I didn't know the story going on and found it very poignant. It made me cry. Whenever I hear the music I tear up a little. It's a gut punch of music that already sounds very somber yet hopeful combined with the characters embracing their obliteration because they know they'll still exist in your memories. Then when it's all said and done you just see Link on a boat and you realize the reason the art style is different in the intro and outro.