Comments on: Saikano ( Saishuu Heiki Kanojo ) Review http://omohide.com/1863/saikano-saishuu-heiki-kanojo-review/ "Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest." - Mark Twain Sat, 31 Jul 2010 06:11:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Shinmaru http://omohide.com/1863/saikano-saishuu-heiki-kanojo-review/comment-page-1/#comment-4491 Shinmaru Sun, 10 Jan 2010 02:47:40 +0000 http://omohide.com/?p=1863#comment-4491 I love Saikano, but I definitely agree that it can be manipulative at times -- many of its hardest hitting emotional moments are the direct result of plot contrivances, and while the emotion is strong enough for that to not matter much to it, it is nevertheless something I cannot forget when thinking about the series. The background behind the war never mattered to me too much; I was able to go with the basic World War III scenario where something just pushed things a bit too far, and all of a sudden countries started unloading on each other. I can't say I wasn't a bit curious to know the backstory behind Chise's conversion into a weapon, but I was able to put that off to the side as well. I think Saikano is a good example of a series reaching beyond its grasp, but its grasp is so huge that it finds some strong success despite that. You do get the feeling that by the end, more could have been done with the premise and the themes and everything, but what is there is undeniably affecting. I love Saikano, but I definitely agree that it can be manipulative at times — many of its hardest hitting emotional moments are the direct result of plot contrivances, and while the emotion is strong enough for that to not matter much to it, it is nevertheless something I cannot forget when thinking about the series.

The background behind the war never mattered to me too much; I was able to go with the basic World War III scenario where something just pushed things a bit too far, and all of a sudden countries started unloading on each other. I can’t say I wasn’t a bit curious to know the backstory behind Chise’s conversion into a weapon, but I was able to put that off to the side as well.

I think Saikano is a good example of a series reaching beyond its grasp, but its grasp is so huge that it finds some strong success despite that. You do get the feeling that by the end, more could have been done with the premise and the themes and everything, but what is there is undeniably affecting.

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