For anyone confused about where to go next - "The Final Chapters Special (1)" continues straight on from this season. It's listed as "Special 36" on Trakt.
After that, The Final Chapters Special (2) should finish off the whole show
It's been exactly 12 years since the Tôhoku earthquake and tsunami and I can hardly imagine how devastating a tragedy that has been. I can also only imagine how it would've been seeing this movie in a Japanese cinema all these years later, maybe even with ppl that were the age of Suzume when all this happened back then...
As someone not from Japan that was not involved in the catastrophe 12 years ago, this is a beautifully moving work that tries to express and process a national trauma in its own way and I think it succeeded at that. One of Shinkai's best work and very well worth a watch.
I'm gonna watch this show and LoK until the day I take me last breath.
