Well, it had it coming, but I’m still really glad that it actually happened: this was pretty much the best ending out of all of the unfinished series that have ended this month, and I also doubt that it will be surpassed like anymore. The big flaw of this season really is the length, and this showed in a ton of series: No.6, Kamisama Dolls, Ao no Exorcist, Kaiji (though in the opposite way)… aside from Natsume Yuujinchou (which is the only one of the bunch who actually got a second season), there are just four shows who avoided this: Usagi Drop, Croisee, Dantalian, and this one.
And I know that this show had it easy by being episodic, but still: the creators did pick a great arc to finish on, and they executed it right. With this, there is only one major problem with this series: its wasted potential. This series can become so much more with 12 extra episodes. The iffy episodes at the beginning… they don’t matter anymore. The fanservice disappeared completely in the second half, and Narumi really grew up. He started out as yet another Touma, but the use of Ayaka in this episode really matured him beyond just that role.
Ignore the length, and I’m very happy with how this series turned out. Heck, this pretty much was the best JC Staff series since Aoi Hana.
Rating: ** (Excellent)
No, seriously the final speech on the NEETs from Alice was downright idiotic. Let’s be honest…:|
No, seriously the final speech on the NEETs from Alice was downright idiotic. Let’s be honest…:|
Common psgels the episode in itself should have scored ****!!! It was a perfect ending in all fronts, execution, storytelling and the events in itself, wouldn’t change a frame.
Better ending of the season from the ones I watched at least. Really a shame that it’s over would be awesome to get 12 more episodes of this one.
@feal87. Yeah it was kind of dumb. Save for that though, I think nodbgp is right. It had a very satisfying ending; that was quite well done. Yes it was a bit cliched with the whole coma thing, but then again that they had the gumption to almost kill off a major character like that was quite impressive, as was the fact that tone still stayed appropriately dark throughout the conclusion.
My only question now is: Did Ayaka really wake up? Or is that part of the dream Narumi created as a writer? Hmm…