For several months now I have been in an abusive relationship with Saikano.<\/p>\n
Saikano (Saishi Heiiki no Kanojo or She, the Ultimate Weapon) seemed like a sweet gentle anime at first. Sure, there were some warning signs at the beginning, but it wasn’t until the first punch at the end of episode one that I really suspected anything was really wrong<\/i>.<\/p>\n
But I kept watching, even though it didn’t apologize, even as it revealed more of its darker nature to me and I realized I was in way over my head or maybe just my tolerance. Perhaps I did it because I sympathized, perhaps out of a morbid curiousity, perhaps because I thought things would work out all right, that everyone would be happy. I’m not saying it was an easy series to watch, the opposite in fact, but I couldn’t help myself.<\/p>\n
Situations got worse, and it still never apologized. Even when I cried or when it kicked me down the stairs, and maybe that’s why I kept coming back, because Saikano made it clear that this is what it was, this is what it stood for, and it really was beautiful, in its own way.<\/p>\n
It’s been thirteen episodes, but now it’s over. It broke it off with me, ironically enough. I’m okay now, after all the tears and heartache; shaky and raw, but this ending has been oddly carthartic too, as if I had dead skin scrapped off with sand. It has been a tramautic series, but I do<\/i> still love Saikano, as crazy as that may seem. Maybe this experience hasn’t taught me anything, but it’s reminded me of what I may have forgotten.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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