Ah, and then the sad theme plays again for their farewell. Perhaps I’m use to the ambiance of Ferris wheel scenes to be gentle and nostalgic, which made this contrast palpable. The music at the amusement park stood out as very upbeat, which made the silence on the Ferris wheel stand out sharply.
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Sound and music has certainly been one of Plastic Memories strong suits, and here they show they know how to use silence too. In particular, I wanted to draw attention to the music. A lot of effort was certainly invested into execution of an otherwise simple scene. I didn’t bawl, exactly, but I felt that pang in my chest, and I think that if I wasn’t turning my mind so heavily to analysis, to taking notes and screencaps, to the general business of blogging, I might not have been able to control myself. But it still managed to affect me somehow. Considering the emphasis on the inevitability of death, this is really the only way Isla and Tsukasa’s relationship could have turned out. Like much of Plastic Memories, none of this is a revolutionary twist. Though eventually the tortured facial expressions start (that’s definitely one of the better forced smiles I’ve ever seen in anime) and it’s all quite obvious.Īnd so, predictably, there’s a moment, there’s a kiss, there are tears. Assuming it’s not just my ears playing tricks on me, I’d like to commend Takumi Yasuaki, the voice of Tsukasa, for managing to sound one degree more highly strung than usual. Were they not, I thought, too happy? Was Plastic Memories leading me into a trap? Or has someone finally snapped and decided to raise the chocolate rations to maximum? As I watched on, though, I realised that I recognised this happiness. So I wasn’t exactly surprised that Isla and Tsukasa were so very cheerful on the start of this episode, but I was wary of it. Drama doesn’t work as well when stretched thing, being more effective when gradually built up before crashing down. If the fear as described in Plastic Memories is that happiness only makes the parting harder, well… here’s people being happy! I doubt anybody expected a light-hearted final episode for Plastic Memories, exactly, but it’s not like they can spend all 23 minutes being sombre either.
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