And this brings us to the end of Tamayura, and the creators chose a fitting end. It contains pretty much as much slice of life as the other episodes, but at the same time it does provide a nice conclusion to Potte’s character. Divided in two halves, the first is about her picture taking hobby, showing off all of the different pictures she made during the previous episode and getting her to meet her idol again.
The second half had a nice conclusion of her memories of her dead father when she realizes the story behind one of the pictures that her brother drew after being with him. I never really was a fan of the way in which the creators killed off Potte’s father (this is a slice of life series, twists like that don’t really belong here), but it’s used well here.
In any case, this episode was nice and relaxing, exactly what the iyashi-kei genre is supposed to be. The big pitfall for slice of life series is that they just show a bunch of boring and random scenes between the characters without any connection or creativity. That is one pitfall that Tamayura avoided. It’s not the best; I mean, most of the side-characters are pretty forgettable, but it is a pretty charming and yet short OVA.
OVA Episode Rating: 8/10
