So as I've flailed about, my immediate legitimate honest interpretation of the ending was that Nezumi had died inside the Correctional Facility and the entire scene at the end with him and Shion kissing and the whole, "You'll be all right," had been in Shion's head :| There is something wrong with me that this was my go-to explanation for camera panning out and Nezumi having poofed into thin air.
So THAT BEING SAID, I loved that it was a 'happy ending' without being a happy ending, that instead of going the ~angsty route~ with an already heartbreaking tale, you're left with this bittersweet note of promise, and it's up there with 'endings I really liked'.
The hopeless romantic in my wishes desperately that there'd been some hint in the epilogue of when Nezumi was going to come back--no matter how much I convince myself he is, it's still an unknown when it comes down to it, and many things could keep him away theoretically for a very long time AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT--but at the same time it's not necessary because the canon just gives you so much to base your hope on.
After I saw it, I was mostly OVERJOYED, because I had convinced myself through an aversion to novel spoilers but an accidental viewing of several spoilery pieces of fanart that Nezumi died at the end (how else am I supposed to interpret all of these images of ~ghostlike Nezumi~ watching over Shion, or Shion dreaming about Nezumi and waking up to find he's not there?? :P I was not prepared to have a happy ending in the least). It took a long time before I even remotely cared about, "But he left for a long time??" because for me all there was was, "BUT HE'S ALIVE. AND THAT MEANS ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE NOW." So, that was me XD
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So THAT BEING SAID, I loved that it was a 'happy ending' without being a happy ending, that instead of going the ~angsty route~ with an already heartbreaking tale, you're left with this bittersweet note of promise, and it's up there with 'endings I really liked'.
The hopeless romantic in my wishes desperately that there'd been some hint in the epilogue of when Nezumi was going to come back--no matter how much I convince myself he is, it's still an unknown when it comes down to it, and many things could keep him away theoretically for a very long time AND I JUST DON'T WANT TO THINK ABOUT THAT--but at the same time it's not necessary because the canon just gives you so much to base your hope on.
After I saw it, I was mostly OVERJOYED, because I had convinced myself through an aversion to novel spoilers but an accidental viewing of several spoilery pieces of fanart that Nezumi died at the end (how else am I supposed to interpret all of these images of ~ghostlike Nezumi~ watching over Shion, or Shion dreaming about Nezumi and waking up to find he's not there?? :P I was not prepared to have a happy ending in the least). It took a long time before I even remotely cared about, "But he left for a long time??" because for me all there was was, "BUT HE'S ALIVE. AND THAT MEANS ANYTHING'S POSSIBLE NOW." So, that was me XD
And then I ficced :3