Thread:Godzillafan93/@comment-27047679-20151005160942/@comment-173.19.5.42-20151023031124

I honestly felt like the anime had the bleakest ending of any of them. It's sort of implied Kouichi and Mei will stay in touch, but that's the extent of it, and of the dozen or so characters introduced and relevant since the premiere, four of them are still alive at the end. Let that sink in for a minute.

The manga probably has the most upbeat ending, because of the exetended scene at the hospital, and all but one of the main characters who were alive at the beginning are still alive at the end.

The film is a bit closer to the novel in that regard: Kouichi and Mei are the only characters who really matter, and they're still alive at the end of both.

The strangest part of the film (and this is saying something) is probably the fact Kouichi and his grandmother both leave Yomi at the end. No explanation is given for this, other than it more or less guarantees Kouichi will never return.