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Boogiepop wa Waranai ... 06

another Suema episode and a really strong one for it. she is a really, really interesting character in the books and while her anime counterpart lacks quite the same level of depth she shows off a lot of her character strength here. this episode actually leans back on the nonlinear storytelling a bit, I liked the rooftop conversation being spliced with the park bench conversation -- orihata discussing the same topic with two different people at two different times. that worked really well.

but this was also one of the first episodes where we spent a lot of time going back and seeing characters that were already established as existing in the world. basically all of the different perspectives and points of view that were used during the first story arc didn't just disappear. they reaffirmed that all of these people still exist, they're all still walking around doing things, but we simply used new perspectives to tell this new story, with the exception of suema who we came back to for this part of the story arc. it gave the episode a few familiar feel and I think helps solidify the structure of this world, where each character spends their time, and how they are linked together.

the anou scene in this episode is one of those ones that does make me go 'okay please just read the novels.' I feel like this lacked the emotional punch that book had for me and, aside from, it's kind of an important thing to understand because this is what the entire first book is about. I can honestly say in the anime version it just sort of felt like it happened. like he starts crying but you don't get a great sense of what it's about or how it ties into the major themes of the story up to this point. I understand it a bit better but only because of my outside knowledge. at least from my estimation I would think an anime only would not feel that much from this scene.
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