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| Great anime. That really was something special. 8/10 |
cyruz said: ;_; Sad anime. But it was definitely entertaining and something out of the ordinary. I'm glad I watched it. 8/10 [2] I cried a river. |
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| That was actually...predictable. Bit sad, of course. Not at all what I expected when I stated the series. |
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KingDeadKira said: R.I.P. Yuuki You are now the greatest character in anime history! Rest in Peace Buddy. 10/10 I agree... :( |
| One of the saddest endings off an anime I've watched in a while. I've enjoyed most of the episodes even tho it was a bit slow in the middle it was still pretty good. 8/10 from me. |
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| 7/10 good not the best worth a watch, but not rewatchable i thought |
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| Finished it just now. I think it would've been better as a two hour film. Four hours was a little too long for a simple and, ending aside, no twist title. Most of the episodes were very good, but a lot were also needless, such as the episode involving an old man keeping on going despite his grandchildren dying and the 'robot otaku' episode. Without the filler(ish) material and the if earthquake scenes had had a movie budget, I feel it would've been far more dramatic and moving. The Sixth Sense ending took away from the realism, going against the purpose of the series, but it also saved the series from being totally straight-forward. Apart from end twist, there wasn't anything else, and it would've been boring - as well as being a little unrealistic - if it had included a happy ever after ending. I was expecting/hoping the twist would involve Mirai and Yuuki's parents dying and the pair going to live with Mari, but it wasn't to be. Eight is in the title and, fittingly enough, I think it's worthy of an 8/10 score. Although it was annoying as hell hearing "Yuuki!" ten times per episode, Mirai and Mari were both very likeable, very real characters. Mirai developed excellently from a normal, unfriendly girl into a girl who understood the value of her family when she faced the risk of death for the first time. I'll pick the series up on DVD at some point. One last thing: I LOVED Mirai's 'I don't care... but I really do.' eyes - when she half closed them. It looked cute! |
AironicallyHumanSep 29, 2009 11:30 AM
HawthorneKitty said: The 2 times I cried during the episode - Her mom running up to her and when her mom opened up her presents. I thought it was a great series, not something that comes up every other season. I'm extremely glad that somebody important died though. It's only natural that a death/injury brings people closer together. I gave this a 9.0/10 on the Richter scale for making me cry so many times. Whoever didn't cry doesn't have a heart. Truth |
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Aionic said: Mirai developed excellently from a normal, unfriendly girl into a girl who understood the value of her family when she faced the risk of death for the first time. Exactly, I don't know how she did it, but as the series went on she grew on me. Excellent example of good character development in my opinion. |
"Thousands have lived without love, not one without water." -Wystan Hugh |
| My personal opinion is that the series purposely led up to the dramatic ending that would make everyone cry. Yeah, the first few episodes were a bit dull, but who would have thought you'd be bawling in the end? I think a successful troll was successful here, gentlemen. A mediocre show like Haruhi can keep it's head above a 7~8 easily, yet can it make you cry like this? 10/10 for me. The ending was the deciding factor for me. Real life is not full of excitement and action (necessarily), and I think that was accurately portrayed through-out the show, which itself tried to stick to a realistic feel. In fact, it made it more dramatic when Yuki died, because in real, mundane life, when someone close to you dies for real, it's such a shock, because we take life for granted everyday. As an anime, okay, it wasn't the most entertaining at times, but for what it was striving to achieve as a work of art, it lived up to the expectations, and that was presenting a real, compelling look at the tragedies of life and the lessons we learn from them, and everything that comes with life, including the mundane, but also the emotions we experience. Bravo, Tokyo Magnitude 8.0. |
| I loved the ending, and it made me cry. Seeing Yuuki, seeing Mirai reuniting with her parents, and seeing Mari coming around, it made me cry so much. I give the series 10/10 |
| just watched the last epidode i watched the whole serie at once couldn't stop watching. I gave it a 10 and its in my fav list i must edit my self this is the BEST anime of the year ^^ good worked out story nice art and music. What more can say |
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| Just finished the show a little while ago. Perfect how they could take such simple characters and make you really feel for them. The ending was sad but also exactly what made this show amazingly human. |
| Just finished the episode a couple of days ago. And I have to say... I've never, EVER cried that much and wasted so much tissue paper over an anime before (not even when I watched Air). Sure Tokyo Magnitude might not be "the best" anime ever, but it was a very enjoyable series, and it was definitely more centered around the bonds and difficulties of family relationships than anything, really. Yuuki's death and this final episode had me crying so hard, especially when they showed those little clips of him and Mirai growing up. Gosh, it was so sad and heartwrenching. ;-; But I really loved this episode; the music, the setting, the ending, and how Yuuki guided Mirai towards their home up until his very last moment... everything was very well done, in my opinion. Overall, this show gets a 9/10 from me, especially since it teared me up a lot. T^T PS: I was totally hoping for our favorite robot otaku boy to show up and have a cute little romantic moment with Mirai, but that didn't happen D; (but they showed him on a picture, calling someone on his cellphone - maybe it was Mirai he was calling so he could ask her out on a date? xDDD lol.) |
MarilaOct 6, 2009 6:58 PM
| Only just finished it ^^ Ah, I loved it. It was good. I liked the characters and they grew onto me as I progressed throught the 11 episodes. The final episode slowly gave me the teary feeling. I tried to hold it back until the part where Mirai watched Yuuki disappear... Tear flowed out abit and even more uncontrollably when Mirai handed over the presents to her mother. I was like... "tears are flowing... why wont they stop!" *wipes tears* Washed my face in the end... :'D I give it a 8.9 :') Good job to BONES. |
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| I can't believe I cried...it was too much T_T beautiful serie, except for the first episode 9/10 |
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| I teared up twice during this ep T^T imo a very good ending of a great story, 8/10 from me |
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| The series wasn't really as good as it could have been, but it was I okay. I gave it a 7. But why does everyone hate the Mirai of the first few episodes? I personally liked her character in the beginning. It seemed pretty realistic to me, but that might just be cuz she reminded me of myself. |
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| Finally got to watch the last episode! (waited for ANBU-Frostii subs). I cried. I love it when a series is so engrossing and so moving that I cry. I really cared about all the characters by the end! Good ending too. |
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| Cool series... i cried manly tears.. during this last episode. This series is getting a Solid 8/10 |
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| You know by the end I wonder if it actually was Yuuk's spirit, some of what he said sort of countered Mirai, and sounded like him, unlike when he first showed up. 9/10, solid show with an excellent twist about half-way, I didn't think any major characters were going to die, I thought it would be the parents. P.S. I have been waiting way too long for Anbu to finish this. |
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| Anime scores start at 0 +1 for originality -1 for crappy 3d stuff +1 for good execution of earthquake and relief efforts -1 for bgm +9 for execution of yuuki's death (damn that was a bad pun)... choked up all episode... cried at birthday presetn giving xD argh... |
| It was realistic. I loved it. This episode made me cry from the beginning til the end. (Man, I really have a soft spot for dramatic shows) A different reaction she showed when she found out Yuuki is already dead. If that was me, I'd be crying the whole time. Besides, I'm sure everyone has had their relative die before, right? When my late grandma died, I felt like a part of me died too. (That's coz I really love my grandmom, she's like a 2nd mom to me and I've been with her since I was a child so it was hard) So just seeing a picture of her can make me cry like a baby. (Sad how there are pics lying around here. Lawl I just try not to look at them...lawl) Anyways...this series was really great. Sad it was underrated. But oh well... The music was great, OP, ED and even the soundtrack. The director did well not to ruin it. :'] A well put story. 10/10. Supposedly a 9/10, but the +1 was added coz the series made me cry lots. ^^; I love a series that can make me cry like a baby. xD haha (lawl, am I a maso? xD) |
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| Okay guys, it's official - the rest of 2009 is redundant now. Fall is shaping up to be complete bollocks, Spring may have been awesome and had an abundance of good shows, but not one of them besides FmA came close to this. Loved it, and it kind of reminded me of Planetes for some reason. 10/10. |
| Overall, the end was touching, and I really liked it. |
| This series showed one of the best character developments. Mirai, from someone that wanted the world to end, learned the value of her family and friends in the end. I'd give this show a 9/10. Very realistic. |
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| Very nicely done. Realistic but at some places not enough realistic for me, maybe because I was expecting some other turn of events. Anyhow, I'm glad I decided to watch this anime. 9/10 |
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| Tearjerk ending is tearjerk. I cried like a sad fool. Though Mirai still did not manage to convince me. She had a slight character development during the show but very predictable. She was kind of bipolar, with a lot of extremes. I think she only smiled during the last frame or so in this episode. Oh well, Mari and Yuuki made this anime worthy <3 |
Feball3001 said: So sad I actually cried which I don't do very often. 10/10 for me. Favorite of this season and I couldn't wait for every episode to come out. I think that they worked well with 11 episodes and I'm glad the series isn't going longer even though I loved it. Couldn't have said it better myself. Except I'd give it a 9/10. |
| I dunno... yeah I cried a lot like everyone else but like a few others have mentioned there was a point when I just started laughing because some parts were just so cliche. An OK series. Boring and laughably cliche at times, though it did have some really nice moments . 6/10 |
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| 9/10. Damn. I knew it. Yuuki already waving his hand in the ED. Ugh. I almost cried. I'm not the kind of man who could cry so easily though. The tearjerking part - when Yuuki's spirit is going away after they reach home, and then their mother arrive and crying and hugging Mirai.... So sad he died from a Crush syndrome.. |
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| So, was Yuuki's death caused by a concussion from when he saved his sister from the falling debris of the Tokyo Tower? Gosh it was sad though, easy characters to get attached too especially if you have a sibling. Made me cry. |
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| I liked this anime, but made me cry the last episode, T____T. 8/10 |
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| I really enjoyed this one, 8/10.....wished they would have given Mari more time in the last ep |
| Mirai's realization can only be drag on if Yuuki didn't keep appearing and dissapearing... Yuuki made the ending better, but at the same time annoys me... Mirai's denial could've been solve better. " I really thought that she'll believe Yuuki to be around till people tell her otherwise, and she'll go through some sort of psychological battle with herself such as screaming at others calling them liars and such until her parents showed up and embrace her before she finally accepted that her brother is gone... or something like that... " There are parts that I really enjoy about this show, and parts that bores me... I really like the emergency bots, emergency rations, as well as disaster preparation and all... And I really loved it as Mirai changes overtime, very little by little that it's almost unnoticeable to a lot of people... This show is enjoyable from bits to bits, not constant... however, I'm pretty heartless when it comes to sad scene, which is why the sad scenes it made little impact on me, what I do like is the 1 month after story ^_^ 7.5/10 rounded up to 8/10 for generosity. |
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AirStyles said: " I really thought that she'll believe Yuuki to be around till people tell her otherwise, and she'll go through some sort of psychological battle with herself such as screaming at others calling them liars and such until her parents showed up and embrace her before she finally accepted that her brother is gone... or something like that... " So you wanted that resolution to be more cliche? I think that's the first time I've heard anyone ask for that. |
noteDhero said: AirStyles said: " I really thought that she'll believe Yuuki to be around till people tell her otherwise, and she'll go through some sort of psychological battle with herself such as screaming at others calling them liars and such until her parents showed up and embrace her before she finally accepted that her brother is gone... or something like that... " So you wanted that resolution to be more cliche? I think that's the first time I've heard anyone ask for that. ^_^ Just thought it'll be more effective that way. I add "Or something like that..." As in I like to see a more dramatic resolution ^_^. It's just my taste really. |
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alex-012 said: I cried.. I bawled lol. I liked Mari's appearance, but wow this episode was REALLY sad. |
| I cried. Really sad anime though there are things that could have made it better so 8/10 for me. |
| Wahou, very good anime, i cry (not as much as clannad ^^) but this end if very sad :'( |
| I wasn't expecting that, that caught me by surprise. I thought that really was a dream and that she didn't die. But he did. That was really unexpected. |
| Brutal episode. Many many man points were so close to being lost during this episode. I liked this show a lot. I wasn't expecting much from it but after the strong start I thought I was onto a winner. The middle eps had a few scenes I didn't like and I was praying that the last few eps would redeem the show. Pulled it out the bag imo. I've given it a 9 because I think it stands out from a lot of shows from recent seasons and for that I tip my hat. |
| Never cried that much while watching an anime, will be depressed for days now, Yuuki was just my fav character of the show T__T Some stuff were cliche or easy but it was very well done overall, wish there were more series like that... |
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| 9/10 I cried during pretty much all of the last episode. This is the first time I've seen something that I reacted like this towards. |
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