TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You Season 2 11
Tonikaku Cawaii: Fly Me to the Moon Season 2 11
Tonikaku Kawaii S2/トニカクカワイイ

SPOILER Summary/Synopsis:

Kaname makes a surprise presentation about Nasa and Tsukasa’s meeting and ultimate marriage. She, Tokiko, and Nakiri worked to make the planned camping trip a surprise wedding reception. Kaname gets Nasa and Tsukasa on the outdoor stage, where Nasa makes a speech on marriage. Kaname then brings out the huge wedding cake for the couple to cut.

Later, Nasa is explaining the different stars to the group. They start to get bored, so Tsukasa reveals a box of fireworks. After the majority of the group leave, Tsukasa, Nasa, Chitose, and Kaname remain behind to chat. Tokiko joins them and takes Nasa off to the side. After they chat, Tokiko becomes convinced that Nasa is the one to make Tsukasa’s wish come true.

Nasa returns to find Tsukasa by the lake, looking at Mt. Fuji. They talk of marriage and embrace. When they return to the camp, Kaname reveals the couple have a special, large tent, separated from the others. It is so big, it easily contains a king sized bed. Eventually, Tsukasa and Nasa make their way to the bed.

Thoughts/Review:

And so we get the camping, wedding reception in TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You Season 2 11.

Modifications to the Source Material

The manga chapters adapted for TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You Season 2 11 came from chapters 100 through 103. There were no significant changes from the source material, which is a good thing. The anime even included the little filler moments Hata-sensei had in the manga. From an anime perspective, it doesn’t make a lot of sense to do a recap of story at this point. However, in the manga, this was needed to help new readers get in. And since I want faithful adaptations, I’m okay with this.

Wedding Reception Camping Trip

I really like the idea of a camping trip turning into a wedding reception, as depicted in TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You Season 2 11. For the most part, the episode takes a serious look at what marriage is. In many ways, this is like an advertisement to folks, telling them to get married, be fruitful, and multiply. I liked all of that.

On the plot side, we saw Tokiko issuing her final test of Nasa. The episode doesn’t explicitly state Nasa’s thoughts (neither did the manga), but it was enough for Tokiko to pass the baton to him. Knowing where the story goes from here, Tokiko’s emotions have deeper meaning for me now than they did when I originally read the manga story.

Finally, we get some comedy stuff, as usual. And we get the “this is a G-rated show, but we have a young, married couple in a bed together. If you are old enough, you put two and two together.”

Final Thoughts and Conclusion

Since I need to press forward, let me wrap up my review of TONIKAWA: Over The Moon For You Season 2 11 by stating that I really liked the episode. I’m glad they were faithful to the source manga. Beyond that, I enjoyed the positive light the episode puts on marriage.