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And then of course there's the last two minutes of the episode, which are also unarguably an absolute Kino moment in the entirety of Journey, if not in the series with everything else surrounding it, setting it up and apart.
The animation work on it, the background music on it as it starts once the camera focus shifted only on Ash, Serena and their Pokemon, the VA performance of both Mayuki and Rica, with Serenas surprise and excitement on sewing Ash before her eyes really being highlighted from her tone in Training and Performing earlier was really giving me goosebumps over an event which was anticipated over 6 years now, but got me invested in it because of the little time in the episode being pointed out by the ship starting to departure.
With the next frames focusing solely and only on Ash and Serena as they gave each other an quick update on their current Goals while the Ship is increasing the distance between is nothing short but just an uplifting tone just as they tell each other that they both going to do their best, the transition, after everyone who knew Serena said their final words and an reassurance to see each other again, going from Sunset to early night as Serena STILL stood there at the end of the pier while Sylveon, an Pokemon which is highlighted for sensing the feelings of its trainer, looks up at her, only for the camera moving up to see her smile, which judging from the duration of long she stood there, has not changed one bit.
Neither she or Ash were sad that they didn't had more time to properly catch up, those entire two minutes really brought the feeling home that those two, who were both trying nothing more than lifting other up in Kalos, were beyond happy they got to see each other again at all meant more than anything else to them at this moment.
