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I have several, but if I must pick one, it's A Place Further Than The Universe. Interestingly, it's simultaneously the happiest, too.

It wasn't the case at first, but when I rewatched it, I was purely, emotionally devastated.

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[โ€“] Vibi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

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It pretty much takes place in a limbo/purgatory. Children who die without finding peace or have unresolved emotions end up there. The story slowly reveals this and explores each characters' reasons for ending up there - often confronting their death and untangling the things which kept them from moving on. Time itself is kind of nebulous there; two of the main characters, one who starts as a sort of antagonist and the protagonist, are kind of tied together by fate with the protag being a heart donor to the antagonist. The protagonist died before and his heart was given to her, but somehow she ended up there before him even though she lived a full life (if I'm remembering right) l. It's honestly a super beautiful story, and I think one of my favorite parts is the ending song/mv which plays at the end up each episode- it features every character, and as they move on during the series their spot in the ED is just blank with the final episode ending without any of them.

[โ€“] reinei@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Tap for spoilerI absolutely agree ๐Ÿ˜ญ But didn't the post credits scene after the last episode suggest at least some hope for all of them? (Or am I seriously misremembering this because my brain tried really hard not to think it was over?)

[โ€“] Vibi@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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You're remembering right (or we're both remembering wrong ๐Ÿคญ)! The final after credits scene implied that the two main characters were reincarnated, and as they were passing each other in a crowd on the street, something compelled the MC to reach out and stop Angel, reuniting them in their new lives ๐Ÿฉท I think it was unclear if he fully remembered everything that happened, but it was the bittersweet, made me cry even harder, scene that we needed ๐Ÿ˜ญ