Oh space brothers… what the hell are you doing to me? We’re waiting for the big moment to hear whether Mutta is going to become an astronaut, and yet again you’re going to stretch it with this bittersweet episode dedicated to Serika. After Kenji I guess it was obvious that they’d do this, but this episode made one heck of an impact.
First the creators showed Serika’s family (great way to flesh out a cast by the way), and then the creators finally tell the whole story of why her father died, and how she felt with it. The diary returns many times, but instead the central focus of this episode is how even though he knew so much about the subject, he couldn’t find a cure for himself, even though outer space could possibly find the answer.
How Serika’s father’s disease progressed was also beautifully done, and another example of what you can really do if you take your time, and actually use it by deteriorating his situation bit by bit, to the point where he eventually ends up in the hospital and his wife instead has to start working again. Three thumbs up for Space Brothers.
Rating: 6/8 (Awesome)
And the phone call from JAXA? No call to anyone this week?
On the way back from the grave, she said she’d passed – so Jaxa must have phoned her beforehand (not shown) to tell her.
Sorry, I later realized I didn’t finish watching the episode, but somehow I thought I had seen it completely.
we get the losers next week. I doubt it will reveal Mutta’s results. It will cliffhanger at the end of the episode with him and the old Jaxa dude in the park.
This episode made me cry.
Serika was a cute kid, and I loved how they carried through that she loved dancing, and was greedy from a young age.
I skipped a bit, was kinda boring for me.
Serika is my favortite character.
If you’ve ever watched the jdrama “1 litre of tears”, Serika’s past was pretty much a huge reference to it.
I hope that we don’t see Mutta’s results until Hoshika comes out of the meeting to tell Mutta himself. It would only be fitting!
Serika’s story made a much bigger impact than kenjis before.