Summertime Render “Memento” Review
Summertime Render “Memento” is the eighth episode of the Summertime Rendering anime. Following the shocking cliff-hanger at the end of episode 7 concerning Shadow Ushio showing up, surprised, Shinpei notes that Shadow-Ushio appeared much earlier than normal. She remembers the previous loop and wants to prevent all the deaths from Mother’s resurrection. She hides from Mio in his room. As she eats, he pokes her shadow, which she feels, confirming she is a Shadow. He prepares to destroy her, but cannot bring himself to do it. She accidentally makes her clothes disappear, forcing her to wear Shinpei’s spare clothes, and finds that she cannot retreat into her shadow like the other Shadows. Shadow-Mio suddenly enters and attacks, but Ushio shields Shinpei. Shadow-Mio stabs her shadow to injure her arm and demands to know why she betrayed them, and Ushio says because she loves Shinpei. Nezu shoots Shadow-Mio with a sniper rifle, allowing Shinpei to stab her shadow and destroy her. Nagumo enters and after assuring that Mio is safe, tries to destroy Ushio, but Shinpei pleads for her life. Nagumo suddenly recognizes Ushio’s voice as the one that brought her to the island. They try to treat her arm, but it disappears. Nagumo replays a voicemail where Ushio’s voice warns her about the Shadows and tells her to trust Shinpei, but Ushio doesn’t remember that or recognize her. Nagumo and Nezu spare her, but warn that if she steps out of line, they will kill her. The next day, Shinpei and Ushio reveal her presence to Sou, who freaks out for a bit. They give Ushio her phone and she unlocks it to find a video recorded on the day she died.
