>it's been 14 years since the season 1 cliffhanger
Well /a/.
What have you done with your life in all that time?
Learned Japanese?
Learned how to draw or animate?
Part of the industry now with a work of your own?
Made it into the field you wanted to with any other particular skill you mastered after practicing it for 14 years?
Achieved your dreams?
Built a house?
Got the girl?
Had any kids?

I was 17 when I saw the finale and I moved out to Japan for the language prep school and then stayed there and studied animation for 4 years in college and now have 10 years of experience working in animation, a lot of inbetweening and clean up but also quite a few key animation stuff. Been a lot of fun, hopefully I can get to direct an anime sometime next year, had the staff put in a good word for me recently for all the stuff I've done while at science saru. It's always been my dream and living it past decade has been pretty amazing and I hope it's been cool for everyone too.