Whoa! This episode is THE climax of El Cazador, and I’m not sure why, but it was absolutely cheesy and I absolutely LOVED IT.
I think we can thank the huge focus on both Ellis and Nadie for this. I seriously must give Bee-Train credit in developing its characters so that they can even be awesome with plot twists as cheesy as we saw in this episode. I mean, in the end, Rozenberg did everything not for revenge, but because he LOVED Ellis. You can’t get cheesier than this, but somehow I ended up loving it. 🙂
Still, there’s another thing I love about this series: it’s so delightfully down-to-earth. It’s an adventure-series, but for once the fate of the world doesn’t have any part in the climax. This is just a small part of the world that tells its story: the story of the artificial witches. The entire series also has only a few recurring characters in the same style of Noir, and somehow this causes this series to become incredibly focused, with excellent results if I say so myself.
And Lilio! She did have a role after all, although the reasons and background for it aren’t clear yet, we should see these in the next episode, which should be a full aftermath. I personally like this, in this way, the ending isn’t going to be rushed at all, and I’m actually looking forward to it, especially now that Rozenberg is DEAD. I’d love to see how Ellis and Nadie spend their lives afterwards. The most awesome thing would be if the creators pulled a Simoun: show all the characters, X years after everything. (note I didn’t watch the next-episode preview).
Blue-eyes also turned out quite interesting, and I liked how she was able to save Ellis, after she was shot down by Nadie. It seems that she has been unconsciously holding back her powers, which is why they didn’t want to work.
Overall, I’m never sure what to think of endings, and often my mood with them is as random as can be, especially compared to the rest of a series, but I’m definitely enthusiastic about El Cazador’s one! In any case, I adored this episode. Especially Rozenberg’s end was magnificently directed.]]>
El Cazador de la Bruja – 25
This episode was beautiful. Who cares if it was cheesy ! I was surprised to see the plot “end” here even if there’s still one more episode, but it’ll be interesting to see how (and if) the characters will deal with going back to live ordinary lives. I wonder if Ellis and Nadie will go on travelling aimlessly, just being together.
However, I suspect some questions will never find an answer. I would have loved to learn more about Nadie’s past (how she became a bounty hunter, why she was chosen to accompany Ellis and why they’re shown together as kids in the opening sequence, for example -is that one just some sort of symbolism?), but it seems we’ll never find out…
OMFG THIS WAS SO LAAAAME.
But fine, it’s a happy ending, so I’m not gunna complain.
They still didn’t explain Lilio which makes me sad; I think the “committee head” (voiced by Mitsuishi Kotono) just temporarily took over her body or something.
And the song in Japanese. WOW.
a little fyi: It’s not Lilio, it’s Lirio, which means Lily in spanish.