The Reversal

"I can't see Fuko anymore. I went to the hospital today and heard that Teacher Ibuki was getting married. I thought Fuko might be Teacher Ibuki's younger sister, so I went to confirm it! Then... just like Akio, the memories of Fuko gradually faded from my mind..."

"She's still here, isn't she... Fuko!" Sanae looked sorrowfully at the empty space in front of Okazaki Tomoya and Furukawa Nagisa.

Standing between the two of them, Fuko could only look at her forlornly...

To move people with an animated story, the art, music, and plot all had to work together. In the dead of night, the viewers were having a hard time watching!

This wasn't a tragic separation, and there was nothing gory about it, but forgetting the person closest to you against your will... Just imagining it made everyone feel awful!

"Fuko, you can stay here forever!" Sanae said to the empty space she was looking at.

The viewers already knew that Sanae was only managing to remember Fuko through sheer force of will. It might only take a moment of distraction for her to completely forget the time Ibuki Fuko had spent living with her family, and the days they had all carved starfish together...

The plot itself wasn't complicated. It involved a few supernatural phenomena, but anime fans had seen countless shows like that and wouldn't be particularly surprised.

But even this ordinary story, brought to life by the music and visuals, left many fans with low tear thresholds feeling their eyes sting!

Chapter Eight ended on that infuriating cliffhanger...

The ending theme, Dango Daikazoku, began to play again, but hearing it this time left the viewers in a completely different mood.

Before, they had thought the song was cheerful and the lyrics were cute.

But now... when the