That was actually fairly conclusive. There was a definite “life goes on”-theme, but there is no pointless sequel hook, and in a way this kind of ending fits and definitely beats the alternative of trying to solve everything. Players still roam around the world, but there are so many of them that an epic climax isn’t going to fix that easily without some random convenient Deus ex Machina.
Instead, this episode focused on what the series has been about: the plans of the bad guys to corrupt Kouga and Jin. Haitani didn’t really stand a chance, but that’s only because of the build-up done in episode one where Kanzaki educated Jin as a human. Without that the ending would have been completely different. Kouga meanwhile would also have gone completely out of control if it wasn’t for Jin. In a way, these were anti-climaxes, but I like those when pulled off right: this episode still was action-packed and a worthy cliff-hanger, and only at the end it became clear that none of the bad guys had a chance to succeed in these particular circumstances.
Seriously, this could have been much worst. At this point, I have seen so many rushed series end horribly, but Zetman actually avoided that. Of course this series should have been 39 episodes, but for a series that was crammed in way too little time, it was a very good attempt.
I only have two complaints: first of all is that random scene in which the Sweeper came along and said that his master wanted to see him. That’s not exactly a sequel-hook, but again it’s completely pointless and didn’t belong there at all. Second is that in the end, the animation in this episode didn’t try to go back to the quality of episode one. It’s a pity, but even with that taken into account TMS Entertainment really surpassed itself this season.
Also, who was that smooth voice that suddenly popped up as a narrator?
Rating: *+ (Great)
yeah where was that narrator before in the series? i was a bit disappointed too in the animation quality, at least the drawings looked nice. and at least this episode was not a train wreck as it could’ve been (although i wished they touched upon more kouga shooting his mom).
“Because he’s the hero that Tokyo deserves, but not the one it needs right now…and so we’ll hunt him…because he can take it…because he’s not a hero…he’s a silent guardian, a watchful protector…the ZETMAN”.
…It’s official. ZETMAN is the dark knight.
lol, that’s exactly what I was thinking when I watched that.
Pretty good ending imo. The whole Sweeper scene I think was to show that there are traces of EVOL left, and it isn’t as simple as Jin going around killing Players.
It was almost as fun seeing you asspull your way through convincing people this crap was good than watching the actual anime. Congrats
Umad ChocoBar, the manga isnt special either,