June 29, 2024
Tonari no Youkai-san ep 12 - 13
Feh, the most common cop-out, Everything goes white with all the characters floating around, and then they somehow fix everything by the power of heart (or in this case Kotodama).
So I checked AnimeChart, and there is one more episode to go. Good thing too, because it looks like the end of the world.
The rift has let "Oni" through from an alternate, nullified dimension. They are hollow shells, but deadly beasts as well. But even worse, this is having an negative effect on certain types of the Youkai, basically cancelling out the magic that is required to keep them alive.
There is reference to a similar event 500 years in the past, when the Tengu who taught Jiro's grandfather how to do the Tengu thing sacrificed himself to close a rift. The question I have is that if Jiro has to do the same thing, will he find a way to live through it? And how much will Mu-chan cry before he turns out to be alive?
Feh, the most common cop-out, Everything goes white with all the characters floating around, and then they somehow fix everything by the power of heart (or in this case Kotodama).
But for a while there things looked heavily fucked. Youkai and Ayashi were keeling over left and right. Wagen-san turned back into an ordinary car, Bucchio turned back into a dead cat. It was grim as hell.
But then everything went back to normal-ish, because the kids in the white space remembered everyone (or was it just everyone who counted?). There was still some permanent damage and a few didn't make it.
Cop out ending with tear-jerking disaster? Yeah, but that's what you have to do to wrap up a slice of life show with no antagonists. Because real life doesn't follow the Hero's Journey or any other story pattern.
Still have no idea what those small fans on the power poles were. Way too small for any significant power generation.
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