I'm neglecting to do my English review sheet to do an analysis of FMWS and how the plotline with its fillers is indeed effective towards the watcher. Oh dear, look what English has done to me. There are most likely spoilers, so those who are in the process of watching FMWS or have not yet and intend to do so should not read.
FMWS has been said to have a rather lousy and cliche plotline, particularily because of all the fillers it has in between its main plotline. Yet it is because of these 40 episodes of interchange between somewhat related to the plotline and a completely pointless filler that episodes 42 to 46 (around? somewhere around there) are so effective. In essence, it is because we already watched 20 hours of Mitsuki saying "I love you Eichi" that it comes to us as an emotional shock once we get to episode 40 that we find out Eichi is dead. Indeed, it certainly could have been predicted, yet still it provides a great shock of emotion and remorse to see this 12 year old girl so hopefully singing through her way of troubles only to discover that the one thing she aims for most... is not there. Even though many have been through about 25 episodes of filler that has nothing to do with the plot but only about Mitsuki's life: some that are interesting and fun to watch, others that are not as great but expected as this is a child's TV show, and others which are just plain stupid and pointless (Shinigami Rock?!?!?). All these fillers of seemingly happy times where Mitsuki is able to triumph through tragedy... shattered in one blow, Episode 42, when all that hope of trying to see her one true love has proven to be a disaster. Thus, fillers play a crucial role in providing to the watcher "eye candy" (pardon the phrase if it has any secret meaning) and nice music to go along with it until the shocking truth behind Eichi is revealed. Because if anyone really thinks about it, if they only had about 5 episodes where she becomes a star and goes to visit Eichi and finds out he's dead, its emotional, but not really to extent to someone feeling emotionally unstable for a whole weekend. However, because there was so much buildup from filler episodes and episodes in relation to the plotline alike, that it can cause so much emotion to stir up within the watcher. There is foreshadowing to this event in around episode 17 where Mitsuki seems as if she was about to die; already we have had so much experience Mitsuki and her happy life, and for her to just die right there would be quite tragic... of course, we could never see how much of an emotional impact the Eichi dilemma would have been back then.
Furthermore, the note that Eichi writes further adds pathos to the mood of the watcher; I just think of that letter and am immediately moved. Additionally, Eichi's deathleads to Mitsuki directing her childish attention to Takuto, which in turn leads to the effect of the major Theme in FMWS: Hope. This will be discussed later when I'm in the middle of writing my english Review Sheet again and am overtaken by a chance to BS some commentary on an anime that never should have deserved any. 'Tis sad really... Its as if English has forever corrupted the way I view entertainment these days...
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