The first half of the finale has started, and it really was awesome. You really can classify this as the answer-episode, as lots of revelations are made. This is going to be a rather short entry, as I already have episode 23 on my computer, just waiting to be played.
So,
– Ergo Proxy/Vincent escapes his death by ripping his arm off.
– Ergo Proxy/Vincent created Romdeau.
– Each Proxy created its own dome.
– Fake Real thinks only about Vincent.
– Daedalus only wants Fake Real to think about him, and he gets pissed off by her actions.
– Pino isn’t captured like I thought. She just ran into Raul’s home, drew a couple of pictures and left. She’s still roaming in Romdeau.
– Raul attempted to shoot Daedalus, but something happens which makes him shoot himself instead.
– When Raul reaches his house, he sees Pino’s pictures. One of these pictures shows the two of them, happily holding balloons.
– Raul meets his end when he roams around Romdeau, trips and falls on a shard of glass.
– Ergo created Vincent in the hope of forgetting about his sufferings as a Proxy.
– Finally it becomes clear why Proxy One and Vincent are different beings: he controls both Vincent AND Ergo Proxy! He’s the true creator of Romdeau.
This was a great episode. The next episode also promises to be awesome: how to kill someone who always wins? Pino wanders further through Romdeau (what were the creators planning to do with her?). And Daedalus has to either accept that Fake Real is interested in Vincent, or he has to take physical actions. Something tells me it’s going to be the latter.
(on a side-note: Ergo Proxy always is a bitch when trying to take screenshots. They always turn out too dark -_-)
Oh yes, I made the same experience… most of my Ergo Proxy screenshots are severely photoshopped when I fail to take lighter shots ^^;;; But then again, I think Ergo Proxy does look really stylish so that it’s rather easy to find beautiful ones *_*
just one thing, you said: Raul attempted to shoot Daedalus, but something happens which makes him shoot himself instead.
BUT he didn’t shoot himself, it was the FAKE Real , she wanted to protect her master. ^^
byebye
although i liked this anime especially the middle parts i not sure i lik ethe way it turned out though i agree with you that the ending is definitely better than other animes endings. it still jumbled to me they wasted time using a whole episode on pino’s dream, then another one on vincents dream, then when they got to romdeau they just each went their own way, and a lot of questions were left unanswered. i think that’s why the anime is not as popular as it should be
in conclusion i cant see myself recommending this anime to soemone unless they request soemthing quite similar.