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Title: Viva le japonais!
Review: It occurred to me after watching this that in good anime the writers create very human characters that engage us regardless of how bizarre the circumstances of the story. This series affected me almost as strongly as "Kanon", but the ending with its intertwining of love and loss, duty, honor, respect, nobility, and sacrifice left me with a feeling of almost unendurable poignancy, a powerful emotional confliction and tension that was almost as physical as it was emotional and unique in my experience. (Except in very rare instances I watch all anime in Japanese with subtitles because as anyone who's read any of my other anime reviews knows, I immensely appreciate the skill with which the voice actors/actresses bring their characters to life. Because of this I can't comment on the quality of the dub.)
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