I just wondered if it was a play on words of some sort, maybe the kanji make a pun when you change it to Dobato. It's clear it's not meant to be nice.

I recently rewatched episode 23 of Kobato (which I think is the masterpiece of the series) before it expired on AOD. One thing startled me though: at the beginning of the episode Kobato pins up the photograph of the Yomogi kindergarten outing posing in front of the tree. But in this photo she's already missing, before she disappeared from Fujimoto's life! I can't believe the animators made a mistake that big, but I don't see how it makes any sense if it's deliberate. Can anyone shed any light on this?

I love this show! One of the best I've ever seen. One of the very few that actually made me cry, near the end. The only other one that made me cry was Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds, when it seemed that Nausicaa had been killed in the Gorgon stampede.

I have the discs, so this wil;=l be the next anime I rewatch, after I've watched the rest of my stockpile....

MOD EDIT: added spoiler tags

Capt_Hitsugaiya wrote:


To quote River Song-"SPOILERS!"

I must have missed episode 5 the first time through, maybe it didn't get posted or something.


It's not that it's that unusual of a story, but for some reason, well, I don't really have the words, it hits close to home for some reason.



But then this series if you watched it in one session would be good for at least two boxes of kleenex anyways. Save the money, just use a big bath towel.