Tanikaze’s rendezvous with Benizumie looks to have been cut short as Izana interrupted with some hacker magic. The entire sequence being as uncomfortable and disturbing as you could imagine. I still wonder just what was her goal in doing all this to Tanikaze. Was it some method of killing him or just some really kinky reproduction? Probably both. I did really like that moment before Tanikaze dove the knife in for the killing blow, like he was breaking her heart. The Hayakaze bombardment was also a great highlight, being mesmerising in how each unit locked in together and blasted everything to kingdom come. From what I hear this was an anime original addition and if so it was a great way to conclude the final battle. After this was just a few call backs to the start of the series and a montage ending with the first opening theme. One thing that really proves this was a weaker season than the first was that in the montage there was an abundance of great action when montaging the first season but when it jumped to the second it suddenly was showing scenes such as Izana bursting out of her pilot suit and a bath scene. That really speaks for this season as a whole.
The ending scenes acted more as a makeshift live goes on ending for the series and there seems to be no sight of a third season so far. I think the probability of another season is actually quite high and I would be interested in seeing how things develop with the Benizumie placenta, the parasite controlling Kunato and the second Chimera. However I also dread the thought of having to go through another number of slice of life harem antics such as this season was. My overall impression of the season is positive but I think the middle section of the cour did drag a bit. If this is the last of the Sidonia universe in animated form then as an ending to the series this is deeply unsatisfying. There are far too many loose threads and foreshadowing to a conclusion that viewers would need to read the manga to see. A filler ending would be a bad way to end things as they can never find a way to tie things up without seeming forced but to have it end this way is also a shame. I at least want to see them do something with Kunato as he does feel like a villain who was introduced only to dwell in the background, looking menacing. I had fun watching this show and to see it reach a half baked conclusion is disheartening.
