Yuzuru Otonashi |
Yuri Nakamura |
Angel |
SSS is Shinda Sekai Sensen or Afterlife War Front. Their purpose is to find and rebel against God. In order to find God they pursue Kanade Tachibana whom they call Angel. They assume that she is working under God and see her as a way to get to him.
Kanade Tachibana is generally very quiet and stoic except for during a few occasions.
Her face is always emotionless even when being attacked by the SSS. She loves Mabo Tofu and likes to garden in her free time. Both of these things along with her crestfallen appearance after being demoted from being Student Body President, lead Otonashi to try and really get to know her. A strange connection occurs between the two that isn't explained really until the end of the anime.
Throughout the series you get to know more of the characters that are in the SSS and their back story. They're all tragic but when they pass on, there's something satisfying and fulfilling about it. It's hard to describe unless you've actually seen it.
Masami Iwasawa |
Otonashi and Kanade hug before they disappear |
After the credits on the last episode Otonashi or someone who resembles Otonashi a great deal runs by someone who looks a lot like Kanade and you see them meeting. Though it can be assumed that they get together after that, the audience really doesn't know. It seems like a happy ending, but it leaves the feeling that it wasn't.
Otonashi remeets Kanade in the next life |
The biggest thing about this anime is that it would have been nice if they had gone more in depth with the other characters and developed them more, since only about five of them out of about twenty actually had a back story that they showed.
Angel Beats SSS |
Overall beautiful concepts and a story line that captivates. There was some action and romance and even some mystery in it all. Though I wonder if they ever do meet God before their next life. I wouldn't mind a sequel though unfortunately I doubt that there will be one.
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