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A Place Further Than the Universe, S.1. Ep.12 - A Place Further Than the Universe (Patreon)

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2026-04-21 15:16:16
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I am going to keep this short since I am typing this from school where I teach:

WILL I EVER STOP CRYING?! The closure that Shirase finally gets in this episode is beautiful sad, but at least she now knows that her mother is gone. Watching the email numbers go up was heartbreaking. Her tears and her friends crying along behind the door...absolutely beautiful story telling here.

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Andrew Hellebrand

On my first watch I think I was far more realistic from early on about the odds of Takako surviving than you were, in part because of having more understanding of how harsh an environment Antarctica would be. But it didn't make the sequence with the laptop any less delicately handled & emotionally devastating; still teared up slightly this time through as well as during the story-beat just before when Gin has tears of her own upon revealing they're naming it the Kobuchizawa Observatory after her memory. That it still gets me when I already know what's coming is just testament to the emotive qualities of Jukki Hanada's writing, as evidenced in many of his other projects including things you've now experienced like Sound Euphonium and Girls Band Cry. There's still a minor twist or two left in the final episode, but it's no exaggeration when I've said previously this is one of the most tightly written standalone anime I've ever watched, the story feels self contained within the thirteen episodes and largely complete in a quite satisfying way overall.

VibrantWeaver

No, I completely disagree. The only way you'd think that maybe, just maybe, her mom is alive somewhere, is if you know nothing about Antarctica. Because this show is well written, it anticipates that some viewers don't get it, and spends the first half of the season teaching you that you'd be dead in hours if you get lost and that humans don't live casually in Antarctica. Shirase, who grew up as Takako's daughter, certainly understood that there's zero chance her mom is "holed up somewhere." I think the show tries to explore the difference between knowing something on an intellectual level and in the heart. For Shirase her life just went on going as normal, just mom went away and never came back. As you said, there's no body, no real closure, no true confrontation with the reality of the situation, it's as if she's just at Antarctica for a very long time. That's why Shirase must go: To bring her heart to the place where her mom was.

NittPicc Reacts

True. I have no idea what it’s like in Antarctica or to be anywhere where the elements could kill you almost immediately. I’m also the kind of person where I will hope and keep hoping until I have 100% confirmation that something is gone, lost or if it’s situational, impossible. This is probably one of my worst traits as a human. 😅