Sonny Boy Ending Explained

"If the penultimate episode was the explosive space-faring climax, then the series finale delivers the quiet denouement to a long vacation. The episode can’t help teasing us a bit, but it soon becomes clear that these versions of Nagara and Mizuho are our versions of Nagara and Mizuho." We dive deep into the Sonny Boy finale, don't miss our SONNY BOY ENDING EXPLAINED video!
0:00 The real world sucks
1:05 Project Crusoe succeeds
1:54 Hope for the future
2:43 Can you even explain Sonny Boy?
3:34 The other students
4:33 Drifting
5:18 Nagara and Mizuho
6:38 The principal
7:15 The Compasses
8:20 Another Nozomi
9:16 Small Steps
10:04 The Power of Sonny Boy
10:55 Sonny Boy Rhapsody
11:30 The Philosophy of Sonny Boy
12:12 Goodbye, Sonny Boy

[@W1ndF4lc0n]

The key scene to understand the ending (and really the main theme which the show revolves around) is the scene with Nagara and Nozomi talking on the beach in episode 11. But it isn't the part where she says to Nagara to become her friend in their original world if she is alive. It's the part just before that, where she tells him what she will do once they get back - "I'm going to find the curmudgeonly-looking boy, [...] grab him by the scruff of the neck and ask him a question...". This is the key phrase. The main plot and character arcs of the show revolve around these surreal drifting worlds, the inevitability and 'stasis' that comes with them, but also the power of the individual to break away from the fear and anxiety of that reality (and by extension the harsh circumstances of their original world, and for the viewer - actual reality), to transform despite such circumstances, to move forward (as is tradition for sekai-kei anime which Sonny Boy without a doubt is). Nagara's arc, like Mizuho tells us just before the final scene - is whether he can hold on to even a small part of the person he managed to become in that other reality, even if that reality might not amount to anything or have even existed in the end. If he can, than choosing to go back will not be a mistake, than everything that happened in the drift world wouldn't just be meaningless randomness (remember when Ace's group were thinking that sticking with Ms. Aki and Asekaze was a mistake earlier in the story and kept bouncing back and forth with no real progress and growth?). The light that Nozomi's power allowed her to see in the ending scene when they reach it with Mizuho metaphorically and symbolically becomes Nozomi. But what does that whole sequence mean subtextually? For Nagara (and Mizuho to a lesser/different extent) this represents his acceptance to move forward despite everything, to embrace his new self even if the world they will return to is their old world (with all of its difficulties) which they can't change. Nagara goes back to check on the bird that he initially left for dead (symbolic moment for his past self). The scene doesn't go as the viewer expects, signalling the he isn't quite the person he was on the island. But the most important hint here is Nozomi's behaviour. The "curmudgeonly-looking boy" this time around isn't Nagara. Instead, this time she gravitates toward Asakaze (which his portrayal throughout the show and him being the only one left alone in the drift world has painted him as someone just as "stuck", unable to move forward and in need of help as Nagara was initially). She has gravitated towards him the same way she gravitated towards Nagara in the very beginning of the show, just like she gravitates towards helping hurt and helpless animals. Nagara is not the person from episode 1 though, he's not the one that needs her help (which is Nozomi's defining character trait) as much any more. It's this shift exactly which bewilders viewers that the creators of the show use to reinforce that what happened in the drift mattered, that returning wasn't a mistake, that Nagara managed to change and move forward in a way that his self from episode 1 was incapable of doing thanks to all those experiences. A classic sekai-kei ending.

[@nevenaSloth]

Really good analogy

[@gayatri5996]

Wow, a very thoughtful perspective ✨

[@W1ndF4lc0n]

@@gayatri5996 Thank you.

[@moondrip2163]

That's honestly the best explanation of the ending I've seen. Now I appreciate it even more!

[@najwaaaamira]

this is just beautiful

[@jmlightning8045]

Sonny boy's episodes always seemed to take so long, and yet it fits so well. I finished up the slime anime before binging sonny and I kept finding myself thinking halfway through an episode that it should be done. Yet that same feeling, that feeling that time was slowed and yet taking forever, meshed so well with the show in a way I just can't explain.

[@who_k_nows]

i swear Cap explaining the Monkey baseball era was a 60 minute special

[@krejons]

I love that after coming back characters design change a little, for a moment i even can't recognise Nagara. Great video btw.

[@Karozy4869]

the fact that it's been two years since the drift, they're supposed to be different

[@trieule7158]

i never took drug... but i did watch sonny boy

[@weebthatlifts5750]

they grew up, it had been 2 years. teenagers change drastically in 2 years

[@mamoru1836]

I love the monkey furball that forever smells like sunshine. I love how it never changed, which was such a perfect match for Nagara, who was constantly creating/travelling to other worlds. I loved how he decided to give it to Rajdhani in the end, who had that love of exploring dimensions. It was a perfect gift

[@deanlambert6065]

This anime will be a timeless classic and I see myself rewatching it again

[@thetest8777]

They need to make a second season

[@chekhov-and-his-gun]

​@@thetest8777 no that would ruin it

[@user-wb1vo3bw7n]

@@thetest8777 they definitly dont

[@lucky-bi6wr]

if second season will explain what is season one is it will ruin the message and I believe our own experiences will slowly reveal what's behind for some episodes

[@NarrowDipShit]

Sonny boy isnt my favorite series of all time, but that running scene is my favourite all time scene by a good margin. Really does make you feel like its the culmination of years, or even thousands of years despite being only 12 short episodes. So many details to discover between the flashes of imagery or the expressions on Nagara or Mizuhos faces. Finally, its also audiovisually stunning!

[@W1ndF4lc0n]

If you like that scene check out Mind Game, I'm almost certain a scene from it is what inspired the running scene in Sonny Boy, and its a truly excellent film by Yasa Masaaki to boot.

[@NarrowDipShit]

@@W1ndF4lc0n Been meaning to watch that for a while but completely forgot about it. Thanks for reminding me!

[@h.bjoewho6859]

The only thing that I've felt when this anime ended is how i will never ever truly understand what sonny boy was all about, hell, no one ever will.

[@thetest8777]

Overcoming personal challenges and the ability the move on in life and be grateful for the experiences,but that's me

[@AliJorani]

Great analysis! For me personally the last episodes were painful. It took me back to the pains of coming out of age in a cruel and uncertain world. I like that you pointed out that there's hope at the end that Nagara is changing for the better

[@demondownload]

I'm still bothered (haunted?) by Mizuho's expressions in that final sprint through the psychedelic void. Nagara is following Nozomi's light, looking euphoric, determined, focused, but Mizuho's not looking at the light. She's looking at Nagara, and she looks worried. Nagara is always in front, in places literally dragging Mizuho with him. Is she having second thoughts? I hope I never figure out a reliable answer for Sonny Boy, though. Because then I'll stop thinking about it.

[@Karozy4869]

Good observation, but I don't think it's worried that describe her expression. I don't even think her expression was on the negative side at any point. To me, it's more like she's admiring Nagara for his determination and their journey for making it this far. Okay, maybe a little fear of being left behind when they were connected by the rope, as you can see she's more at ease when they held hands later on. And a little doubt along the side of "why does this take so long?", but definitely not a second thought here because I don't think anyone would want to stay after listening to the update about everyone from Asakaze. There is nothing left in the drift world for Mizuho to return to.

[@eaglenebula2172]

Could be that she was worried that they wouldn't make it I mean imagine being in such place with that, as you described, "psychedelic" landscape/phenomena.

[@Karozy4869]

@@eaglenebula2172 agreed. Like it took longer than expected, even Asakaze had to lend our duo a helping hand. But we're talking about the distance between dimensions here so I think it's not something too surprising

[@123evilwolf]

Her expression during the run was her doubting herself whether she can accept the reality of her real world situation. You can see that she wants to go back to the static yet exciting world that is "the island" when she goes back in the school to go look for the portals in parts of the school.

[@Karozy4869]

@@123evilwolf it doesn't feel that way to me. Her nod with Nagara on the island after Nozomi's funeral shows how determined she is in returning to their own world. She even accepted to leave her beloved cats behind to do that. To say that she was doubting the return trip contradicts with her character. She went back to school and did those test not because she wanted to return. She only did that because she considered all that happened on the Island as a dream, no more, but when Nagara came to see her, she knew it was real and she has to double-check everything to see if she's truly out of the drift world or not.

[@eaglenebula2172]

A very unique, complex & memorable anime for sure and now one of my top favorites. One to remember for a long time hopefully. Great vid. I don't think the principle "couldn't" stop them to me it looked more like he advised them to not enter "that" version of their world because Nozomi was dead there as the previous frame depicted through the funeral white flowers on her desk (6:45). So he actually helped them by advising them to continue walking until they found another world where she lives.

[@UlfMTG]

Oh man, that makes so much sense. They were walking from world to world, they might've stumbled onto one that seemed extremely similar to Nozomi's light but God basically told them that this wasn't it and they had to keep going.

[@ThaTrueRealmWalker]

That is nice, but then how does it explain his question of how they are going to bring back compass and compass 2.

[@eaglenebula2172]

@@ThaTrueRealmWalker I don't have the answer and the author didn't mention this point in any of his interviews that I read but one person online suggested that the girl with yellowish hair that was working with him in the last ep, the one that was giving Nagara a peculiar dazed look, was the character that inherited the deceased Nozomi's memories. The person thinks that because that girl was immediately shown the moment the director asked that question. It's an interesting theory but it seems unlikely to me and there's no real way to know until Natsume himself answers it.

[@oneone-uj2vm]

One word for Sonny boy=A very personal story

[@thetest8777]

Trust me, your not alone in that situation

[@johnkula1536]

I think Sonny Boy might be one of my new favorite anime! For how genuinely experimental it is. Watching it reminded me of another of my favorite anime: Kaiba. Kaiba is also strange and bizarre and I love it for the same reasons.

[@consignadobryano.9624]

Well its given a fact that both Sonny Boy and Kaiba were made by the same studio. Madhouse were great and really known for these mystery animes

[@PlaySA]

You're so right. Trippy, confusing, beautiful, deep, and something that actually stays with you. Qualities that are rare enough in anime

[@gameskyjumper1721]

Not in a million year would I thought I'd see someone else mentioning Kaiba. That's one truly insane but genius anime. I love it.

[@pee1167]

That's crazy! I also thought of Kaiba a lot while watching Sonny Boy! And Kaiba is such a hidden gem, extremely niche...so maybe it shouldn't be surprising that those who liked Kaiba gravitated towards an anime like Sonny Boy, and now we're all here.

[@thetest8777]

Definitely remind me of 5 centimeters per second

[@Dizguyzer]

The ending explains the introvert life. How one can fall into a relationship & how one can be more than oneself if the situation allowed it to happen and if not then it's just the plain old rough world.

[@avaresse]

I couldn’t help but tear up in that sprinting scene. I feel my heart ache, what a phenomenal show.

[@ShadowRealmZ373]

Even if this life is meaningless there's some cool things that happen sometimes

[@aliktuliau4856]

i think the situation between The Twins fighting over the strand of hair and Nozomi being a different person after Nagara returns to the real world is brilliant

[@PlaySA]

But Nozomi wasn't a different person. She didn't remember him, but she was kind of the same. However, her dying when they saw the film world and then being with Azasaze or whatever his name was I found really interesting and maybe confusing.

[@aspiwri664]

Really great video. You encapsulated everything i loved about sonny boy and put it into words. Your channel deserves more exposure great work!

[@f4uxp4s]

Excellent analysis. Thank you for this intellectual tribute to one of the deepest and most artistic animes of the year, if not ever.

[@itsvillayne]

I'm glad I gave this anime a chance cos it made me feel... Comfortable? It's gonna be a nostalgic one when I rewatch it

[@myyybestooofriendooo6742]

There's a hole I'm my heart I feel empty after watching like I want more but I know the fact that we will no get a 2nd season but I still hope there is although I feel empty I didn't regret it watching it.

[@fur4x]

I absolutely love sonny boy. I watched 3 times already even then all I wish is that there won't be a 2nd season.

[@SossboyOG]

It’s a love hate relationship. I LOVE shows that can bring forth such a complex story into 1 season but by the end I hate the fact that the story is over and we’ll NEVER get a 2nd season. It’s truly heartbreaking💔

[@Fullmetal999]

Best explanation I’ve seen on this show so far. Great Job! 💪

[@blacksama_]

My own interpretation is you cant be what you are not, and so you will end up being what you really are. Pretending to be something else will only end up being as fabrication, a lie you want to believe, but deeply you will always be what you really are and you will eventually go back to be it.

[@brian_190]

This was an amazing video!

[@thugnarsty]

I'm so happy I watched this every week as it was releasing giving me ample time to go over each episode and think about it over and over again as opposed to binging it. Truly one of the best things I've seen in a long time This is one of my favorite anime and I've recently clocked 360 completed series so that's not a statement I take lightly shingo natsume really did something fantastic and poetic here that will never be able to be fully understood. Also it brought me to toe. I've been absolutely obsessed with the music and they are probably my favorite band right now by far

[@Alessio-tt6pp]

I think also the ending song is more related to the story. Because tha song says "If a boy endured sorrows in the train of 2000 light years, he will meet a girl". (This us one possible translation). I don't know if the light year unit is used as time measurement (wrongly) or it is really ment to be the length of a journey. Maybe the journey Nagara and Mizuho did to return home. And some of them spent 2000 years in the drift. Anyway the song line "a boy meet a girl after 2000 light year train, don't say goodbye" has (I think) to be related to the nagara&nozomy and nagara&mizuho relationships. What do you think?

[@mohamedalbatal2705]

best explanation of sonny boy i found ,great vid

[@justin_kim]

very well done video!

[@AdaraFukuchi]

really appreciate this vid. i rlly needed to hear someones thoughts on it besides my own

[@efgio3211]

Really great video

[@onizukaval]

I love your explination of this is really great

[@Dizguyzer]

I believe Mizuho ignored Nagara just because she already knew that things are different in this world. She came in this reality only for Nagara. Him to meet Nazomi like how he helped her previously with her cat & situation. Once she realized that this reality is not what they've expected she turned her guard up :(

[@voice-less]

late, but Mizuho always wanted to get back to her world, she likely ignored him because she herself was still unsure, whether they truly remained the same as they were on the island or did they change by coming to this new world, hence why her last words to him were basically telling him to own up to all the changes that happened to him on the island, and move forward in life, and she will do the same.

[@TheRandomYoYo]

I am quite certain most of the show is a metaphor regarding humanity itself. How we started adrift, and through talents, and structure, we developed to higher things. you have the beginning of laws when there is no "god" to observe, you have the inception of trade, meaning of work, the creation of value, you have the creation of sport and competitiveness to push you further and give a sense of meaning and purpose, you have the creation of religion, to give people questioning an answer, even if not the correct one, and finally you have the exploration and curiosity faced with the explicit description of being "the same" or worse "interchangeable". And this culminates with a space journey. Which is the idea of exploring further, freeing from the birthmother Earth, with all that comes with that. Throughout you have the interpersonal relations, with multiple B plots going on to related to specific things a lot of us might be feeling. Drifting through life, since it doesn't matter anyway, wanting to protect others because they themselves could flourish in a field where you never even had the chance, needing to feel special and wanted because our own structures seemingly failed. And finally I think it is worth mentioning that our experiences and our own core values do not fit with any of this, so from our humanmade systems we should discard them. Yet we don't because they mean something. The MonkeyFur that tastes of sunshine, could be nothing else to someone not interested in sunshine, but to some it will be a core experience that makes them feel safe. None of our experience matter in the grand scale of the universe, but those same experiences form us, and shape our objectives and views, and we can change the world, as we have been since day one. And that I think is the core of the show. To make you think about the experiences that matter to you, why they do so, and what you can take from them. Like the scene with Nagara and Nozomi talking about the cake she liked. That one tiny experience matters to her, and it will still do, even if to Nagara it's a trivial thing.

[@drek273]

this is probably one of the greatest animes ive ever watched

[@uibudesu3055]

its superb. But i do prefer steins gate by a bit

[@CptnCobblestone]

Definitely one of those most unique anime’s I’ve seen in a long time. I wish I could find more like this time of anime. The ones that really make you think about life

[@benjaminpalmer1550]

Thank you so much

[@Ursmoov]

This show has a bit of everything. A coming of age story, society structure, humanity , religious concepts, ego, and probably more that I missed. It’s mixed together very chaotic but also at the same time super interesting.

[@pacoag99]

I had some anime pending so I just finished Sonny Boy, I have some questions about it. 1) If Asakaze wanted he could have returned to the “normal” (even if it’s a parallel one) world and since when? 2) why Yamabiko didn’t return whith Mizuho and Nagara? 3) Why the cats of Mizhuho had to stay in that other world? 4) How was the teacher there and what were her real plans? 5) In the last episode they said nobody (of the original classmates) wanted to go back but that it was “easy”, if it was why no one of the other generation students left? 6) Was there any motive why only the students of the class 3-2 where in that scenario?

[@UlfMTG]

1) He could've always done it. Asakaze's power is controlling gravity, and that includes the folding of spacetime. Maybe he just didn't notice the extent of his powers until the last episode, or maybe he just didn't see a point in returning to a world where every experience he's had so far is meaningless. 2) What's the point? He probably can't even remember his own face, or his own family, or anything for that matter. He's been in that dimension for over 5000 years. 3) Because back on earth they're just regular cats, their self-will would disappear upon return. At least in that world they can keep living. 4) No idea. 5) Because going back to this shithole we call a planet is the hard way, not the easy one. It's easier for them to stay back there, where their experiences have meaning. Going back would mean starting from scratch, in a world they don't know anymore, going back to the same shitty routine. Nagara and Mizuho believe that even though it is tough, it is worth chasing those few moments of Light, like Nozomi did. It's an incredibly difficult decision to make, everyone else just decided to take the easy path. 6) it was a combination of the cat's, Mizuho's and Nagara's power. Maybe it was something they desired deep in their heart and God just willed it into existence. The cats copied them, Mizuho gave them immortality, and Nagara just happened to bring his classmates with him when he was trying to "escape" his world. You can tell in the first episode, they go adrift when Nozomi tries to confront Nagara but all he wants to do is run away, and he ends up "escaping" everyone with him.

[@justadrawing3393]

Wanted to comment on 1) I think Asakaze reveals that he did go back to the normal world. In episode 5 at around 22:50 he says: "That was an awful world, no one was nice to me" while his skateboard falls into the black pit that he created. If you think about it there's nowhere on the island with pavement that he could skate. This tells me he must have used it in the normal world, been unhappy, came back and threw away the board since he never wanted to go back. A minute before this scene we see Asakaze's outline with the trippy imagery that is often seen throughout the show when characters are changing worlds.

[@UlfMTG]

@Zentosi you mean the electric chair guy? it's the kid with the star. We get some close up shots that match his hair/eye color

[@melancholygirl7793]

@@UlfMTG Hoshi is his name.

[@melancholygirl7793]

4) That wasn't the teacher, that was her middle school self. As for her plans, dunno.

[@menefreghismo8507]

This anime is an example of an art that you must watch in every stages of your life because it will give you an insight and an interpretation of your current life status.

[@mozartescabal8857]

rivers of tears on the last episode.

[@duckgiraffe2803]

didn't talk about the girl shows when the headmaster ask Nagara "How would you plan to bring that compus outside" is pretty similar to the girl co-worker where Nagara works at. who is probably one of the compus Nagara brought back and transformed to.

[@eaglenebula2172]

Yes it's the same girl and the compass symbolized Nozomi so having two compasses meant having 2 Nozomis in the same world but since they can't have a duplicate of the same person a new one seems to have emerged from the extra compass and maybe inherited the now dead drifted Nozomi's memories. Only a theory ofc.

[@ikengaspirit3063]

@@eaglenebula2172 I doubt. Nagara still had one compass with him.

[@eaglenebula2172]

@@ikengaspirit3063 so what? that world is different from the drift dimension, a ordinary one so you don't have to either have 1 person or their symbol at once. Here a compass is just an object.

[@UlfMTG]

@@ikengaspirit3063 Yeah, that is the Original Nozomi I think. The one we see alive and well isn't the Nozomi we know, it's a completely different person, which I think is symbolized by the fact that Nagara didn't try to be friends with her. His promise was made to someone completely different, and that person is already dead.

[@Alex.qh07]

What was the background song used starting at around 2:25 and ending at around 3:37?, I really like it and recognise it but I can't seem to put my finger on where it's from or the name of it

[@fredfrazier]

I just fished this anime & loved it! This ending explainer does a great job of laying out such a thought-provoking show! I think I’m gonna re-watch it. In any fan fiction or speculation about what happens after the finale, I hope Mizuho & Nagara stay connected.

[@helsati]

underrated video bro

[@ajmads3051]

The first few episodes, i hated Nagara. Because i see myself in him, he's quite, timid, unsure of himself and just let others talk him over. A saw a reflection of myself in him and i hated that version of myself back in highschool. This is the first time where i hated a fictional character because it reminded of my old self. Sonny boy is a metaphor for coming of age young adults, with its weird concept plot integration with quantum physics and magic. It was confusing at first, but overtime i come to love it. Thanks Nozomi for seeing through Nagara. You're truly the light that he needed, even though reality is a bit disappointing. 😭

[@CaitlinxDavis]

idk why but asakaze helping at the end really got to me, i feel like he was a really underrated character and one of my favorites

[@tropicalfish1360]

Wonderful video, but I can't help but notice the Bloom Into You music in the bg haha

[@MIKA-dk9cr]

I’m here after just finishing it

[@spade2397]

Banger

[@joshuamendoza8854]

Ur Killin me with the dub pronunciation of their names lmao.thanks for the vid tho

[@openlight3458]

It truly was a good anime.

[@avimehenwal]

I watched episode 4 today and I must confess ... I dont get a thing what's going on XD Its a true mystery anime

[@thetest8777]

I swear Japanese most always have sad ending but this I respect because in reality we all need to keep moving forward and enjoy what little time we have on this earth Dam-n that's depressing but respectable

[@_whitecatfullgrown]

Radhjani is the main character, he helped alot.

[@A_Debater]

I'm familiar with your voice, do you have another channel?

[@Lvlaple4Ever]

Personally, I wish the Nozomi actually died like they foreseen. It would've drove the "real world sucks" and how they don't have a heroes' welcome coming back. Seeing Nozomi with Asakaze also felt a bit NTR. Hopefully Nagara ends up with Mizuho with the canon ending. There are also still some loose ends. What happened to Hoshi when the trap was such an antagonist in the beginning? Why didn't Asakaze join the 2 if the island's gone and are the rest dead?

[@oofie4660]

It's not explicitly confirmed and shown, but Hoshi is already dead as he was the first one who created the concept of "death" before War did. Remember the electric chair scene? Also Asakaze didn't join them cuz maybe he decided stay behind to help Nagara and Mizuho get out of the adrift world and in order to that that he must remain on the world to be the one to push them. Maybe there are other more logical reason though we will never know as the author intended most of the thing in the story to be open for interpretation. Also not everything have to be romance. Nagara, Mizuho and Nozomi can still be friend with each other without being in love for each other. Like Nagara said at the end of the anime, "Our lives are only beginning. What lies ahead will take just a little bit longer". He still have a lot of time left to grow up more, make more decision and move forward in his life. There is always possibility he will be friend again with Nozomi in the future, or even commit relationship with her as long he make his mind to it, but that is not really the point of the Sonny Boy anime.

[@aejei]

But the nozomi we knew actually died though, she's basically a whole different person in the new reality, so it's not ntr. Having nozomi and asakaze in the ending make great parallels that tie up the ending too.

[@jordanlim1356]

yea i probably wouldve hated the ending if they gave Nagara a romance. itd really go against the entire story HARD.

[@minerdalta]

Personally I think its nice seeing Nozomi happy with Asakaze. Asakaze did love her after all. Even if he's a very egocentric loser initially. Remember that the real world Asakaze and Nozomi are not the ones from that world.

[@Garfunkels_Funky_Uncle]

I think Nagara and Nazomi will become friends like they promised, She initiated a conversation with Nagara who talked with her and it was all based around the baby bird that's in need of help after she noticed he was looking in the nest.

[@chearafine2766]

I thought Rahjardi become "War" since they have the same voice and judging from the conversation he had with yamabiko

[@manemisdonmalasnemissalata6324]

i want him to fulfill the promise so bad man, but i guess now he didnt leave that bird to die so thats another improvement

[@denisgalbavy8093]

Literally everyone:" Such a masterpiece, this is a genius anime, so deep, it connects so much, etc.... Meanwhile Shingo Natsume: "Oh boy how much stoned was I when I wrote this shi well fuck it

[@crazydiamond3430]

Why did Rajadani say that escape was actually easy but then they built an spaceship? I dont understand how to make an spaceship is "easy" for an average student and also dont understand how this connects with the chicken scene and the Senzo or "War" character

[@Meyliart]

I think the word “easy” is meant to take in a more philosophical way. Basically, building a spaceship is the easy part but deciding to go back home is the difficult part.

[@melancholygirl7793]

Also, Asakaze's powers could've easily transported anyone who wanted to leave up.

[@TheTinyOrc]

The most unlikely tend to be the ones.

[@bongslayer8339]

Came here to say this sounds like the person is just straight up reading, and pronounces the names in a way like they’ve never heard them before. Hope this person speaking is not the writer lmao

[@ltknesbitt]

WAIT, if Rajdhani became a forest, what Happened to the cats????? 😢😢😢

[@iota14thmoon]

asakaze said that he became a forest and is living with animals, so the cats are probably there

[@ltknesbitt]

@@iota14thmoon with sakura watching over the forest

[@vizddraig]

From my perspective i think the characters are not real but some carbon copies of the original created by the school principal by the desires of some students to escape reality.i don't know if this is caused by the desire of 1 or all the students but the copies are given powers and specific jobs that they didn't know.cause from the dog perspective he is from the future so the world's created have space time distortions and with his explanation we can see that God chooses certain people with certain powers and they create that world based on their will and their rules and the others can live on those world's . So basically each year people are chosen to be copied like Gantz anime but the original ones still have to face the harsh reality of the world . At the final episode the protagonist goes back to the world and this caused the merging of him into his real body but deleting the new personality developed when he was gone for so long basically possession. The experience in his new world created a new person . The other copies became energy to sustain world's so basically they are the harvests of God like a battery and maybe that's the reason the God created their copies like a battery for his recharge.

[@kaikapioka9711]

It hurts me how you pronounce their names. That aside, nice video.

[@caiolimacaldas]

What if, Anime studios and Canadian ones work each other ? it's possible ? because work with Bakugan.

[@WildArtistsl]

there have been many french studios working with Japanese and koran studios in the 2000

[@caiolimacaldas]

@@WildArtistsl well, but why not Canandians ?

[@WildArtistsl]

@@caiolimacaldas Because Anime wasn´t that popular in the west to reach so far? I think in the near future we might get some collaborations. Back in the 2000 Anime was looked down upon as a cheap alternative to Disney

[@caiolimacaldas]

@@WildArtistsl if Crunchyroll is responsible for these Animes, why they don't Animes with modest plots like in the 80's and 90's one ?

[@WildArtistsl]

@@caiolimacaldas that's a mystery the anime community is fighting about. Vrunyroll at the bugging was fine but as soonest they started to be progressive on Twitter CR has ben very toxic

[@kpeters909]

Amazing Show, top 5 even. Hated the ending.

[@uibudesu3055]

i think the ending is pretty neat. It doesnt give you what you want, but anime isnt about us. It has a message to convey, and it delivers

[@bpdrephotography3859]

My heads hurts 😂 good watch tho

[@sonnyboy1502]

I watched the anime because of its name. Just sharing. 😆😆😆

[@JC-zl7go]

im so lost lol

[@zezanje1]

whats up with the girl with yellow hair tho, the ending of sonny boy is very similar to ending of re life imo

[@kenmaru777]

I don't need a whole fckn 10hour explaining of anime to understand how masterpiece is this Its shit Every episode is a waste of time Only thing I thought through anime was: "fck maybe in 12 episode it will show why this is masterpiece" But nah, its just a shitty story For example: Odd taxi Its not need a 12 eps wait to find out why this is masterpiece Its good from start, but last ep is a greatest move in plot which makes all better without being necessary for the plot

[@5324man1]

Only questions: why Asakaze didn’t save nozomi and does the two compass mean one there were two nozomi? And who tf was Ms. Aki

[@normaldude9736]

Didnt it meantion that mizuho and nagara tried to copy nozomi to confirm her death? Ms. Aki prob a fake

[@uibudesu3055]

Asakaze didnt save nozomi because at that very moment he just didnt do anything. There is no particular reason, he just didnt do anything. There is two compass because the other one was copied by sakura to tell Nagara and Mizuho that Nozomi is dead. One more is the original compass from Asakaze. Ms. Aki is just another student. She was also drifted but in the past when she was a student. The things she says is mostly nonsense, Ms. Aki doesnt know a lot but she claims she does

[@melancholygirl7793]

@@normaldude9736 Ms Aki is just the real Miss Aki's middle school self. They mentioned that she used to go to their school.

[@jordanlim1356]

@@melancholygirl7793 i dont think the fact that she went to the same school is enough proof by itself. she realistically couldve been in a different class. imo the fact that she looks older than a middle schooler is actually evidence that she is a fake.

[@melancholygirl7793]

@@jordanlim1356 Gen specifically says that only middle schoolers can drift and then it flashes to Miss Aki who is shown to have a uniform skirt.

[@nicholaslenzini1759]

Neelist......Nile-list.

[@sandyaerlangga1992]

Hoshi is nihilism

[@shaneos2727]

Here before anime news network takes over anime KZbin

[@airiquelmeleroy]

One of the core themes of the show is "the world can't be changed", and the obvious comeback is "you will change", however it is never explicitly said. Nozomi becoming a compass, essentially dying, can't be changed, her dying in the real world, also can't be changed. By bringing two compasses back to the real world, Nozomi is left alive, but really, nothing changed, since "their" Nozomi is still dead, in Nagara's drawer... Nailing it again, "the world can't be changed"

[@CharlesDarwinBarkley]

I didnt like the ending.. why did Mizuho even ignored nagara when they met again? i also hated Nozomi ending up with that douche...

[@user-hf2qh5ck7j]

Mizuho had to confirm first that it's the real world by breaking a glass in school before approaching nagara, that's why she ignored him

[@user-hf2qh5ck7j]

And that Nozomi wasn't our nozomi also director shingo natsume said that the relationship between asakaze and nozomi at the end is doomed to fail lol

[@zhizian]

I never felt so sleepy watching an anime.... Decided to give this a shot since there's so much hype. But Its like watching my thoughts about life and its a waste of time watching something I already know..... I wanna watch anime to keep me entertained, not show me enlightenment.... Cause life is short enough.... Time is precious...

[@uibudesu3055]

it keeps me entertained. It depends on ur taste. It's a slow burn this anime, by the end of it I cant stop thinking about Sonny Boy

[@cutieteal]

I think explaining the ending misses the point of the show.

[@gameskyjumper1721]

If I'd learned a lesson from this anime, then I will think for myself and speak out my own mind. This anime sucks. Not a complete waste of time but still. I could've watched some anime with much more emotions and actions but still thought provoking. RIN -Daughters of Mnemosyne for example.

[@danielf8354]

It's was super disappointing.

[@ZZEEBBRRA]

denouement. Pronounced day- new-mon