Maybe the biggest mystery with Sakura Diaries is "what were they thinking?".
It's in the list of shows that frustrated me by seeming to have potential but then failing to make anything out of it. If it was deliberate, the way the writers mistreat the characters could have had some clever meaning reflecting what the show was about but I suspect they were just being silly. They probably even thought the ending was in any way okay (well, maybe it was as long as you see the show as ultimately a depressing tale of how rubbish people can be but it doesn't seem to be intended that way). I don't think the writers even knew who their main character was by the end.
Just to vaguely possibly maybe be kind of at all on topic with this post... The other "girls with guns" shows related to Noir are kind of available in the UK, with Madlax having a release that may not be as easy to get now apparently and Funimation's SAVE release of El Cazador de la Brujah being region 2 compatible. Are they mysterious? I should probably get around to watching them.
