English Dub Review: Island “I Don’t Want to Grieve Anymore”

The future of the future.

Overview:

The plot of the church goes deeper than anyone ever expected.

Our Take:

Now the plot gets extremely convoluted. So the Setsuna we knew had gone into the future so that Rinne could build a time machine that will make him go to the past. Which means that the Setsuna we saw at the start of the series could have done this before, indicating that this is a time loop. That raises the question, where did this Setsuna come from if all he’s done is be flung across time and space? Also, was there any guarantee that this would work, or was this just a guess that by some minuscule chance, just happened to go right.

I’m still really disappointed that this dystopian segment didn’t go on for longer because it is massively more interesting than the regular present day on the island. The people can’t leave the island because they will be affected by the syndrome, which raises the question of whether the apocalypse wiping out all of humanity is true, or a fabrication by the church. Not only that, but we aren’t even allowed to see the coup to the end, that the church is infighting and completely willing to torture and massacre innocents to maintain its peace. These very engaging plotlines are sacrificed for the usual slice of life and that sure is disheartening. It’s a shame that we’re leaving this interesting place to return to something far more mundane and boring.

I saw a comment that the title is ironic because we’re not able to linger on the deaths for long- barely even fifteen minutes- and I’m inclined to agree on that. Besides the fact that the series seems to be very quick to jump back to the present day, we don’t really feel bad about the on-screen deaths. We’re barely able to mourn, or even feel bad for more than a minute because the plot just has to be rushed.

Also, I really have to note that Rinne, both in the past and future, looks maybe twelve at most. We understand that she has strong feelings for Setsuna, there’s no denying that, but she decides to give him a farewell gift by having sex with him. Regardless of whatever the series claims are happening, that doesn’t change the fact that it looks like a twelve-year-old is having sex with a grown man, or at the very least an older teenager. For the emotional highs, this is supposed to give, all it does is make me feel massively uncomfortable.