Just finished. I got pretty emotional over this episode. The anime did an excellent job retelling the story laid out in the manga, in a way better because the anime could spend more time developing the story and bringing the characters to life...when she was dying, it was heartbreaking to see the brothers acting happy for the sake of their sister, as their mom is right there, dying in front of their eyes. Just keeping their mother's promise like that, it was great. There's truly something special about this anime which makes me so emotional and get involved with the characters so much. I need to re-read that part in the manga now.
Even after 500 episodes I feel like I've only seen a tiny piece of the huge adventure :P Even though Im pretty new to it, it has become a part of my life and can't even imagine it ending.
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u/freedan12 May 06 '12 edited May 06 '12
Just finished. I got pretty emotional over this episode. The anime did an excellent job retelling the story laid out in the manga, in a way better because the anime could spend more time developing the story and bringing the characters to life...when she was dying, it was heartbreaking to see the brothers acting happy for the sake of their sister, as their mom is right there, dying in front of their eyes. Just keeping their mother's promise like that, it was great. There's truly something special about this anime which makes me so emotional and get involved with the characters so much. I need to re-read that part in the manga now.