh well I'm a sucker for these types of anime, and well a generous person on the scoring, so I say an 8. Having Hayami all of a sudden tell a possible mentally unstable kid like that about his mother/past and the facts outside on the street near train tracks kind of...annoyed me. But even worse was the fact she catches up to the kid and then stands there to smile...maybe she didn't realise the train was coming, and was watching so he didn't get electrocuted by the tracks? Anyway was a 7, but after they let her come back and live again it was a bit better. BTW I had no clue who that baby's father was...seems like something one should know but... I felt it was a pretty straight forward series...or at least I understood it. Just that damn baby near the end... |
Darkreaper70 said: I really have no idea what to say. On one hand I'm happy that it's finally over on the other I'm sad that they rushed through the episode too much. Also I didn't really care for the ending. It seems weird that the title is named H20- Footprints in the sand yet it had nothing to do with H20, footprints, sad, or any metaphors that fit it (time maybe because the title came from a poem which had the line "In the footprints of the sands of time, so it means that someone wanted to leave a lasting impression during their time/stay) All in all I would have to say that it was ok. if im not mistaken h2o refers to hayami, hotaru and otoha right? because in the beginning he had to "choose" between them? :P or was that just a joke like the h-something hentai ojisama? and yeah they pretty much used the poem in the beginning and end of the anime so im pretty sure thats what they were referring. i also agree with most people that think that that was a WTF ending. they already set your mind up that the show was pretty "realistic"(besides otoha) that hirose could "see" because he was just happy or something and that he fell blind "again" because of his depression about his mother..but then they end this with a revived hayami :| that's just pretty weird. in fact it has been a pretty weird ride from the start and i really don't know what i think of all these. an ova with explanations would pretty much boost my rating for this show but for now, ill have to settle with an 8 :P |
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| Really enjoyed this last episode. The only thing I desliked was that Hayami was revived (imo, it would have been better if she stayed dead). Overall, I enjoyed this anime. Going to give it an 8/10 (I was going to give a 7.5, but since we don't that, I have to give it an 8 =P). |
Shadow_Strider said: The only thing I found confusing in the finale was why the hell Hayami just stood infront of the train and let herself get hit. She could of easily move forward a few feet and recieved the same results. But instead she just turns and smiles and lets the train hit her. Nothing like curing a case of severe psychological wounds and then dealing an even greater one lol. I hear you there but hey I can't blame them for it. It surely was an unexpected ending |
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| Wow. That was one of the worst endings I've seen in a long time. First Hayami's random death, and she didn't even seem to manage to rescue that kid, and then she comes back? You really let me down H2O, so I'm giving you a 6/10. |
| I love weird endings. I also love happy endings. I'll take it. |
| I couldn't care less about Takuma and Hayami. But that Maki girl.. she and the TRAP had a baby... that was really funny and the only nice thing i saw in this ep. :D P.S. Grown-up Takuma is nice too. |
pheiMar 23, 2008 5:07 AM
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| Well at least I can agree with the unexpected factor of this show. You really never know what ridiculous shit will happen next. And some people know how much I hate shows with an happy-happy end where characters come back to live in an stupid and unrealistic manner. (e.g. Kanon) The way they made the ending was good, but with a rotten story for it there was not much to rescue anymore. And yes the way she stood there holding that child with the ball was stupid as hell. If she was jumping in front of the train while trowing the child away from the train that would have be quite realistic but this way it was just stupid. She was quite cool and determined at that moment so it would have been easy just to rescue the kid from the train. (best while wearing a superman costume to fit the rest of the show best) Probably still a 6 for me since it had some good parts too and I loved that idea with the wheel/windmill.  |
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| That was so weird and so not-good. Seeing the first third of the episode, I thought it might be the only good episode but I was prooven wrong. It probably deserves a 5 but I'll keep my score of 6. |
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| That was the weirdest end ever, but for some reason it also made me not lower the score. |
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| I liked it, up until the end where they brought Hayami back. I mean, wtf? I could overlook the stupid death scene, but bringing her back was too much. I'd increased the score to a 6 after the recent few episodes, but now I reduce it to a 5 again. |
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| Wierd ending... Im keeping my 6 although i kinda enjoyed the ending. Still it was confusing and many questions have risen up from it. PS: I just said the thing of lowering my score as a joke :p |
| I would think that seeing something like that again would make things worse though? Also, if she really come back from the dead, I imagine something like, "SHE CAME BACK TO DESTROY THE VILLAGE!!!" would happen. |
J-970Mar 23, 2008 7:24 AM
Shadow_Strider said: To the people wondering if she is brought back alive or as a spirit, Otoha says all you need to hear to understand that Hayami is Alive. Otoha says something like "it wasn't easy to get the spirit counsel to aprove this", then she stands up and tells Takuma "Take better care of her this time" (or something like that I can't remember the exact wording). If she wasn't alive Takuma wouldn't have to take care of her. The only thing I found confusing in the finale was why the hell Hayami just stood infront of the train and let herself get hit. She could of easily move forward a few feet and recieved the same results. But instead she just turns and smiles and lets the train hit her. Nothing like curing a case of severe psychological wounds and then dealing an even greater one lol. That doesn't make sense. It's the same thing that happened when they make it seem that he recovered his sight and everyone was normal. I mean, if she did came back alive at the end of the story, how could you explain that to the rest of the characters? Otoha was OK because she's some sort of ghost that nobody else can see, but if Hayami came back... there's no background for such thing. Still, I keep saying, why would they have to kill her? After she finally found some happiness BANG gotta kill her because she was bad. As for the train, for some reason I thought she was standing on the other side when it passed by, then got totally confused on the screens later and I was like WTF don't tell me they killed her. No clue if this has been said before, but that little baby who's stupposed to be? Don't tell me it was from Hayami's friend... how could he recover that fast!?!? And also they never mentioned how long it passed from when they graduated until they were "adults". By the way, I did lower the score after watching the ending.. hahaha. |
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| I liked it. I'm glad that Otoha helped bring back Hayami. The anime is not nearly as bad as what people say IMO. Who is the baby's father? 7/10 |
r0derix said: Im gonna go ahead and say I loved this ending, and the show overall. 9/10 for a slow start but excellent, excellent finish. This show gets too much hate. I think its actually really good. I'll give it a 8/10, i agree with the slow start, but the ending was amazing!!! Too bad Hirose x Hayami will not happen, it looked like a temporary visit, although we dont get any other info on it!!! I actually liked it!!! Chibi Otoha is WIN!! :P Hayami smile before she gets hit by train is shocking, i like the meaning behind it, but it made my heart skip a beat!!! SamuraiTom said: Who is the baby's father? At least we got a pairing!!! :P Maki x Hamaji!!! :P Its their kid :P P.S. In case you dont remember, Hamaji is a guy!!! |
| Pffft. What an end >.> If it had been at least a half decent anime, I would have found the end less crappier. Overall, I rated the whole series 5/10. |
| I have to say that the ending of this series was nothing more than just pure genius. I have to admit that the first 10-15 min were boring, but the last 10 min where like OMFG. It completly threw me off, and I have to say that I was in somewhat of a shock state there. I have never seen a plot twist this big in the last 10 min of any anime. Over all I give this series an 8/10. |
| This series ending was so retarded. =P This we have Takuma's mental breakdown and acting like an annoying little kid, for most of the episode. Then characters dying and coming back from the dead like it was nothing. I wouldn't mind if it was Jesus however it was Hayami. Finally we have Maki making babies with that transvestite. I am so glad it is over. ^_^ |
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Friendlysoul said: Chibi Otoha is WIN!! :P yes! :D |
| quite nice ending, i really didn't think that she'll be back thanks to otoha :P overall i give it a 5 :D really love the ending :D |
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