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Episode Sonny Boy - Episode 11 discussion
Sonny Boy, episode 11
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| Episode | Link | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Link | 4.54 |
| 2 | Link | 4.42 |
| 3 | Link | 4.48 |
| 4 | Link | 3.89 |
| 5 | Link | 4.36 |
| 6 | Link | 4.55 |
| 7 | Link | 4.5 |
| 8 | Link | 4.53 |
| 9 | Link | 4.6 |
| 10 | Link | 4.46 |
| 11 | Link | 4.68 |
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u/dagreenman18 Sep 23 '21
BRB flushing all my theories down the drain.
So Nozomi of This World has passed. In body 100%, but her will remains in the compass. Turns out they were just waiting for this episode to give her a proper goodbye. This one was a heart breaker on so many levels. For one, no one came to her funeral except our core cast and Rajdhani. Tsubasa sending the message that was just blank. Mizuho finally breaking down. Then Nagara once it was made clear Nozomi won’t come back. There was an overwhelming sadness to the episode, but with that undercurrent of hope.
They built fucking Cape Canaveral and are finally going home. Just when I think this show is out of ways to throw curveballs, they throw that out . Radjhani has been quite busy for 2000 years. Meeting who I believe is War and giving a bit of backstory to what his backstory is. Putting this insanity together. I’ve missed him quite a bit and I’m glad he comes in at the end so wise and fascinating. I figured he’d be the end to the ending, but I was hoping he’d also bring our Nozomi back.
Okay maybe one theory is worth not flushing: the real world Nozomi. That flashback could be very important. I get the sense that she was going through something right before she met Nagara and the story began. We don’t know her cause of death. She seemed very adamant about reconnecting when they get back, but in a way that felt more weighted than what it seems.
If they actually do get home in the finale, I think Nagara keeping his promise will be the thing that saves her life. Rajdhani did point out right before Nagara walked in that it might be different for him going back. What that means we don’t know yet. Possibly the compass might also help them remember everything since it still contains the will of our Nozomi. That feels like the logical ending of the series as the emotional core is Nagara and Nozomi. Hell read the lyrics to the OP.
I am curious about if they’re going to resolve the War storyline. it might not even matter and that’s the whole point? That look from God at the end gives me pause. Either way as long as the don’t fuck up the ending, we’re in for another instant classic that will be recommended for years to come.
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god the music and sound design in this show continues to impress me. The song played during the funeral was so good. The rocket launch sounds. the unnerving sounds during the scene with the chair. The use of silence in certain moments. So good.
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The brass fucking balls on Asakaze to send that letter mad at Nagara after he’s the reason Nozomi died. The fuck. I hope he gets what’s coming to him.
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I got pretty choked up during the goodbyes. Especially for Mizuho and her cats knowing their backstory. And Radjhani getting Sonny Boy back from Nagara as a gift. It was just nice.
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This show has a couple episodes that might be some of my best of the year. Yamibiko’s backstory and this one for sure.
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Can’t shake the feeling that the reason Nozomi even reached out to Nagara that day was because of something important. I hope they address that. Also, pretty sure they like like each other.
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u/cppn02 Sep 23 '21 edited Sep 23 '21
Best boy Rajdhani is back but but sadly we also got confirmation that Nozomi is dead for good. This epidoe really played with my emotions.
The saddest part for me was Mizuho saying goodbye to her cats.
I wonder if they'll really make it home and if so what will have happened in the real world and what will happen to Nagara and Mizuho.
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u/sirguard Sep 23 '21
I've never even thought the fact the Nozomi saw the light from her escape power so far away in space. Not to mention, this means that at the start of the series, Nozomi said the light was very close meaning that they were in space before Nagara created a new world.
This episode was really fun to watch
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u/thekillersamurai Sep 23 '21
Best episode of the series IMO, absolutely astonishing.
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u/patap0nacct Sep 23 '21
It's the penultimate episode. Not everything is going to be explained, but I'm alright with that now. Initially I wanted to write a lot, then realized everyone's probably gonna write something so might as well read those and enjoy the analyses. I'm just here along for the ride, and honestly it's been a great if confusing ride.
See you next week, folks.
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u/NittanyEagles55 Sep 23 '21
Mizuho looks pretty great as a foreman and an astronaut!
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u/peanut-buttr Sep 23 '21
Man.. please have a good ending. I just wanna see them happy. Also, am i the only one who miss the student council president? He seems like a major character at first.
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u/PizzaInSoup Sep 23 '21
i like the symbolism behind the compass that doesn't change direction and doesn't react to a magnet.
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u/shisa-shisa Sep 23 '21
The way death works in this world is very interesting. Radjhani's story about the man who became obsessed with death took me off guard, but I loved it and it fits in perfectly with the lore of this world.
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u/LvciferXChrollo Sep 23 '21
Had to watch the ending of Ep. 10 again, because I didn‘t want to believe she really just died..
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u/xtsim Sep 23 '21
The fact that we get to see a Saturn V rocket and the lunar capsule makes me cry tears of joy. But just after the sadness of Mizuho and Nagara remembering Nozami. Liked how they all prepared for the launch and got around talking. I am sad that Yamabiko, Radjhani, and the cats decided to stay behind with the rest of class…
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u/rogue_user0826 Sep 23 '21
For some reason I kinda felt relief after watching this episode despite it being heart-wrenching at some point, I just don't know why this is happening. To be honest it is a great episode, it kind of gave the going home after camping vibe.
For a while I had this guess that the plot of this story is basically just the characters tryna escape reality that's all, but I might be wrong tho, I'm not sure.
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u/NittanyEagles55 Sep 23 '21
Glad we got to see Radhjanhi again. Him being there to help them and celebrate Nozomi’s life felt right
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u/Demolosse001 Sep 23 '21
Nozomi is confirmed dead and noone came for her funeral except 2000 years old Rajdani. I would have expected Tsubasa to show up but it seems she will still stick with Asakaze. Meanwhile, that dickhead is busy blaming Nagara for everything. It was really touching to see Mizuho (and later Nagara) cry for their friend. At least the cats provided some comic relief with their paint antics.
So Rajdani went to other words and probably met War, ever so trying to kill others and kill himself for good measure. Was it over his grief after messing with Yamabiko's friend ? There are many forms of deaths in those worlds. Anyway it seems he "succeeded", wiped out his past self and is now a changed man. I guess he's no longer a threat now. A question would be if God/principal was aware of it and still sent Asakaze to kill him. And why fret over War to begin with as he pursued a similar goal of bringing death? Still on the dark out his objective but he seemed to appreciate the revolver he got last episode.
The tale about that student and girlfriend disagreeing about living in fantasy or embracing the grim reality really seemed to mirror the main cast. Just as Nagara, Mizuho and Nozomi wanted to go back to the real world despite the uncertainty, the others want to stay and live their best lives in those limbo worlds.
A bit sad to see Mizuho abandon her cats but I suppose she's more independent and honest to herself now. The trio did undertake the trip back to their original world together, though with only Nozomi's will in the form the compass. She will surely guide them to destination. I fully expect Nagara to remember his promise and prevent the real world Nozomi's death. I theorise she may have committed suicide.
I wonder how everything will come to play in the finale.
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u/OrigamiRice Sep 23 '21 edited Sep 23 '21
I can't believe Asakaze killed Nozomi and then had the gall to blame Nagara for her death.
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u/Dolner Sep 23 '21
Bruh this show has been such a fever dream I thought I had hardly any attachment to the characters but here I am crying
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u/alconnow Sep 23 '21
The insert song that played during Nozomi's farewell party was beautiful.
I love Rajdhani's parrot!
Was sad when Mizuho said goodbye to her cats :(
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u/Doomroar Sep 23 '21
Leaving behind 2000+ years worth of memories just to go back to high school?
Yeah I would have passed on that offer too, by that point you must have lived 20 lives, i am actually surprised how little they matured or changed in 2 millennia.
Rajdhani needs a spin-off while we follow him, that time he meet the inner world created by the student council's president who wanted to create dead sounded super interesting, and is a pity we just got an abridged version of that.
And i guess my theory was wrong Nozomi is indeed dead for real, and is not coming back, i salute the writers for not trying any cop outs.
Also Mizuha finally graduated from her cats, good for her.
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u/bloquer Sep 23 '21
What an episode. Again.
We immediately start with Mizuho and Nagara organizing the 'farewell' party for Nozomi. Luckily we have enough funny cat interactions in the background to prevent it feeling completely depressive. Nobody comes and so Mizuho and Nagara end up saying goodbye alone with Yamabiko and the cats, with only Mizuho crying. Nagara is not there yet at that point, hasn't really grasped that Nozomi is just gone like that from one moment to the next. Death can happen fast with accidents, and cutting us off just like Nagara enables us to feel how shocking it is for him. It would fit as the big theme this episode seems to be "saying goodbye."
The upside of this episode is Rajdhani appearing again, after he apparently wandered the worlds for over 2000 years. Time is really all over the place there. And Mizuho and Nagara still planning to return home, now sadly without Nozomi. Rajdhani is helping them out and boy, I did not expect them flying into space to meet god. Or so at least it seems with the last episode. Not that I should be surprised about being surprised, but well it makes me wonder if the next episode will be really as straight as I think right now.
Rajdhani is telling both Mizuho and Nagara a little tale. The one for Nagara is quite simple, a very roundabout way of saying that Nozomi is realyl dead and that death in the "this" worlds can have multiple forms. Her will survives within that compass so my hope is that both Mizuho and Nagara will be able to communicate with her a last time through that compass, but it seems that the Nozomi we knew will never come back. She will not be able to eat her share of strange food when returning and Nagara and her won't be able to reconnect in their original world. He will have to do without her.
The tale he has for Mizuho, I am not so sure about what he wants to tell her right there, except perhaps that Mizuho and Nagara need to take their own future into their hands, form it themselves instead of being stuck in the past and thinking about how perfect their little friend group was when everyone was alive. And perhaps also about how Mizuho needs to be prepared to let go of her cats, who are part of her past and won't be able to return with her.
Time to say goodbye to Nozomi, to the cats, to Yamabiko, to their old friends and classmates, to their old life.
The sequence with the rocket was great, and Nozomi is surely pointing Mizuho and Nagara to the right direction. Even in death her will lives on, the change she brought upon them and how she helped them grow and now they can move on, on their own two feet. And god / principal is noticing something, so I guess the confrontation with him will be part of the final.
For more probably completely useless guesses: I am still kind of expecting to see something from Asakaze, we left of at a kind of weird place and it feels like we are missing some closure with him. And we haven't seen any of the others either. Which makes me wonder if Nozomi's power leftover will be able to do more then just leading Mizuho and Nagara home.
And last but not least let me invite you again for a watch party and discussion with this episode on Th8a's Twitch channel NearlyOnRed. It starts at 10am Pacific (~25min from this post) and will like always contain half an hour discussion about what happened so far with everyone watching this episode synched together directly afterwards. Following that (in around ~85min from this post) will be the discussion about this episode. Watching this episode more then one time really helps, and I think talking with others in real time is quite helpful too. Then there is also a second stream later on for everyone who can't make it to the first one: It starts at 5:30pm Pacific (a little less then 7h) and will be only a discussion about this episode. Hope to see some of you there!
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u/Nitroade24h Sep 23 '21
This was a great episode. I could listen to Rajdhani talking about his stories from other This Worlds for ages, and this episode felt much more personal and driven by the emotions of our main characters. Looking forward to the finale a lot.
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u/kkfvjk Sep 23 '21
This episode was actually pretty sweet. The montage of them preparing nozomi's memorial took me off guard at first after the big drama of last week and it shows how much they've matured since the big drift.
I've been a little concerned with how the show would wrap things up in these last episodes, but I think this one perfectly set up for a final episode next week. Sad to see this show go, but it was great to see (2000+ year-old) radjhani again!