400https://nrecclessmith.com/wpcontent/uploads/2020/03/cryfunnyrainyuifavim.com235795.gif?w=584 wow....just...wow....i did NOT need a double heartwrenching cry after watching house of the dragon. but here we are. tip for ppl: if you want to watch the final ep of this season dont watch it back to back with another show or movie thats also sad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . honestly i wasnt going to give this season a full 10. it was originally going to be a 9.9 at best. but the final episodes won me over so hard. thats the effect of oyakata sama has on me. even when i read the manga i felt his warmth and kindness. i thank this anime for showing that side of him throughout from the beginning to the end. this season was gonna be my favorite nonetheless because i find the most interesting characters to be the hashiras. from their first appearance in season one i was intrigued by each and every one of them. i guess that makes me fond of them like oyakata sama. each having their reason to join the fight. why each of them is willing to risk their lives for the better. whether some might find the reasons trivial or not i enjoy those stories the most. sometimes i feel like we shouldve spent more time with those stories but i digress. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400https://64.media.tumblr.com/87b703aa63ff88d730e34528d3a19ec9/e1806311d9dc3b333b/s540x810/b7419f2fb194250a1777ff19e3f367e3ebaf25e0.gifv like most of the other hashiras ive always loved gyomeis story. the tough man with a soft heart. all he wanted was to protect the children under his care yet it was the children who blamed him. i think what makes him so great is what comes out of it. of course deep inside he wished to be thanked. just a simple thank you for saving at least soyas life. but he never begrudged her or anyone else for her reaction. even the little boy who put him in such a position. which is why i felt the relief oyakata sama gave him. sometimes i think that the reason sanemi looks up to him so much is because of his maturity. then again the administration in strength is there but both were in the same situation. and yet...sanemi hates his brother to the core for reacting the same way soya did. one forgave and the other didnt. though i believe after what happened to sanemi he sees himself as a true monster. and until all demons are gone he cant face the reality that he isnt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400https://64.media.tumblr.com/8c8ac90b105c04e021b353051a014cb1/6fb6adc1dc160bff54/s540x810/f55ceb12a5ee9cafaee5d29ae3e9634d49f995e3.gif i just loved all the hashira interactions. but towards the end...when it was just oyakata sama all i could do was cry. even knowing what was to come and what was to happen. it didnt make it any less sad. and the panic everyone felt as they tried to rush to the mansion. gold star: to gyomei. for proving again that he granted the wishes of oyakata sama to make sure the plan went through. tamayo too. like she really reversed karma against muzan. he really tried to gaslight her in the last sec. oyakata samas speech hit really well too. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . can we also give a round of applause for animation team? they win again. the right amount of cgi and 2d was perfect. like i cant stress it enough. truly breathtaking. this is the example i wish people would use going forward when mixing animation styles. how cgi 3d elevate the small aspects 2d sometimes cant do. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400https://64.media.tumblr.com/7c908a2765f312f7d0929760de697d34/ace8406c512b3c7984/s540x810/f2555cf85787919f334fc4c63185088094ab48a5.gif as if i didnt cry enough in the final ep they kept foreshadowing every scene of mitsuri with obanai. LIKE WHY. ....THEN I WAS EXPECTING A WHOLESOME TAISHOERA SECRET TO MAKE ME STOP CRYING WHICH IT DID FOR A BIT THEN THE RENGOKU VOICE AND MORE TEARS. LIKE WHY 400https://i.pin.com/originals/7a/46/8a/7a468aa9d4e4295044f02a09bd9da634.gif . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . i still never will like zennitsu but...if the anime can fix his arc in the final movies. AND I MEAN LIKE ACTUALLY FIX IT...then i might forgive what happens. but well have to wait and see. bc he was the reason this season was almost a 9.9. but that last look in his final scene gives me the SLIGHTEST hope. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . im somewhat ready...for the love story and more sadness to come . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . review score based on my number system: 10/10