[Spoilers] Watashi wo Tabetai, Hitodenashi Ep13 Discussion

regardless of how melancholic and depressing this series has been, I enjoyed it through and through

One of the great yuri adaptions of the decade. Season 2, please.

Honestly, I’m still hoping for a sequel tho. Adaptation was fine overall, but this episode relied a bit too much on still frames, ngl.

I'm hoping for a season 2 :c it was really enjoyable but I expected a bit more yuri action lmao

final ep aired on Christmas day. Anyway, that's a really cute red outfit that Miko wore for the trip. And I'm so glad to see Miko so happy, when she saw that Hinako said that she enjoyed the trip.

sweet when Shiori remembered the time Hinako gave her the seashell as a hair ornament.

this is one of the best shows I watched this year. And it's now time to read the manga.

promised yuri
lots of lillies in the outro

WHERES THE YURI???? =w=

really good show, I hope there's an eventual season 2... will read the manga for now though! miko-chan i <3 you

Does anybody notice how the first review of a freshly completed series is always one that tries to shit talk it, like I get that it's easier to talk bad about something rather than talk good about it, but bro, really?

I thoroughly enjoyed this, season 2 can happen at any point, hopefully sooner rather than later

This series had the perfect level of heaviness. It wasn't too much to the point I just don't want to watch it anymore even if it's clearly good like Summer Hikaru Died or so heavy that anything more goofy or lighthearted didn't feel like a break but something out of place like in Takopi.

Hinako my depressed fashion icon

I loved it, I felt a lot of empathy for Hinako, and it's beautiful what Miko and Shiori do for her, to make her smile, have fun, or simply to help her live. The road is very long, full of obstacles and thorns, but this episode offers small glimmers of hope, like those spirits, despite everything. I really hope a second season gets made.

Just few psychotherapy and meds would have helped Hinako...but nah we gotta overdramatise it milk it and stretch the story as far as we can,right?

Anyway not bad though..not bad at all
7/10

Can anyone explain the ending? What does Hinako mean but never want to let this promise.... I did not understand it. Was that she wants to try and live again?

Toxic yuri AND monsters, amazing combo for an anime and I fucking loved it

A story about getting by when you have so little to hope for. Not an easy watch as our protagonist is depressed to the point of suicidal ideation and so the mood is constantly dour, nor does the slow progression offer much hope, but hope there is. And, while I wouldn't call it a joy, it was certainly pleasing and emotional to see Hinako's journey to get where she is by the end of the season.

not for me. It was really good at what it set out to do, but that's not somehting I can find interest or enjoyment in. Miko was pretty much the only character that kept me from outright dropping it, and even then, it was held back by a very thin thread.

Really nice photo from the studio to commemorate the end as well!

Well, that was one bittersweet finale. The anime is... well, it isn't shy about Hinako not being OK. It's sad, and a bit hard to watch, but I think it's worth it. At the very end, despite how bad it sounds, she seems to be willing to take control of her situation. Even if the circumstances make any apparent road hopeless, the fact she makes her own statement has meaning on its own.

I think one of the saddest aspects of it all is that Hinako is alone. Yeah, Miko and Shiori are there, but at the end of the day they're youkai. And I think the anime presented that very well. Miko is unnaturally joyous, while Shiori has a detached worldview. Miko can somehow understand humans to a degree, but Shirori seems completely alien at times. In the end, the struggle of Hinako is too much for them, and there isn't anyone near her that can properly help her with what she's going through. Had she had any real help at the appropiate time, she would probably be in a much better place. But the hopeful part is that, for all she has against her, she seems to be holding out.

I hope there's more fo this in the future, but if not, I'll probably move on to read the manga and check what's next for the trio.

Kind of feel that the show had trouble maintaining a consistent tone and really delivering on some beats. I think Miko ended being my favorite character, she gets the human thing like 85% right but that missing 15% ends up being pretty important. Hope it gets a second season, but idk if it has the juice to break the curse

From someone that actively enjoys yuri manga and anime:
Where in anything was this yuri?
Like I genuinely did not catch anything close to romantic stuff in this story at all. (No matter what direction)

I can't believe that finally, after so many misses, a yuri is adapted and done so damn well. I had my trepidation over the way the anime could never nail the dark tones of the manga and paneling, and it still did its absolute best without being lazy.

The absolute star of the show was the OST. Hands down one of the best I've heard this year and I've seen a lot of anime these past few years. I will be following this composer's work from now on like I do with Shiro Sagisu and Kensuke Ushio

Completed this anime today, and I have a lot of thoughts, overall I liked it, although around the middle it was losing me a little bit, I get that Shiori's thing is that she is not interested in human life, but I found it very tedious seeing her being so dismissive of Hinako's feelings, at one point it felt as if she was saying to Hinako "Are you depressed? Have you tried just being happy?", I'm glad that after that the discovery about Miko happenned and that allowed for more conversations surrounding Hinako's wish.

Personally for me what made it difficult for me to connect 100% with the story was Shiori, I guess she is just the kind of character that I've never really liked, feigning being aloof and careless while hiding her own vulnerable side, so in the last two episodes were when I finally started connecting to her, for me the final part was the highlight of the show.

I will be interested in a second season, although I'm not sure the story and where it left off leaves a lot more to be explored further than that.

Finally, Miko is the real MVP!

Generally enjoyed this show, story is almost a bit frustrating but obviously intentionally, and it's a bit on the low budget side but you know the stillness of a lot of it actually kind of really works with the show's atmosphere.

Also, really liked the touch at the end when we finally see her family's faces, showing she's opening up a little more.

Really enjoyed this one, I hope there's gonna be a second season with actual yuri or a huge plottwist!