10 Second Anime - Tamayura ~More Aggressive~ - Episode 12 [END]

Tamayura ~More Aggressive~ - Episode 12 [END]

The Sawataris celebrate the late father's birthday. Mrs. Sawatari takes a motorcycle ride with Fuu. Kanae graduates. Another year is over for the Tamayura girls.

Many events in this episode remind Fuu of the passage time. Her family celebrates her dad's birthday. Her camera's shutter breaks, making her wonder if she'll have to let her dad's camera go eventually too. Kanae comes over during the doll festival and lets her friends know that she got into the college of her choice.

While organizing her pictures, since she can't take new ones while the camera is under repair, Fuu's mom invites her on a motorcycle trip to a very special place, where Mr. Sawatari proposed to her. She couldn't go back there until she was ready, showing that it wasn't just Fuu having a hard time with her father's death. Mother and daughter share a nice moment together.

And then it's Kanae's graduation day. She definitely shows that she's taken the "more aggressive" goal to heart as she loudly proclaims her gratitude to Fuu for inviting her into the photography club, garnering applause. And then a couple of montages close out the show, with Fuu reminiscing over the last year, and how she saw some sides of her dad from his old friends, and the graduation ceremony and parties afterward. Momoneko, of course made an appearance at the front gate.

Tamayura's 2nd season gave us more of the same as the first season, but instead of having to introduce all the characters and their quirks, we could just visit with them every week and see what they were up to. That's a true representation of the slice-of-life genre in anime. The bittersweet ones let us know that time progresses, the characters grow up, and we won't always see them around. ~More Aggressive~ gave us that hint of what their third season might be like, with the introduction of a graduating senior in Kanae. With the core characters becoming seniors next year and graduating high school, I expect the emotions to be ramped up. Maybe Momoneko will let Fuu finally take a picture of him. I'm looking forward to it!