![]() Mostly, they were terrible people, or other deliberate extremes deliberately designed to play foil to Satou (which was what made the relatively level Shouko so compelling). Each layer is more chilling than the last, but they were all, fundamentally, part of who she was.Ĭharacters outside of Satou were, unfortunately, generally less interesting. As such, it was above all else a character study, peeling back the layers of Satou and revealing what she is truly capable of. Satou ended no less sane than when she started Happy Sugar Life was not so much interesting in plunging Satou into the abyss as methodically testing how deep she was willing to dive herself. Her love remains pure the entire way through. Usually, the yandere girl descends into madness, eventually turns on her own love, and becomes a black widow character. It’s blend of romance of horror is not something we see often in anime. And with that, let’s jump right into the final impressions.Ĭonclusions first: Happy Sugar Life was interesting. And we can’t at once say that Shio is independent enough to have pushed her family and choose her ‘happy sugar life’, yet not so independent that she is spared while Satou dies. And Shio’s is not innocent either she chose to be complicit in Satou’s crimes. I wouldn’t have thought that Happy Sugar Life would kill off a child at this point. Shio survives (but deeply affected by her experience). But in the end, it doesn’t really commit either, and decides to split the difference. There are moral debates to be had here, and Happy Sugar Life could have chosen to swing either way. I’m an optimist (which I am, deep down, buried under the grouch). Satou’s still nominally our protagonist after all, and has only ever wanted one thing, and if giving her that one thing means that she no longer has to be a monster then that’s a narrative bargain I’m willing to accept. Besides, if Satou does find her utopian Happy Sugar Life and never bothers anyone ever again then that’s… fine? She doesn’t hurt anyone again, Shio’s happy, and everything is wrapped up neatly without further bloodshed. By that philosophy, I would like Satou and Shio to not plummet to their deaths and instead live. On the other hand, I’m a complete pacifist and don’t particularly want high body counts in my anime. Indeed, a satisfied death, some would argue, is an end too good for her and she deserves harsh and karmic punishment. There should be consequences for actions, and Satou’s were grave indeed. On the one hand, Satou needs to pay for her crimes. Something stupid happens here as well, as Satou going back for her ring causes everything to line up poorly.
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