The 13th and last episode of Angel Beats! just blew me away. My love for KEY just got refuelled, it was such a sad .. yet.. a happy and beautiful ending. It’s hard to describe with words, if you’re familiar with the works of KEY you’ll know what I mean.
And so the ceremony starts, they sing, play and laugh a lot. But finally get their diploma, SSS graduates, I’m so proud of them. All five, even Naoto with his man tears! This is just about 6 minutes orso into the episode and the tension between everyone is gone, they’re like best friends and the comical side of KEY really shows here. Huge personality change from Yuri and Kanade. Hiding behind Yuri..? psshh, Hand Sonic 5!
We finally get to hear why Kanade is in this world, remember when Otonashi died and was determined to be a donor? Well guess what, Kanade has Otonashi’s heart! I did not expect this.. at all. I skipped a heartbeat during the scene. Otonashi’s also declares his love for Kanade (which was expected to happen sooner or later). Everything happens so fast from this point onwards. Overkill on the lensflare, but it gives something dramatic to it.
Kanade disappears as she found love, Otonashi’s love, leaving Otonashi behind .. heartbroken. Well this is very Saddening But we expected about it.
Transitioning to another world, you can see Kanade leaning against a wall humming “My Song” once again. Coincidentally Otonashi passes by and hears the melody ~
This speaks pretty much for itself =). Notice the short hair and attire I wouldn’t imagine Kanade wearing that to be honest. But yeah, this is how it ends (or begins), the open endings are killing me, it just makes me want more but there is no more.
YES, FINALLY! Kanade in that picture! When I first saw this picture I was hoping for this day, the day where Kanade would appear among the SSS members. The ending was really beautiful, something you can expect from KEY. I would’ve never thought that KEY would pull off this series with just 13 episodes, but with the last episode they’ve proven me wrong. Even though this series started slowly and steadily climbed up, it remained funny and heartbreaking, moments of sadness and moments of happiness. With the shortness I couldn’t really get attached to some characters, the backgrounds for some are really amazing but a characters needs development and with mere 13 episodes it’s impossible to do. It worked out very well for Yui, Kanade, Yuri and Otonashi; maybe even Iwasawa but that was because it was rather sad instead of being attached to the character. Those are pretty much the main characters who left a mark and who will probably be remembered by most of the people watching the show. It’s quite a shame that the rest of the SSS didn’t get a chance to shine. The story started out quite slow too and has still left me with more questions than answers, why was Kanade in the world before Otonashi? Why aren’t more people coming to that world? What actually happens when you leave that place? Will Hinata find Yui? Will Shiina get a pile of toy puppies? Did God really create that place? What happens to the NPCs? I don’t think we’ll ever get an answer on those questions, just leave it to your imagination. 8/10!
