Hizune and Masotan" episode 12: Thanks for the happy ending with or without us!

The mission was to lead "Mitatsu-sama" to a place of rest and have him "turned over" safely. However, a sacrifice was required. According to Iiboshi, it is "quite natural" to offer a sacrifice. Hishine questioned him about whether it was really so or not.

Sada revealed her past with Yae. She was going to escape to Paris together, but in the end, she couldn't do it and left Yae alive. Hearing this, all the D-PAIs were surprised. Everyone might think that if one person's sacrifice can save many others, or if they have to follow the rules, or if it is someone else's life, but Hizune, without any hesitation, says, "I will definitely stop them! I will definitely stop you!

If there is something unreasonable or strange at work or at school, he will say, "I'll definitely stop it! I think everyone has had the experience of accepting something unreasonable or strange at work or at school, just because everyone else is doing it. Hishine never lies to her heart and confronts such things. That is why she is the main character, and it feels good to watch and cheer her on.

And then, Hizune and Masotan barge into Natsume's place. The two start a small fight, fighting over Okonoki-kun, while a big event is about to happen that will affect Japan. This is a common and royal development in anime, but it is still refreshing!　Incidentally, the other miko also casually mentioned that they were prepared to die if they were chosen as wedge-maiden, and I wondered a little what kind of education they had received.

I wondered a little what kind of education they had received. And Hishine's last line, "Then please live! Then, the last line of Hirune, "Then, please live! The realism of that line and the argument between the two was a really good climax of the story.

If that was the climax of the story, the climax of the action was to make Mitatsu-sama "turn over" without putting him to sleep. The depiction of Mitatsu-sama and the OTFs in this scene was so powerful that it would have been a waste to watch it on TV. I won't go into detail here, but the drawings were excellent.

And when we heard Natsume say "I don't want to die! Iiboshi then told us a shocking fact.

He said, "You must drive a wedge eye and a bell into Mitatsu-sama's heart. By driving the wedge into the axis of rotation, the "turning over" will stop! (Iiboshi)

But since the axis will be blocked, you will not be able to return to this side.

No, no, no, you don't have to be a miko to do that! (Sada) "No, no, no, you don't have to be a miko to do that! But the miko is also in charge of putting Mitatsu-sama to sleep, so I guess that's why the miko was a wedge woman, but I never thought it would end up that she didn't even have to put him to sleep. ......

The first time I saw the bell, I saw Hishine, who had glimpsed the bell on the way, and she had retrieved it, and she herself was sacrificed. Then, Hishine and Masotan were left in Mitatsu-sama. Here, Hishine realized that she was not the only one who cared for Masotan, and that Masotan also cared for Hishine, and she unleashed her best "I love you, rero rero rero". It was really interesting to see him use the lick-and-swirl story until the very end. And it was used in the previous preview, which actually made me cry by itself, but when the story was added, it made me cry even more.

The opening theme played at the end of the film is usually wonderful. The opening theme played in the epilogue was "Shoujo wa ano sora wo wataru," which had not been played in a long time (since it had been replaced by a branch OP, "Shoujo wa ano sora wo muzuau," from the middle of the episode). The composer, Taisei Iwasaki, said he wanted to make it a song of blessing, and I thought it was a song that truly blessed everyone. Incidentally, I would like to mention that the credits included the names of people from Japan Traditional Performing Arts for the Gagaku music supervision and miko dance choreography, so the Gagaku music was also created with real attention to detail. Actually, I had talked about this during the interview, but due to the timing of the publication, I had to cut it out, so please check the original soundtrack that was released.

I thought the story would end with Hizune and Masotan sacrificing themselves for Japan, but then the "Blessing Song" would not be played! In part C, after 3 months had passed, Hishine and Masotan suddenly appeared in front of Mr. Okonogi who went to pick them up at Mitatsu-sama's mountain and the story ended with a happy ending. I think the fact that he didn't explain how they were able to come back at all was also very good. The reason could have been anyhow, but it was a very typical ending of this work to end the story with a happy ending without saying whether or not.

There were 12 episodes. It was quite rushed, but it could have been made into a 2-hour film since it was summarized in 12 episodes! So, it was such a masterpiece that I would definitely like to see it in the theater. I am sure that everyone who saw it would have wished for it. I want to say thank you for the many great scenes and lines. Personally, Eru and Zaibei's "Then what do you want to do?" I want to take good care of you" was the most moe. If anyone has a chance to use it, please use it.

Now, before wishing for the movie version, I'd like to first mention that the BD&DVD box set of Contact Arc and Activation Arc will be released, which is very "Ideon! I'm looking forward to the BD&DVD box set of "Ideon! I really enjoyed "Himine to Masotan"!

(Text by Junichi Tsukagoshi)