10 Second Anime - Hyperdimension Neptunia - Episode 10

Hyperdimension Neptunia Episode 10

War and civil unrest in Gamindustri. PC and Neptune fight. Plots get thwarted. PC can't remember anything, but pudding makes it all better.

That was quite emotional at the end. All the modding on PC damaged some hard drive sectors, and the data couldn't be recovered... I mean her memories of Neptune were blacked out, which made her easier to control. The subplot of demanding cross platform software was used as a tool for civil unrest, but that was done by the same goop that caused the CPU's to lose their share power in Arfiore's earlier plot. Anonydeath's client also provided him with external share power to maintain PC's goddess form. But Noire and Pluto made quick work of that, and PC became a little girl again. However, she couldn't remember anything from after she entered this Gamindustri planet from the other dimension.

We must remember though, in a cute-girls-do-cute-things magical girls anime genre, there must be a sentimental catharsis when a story arc ends. As Pluto and PC are leaving back to their own dimension, Neptune gives PC a present of pudding with her name on it, since that was PC's favorite thing to do. Not just eat pudding, but eat Neptune's pudding. You could see the little heartbreak in Neptune's face when PC asked her what it was. But as the gate between dimensions closed, PC remembered her and called out Neptune's name. And then she was gone. That almost-everything-but-not-quite feeling is very Japanese, and it was well done here.

Oh, you want a little more of that almost-but-not-quite feeling? Here, have a crayon drawing that Neptune found cleaning up PC's room afterwards of PC and Neptune sharing pudding.

Makes you want to have one last hug, doesn't it? Darn you, Japanese sentimentality!