@jet0.bsky.socialThere's so much I can and want to say about this show but to sum up my feelings, while it isn't a perfect subversion of TLM, it does a damn good job at it. Lara and Mari are really endearing characters and Grace—no, Gon-chan, is a fantastic support character. #さよララ 12
@jet0.bsky.socialI could sit here for hours talking about his role and Lara eventually choosing Mari over him but I have probably said enough in all of the other threads so I won't. #さよララ 12
@jet0.bsky.socialAnd that's why I really don't mind him. Well okay that's a lie, I do mind him. But not as much as one would think considering he's a straight boy who gets in the way of yuri. #さよララ 12
@jet0.bsky.socialthey really should've gone a bit harder on why Mari is the one for Lara, though thankfully the final three episodes were dedicated to just that—he did put a human face on the comphet theme (Rowan was the mermaid face, with Lisa being stuck somewhere between). #さよララ 12
@jet0.bsky.socialSayonara Lara has been *such* a fun show and while I'm not the biggest fan of how focus was given to Luca and Lara's attempts at making it work with him— #さよララ 12
@jet0.bsky.socialThe ride time by train between Shiga and Kobe is about an hour and a half. It's not a farewell. It's a "see you later". #さよララ 12
@jet0.bsky.socialLara had been taking all of these steps towards the future with her new legs. Mari wants to stop her but chooses to respect Lara's decision. But like I said, it's not like this is a permanent parting. Lara plans on returning to Mari and bake her a cake. #さよララ 12
@jet0.bsky.socialLara had been taking all of these steps towards the future with her new legs. Mari wants to stop her but chooses to respect Lara's decision. But like I said, it's not like this is a permanent parting. Lara plans on returning to Mari and bake her a cake. #さよララ 12
@jet0.bsky.socialI like that after Mari said she'll be lonely without Lara, Lara was about to tell her something but Mari shook her head. Lara had decided to leave and while this was an opportunity for her to stay, #さよララ 12
@jet0.bsky.social@jet0.bsky.socialHer legs hurt. She'll mess up. But she's free from her restraints, free to do anything and go anywhere. But she still has her promise with Mari, that she'll bake her a cake once Mari becomes #1. Her parting with Mari isn't forever. #さよララ 12
@jet0.bsky.socialWhat Lara and Mari told themselves and each other in episode 10 allowed Lara to break free from her fate. Her new legs aren't perfect because of this, but they're hers. She was given legs twice & had them taken away twice—now she reached out & took them for herself. #さよララ 12
@jet0.bsky.socialshe likes people who are dumb and silly, as well as in episode 10 when Lara recalls that scene when Rowan asks her who she loves and when she calls Mari and goes on about how she caused a lot of trouble but because Mari were there that she could carry on. #さよララ 12
@jet0.bsky.socialShe repeats what Mari said about her being a dummy and getting in the way and ads lowly, pathetic, burden (though I guess this can be the same as "getting away"), which also calls back to episode 3 when Mari tells Lara she's a dummy and #さよララ 12
@jet0.bsky.socialLara resisting the indoctrination and breaking free from fate by bringing Mari back is easily one of the absolute best scenes in this show. Such a perfect scene to tie everything together with. #さよララ 12
@hashtag-trend-ja.digitune.org@jet0.bsky.socialBut once Mari shows up and and counters Lara parroting her father and sister's bigoted words and tells her it's because of the differences between them that she wants to be with her, that she loves her—her mermaid soul acts on its own and kills her. #さよララ 12
@jet0.bsky.socialLara loves Mari so much that she gave up her life as a mermaid. Not in a bittersweet farewell to her family but as a violent thrust against their values. If obeying her father means killing the one she loves and returning to the ocean, then she'd rather kill herself. #さよララ 12
@jet0.bsky.socialMaybe the mermaids will continue hating humans after they wake up, maybe they'll continue birthing princesses who will be paired together with men—or maybe they'll come to see the value in Lara's love. If they don't, Lara will stand her ground. #さよララ 12