The Anime That Ruined Its Ending In 2 Episodes

Couple things I wanted to clarify about the Kayo situation: This alone did not make the ending bad! Which is why 90% of the video isn't even focused on that. I still would've had my complaints about the ending with or without it. All it was is simply the straw that broke the camel's back. But since that's all anyone wants to talk about, I want to address that properly here, since I feel like I didn't explain it well enough in the video, and I've been getting a lot of comments misunderstanding my point lol. --- This isn't bad because the hero doesn't "get the girl" in the end. It's because of the WAY it was executed. Satoru and Kayo's relationship, whether it be platonic or romantic, is still the emotional core of the show. That's what the show dedicates the majority of it's runtime to, and whether you like it or not, that's what the show spends a lot of time developing. They ARE the heart of the show for most of it. This is why it felt disappointing after she left. Because now the main emotional core of the show is now missing, but there are still 4 episodes left. And while many of you simply weren't interested in the romance aspect, (which is fine!), it confuses me that some people seem to deny that it ever existed. Really? So Satoru saying that he wasn't going to hang out with his friends because he had a date with her, and them both blushing as a result, was just a friendly friend thing that friends do. Everyone around them freaking out over them being a couple and none of them denying it. The constant hand holding and blushing. Satoru straight up accidentally saying that Kayo was pretty in the middle of class, them falling asleep together alone in the bus, Satoru's mum asking "am I being a third wheel here" and Satoru straight up saying "yes". The Christmas tree scene where they saw the two foxes circling around them and wondered if they were a couple, looked at each other, and then moved away from each other out of embarrassment. The literal first scene they ever met where she suddenly placed her hand on his and makes his heart skip a beat. The show constantly insinuates that these moments have romantic intent, even to the point of other characters spelling it out. These weren't here for no reason. You could easily remove a lot of this and you'd still have the countless emotional scenes they had that were platonic, and the show would still work. But they put it all in regardless. Platonic relationships can still exist, and if that's what this was nobody would have a problem with it. BUT THIS WASN'T THAT. The show was VERY unsubtle about all this and was pushing for it HARD. So if you watch all this and still think that it was completely non-existent you'd have to be dense as a neutron star, or are being willfully ignorant for the sake of the argument. Again, it's fine if you personally weren't interested in this, but you can't really blame people for getting mad at the outcome when the writers themselves were the ones who were pushing it. They teased it for 90% of the narrative and then dropped a timeskip where she got married to a random side character she never talked to and had a baby with them. It really isn't that difficult to see why anyone would be upset by this. It does not make them "bigoted" or "unable to accept that a woman can make her own decisions". It just means they bought in to what the show was clearly pushing for, and got disappointed when it turned around and gave it a non-sensical answer. --- Going back to the actual ending, if their intentions at the end were for Kayo breaking the cycle of abuse and for her to live a happy life by ending up with Hiromi... why did it not set it up that way? If your intention was for the two victims to end up together, then let them actually talk to each other throughout the show and let THEM have chemistry while cutting out any potentially romantic scenes between Satoru and Kayo. If this is what happened, it would've worked. But the end result comes out of nowhere and the pay-off doesn't match the set up at all. THAT'S why it doesn't work. Because they were paying off something that never existed, while destroying the setup that DID exist. And why is it that the only possible way for Kayo to show that she's happy is by having a baby?? There are a million different ways you could show that she broke the cycle of abuse WITHOUT destroying previous setup. It wasn't the only option! "The show isn't about the romance though, it was about Satoru trying to save her" Even if it wasn't what the show was all about, it was still a very significant part of it. So let's switch the genres to demonstrate my point. Let's say you had a romance show where the romance was mostly what it was all about. But you also had a very interesting psychological thriller aspect to it. It's still a romance overall, but the psychological thriller sub-plot is constantly being developed throughout the series and it gets more and more interesting. People start getting invested in it. The show pushes that aspect more and more, and it becomes really obvious what it's gonna do in the end and everyone's looking forward to that happening, and just as it's about to reach it...! It turns around in the end and gives it the stupidest possible answer you could think of. In my book, if people were to be upset by this, they'd be justified. You could go "well it was never supposed to be a psychological thriller overall, so you can't complain", but that aspect is STILL THERE. It feels unnecessary because why would you introduce that aspect in the first place if you didn't intend to follow through with it. They didn't HAVE to give it a weird answer. In fact it would've been easier if they went with the predictable answer and everyone would've liked it more. But instead they... didn't? It took more effort to give it the stupid answer instead of the predictable one that was more interesting and satisfying, leaving everyone befuddled as to why. A lot of the counter-arguments for this are from the characters point of view and not from the writers. "You can't expect KAYO to wait 15 years, that's unrealistic" "SATORU never wanted to get with her, his main goal was to save her and that's what he did in the end, so it's a happy ending" Completely missing that that isn't the point. These are not real people who are making their own decisions independently from the writer. The writer CHOSE for them to do this, because the writer is in control of everything that happens. Nobody is blaming Kayo the character for not waiting 15 years, we're blaming the writer for putting her into that situation. We're not asking for her to wait 15 years and be miserable, we're asking for the coma to not happen in the first place so she wouldn't need to!! And for the people saying that the coma was necessary, it really wasn't. Revival literally could've just brought him back to the present and filled in his memories, and there'd be no problem. But even if they did have to write the coma, you can't defend the writer saying "what else was he supposed to do in this situation" when the writer themselves is the one who created the story. If they write themselves into a wall and are forced into doing something dumb, they still made that happen! And again, they didn't even NEED to end up together in the end. All they had to do was NOT destroy the previous set up. This is why in my rewrite (which you would see if you watched the video), they don't even end up together. She simply shows up and is happy, and Satoru cries knowing that he changed her life for the better and that's it. What is so hard about that ending. There's literally no downside to it. It delivers the same point but without detracting from all the previous setup. If you somehow think this is worse than the original ending, then please explain to me why! TLDR: The main criticism with this is the way it was handled. The writers should've known what they were trying to do and stuck with it. Not try and do one thing only to do the opposite in the end.

when will yall realize that satoru was crying when he saw kayo 15 years later, that he was actually happy. he wasnt sad that she had a child with someone who wasnt him, he was relieved and thankful that she was still alive after all these years. also bro was like a 30 year old in a child’s body… shipping him with an actual child just feels off

The only problem with your ending that I have is that the bomb threat feels like it comes out of nowhere, I think there should be some scenes where the teacher shows some skills in chemistry or something similar.

Having Yuuki saving Satoru sinking in the car is the most genius writting the writer didn't do. It is bcs of his courage (yuuki) he still plays with kids and stand by the river even when ppl suspect him that he can save Satoru. It's much better than Satoru getting into a coma for 15 years.

Y'all if you want a better ending, read the manga Also, the time skip is symbolic of Satoru's previous future. While, now, he lost so much time, it isnt much different from the other timeline, where he wasted away without much direction in his life. The difference is, now, he has friends, a meaningful career, and people are alive.

Being abused does not excuse you abusing a child when you are an adult. That is a simple fact. We can understand what brought you to that point but it still means you are not fit to be a parent because it is way easy for you to relapse. I have seen it often enough that the best the abuser should hope for is visitation days and maybe reluctant forgiveness 20 years later but still having to stay somewhat out of their child's life for the most part.

the live action version has the opposite problem of this anime. it lengthened out the ending to make it better and more impactful by stretching it to the needed 3 episodes long but it had the same runtime so they had to rush the entire beginning of the show. moral of the story watch both

" your killer waited 15 years for you but your girl cant " i laughed out loud

As someone who was abused almost just like her, that food scene HIT HARD. They wrote that so well.

I just want to clarify a scene; You're not supposed to be sympathetic to the mom, I believe Satoru or his mom calls out the fact that she's faking to each other but not to anyone else, we know she's faking to save herself. they don't peruse it further because they did what they wanted and needed to do, they saved kayo and that's why its a happy moment, she's safe and wont be around her mom anymore. comforting the mom is for the sake of the grandmother who was feeling guilty.

See, I felt like, based on Kayo's reaction when her mom starts crying with her grandma, that we're supposed to see the mom as selfish and crying out of self-pity instead of remorse

I didn't realize that people didn't like the ending. I personally was ecstatic when Kayo walked in with her baby because that means that she lived! She has a life and a happy one! At that point, I was more worried that Airi wasn't going to show up again. Also, I probably liked the ending because I didn't ship Kayo and Satoru past the friendship stage mainly because I felt as though his protectiveness of her read more as "I can't let this CHILD die again" rather than anything romantic.

The reason I don't like the ending myself is that since our main character knew about his power from the start, it implies that he used it before to save people, thus when you think about him going into a coma, it means he didn't only sacrifice his childhood, but also all the people he had saved prior to the story, and his mom's life, he saved her from the death of course, but for the past 15 years she's had to take care of him in a coma, worrying he might never wake up and basically wasting all her career, happiness, and health, she suffered despite being a great person all throughout the story, she did not deserve either of the endings. The hero himself essentially for all his efforts is rewarded nothing but a debatably worst outcome for a lot of people throughout his life, the ending just isn't satisfying.

Honestly the ending you made was like a whole other show. I enjoyed the thought a lot, and I'd actually be interested in seeing that animated!

in the "gradual decline" section , you're not supposed to feel bad for Kayo's Mom. The show does explain why she became abusive, but it doesn't expect you to feel bad for her. In that scene, Satoru is meant to have the same mindset as the audience when he says "I wasn't buying it; If anything, She felt sorry for herself"

In the manga, Yashiro had an entire chapter devoted solely to elaborating on his past and motivations. He was an affluent child who suffered at the hands of an extremely abusive older brother who constantly beat him. This brother was also a serial rapist, and Yashiro was forced to help him lure young girls in and keep guard during his crimes. Eventually, his brother would accidentally murder one of his victims and attempt to cover it up. It was at this moment that Yashiro saw the spider's thread over his head and in turn murdered his own brother, framing it as a suicide. yet for some STUPID reason they didn't include this in the anime, and also in the manga, Kumi, the leukemia patient, plays a much larger role as Yashiro's next victim. She develops a bond with Satoru and his mother, who decide to take her to a public gathering at a camp. During the event, their suspicions are confirmed as they discover that Yashiro planned to frame Satoru for Kumi's murder. Instead, the two would have a confrontation on a bridge that resulted in his plans being revealed, these 2 moments would have made the ending SO MUCH BETTER if they actually included it in the anime why didn't they? I don't know but erased is still definitely a MUST watch even though the ending is disappointing.

Umm i don't know know if you have read the manga but the real reason why Yasuhiro does that is because of his big brother who for some reason reason isn't included in the the anime . Let me explain, Yasuhiro's big brother physically abused him and forced him into convincing his friends (girls) to come to their house after which he proceeded to sexually abuse them and during once his brother accidently killed one of the girls which resulted into Yasuhiro killing his big brother . Once again i have absolutely no idea why this was removed from the anime

Tbh, I didn't know the ending was hated until way later after I watched it

You know, I honestly expected Kenya to be the killer. He'd be a parallel to Satoru, both being kids in the same class. He might've killed several of the girls without overpowering them, but rather luring them to their deaths, which is something their classmate could do. He was shown to be incredibly smart. And his hair color change would throw the audience off and make them suspect the teacher, thus leading to an incredible twist.

I think people forget the fact that Satoru had the mind of an adult while being in a child’s body. Like even if he was acting like a child, it would have been weird to see Satoru and Kayo together in the present because Satoru was basically an adult already when he became friend with Kayo. Their "relationship" just wasn’t meant to be even if it was cute seeing them together.