History Headscratchers / SakuraQuest

** And the town isn't as incompetent as you may think, as the success of the festival shows the opposite. By the end of the show, Yoshino's friends found ways they can contribute and the elders of the town (especially Kadota and Sanae) see the error in their old-fashioned/extreme ways of thinking. Their past efforts weren't properly revitalizing the town, just encouraging one-hit-wonder attractions. There isn't a guarantee that anything they do will make the town successful again and they know this. But they're going to try with their new changes, with or without Yoshino.

** That's precisely it. [[spoiler: She helps other more rural towns who need to be revitalized the same way she helped Manoyama and possibly stays with them for the same amount of time. She isn't being a one-time "fix it all" that will leave the town to fail. She's trying to learn and help the towns find ways it can be more attractive to tourists and prevent it from fading away, enough so that when she leaves the town will be fine without someone holding their hand. That's what it means to revitalize a town.]]

** Simple, as anyone in Yoshino's position can attest: regardless where you are, who you are, and your skills/successes, the job market can be rather terrible. It doesn't help that her circumstances and resume didn't meet Tokyo company standards (eg. failing 30+ interviews and working as a small-time photo model to get through college.) Plus, she probably never had a chance to use her people skills until she arrived in Manoyama. Heck, it's possible that Yoshino never even realized she had these skills until she was forced into a leadership position.

** That's precisely it. [[spoiler: She helps other more rural towns who need to be revitalized the same way she helped Manoyama and possibly stays with them for the same amount of time. She isn't being a one-time "fix it all" that will leave the town to fail. She's trying to learn and help the towns find ways it can be more attractive to tourists and prevent it from fading away, enough so that when she leaves the town will be fine without someone holding their hand. That's what it means to revitalize a town.

* And what does Yoshino's new job entail anyway? Does she simply visit other towns only to [[spoiler:leave them after she gets a few things done like she did with Manoyama?]]

* Why ''does'' Yoshino [[spoiler:leave at the end? Sure, she managedsto achieve quite a bit in just one year, but the work is far from done. There is no guarantee ''any'' of the plans she set in motion work, including the pastry franchise or the repurposed school building, and the town could still benefit from her insights and people skills. The ineptitude of the locals without her doesn't give much hope for the future.]]