Tasokare Hotel Episode 12 Discussion

Oh the ending where the only bad guy ends up in hell~

Still would have love the ending where Masaki turned a new leaf and all would have lived with peace but that's too much to ask.

@XArceusX Osoto is way beyond saving. But I encourage playing the game because there IS an ending where his life is spared, though he isn't exactly redeemed. It's very interesting.

Fitting finale. I thought Neko was gonna end up in hell too when she stabbed Masaki's eyes with that umbrella but I guess I was wrong since he didn't die and I'm glad. But she'll end up in hell when she dies which is quite messed up. That's eternal punishment if she doesn't know. She could have wacked Osoto with that umbrella to make him pass out or something like call the cops but she didn't. Well, Neko is Neko. As long as she lives her life with no regrets. I liked this anime. T5 best new anime ots fr. 7.7/10.

The beautiful thing about our world is that it has a functional justice system. It may not be perfect, but it at least is functional.

My point? Call the damn police, stupid girl. It's literally that easy.

@LeonLanford
If the hotel room is anything to go by, she had plenty of proofs. The guy kept a diary and pictures of his victims among many other things, not to mention that he had been stalking Atori for a while and was carrying a knife in public. All she had to do was make up any excuse to trigger an investigation.

@JustMonaka Did you forget the diary was found in the hotel? He even let her read it, are you saying she can just ask his diary in real life lol. Try thinking if you are in the girl position, nothing she can do except using that hell box

@LeonLanford That's why she should call the police bruh. Let THEM investigate.

@JustMonaka Bruh do you know how real life works lol. He's rich smart psychopath guy who can hide his crimes well, versus an insane girl calling the said guy a murderer

@LeonLanford
> he's stalking a guy and there's camera everywhere in our world
> carrying a knife in public which is illegal in japan
> keeping a diary and photos of his victim
> "hides his crime well"

I'm not going in circle with you. The whole point of his character is that he's NOT smart.

@JustMonaka Are we even watching the same anime lol. She's been played several times by him (and the telescope guy)

@tsukaharaneko It's true that whatever our little Neko would have said to have would have been for nothing, but I feel sympathy for Masaki having parents who don't value there own child and try to compare with there to others. Maybe I feel kinship to him in that respect.

So even if I feel bad that he had to go to hell, I still accept the ending, cause that's a well deserved justice.

Still you did got me curious about the another ending, so I'll check that out as well.

I should add that my ideal ending would have been Tsukahara and Osoto finding a way to rekindle (or initial kindle on Osoto's part, as he lacked the requisite memories since Tsukahara had gone back in time, even if he did or would eventually on some intrinsic subconscious level sense their past/future and destined affinity) the relationship which they shared in the hotel dimension and gone on to becomes friends, partners, mentor and mentee, friendly rivals, lovers, found family, etc. - whichever one of those or combination of them, just as long as they remained together in some form. They are too cute and brilliant together.

Alas, it was not to be. Since he did commit attempted murder against her originally and had murdered someone who had become a friend (Atori) and would have actively done so "again" if the timeline was just rewound with nothing changed since there is no reason for him to alter his plans, actions, and behavior without her intervention, so I also can't blame Tsukahara for fighting him, damning him, and not feeling guilty or regretful about it, resolved to live her best life for herself as long as she has it.

But if they had found a way to defy the odds and everything stacked against them to ally in some manner then I'd probably have bumped this up to the rare and ever elusive 8.

Still one of the more special series I've seen in a while, probably rivaling anything from last year and maybe even surpassing anything from last year (don't know yet to make a definitive committing statement). It's one which I think that I won't gain the full sense of its impact and my perspective on it in the long-term until weeks, months, even years pass and I'm looking back. That's always the case with series which inspire lingering thoughts and feelings both cerebrally and viscerally, in the gut, which you sense will live on for quite some time.

Now that I have seen more of its full scope I believe that I can safely say with a reasonable degree of confidence now as well that I'd prefer booking an extended stay in the titular hotel over Quindecim, but its coziness still couldn't best the rustic timelessness of Old Home.

@LeonLanford That's why she should call the police bruh. Let THEM investigate.

As a fan of the original game, I don't think I can come up with an objective rating of the anime, because I love the original story with my life that I am biased to promote the anime, but it is also the reason why I think it doesn't do the original justice and feel disappointed with how it was executed overall.

My biggest gripe with this episode and the entire anime is how it ends, but also the important themes that were never built up and omitted. In the game, True End is supposed to end with Neko becoming friends with Atori again, becoming his junior coworker once again in a hotel in the real world. It just doesn't make sense to me why in the anime, she ends up not befriending him again, especially after their promise in the hotel to meet each other again for Atori to play the saxophone. It was that promise that made him being taken to hell all the more tragic, and it's that promise that binds them together whether it's the hotel or real life.

A big theme in the original game is destiny. In Neko's final encounter with Osoto, she's supposed to think that he is her fate. "Love isn't always someone's destiny," she thinks to herself. "Someone who can change destiny is the right destiny. If so, my destiny is... Masaki Osoto."

On the other hand, I think her relationship with Atori is the direct contrast of that. Instead of being similar by chance like Neko and Osoto, Neko and Atori's friendship is so *intentional* that it is what makes it special. Her approaching Atori again in the real world is her rewriting fate to reunite with him and fulfill their promise, and it was such a fitting ending.

That's why I feel like Neko in the anime simply didn't act the way the Neko I know would have, and I find it to be the most out of character moment of all. Endings are very important, and it's the one thing I wished the anime would have done better.

That aside, I did like some things from this episode. The scenes between Osoto and Neko were surprisingly good — I liked the addition of Neko stabbing his eye the way he left her with a swollen one before. An eye for an eye, quite literally. I also loved Neko genuinely telling Osoto that he is outstanding and hardworking, and that he shouldn't care about those who don't see that, and Osoto's dumbfounded response. I think it perfectly shows a glimpse of how Neko can truly see the best and worst in Osoto, and be the first person to know everything about him and still praise him. The core of Tasokare Hotel was always that unique relationship and understanding, and I'm glad that at the very least, it was carried over a bit in the anime.

All in all, I might say it was a decent anime on its own, but it is a far cry from the masterpiece that the game was. If you enjoyed it even a little, I highly encourage playing/watching the game from the very beginning. It's very different and adds so much more heart to these characters and story that I so dearly love.

I have a lot I want to say but I'm very good at articulating my thoughts. However I will try to voice out (or type out lol) some of my thoughts.

For me this series is a 7. It had a good start but then after Osoto's introduction the episodes felt a bit rushed, I guess the pacing was the problem. I didn't find my self engrossed further with the mysteries, the way the things get solved quick and less suspenseful? The series seemed promising though admittedly I guess cramming the game's content into 12 episodes seemed not possible the way this turned out. I didn't play the game but just from experience, usually this is how it ends up with trying to turn games into anime series.
This could be a plug to play the game, I don't know but indeed I am curious as to how the story in the game went as I read some reviews says the story was good and the writers did a good job. I can see that through the first episodes, but as I said the pacing got to me and didn't fully enjoy much of the remaining episodes. Not hating it, just wish it got a better adaptation of the story it was presenting.

Okay so thoughts about Osoto, I agree to some people who wanted a sorta good end for Osoto, like maybe get him to change, maybe he gets arrested and maybe he turns a new leaf with the help of Neko as well as Atori. But I guess that would then dissatisfy some people who wanted Osoto be damned to hell.

So, kinda sad, only coz I feel like this anime had potential but that was limited to only having 12 episodes.