These two are heroes for each other but they’re also just generally heroic. And it would have been a lot more if it hadn’t been for Gugu and Fushi’s bravery. Unlike with March, it was the Nokkers that were the cause of death this time. They were brothers of the soul, and for that reason among others the close of this arc raises some interesting philosophical questions about the story that the end of the previous arc did not. Of course Fushi was infinitely more aggrieved over what happened this time – Gugu was a part of him (in the symbolic sense) in a way only a true family member can be. No emotional manipulation was necessary here – that’s the difference between pathos and melodrama. Gugu’s death was everything March’s was not, because the feelings that came along with it were totally earned by the narrative. That’s not to say that this episode didn’t kick like an angry mule. There’s a larger arc to To Your Eternity, one that transcends all the supporting characters, and I think there comes a point (it had already come for me) where you either buy into that or you don’t. That’s going to be a problem for some viewers I’m sure (it was for some manga readers) but I’d encourage folks to withhold judgement for as long as they can bring themselves to. In addition to the heavy foreshadowing, the overall pattern with this series isn’t hard to ascertain. One can’t really be surprised by what happened in this episode of Fumetsu no Anata e, whether they’re a manga reader or not.
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