Hm.
It just played on my feelings and memories of the VN Moon & Chara-routes.
Not a bad ep for the anime Rewrite, but a rather bland one from the novel perspective.
Pacing was abrupt. Lucia’s death was done nice. New possibility and completion of “Life Theory” wasn’t bad. Chihaya’s joke which Helios already mentioned was spot on, seriously.
Still… rushed. Ruuuushed. Death order also went wrong and kinda spoiled an emotional part of Sakuya’s arrival. For more details read VN. No, seriously.
Rewrite song was played at the right moment, but meh…
Animation is still as ever. 3D is ugly. A contrast between “Watari no Uta” & god-awful Earth in the background was killing me.
I’ve enjoyed not this ep, but my own memories, feelings, and understanding of the original novel.
Thanks for bringing it all back again. But, meh, it just doesn’t work as anime with Tensho being a director, such rushed scenario, and scarse background.
There is a somewhat new saying in Russian: «Мыши плакали, кололись, но продолжали жрать кактус» (Mice cried, got hurt, but still continued to eat a cactus).
This is pretty accurate for me watching this.