I decided not to continue transcribing Saikano because i found that i'm more like interpreting it rather than doing it verbatim. Hope you guys would look out for the manga/anime. The story will give u a new perspective at life.

I'll post some comments others made.
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SUPERB... just magnificient, we can see how romances struggle their way through a meaningless war... how our sweet couple maintain their relationship in such complicated situation. What can I say? Your girlfriend has to fight a war and you can do nothing but stand by the side and watch her fight? Even when everytime she comes back with additional plasters and bandages?

Chise... as innocent as she can be, is a girl that has yet to see the beauty of the world... I sincerely pity Chise's situation and I was really amazed on how strong she is. Shujii falling in love with a super weapon, I sorta understand his feelings and I really admire his loyalty in that he would have loved Chise so much.

We have lots of supporting cast as well and they die in such a way that you could even cry for them. I mean, it is pretty predictable that people would eventually die in any war story and that includes the main cast as well.

Akemi - her love has never been answered till the end. The conclusion to her romance story made me cry and kept saying "why? why?"... at least she has some solace amidst the sadness. I feel for Akemi and I really pitied her till the very last.

Atsushii - A one sided love of Akemi, he enrolled into war to protect what he must. He is such a great person and willing to sacrifice all despite what he gained is not worth what he sacrificed. Yup, I cried for Atsuhii too.

Tetsu - The only person to comfort Chise in the absence of Shujii. Tetsu has to depart with his wife because of war and till the end remembers her with his heart and soul. Tetsu earns my honour and full respect.

I would not elaborate more, the rest would be up to the audience to watch for themselves. As you can see, Shin Takahashi have brought up the characters in such a way that you actually feel for them. It is just simply amazing...

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Note* In defence of Chise, I don't think she cries too much :) Sure, she cries a lot, but it's all quite reasonable considering her position. Chise, in my opinion, represents innocence lost; an unprepared child brutally thrust into the savage garden of an adult world totally at odds with her gentle nature. Being the instrument representative of the war around her, I would say that her tears are symbolic of knowing in her heart what result that lies at the end of the road and feeling powerless in the face of its inevitability.

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This has got to be one of the best emotional dramatic anime I have ever seen! There is just WAY too much to this series, and I don't think it's even possible for me to include it all into this review.

To my understanding, the main theme of the show seems to be something like, "hold onto whatever love and happiness you have, despite the hardships." I was so wowed at how well the producers of this anime were capable of keeping this theme constant throughout the whole anime! From the beginning all the way to the end, we shall see the main characters suffer overwhelmingly large amounts of loses and pains, and yet still find and hold onto their love, happiness, and a reasons to live on.

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Shuji blindly chooses to stick with her regardless of what happens, and as a consequence, their relationship progresses across the full spectrum of relationship issues, filling a meagre thirteen episodes with some of the most sincere and detailed emotion that I have ever found in anime.

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With all the good points I've said, this anime should get a perfect 5 star score.

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This anime gets a 5/5 from me...along with Onegai Twins and Voices of A Distant Star.

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