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[SteelK (#36607)]

 Is it that sad?

[Caddberry (#27690)]

Its a sad anime.. very sad.. Do you really want people to spoil it for you.. Please all that reply to this thread remember to mark your spoilers..

[Revanto (#31780)]

Re: Is it that sad?

[Serge (#3783)]

You don't have to wait for the ending to notice that this is the saddest anime ever. I recomend it to you very much if you are looking for a good sci-fi drama. I belive that chapter 7 is where it starts to get sadder than you ever imagined this would be.

[Innotech (#34417)]

I bought volume one yesterday and I definitely agree that this is at least at the level of Grave of the Fireflies for how depressing it is, if not even sadder. Think of anyone youve ever loved, and then imagine having to watch their humanity slip away and no matter how hard they try, the fate is inevitable. If that makes you tear up thinking about it, this anime will have you bawling your eyes out.

[Animal4890 (#469)]

it literally took me nearly a week to "get over" this anime if that tells you anything. This anime is not for everyone, but if you do intend on watching it then here is what I suggest:
- limit yourself to no more than three episodes per day.
- watch the anime with a friend.

....even the damn AMVs are hard to watch for this anime....

[Arilou (#34809)]

Yeah, it's pretty damn sad. Totally weird and freakish, but very sad.
In some ways I think it's like a distillation of emotions, they only try to give you an impression (of love, sadness etc. etc.) without actually fleshing anything out besides it. In a way it reminds me of an old play (not sure of the name, about three men trapped after a catastrophe) there's no rhyme or reason for the situation and events, just characters.

[Enkidu (#43481)]

Not much to add here. Just have to agree it's not the happiest anime I've experienced.

And about that limiting self to three episodes per day, I kind of failed on that. I first watched a few episodes without following much what was happening, but today I decided to watch it from the beginning to the end, which is what I did (good ol' winamp tv and EATV).

[Doff (#45012)]

yeah.. totaly agree.. it's the saddes anime i've ever seen.
They are always crying, and it's just hell all the way.
I feel so sorry for chise... poor little girl


ps. do you know of a similar quite new series too saikano?

[Aumn (#48861)]

Kimi ga Nozomu Eien is fairly close in terms of emotions involved. However it isn't sci-fi and almost plays out like a soap opera. But unlike a soap opera, its a lot easier to get connected to the characters.

[myzrael (#42018)]

is it that sad?

[Wojtee (#46018)]

Re: is it that sad?

[Doff (#45012)]

Re: is it that sad?

[Savage Monkey (#48798)]

i've just watched this series for a second time, the first time being quite a while ago so I didn't remember it too well - I have seen many many films in my time, and about 15 anime series also, and this is the most gut-wrenching thing I've seen.... ever... I don't cry at a lot, but I was crying with this. While I was watching, I re-thought life in some ways - hope you understand what I'm meaning by this...

So so strange, not only the ending, but almost throughout I was feeling so sad...

Envoking such strong emotions means Saikano is one of the best pieces of entertainment, or art, however you'd like to put it, ever made.

[Spit1 (#95194)]

Is the anime really that sad?

I mean, if anyone have read the whole series of The last love song of this little planet (Saikano) like me, would actually find that the anime was a little disappointing. (For me anyway...) One could find that the manga itself actually contains alot more thoughts from Shuji, Chise's dairy entires and other reflections which is either not presented in detail or are just absent from the series. Although on the long run these information does not show much, it does however give interesting insights to their life and attitude to their own emotions.

Another problem I found in the anime was that the whole thing went too fast-paced. Compared to the manga, the anime rushes on without allowing the meaningful info to fully sink into the audiences mind. This, together with the loss of Shin Takahashi's interesting and rather rare techniques he used in the manga(due to the nature of anime), really affected the outcome of the pathos. And Chise is much cuter in the manga anyway.

One thing good about the anime though, the sound came out useful in offering something manga couldn't. This contributed quite well to the sadness in the series. ^_^

[Franc (#97677)]

What are the endings?

[AndrouskArmbrooster (#114772)]

POSSIBLE SPOILERS very sad

[Stick (#5576)]

hi AndrouskArmbrooster and welcome to the animenfo boards. If you want to properly mark your spoiler, you're going to have to highlight and quote your text, and then change the font color to white. This is the acceptable method around here that we use to mark spoilers. I'll do it now for your whole post since i haven't seen the series yet and going through it might ruin something for me if i decide to watch it.