The end of Natsu no Arashi Season 2 - Spoilers

[Dave Baranyi]

There is going to be a very big gap in my anime watching in the new year as the
second season of �Natsu no Arashi� ended last week. The final show combined a
bit of the poignancy of the more serious episodes with a final �fruit bomb�
battle that surprised the characters and the audience.

This was a series where I really cared for and about the characters. I felt like
I was there during a summer holiday, watching a number of very likeable people
enjoy interacting with each other. This made each episode magical for me.

Add to this Shaft's masterful use of various animation techniques and styles,
and a great sound track, and the two series together make up one of the most
enjoyable anime stories I have ever watched.

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Highlights

There was an interestingly mixed and subtle message given in the prologue and
epilog to the episode. On one hand Arashi was again telling Hajime that he would
forget her, but she also said to herself at the end that this might not be her
last summer. But more importantly, it was strongly suggested in the prologue
that we were witnessing the end of a different summer, some years in the future
from the main story, which implies that Hajime doesn't forget Arashi and that
they do continue to meet again for summer holidays. In a sense, that is both
heart-warming and sad at the same time if true.

BTW ďż˝ the Salt Guy does get his salt, but this time he also needs milk for his
coffee, and there isn't any.

And everyone gets into the Fruit Bomb business, with Wasabi becoming a new
weapon of mass-tongue destruction.

Dave Baranyi

[Tsunami]

While strolling carefully through the minefield that is Usenet, on 2

Jan 2010 01:36:22 GMT, Dave Baranyi <david_...@yahoo.ca> wrote:

>There is going to be a very big gap in my anime watching in the new year as the

>second season of �Natsu no Arashi� ended last week. The final show combined a
>bit of the poignancy of the more serious episodes with a final �fruit bomb�

>battle that surprised the characters and the audience.
>
>This was a series where I really cared for and about the characters. I felt like
>I was there during a summer holiday, watching a number of very likeable people
>enjoy interacting with each other. This made each episode magical for me.
>
>Add to this Shaft's masterful use of various animation techniques and styles,
>and a great sound track, and the two series together make up one of the most
>enjoyable anime stories I have ever watched.
>
>Now
>
>For
>
>Some
>
>Spoiler
>
>Space
>
>for
>
>Some
>
>Spoiler
>
>Highlights
>
>There was an interestingly mixed and subtle message given in the prologue and
>epilog to the episode. On one hand Arashi was again telling Hajime that he would
>forget her, but she also said to herself at the end that this might not be her
>last summer. But more importantly, it was strongly suggested in the prologue
>that we were witnessing the end of a different summer, some years in the future
>from the main story, which implies that Hajime doesn't forget Arashi and that
>they do continue to meet again for summer holidays. In a sense, that is both
>heart-warming and sad at the same time if true.
>

>BTW � the Salt Guy does get his salt, but this time he also needs milk for his

>coffee, and there isn't any.
>
>And everyone gets into the Fruit Bomb business, with Wasabi becoming a new
>weapon of mass-tongue destruction.
>
>Dave Baranyi
>

While I have enjoyed this second season, I can't help but feel that it
lacked the tension that the first one had, they seem to have stopped
going back to WW2 to save lives and that was for me one of the major
plot points.
I too also think the characters are great, and there was some
excellent character progression between Hajime and Jun in particular.
Here's hoping that the third season will be as good as the first two.
--
Tsunami
If at first you don't succeed, give up skydiving!
tsu...@nospam.jyurai.co.uk