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NEW GAME! Episode 12 Review: One of My Dreams Came True!

by manga.tokyo
12 months ago

Hi, this is yukipapapa, the writer.

Overview

NEWGAME’s final episode is coming real soon.
Now I’d like to do a quick review on the anime!

Highlights!

1. Strong bond between Senpai and Kohai

Bond between Nenecchi and Umiko

Umiko gives Nenecchi a toy gun at a party.

While Nenecchi tells Umiko that she is going to do some research on toy guns until the next debug session,
Umiko tells her that she won’t take any more debug jobs.

When Nenecchi is disappointed that she won’t get to see the people from Eagle Jump anymore, Umiko says that it’s up to her whether she will meet them again or not while giving Nenecchi her business card.

This scene made it clear that Umiko was actually trusting in Nenecchi even if she was pissed about Nenecchi’s bad behaviors before.

Cool-headed Umiko and cheerful Nenecchi.
At first glance, these two girls look quite mismatched but since these two both have passion and sympathy for their jobs and others, I’m sure they are great together.

I’ve got to say that I’m really sad I won’t be able to see what kind of future they will have.
However, I’d like to continue to root for them!
Congrats and good luck, Nenecchi!

Kou and Aoba’s strong bond

During the celebration party to commemorate the completion of their game, Nenecchi and Hifumi were approaching the voice cast to get their autographs but Aoba rejects Nenecchi’s invitation saying ‘There’s someone I want an autograph from before the voice cast.’.

And then Aoba gets together with Kou at the corner of the party venue.
At that time, Hazuki paid a visit to those two and showed her respect for their hard work and offered them to work as assistant directors.
However, Kou was quite upset to hear that saying ‘Nobody would come after me if I become an assistant director.’

‘You know why Hagami doesn’t take an assistant directing job?’
In response to the question from Hazuki, Aoba asks her the reason why.

Kou used be in the assistant directing position during the production of Fairy’s Story 2.
According to Kou, she was very serious about the job that she was overly hard on the surrounding staff members and it led a young fresh recruit to quit and this incident made her terribly depressed and she ended up backing out of her position.

Then, Aoba says ‘You are a very kind person.’ to Kou.
‘If you were a callous person, you wouldn’t have been depressed to see someone in pain.’
That’s how Aoba was seeing Kou.

While Kou is having a break alone after leaving the party venue, Aoba shows up and tells Kou her true feelings in a straightforward way. ‘I’m really grateful to you. You taught me lots of things and I was glad when you casually talked to me. I don’t know what kind of person you used to be before but now you are my great superviser who I look up to, so I will keep following you after I become an assistant director.’

After hearing Aoba’s honest feelings, Kou sheds a string of tears.
Kou gets back her confidence, owing to Aoba and she finally returns to where Hazuki is, having a big smile.
Even though she was suffering from her past traumatic event, she was still a perfectionist when it came to work.
While there have been so many scenes where Kou struggled with how to treat her younger colleagues, her longtime effort has finally paid off with Aoba’s kind words.

This was the moment they became great partners who can make up for each other’s deficiencies.
I am really looking forward to seeing their future achievements.
Keep going for your dreams Aoba!

My Overall Impression

I kept an eye on Aoba’s growth throughout the first season.
The anime depicts the characters’ various aspects focusing around Aoba and I liked every character.

I could enjoy both of the bittersweet and peaceful everyday episodes.
It made me feel like I was also a part of Eagle Jump.

The anime has delivered me a lot of various emotions.
Since the comic series will still go on, I’m hoping that the anime’s second season will be broadcast some day in the future.
Thank you everyone for your great work!

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