Let me simply say that I wasn’t a giant fan of the final episode of Bartender. It was fairly good, however just a few of the massive payoff moments have been a let down for me. After what was most likely the most effective three episode run of the collection, I did not suppose it was on the identical stage. That stated, nonetheless, one passage actually clicked with me. That was the one the place Ryuu and Taizouu have been taking part in catch, and Taizou was referring to a poem. Or a tune, I wasn’t certain on the time. I wasn’t accustomed to it, but it surely actually resonated. It seems that is what it is known as Hana wo Motte, Ai ni yuku (“With flowers in hand, I’ll meet you”), by Nakada Hiroshi (because of Princess Usagi for locating it).
I may quote a passage, however the entire thing is so stunning (she tells me much more in Japanese) that I assumed I might share the entire thing.
One spring day I’ll come to you.
You are the one who’s gone.
You’re the one who’s nowhere to be discovered.I’ll search for the one that is nowhere to be discovered.
With clear water,
And delightful flowers in my hand.Is he/she nowhere to be discovered?
No, says the one who’s gone.
It isn’t like they’re nowhere.They don’t seem to be going anyplace.
They’re all the time there.
They stopped strolling.I finished strolling,
I discovered one thing for the primary time.
To stroll is to go someplace apart from right here,Distant, far-off, far-off,
I all the time thought strolling meant going someplace far, far-off, far, far-off.
I noticed this wasn’t the case,I did not notice this was the case till after I died. Not anymore,
I am going nowhere,
I might by no means go anyplace or far.Once I realized that,
I am right here now,
That is the place I ended up,the furthest place I’ve ever been.
The farthest place on this world,
is really the closest place to this world.is really the closest place to this world.
To dwell is to develop outdated.
If you die, you do not age.My first good friend in life
My first good friend in life
nonetheless ten years outdated.My mom, who died
My mom, who died of an sickness,
died and acquired properly once more.It isn’t demise, however
left in me.
I imagine within the recollections she left in me.What do you suppose phrases are?
A sense that may by no means be put into phrases,
that may by no means be expressed in phrases are right here.Even with individuals I’ve by no means spoken to earlier than,
I discovered that I may discuss to individuals I had by no means talked to earlier than.
I discovered that I may discuss to individuals I had by no means talked to earlier than.The branches of bushes within the spring
Their branches compete with one another,
to seize the misty sky.I am going to come go to you on a spring day.
With clear water,
and exquisite flowers in my fingers.
Clearly I am unable to give it Bartender honor to jot down that. However I do respect that I’ve the great style to cite it. And furthermore: to do this in a context that actually offers it energy. Taizou is after all speaking about his lifeless son, and “catch” is a means of expressing remorse over missed alternatives. And in doing so, he wonders if he is making a reminiscence in Ryuu’s thoughts that may stick with him after he is gone. It is a swish word of the sort that anime nearly by no means delivers, and I discover myself fairly dejected by what Nakada has written – it is very deep and really highly effective.
To be sincere, I am not loopy about the best way the story itself wrapped up. The bit with Kurosawa-san, the novelist, was too simple and too simple to resolve to have any actual affect. And the lesson Sasakura-san takes from that’s that he ought to go away Edenhall and go to the Cardinal, however is it okay if he takes the identify and the signal with him? I do not perceive the sentiment, to be sincere. I imply, what the hell? Maki-san continues to be in a bar and Sasakura nonetheless left the place with all these recollections that the bartender himself cannot make.
However to be sincere, that appears moderately trivial in comparison with the emotions Nakada expresses. And I needs to be grateful Bartender as a result of he made me conscious of him, which I used to be not, and since he made me really feel one thing very deep. There’s a sure mystique to the function of the bartender, and it transcends cultural boundaries. And this collection actually will get that. There have been actually some valleys and Suntory’s self-promotion was very off-putting at instances. However it was good to see a present about adults and grownup points, and a cultural phenomenon hardly ever explored in animanga given an opportunity to shine.
