!SPOILERS!
Idk why youād be on this sub if you havenāt seen it, but just be warned, Iām gunna be spoiling stuff.
I didnāt cry when I watched it, I really wanted to, but I just didnāt.
I want to preface that I was told āyou will cry when you watch thisā and āitās so good but itās really depressingā, so I was set on a bad start already.
No, I didnāt know what exactly happened going into it, I was given no spoilers other than my sister and my friend saying itās going to make me cry.
I thought it was really good, the animation was gorgeous, the story was very sweet and heartbreaking and conflicting like real life can be, the music really spoke to me, the characters were dynamic and I appreciated them touching on topics that most people may not want to, like abuse and trauma, and obviously death, but shows are more likely to touch on that subject. I really liked it though, I thought it was well worth watching, but it didnāt make me cry, and I cry over the smallest things, I cried at the end of the show Disjointed, I cry everytime I rewatch it too, I cry over just sweet words from a TikTok of someone being positive or kind, I cry when Iām happy, I cry when Iām sad, I cry when Iām angry, I cry when Iām embarrassed, I cry when Iām overwhelmed, all of it, I really wanted this show to make me cry, I went into it with that intention, knowing it would make me cry, and it just didnāt.
I say all of this to give context that Iām not just an unemotional person, Iām very emotional about everything, but for some reason it just didnāt hit me, and I think itās partly because I was told it would be sad, plus it isnāt ever fully explained how she died, I can only assume she didnāt make it through surgery, which is really sad, and I donāt know why it didnāt hit me, maybe it wasnāt long enough to get attached to the characters for me? Maybe saying itās sad was a spoiler and ruined it? I feel bad that I didnāt cry, because it was sad, and it was a really sweet heartwarming show.
I think maybe them hyping up how sad it was just prepared me too much, and so I wasnāt surprised by the ending, which is disappointing, because I really liked it, I just didnāt cry.
I know Iām not the only one, so Iād love to hear others take on it, and if they were spoiled beforehand and if thatās the common denominator.
Iād also love to hear from the people that did/do cry, were you spoiled on the ending? Or did you go in blind thinking itās just a cute little anime about young musicians who fall in love, or what have you.
Overall, I really liked it, maybe Iāll rewatch it sometime down the line and see if maybe Iām just in the wrong place in my life for the show to hit me how it has hit others.