So when I read the interviews with Tanaka, there was one thing that everything seemed to point at: a low episode count. To look at what we have so far: Chihaya will have her super strength emphasized; Lucia will play a more combat oriented part; Shizuru will be made more mature and dependable. The point about Chihaya just screams that she will be shafted hard, not that she had much development to begin with. Lucia seems to be in for a similar fate; fighting is far from what her story was about, so if she gets any development, it should be more streamlined with rest of the story. (Shizuru) Shizuru is the girl who fights off familiars from atop a moving motorcycle while deaf and feeding half her life force to Kotarou, and they telling us she will be more dependable. What more can she do!? Tanaka’s statement only makes me think they will be cutting the early parts of the story when Shizuru isn’t the biggest bamf who ever lived. Kagari’s part in the story and personality will be way different from the VN; I’ll get back to this. Next is a thing I was thinking of before the interviews actually. (Terra) No worldline starting from the common route can lead to good memories; that’s the most important fact in the Rewrite universe. So an anime which only follows one world must lead into Moon somehow. But it’s hard to lead into Moon, where all heroines fight for a single cause, by being accurate to the garden routes where they are at opposition with each other.
All those points make me think that this thing is not going to be long. But to cause some ruckus, I’ll slap together a bold prediction that people can link to later. And if I’m greatly mistaken, I’ll eat a cake(indeed a whole cake). The anime is gonna have some third faction other than Gaia and Guardian that everyone can unite against. The new Kagari will be a catalyst in this new conflict. It’d probably make the most sense if she has some bonding with Kotarou and then gets kidnapped, after that Kotarou will reunite the okaken to save her. Wrapping that up will make one cour and opening up for Moon/Terra. This will make everyone’s relationships and allegiance in Moon make more sense.
Disclaimer: I’m not describing what I want or what I think would be the best adaptation but rather my solution to a very difficult conundrum.
I said I’d get back to the issue of Kagari’s character, though there isn’t much I can say with how few people have read Harvest Festa. Let’s just say that this is the part of the adaptation with the greatest potential of disappointing me because I love Kagari in HF. My longest forum post to date is in that topic. Like Tanaka said, this Kagari can be very different from previous iterations, and I really hope they don’t fuck it up because it can affect the perception of HF.
