Kita ze Inbou! - キタぜ陰謀!

[ Episode 21: End of the World ]

And another one bites the dust.

lol cliffhanger. Considering the timing, I don’t think Ushio is dead. I’m sure something will happen that will save her. Either forest magic or she gets brought to that children’s hospital. Still, bringing her out in the cold was a bad idea no matter how you look at it lol. It’s really irritating that there’s nothing nobody can do to help her because they just label this weak body crap as some mysterious illness. Same thing with Nagisa and it’s annoying how it’s being pulled here again with Ushio. I guess we were fine with it when Nagisa first died, but it’s not as effective in this case.

One thing I noticed at the end was how back then Tomoya was bitching about how’s there’s no change and this city is so boring, etc. And through Nagisa, he gained the change he so strongly desired. With that, he obtained both happiness and despair. But before Nagisa died, he started to despise the change (like the restaurant where Nagisa work). He felt comfortable in the status quo and wanted to retain that happiness. Not only is this ironic in Tomoya’s case, but this is something that relates to human nature. At least I know I was able to with identify with that thought process. But unfortunately, change is something that comes in good and bad. It’s nice to see that that theme from the beginning of season one has been carrying over all this time.

But I think the most surprising thing this episode (for me anyway) was when I learned that the finale is episode 22. I always thought it was going to be 23 or 24 and I was always hoping we’d get like a Kyou centered episode just as a fun, fanservice episode to satisfy us. But they have decided to end it with the next one. Well at least there’s going to be a DVD only episode or something. I hope it has some Kyou or Tomoyo in it.