Makio was so used to her sister’s judgmental attitude, expecting to hear only criticism her whole life, it’s no wonder Nana’s words made her tear up and consider life worth living. Nana may have forgotten writing that letter, but Makio will cherish the memory forever. I think she understands how much meaning simple words can carry in people’s lives better than anyone, and that’s why she shared the story with Asa. It made Asa think of Emiri and realize that their friendship is also precious like that, which gave her a necessary push to pick up the phone and call Emiri. Simply beautiful. Just thinking about it makes my eyes watery again. What a powerful episode.

What a great episode. This is really shaping up to be the anime of the season for me, perhaps excluding sequels.

The voice acting broke me in the end. There is nothing that I don’t like about this show so far. I couldn’t even nitpick.

Damn - this is so good.

Just one example - Makio tells Asa a supposed rule about life, then tells her it’s not really a rule, then tells her not to put too much stock in what other people say. And all of those statements are more or less equally sincere, and equally true. And that’s the way life really is, and this series gets it.

This is really something special.

This is incredible

Holy shit that symbolism / metaphor / set-up (and title) is way too good. It’s not about discarding the items in Asa’s house; it’s her friend!