Mirai Nikki Episode 26 – THE END

Slightly delayed due to my involvement in the Aniblog tourney, but here it is. My final post on Mirai Nikki. Up until now the series had been enjoyable, but I was worried whether they’d be able to bring it to a satisfactory close – especially since a few people had told me the manga’s ending was disappointing in their opinion. Would the anime leave me feeling the same way?

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Ep 26 began with Yuki, still in his dreamworld. His chance to see the stars with his parents has finally arrived!

Mirai Nikki Episode 25

There, up to date again! Got to look busy for the Aniblog Tourney voters tomorrow evening! But also, the final episode just aired (for real this time), and I don’t want to be late to that party. 😛

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Last episode saw Yuki and Minene team up against Yuno and Murmur. Yuno’s motives are obvious – she wants to take her third world self’s place and replay the survival game all over again. But what does Yuki want to do, and how will he achieve this goal?

Mirai Nikki Episode 24

In my last Mirai Nikki post (about half a month ago…), I mistakenly said that episode 23 was the penultimate episode. That was my assumption – a reasonable one since everything else was finishing that week, 24 is a fairly common episode count to end on, and plot-wise the story *seemed* to be drawing close to a close. But no, the series has spilled over into the early weeks of the Spring season, and there will be a couple of posts to follow this one.

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So with most of the series’ mysteries answered in the previous ep, 24 was going to have to deliver a fair few twists in order to keep things interesting. Which, of course, it did. Spectacularly.

Mirai Nikki Episode 23

Wow, a new monthly record of blog views for the 5th time running! All this despite the fact I barely posted anything all month, and what I did post for Mirai Nikki was usually about a week late. 😛 I have a lot of posts planned out in my head though, so hopefully I’ll be able to get a lot of writing done this weekend and over Easter. 🙂

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So much happened in the previous episode of Mirai Nikki that I didn’t know what to think anymore, but ep 23 answered a lot of my questions. Despite this, my post is unusually short, almost Kaiji length!

Mirai Nikki Episode 22

Bah, I got off to a great start with over half the post written on the day episode 22 got released… then I got invited to a job interview on Friday, and have spent a lot of time preparing/panicking since. Still, job interviews are pretty high on my list of acceptable reasons to neglect my blog. 😛 Here’s hoping that something comes of this, but preferably not TOO quickly – I’ve only just started my placements at the libraries, and they’re fun!

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The end is near in more ways than one for Mirai Nikki, so continuing where we left off:

Mirai Nikki Episode 21

I’ve finally started my work placement, at two libraries! The first is in Barmouth, where I started last Thursday, and the second is Blaenau Ffestiniog, where I’ll be on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings next week. 🙂 Because I started late due to complications, the people running the course are looking into extending it so I still get the full 4 weeks experience. Which is a good thing for the most part… but it screws up my plan of ending in time for the new anime season. 😦

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Ep 21 begins with Yuno running around killing some very derpy looking civilians on her way up the tower…

Mirai Nikki Episode 20

I decided to get GotWoot’s non-speed sub version again this week, since I figured I wouldn’t watch it or post about it until the weekend anyway. This release came with karaoke for the new OP, allowing me to see the proper lyrics at last! I knew after about the second time I heard it that the theme was entirely in Engrish, but with such high speed and dodgy pronunciations, the only line I interpreted correctly was ‘Do you kill your friends?’. 😛

Mirai Nikki Episode 19

It has been a busy week, but I’ve managed to keep watching anime in the evenings even if I haven’t had the energy to post about it here/on TSR afterwards. 😛 Cutting down on my ongoing series seems to have been the right decision though, as I’ve only just about kept on top of the ten shows I’m still following…

So in this episode, we learn the identity of the final diary owner, Eleventh. Turns out he’s the mayor! A position he can use to his advantage in the survival game, as seen in the opening scene, where he tearfully convinces the rest of the City Hall that Mother’s Village should be closed down. While he claims this is to ensure the safety of the children living there, due to the facility’s links to the tower bombing, it is obviously meant as an attack on Eighth.

Mirai Nikki Episode 18

Blog views are currently skyrocketing. I don’t know why, but I’m not complaining! Still, is it too much to hope for a few of the hundreds who supposedly view this blog to leave a comment? You know, just to prove you’re real? 😛 I also got added to a fair few people’s friend lists on A-P, which I’m guessing came from here… don’t have a clue who most of you are, but I’ve returned the favour anyway! Always good to make new contacts. 🙂

A lot happened in the previous episode of Mirai Nikki, but it was the cliff hanger ending with Yuki’s mother’s death that stuck in my mind.

Mirai Nikki Episode 17

A few hours after posting about my slow internet speeds, they suddenly returned to normal. This allowed me to clear my anime backlog, get hold of Mirai Nikki when it came out, and make this post on time. This, along with a sudden and inexplicable surge in blog views which led to today being it’s busiest day ever, has made me quite happy. 🙂

In episode 16 of Mirai Nikki, explosions in Sakurami tower caused the ground underneath Yuki to give way. As he fell, both Yuno and his father Kurou rushed towards him… but whose hand will he grab onto? Episode 17 starts with the same cliffhanger, before taking us on a flashback 14 years into Ai’s past.