Anime/Manga Boku Dake ga Inai Machi

Actually the killer was revealed in the opening animation (about 2:26 to 2:27), so I've kinda been spoiled. Nonetheless I love what the anime has been doing so far. The latest episode was so good. Kayo's mini flashback made me shed tears. ;a;

That was really emotive and exciting, but how are we going to move from here to the ending? D: I see no connection... yet? :O

Surprise me.

I really the emotive imagery in Kayo's closure. The free bird flying through the air, as she goes to live with her grandma, and the music. Just pure and poignant. There's also heavily obvious foreshadowing to the serial killer here.

The next episode should probably be more filled with action, I presume, since there's only three episodes left to save like 2 people (at the very least).

OTP lel
But it was so heartwarming, and considering that he has the previous timelines memories of the past 15 years, it's not as if he really missed anything in life. Heck he's even back as a manga writer. Though personally it would have been nice to have him reveal his revivals to his friends so they wouldn't treat him like a 10 year old lol

Damn you professor.

Don't judge me for skipping one chapter (I skipped 43 since the final chapter was out and 43 merely contained the final confrontation which, frankly, I didn't care all that much about) but I feel like my overall expectations from this series were VERY high. I think it is a nice 7.5-8/10 series with some amazing direction and soundtrack (in the anime) but nowhere close to what I initially thought this series would probably end up being. All in all, I'm disappointed with the story to a degree. And not just because of some of the *events* that rubbed most people the wrong way, no...

His revivals never get explained at all. The mystery wasn't exactly all that "mysterious". And the story as a whole just didn't have any kind of IMPACT on me. Like, it is great because the anime staff maintained some really high production standards. But the series just didn't leave a lasting impression on me. I'm talking the lack of any "shinsekai yori" level stuff. You'd know if you've seen it. Now that's the kind of stuff that'd make you remember that series for years. This just didn't have any of it.

Just what the heck is Yashiro's damage, anyways? His motive for murdering people makes absolutely no sense. The whole thing makes him seem like some kind of irrational psychopath, but when he's not in his "serial killer mode" he seems pretty rational. I think they could have given him a better motive, or at least a more believable one. Seems like they kinda just glossed over it.

That said though I think this was a great episode. Great to see that his friends made it out of the ordeal alive and, for the most part, he accomplished his goal. And like with a lot of the other episodes, I've been effectively left in suspense. Looking forward to the next episode!

I really wanted to love this show because it has great animation, soundtrack,a charming main character, and a lovely cast. But what the flying f*ck, that's not a valid reason for killing people and whatever. It makes the story look so plain and simple.

Really disappointed.

Anyway, that's just one aspect of the show, I will hold to the remaining items

Kayo ending up with Hiromi of all people annoyed the hell out of me. . . e_e

It was supposed to be Airi who stopped them which sent him back to a 2 year coma. And the back story was his brother influenced him a lot in how he turned out. Go read it, it's Chapter 32. The hamster bit was more of a metaphor for the culmination of his beliefs.