Summertime Render “Let The Tears Flow” Review
Summertime Render “Let The Tears Flow” is the ninth episode of the Summertime Render anime. Following the shocking events and ending of episode 8, we finally get to see the video that Ushio wants to show Shinpei. The video shows Ushio and Shadow-Ushio as friends. Ushio was aware she would probably die soon and wanted Shinpei to know Shadow-Ushio is not evil. She explains the first Shadow was Shiori’s with Shadow-Ushio appearing soon after. They tracked Shadow-Shiori to the islands old abandoned clinic once run by Sou’s father Seigo. There another Shadow attempted to copy Ushio and attacked Shadow-Ushio, injuring her by hitting her shadow and proving she was the copy. They killed the new Shadow then recorded the video for Shinpei which he could only watch if Shadow-Ushio used her fingerprint to unlock the phone. Saddened by the video Shadow-Ushio shows them what happened next from a recording of her memories. On the day Ushio drowned they had been trying to keep Shiori safe from Shadow-Shiori. Unfortunately they failed, Shiori was killed and replaced by Shadow-Shiori who then drowned Ushio and Shadow-Ushio swore to help Shinpei save everyone before the 24th when Mother returns. Suddenly, Shadow-Ushio realises her memories have been hijacked as the memory of Shadow-Shiori comes alive and attacks Shinpei before morphing into Mother who swears Shinpei won’t escape again. Shadow-Ushio ends the recording but when they awaken Shinpei has a hand shaped bruise where Mother grabbed him, proving it really happened.
Not Just Time Travel
I suppose this is what Ushio meant when she said that Shinpei’s “powers” weren’t without consequence. Things are happening to him that he’s not even realising are real, timelines are getting confused and messed up and that can only really benefit the Shadows considering the people best qualified to stop them are on the back fence at the moment.
Finally we have answers for what happened on the day of Ushio’s drowning though, whilst it’s pretty much a shock to no one, it’s still a sign that the show is ready to wrap up to the final fight, which I cannot wait for!
