And, perhaps sadly, this is the ending they went with.
Only if you really look at it at a surface level, really.
Realistically, a kiss had very low chances of happening anyway. I think it's fair to say that there could've been something more akin to a proper confession if they had one more episode. The ending was a JELEE-ending on the surface, but the focus was absolutely on Kano and Mahiru. They couldn't get out of eachother's heads, and got super clingy near the end (also asset #21720908).
Sure, there were writing problems near the end, and it definitely could've done with an extra episode, but it was still pretty good in the KanoMahiru aspect, and it was hardly a "crash and burn" ending, thankfully.
Automatonphobia: Fear of human-like figures Dystychiphobia: Fear of accidents Blennophobia: Fear of slime Rhabdophobia: Fear of being criticized or punished
Automatonphobia: Fear of human-like figures Dystychiphobia: Fear of accidents Blennophobia: Fear of slime Rhabdophobia: Fear of being criticized or punished
Rhabdophobia originally meant the specific fear of being beaten with a rod, cane or club. The meaning became generalized to "fear of punishment" and then drifted further to "fear of criticism". The "fear of magic" sense, via "rod = wand", seems to be restricted to Fear & Hunger and possibly Glitchtale.
Bro, why are you getting your panties twisted up over a fictional character?
It's not even that, it's just that I didn't expect It, because from an outsider glance it's like every other Japanese portrait of a character, except this one has a nude version for funsies, you could say the thighs give it away but thighs aren't inherently sexual
This one was posted a few hours before the stream started. Dokibird had revealed the silhouette a week before, and a number of artists posted their ideas of what it would look like. This one's close to the actual color scheme, but it does have some differences: feathers on forearms; black coloring in hair: a cowboy hat accessory; a black vest instead of a shirt, and a different colored neckerchief/ascot.
Now, post #7759182, THAT one was posted in the middle of the stream. So, I'm going to take this one out of the "Wow that was fast" pool, and put that one in instead.
So, come all you young maidens and listen to me, Never place your affection on a green willow tree. For the leaves they will whither, and the roots they will die, Youโll all be forsaken and never know why.
This twitter commenter here is probably a bit off, as the McDonalds ad version of Kiki (post #7739557) seems to be more closely based on some of the book illustrations of the story that Ghibli adapted into the movie (or maybe it's a blend between the two). They even credit the original book's author in the ads, but not the movie. They are intentionally not directly referencing the Ghibli version.