*screams in pain* I've just finished Glasslip and I'm in so much pain. You know that feeling you probably had while watching Clannad Afterstory? Yeah well this anime was literally the exact same feeling. You thought it was going to be a nice, light-hearted anime. Perhaps a few love polygons and one sided loves like Anohana or something, but generally a good time. AND THEN YOU THROW IN SOME SUPERNATURAL STUFF AND YOU'VE GOT YOURSELF A STRESSFUL SITUATION! I don't think anyone could put into words how distressed I feel. It starts off really nice. It's a girl that's a glassblower's daughter and a new guy in town and then 4 side characters with their own little love problems. As the plot goes on the 4 side characters slowly form the ships they were meant to be a part of and that's all and well. But the real sucker is the two main characters. Well okay we should address Sacchan and her dual confession to Hiro and Touko. That was really cute. I'm honestly a mess. But no one reads these anyways so I'm free to do what I want. Anyways this was beyond stressful. You would think that Touko and Kakeru would end up together. Even though when Yuki, Yana, Sacchan, and Hiro all directly/indirectly ask him if he likes her and he doesn't really answer. But to be honest he could just be a shy guy. But the real kicker is when...I should probably explain the reason why Touko and Kakeru are even a speculative couple. The reason is that the two of them can see 'fragments of the future.' Touko's is triggered by sparkly things and Kakeru's is hearing things; this is probably because their two main influences were her dad's glassblowing and his mom's piano playing. In actuality those fragments are more like an alternate/fake reality. In the real (or is this even the real??? It's so confusing) world Touko is the part of the group of 5 friends that lives in the town. In this alternate world Kakeru is the one that lives in the town with the 4 other people. The trippy part is when during the winter fireworks everyone forgets Touko like how Kakeru was often forgotten during winter in a 'sudden, expected' phenomenon. A total heartbreaker. Imagine if every winter all of your friends forgot about you. AND IT ONLY GETS WORSE FROM THERE. Honestly from episode 10 onwards it gets progressively more painful as the plot thickens. The two of them are trying to learn more about the fragments and in the process it seems like Touko might be going insane and Kakeru is losing his ability. So much stress. And then at the end it's such a beautiful scene of the two of them throwing the glass beads in the air with shooting stars dancing across the sky in a kind of final celebration of summer.
HAHA YOU THOUGHT I WAS DONE. BUT THE PAIN DOESN'T STOP THERE. Actually even after that closing celebration of summer vacation and all of them go back to break, outside of Kakeru's house is the empty patch where his tent used to be. What happened to him?! Did he move into the house for a more permanent residency, finally deciding to settle down? Did he figure he didn't want to be forgotten again so he went with his mom on tour? Did he end up going to Touko's school? And that last zoom in on one of the glass beads they tossed up during the meteor shower...a blue similar to Kakeru's eyes. What if Kakeru wasn't actually a person? What if he was a figment of Touko's imagination like that fake world could be? What if this whole time he was a bead? That would explain why his house is literally in the middle of a field. Okay so they might live in the country...but isn't that just a little bit suspicious!
*takes a deep breath* Okay I think I'm done now. Thanks for taking the time perhaps to read through my rant. I really appreciate it! (￣▽￣)
This picture is deceiving. Do not be deceived by this. You thought it would be nice and lighthearted. Well you thought wrong.
It's all fun and games until it's not. (Can you tell I'm kind of bitter?)
This one is so great. But again...do not be deceived by this lighthearted exterior.
Every time this happened I was pretty mesmerized heh
Hiro is a precious cinnamon roll
Even if Kakeru is really a bead, an imaginary person, or he left at least I can say that they held hands (heh spoilers) and they kissed.
I'm ending with this so anyone still here gets a sense of peace.
(Though at the time of this scene I was already in distress)
Sources (sorry I haven't been doing them. It's been so long. Plz don't sue me in the future. I'm really just a dumb kid.): http://images.sgcafe.net/2014/07/csapsdjb.jpg, http://images6.fanpop.com/image/photos/37300000/-Glasslip-glasslip-37310967-500-281.jpg, http://fanaru.com/glasslip/image/71842-glasslip-touko-running.gif, http://i.imgur.com/Oen0Giu.gif, https://31.media.tumblr.com/61d682c85cc93386fec59cafa7548a4c/tumblr_n8e909VXRM1syyhjvo1_500.gif, https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRjL_WoZp4V0mMVlb3pHeJGIHlmIy860kkUzTsdwmMoREjsSvIQYCOVTT0T-VDdJJIQIou-n9U9HkNrRG1L2xGAii1f5EZXA7srL9LoIRx-DNdCAmp_9PCmUpJAAUji5FEK3WaB4QDhJi5/s1600/Gl2.gif, http://33.media.tumblr.com/41f2189ce6eaf8c9c812cfe85f025a1d/tumblr_nckoolnw9z1tbzgzlo3_500.gif
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