So I actually hadn’t watched the last episode of Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear until, well, now, because I was very busy with the holidays and family stuff, but now I have and WHAT IS THIS LEVEL OF GAYNESS
(putting a cut because every instance of gay is given its own set of screencaps and that’s a lot)
Let’s start with the obvious, Fina who wants Yuna all to herself but doesn’t get it (it hurt me so much, I swear I could have punched Yuna at some points). I won’t make screencaps of the whole scenes, because there’d be like, 20, but basically, Fina feels lonely for over half the episode and I want to give that kid a hug. Even when Yuna finally comes back to her, she invites other people (Shuri) to spend time with them or only rejoices at getting yet another person to join her circle of friends and acquaintances in Crimonia, meaning even less time for Fina. Poor baby was jealous and lonely the whole time T_T
Then Fina decided to take a bit of distance under the pretense of refining her harvesting skills and 1) she wanted Yuna to stop her and ask her to stay by her side, but Yuna didn’t and I couldn’t bear (lol) the sad look on her face at this point and 2) Yuna FINALLY realised she wanted Fina by her side
Just look at how unexcited she is at the prospect of finding a place for her future favourite restaurant. That girl misses a piece of her heart and she feels it.
Nothing to do ? Then I’ll go see my wife that I miss so dearly !
Aaaaand she’s hard at work and doesn’t even realise Yuna is here. How sad.
Look at this face. This is the face of a woman who just realised she has lost a treasure she didn’t even know she possessed.
Fina has never called her “Yuna-san/Miss Yuna”, but she’s so desperate and Fina-obsessed that she’s willing to delude herself
And she’s super disappointed that the cute girl who came to visit her is not the cute girl she’s spent all day thinking about.
And then, of course, you have my favourite moment of them all.
Gentz and Noa seeing right through their dumbassery and playing matchmakers.
Your dad busted you, Fina XD
What did you want her to do, Noa, jump on Yuna and mark her as hers for all to see ? Not everyone is like you, you know
“Un seul être vous manque, et tout est dépeuplé” (”One person is missing, and the whole world is empty”. Not an accurate translation, but I focused on meaning rather than text. Anyway, Victor Hugo is always right and Yuna feels it too now)
Noa realisation XD
A devastating blow was delt !
It’s super effective ! It caused the Yuna revelation we have been waiting for all episode ! XD
At the same time, Fina is finally opening her heart to someone
And Gentz earns the supportive dad award of the year
Understand : “You’ll waste 15 years and see her have two kids with someone else before finally finding the courage to tell her you want to marry her”. He’s giving them his blessing for the wedding !
And then you have Yuna’s confession :
FINALLY ! After what she just said about her former life in her home country, that really hits hard. And of course Fina reciprocates her feelings
Yuna looks like she didn’t expect that. It’s adorable =3 Finally she realises she has become the centre of Fina’s whole world.
You just know that the “I’m a bear though” is code for “I’m a girl though” and the idea that it’s not usual for two girls to stay together like this (aka as a married couple).
To which Fina responds with :
Yuna’s surprised face and little gasp are adorable too =3 More seriously, I take this answer and Yuna’s reactions as basically meaning that Fina just set aside the “normal” concern (a girl in love with a bear is weird) and implied, with her question/response, that as long as Yuna doesn’t eat/hurt her, nothing else really matters and Yuna didn’t expect that, but she’s very happy with Fina’s answer.
Small smile and obvious reassurance : they’ve just confessed their love to each other and accepted their own and the other’s feelings. Now they can start slowly getting to a proper romantic relationship.
This show’s producers knew VERY WELL what they were doing with this whole last episode and I can’t thank them enough for it. YunaFina is the OTP in this series and no I will not take criticism.
Let’s now hope that the light novel, when it ends, ends on them 10 years later settled down and living together like any other married couple, snuggling on the couch while planning their next trip to the beach with their pet bears and adopted kids.
