This anime is perfect in every way, 10/10. I have not cried so much in awhile, like I cried several times to this, its so painful. Bromance hits me so fucking hard. Jeez hard to even put my thoughts out, my head hurts so much from constant crying. I really think no intro and outro suits this anime so perfectly, and how we actually got an outro at the end of the last episode felt so perfect. I know you said Juu ni chan was a dickhead, but his romance with her was so fucking good dude, that scene where he sees her family talking about arranged marriage as he is on the train, the moment he realised that she committed so much to a different life with him, he couldn't help but take her with him and at the end we find that she is pregnant with his kid, that made me happy. You can't blame him at all, she didn't even like Sentaro, she really should have said so sooner or Bon should have told him. The last scene with Sen and Juu was just perfect too man, Juu was truly an older brother to Sen for so long and they duked it out with jazz to express their feelings. Expressing yourself through music is such a fucking weakness for me as well, I get so emotional and just cry lmao. Which brings me to ep 7, when Bon and Sen played their jazz song at the festival, that was one of the best moments in any anime ever, I cried like a baby the entire song, it was just perfect, you could feel every bit of their soul poured into that performance. Ritsuko was an odd character at times, but tbh we as an audience didn't actually know if she liked Sen in that way at all, we always got that thought from Bon's pov. Sure Ritsuko rejected Bon at first but I just don't think she was ready for that with him. When Sen was apologising for never realising Ritsuko's feelings, Ritsuko said he was family and sees him that way, thats why I think she never actually liked him in that way. Part 2 incoming.

Ok now its time to get into Sen and Bon's bromance. The thing I love the most about those 2 is how they always got back through the love of jazz, they shared that huge passion with one another and always returned to it to express their emotions and thoughts. This anime really made me see Jazz in a new light, because goddamn the whole idea of swing is just 10/10. We as an audience knew Sen would run away after hearing his dad would return, and when we see Bon confronting him about it, saying how he is worried for him, Sen just brushes it off. I was so concerned that Bon didn't realise his true intentions, but he fucking knew he was lying dude, I loved seeing that. Tackling him to the ground saying I never knew you as a coward. And then when the 3 of them were practicing for the last school festival, the moment Bon said was his favourite, was also my favourite moment, just true friendship doing something you love with your best friends, you can't beat that in life. But goddamn when Bon forgot something and Sen said he was gonna go after him, I knew something was gonna happen and then the fucking accident happened. I was like you better not do this to me right now, and they even jebaited us with him being unconsious, but it turned out to be one of the little girls in the family who was. And that moment on the hospital roof, the last time we see Sen until years later. I fucking loved that moment, the white sheet over him, just like the first time Bon met him. That white sheet is so important to this anime, it signals the birth of something different. In that moment on the roof, the version of Sen we knew had died, and this vulnerable, guilt ridden Sen was born as Bon lifted that white sheet. He broke down, after his dad had accepted him showing that he no longer blamed Sen for his grandmother's death, it gave him freedom and then just an episode later he becomes the black sheep of the family again (in his mind) because of the motorbike accident with the little girl. He blames himself for it, that he hurt his family again, you could see how much he loved his family the entire time, and when he cherished that fountain pen gift from his dad. That accident happening truly destroyed him, it made him have to leave, run away from it all, he needed to repent. I truly understand why he left Bon alone, I felt it man, the fucking pain in that moment. Bon was never the same after that, he gave up his dream and just studied away and even abandoned Ritsuko. That moment on the train where Ritsuko waves him off, like you said it makes you think what if man, it could have been so different.

We get the 8 year time skip, and Bon is a doctor. When he finally gets some info on where Sen is, he instantly goes there. And then we get the fucking church scene dude, another moment which is one of the best moments in anime. Bon starts playing the piano, and Sen knows immediately whats up and then we get one of the most beautiful songs in the anime, whilst the orphans all vibe out to it. It was sooo good, and I cried like a fucking baby to it. Like you could see in Bon's face, the regret he felt for giving up his dream whilst he was playing that song. Oh fuck I forgot to mention the white sheet over the drums, showing that once again something else was born from that moment, more like a rebirth since their jazz was back. And then we get the classic Bon and Sen run away moment, was just perfect and Ritsuko at the end seeing them both happy together and smiling, one of her favourite things which makes her happy. It was just the perfect ending to all of this, friendship can be eternal, this fucking proves it, 8 years apart and still feels like exactly how it was before those 8 years. Fucking perfect anime, 10/10, never want to experience that level of pain and crying again ;-;