(14/06/2015 11:01 AM)S7* Wrote:  there will be plenty more emotional scenes to come I'm sure, particularly the 'end of Isla' - they're not going to let that happen, surely?

My guess is that it may not be too different to all the collections they've done throughout the show.
After all, throughout the series, they've been preparing you for the moment, perhaps keeping some viewers with a slightly uneasy feeling of knowing how things are going to turn out (which is why they revealed her lifespan in episode 2 and even dropped hints about it in the first episode).
I suppose you could consider the whole show one big collection routine, although instead of satisfying the owner of the Giftia, it's about easing Isla's initial worries about her own death.

Or they could just troll you and end the show just before termination.  Nice way to keep everything in a happy mood, letting the audience imagine how the impending drama plays out.  As much as I'd like such an ending, I doubt it'll happen.

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I just noticed, but interestingly, Isla's expression at the end of each opening sequence continues from the previous episode's.