Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu – 24

You know what? If this wasn’t the final episode, it would really have been a great halfway climax. And in fact, I still consider this to be an excellent episode. And as an ending: things could have been much, much worse.

This episode was in no way rushed: it really knew what it wanted to do. The main problem with this ending is that expectedly, it leaves a ton of plot threads unresolved. At the end of this episode, the war is still going on, people are still fighting and people still have plenty of things to do that unfortunately will probably never be animated due to the low DVD sales.

And yet, for a show that just cuts off in the middle, it actually had a very good ending: the things that it wanted to close off were closed off well, and this final episode really feels like a conclusion: it both wraps up Ryner, Shion and Ferris, AND it actually develops them some more. With this episode, it feels like we’ve gotten the final pieces of the development in these three.

Compare that to Koukaku no Regios: that one was put under similar conditions, and what did it do? It pulled a huge amount of desperate plot twists that made no sense whatsoever and didn’t really resolve anything. I’m really impressed at how the creators (both the director and Zexcs as well (because yes, this episode looked really good)).

Oh, and yes. Ferris finally being genuine was awesome as well. Kiefer’s appearance on the other hand was a bit coincidental, but I guess it was a necessary evil to also close off her story a bit.

Overall, Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu had its downs, most notably after episode four followed a huge stream of uninteresting episodes. But here’s the thing: Ferris, Ryner and Shion are both well rounded and excellent characters in the end. As for the side-characters, though… they got better. Let’s just keep it at that. ^^;
Rating: ** (Excellent)