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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- ..."i did it" SPOILER--->That fight scene was just epic compared to the whole series. Pretty glad it stayed close to the manga almost to the tee. It may have been restructured around a bit but for the most part, 96% of the manga panels made it to the screen. ...thats all there is to say about that (;_;) really wish they go into volume 6 for the ova Petroska ftw! |
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Wasted_Life said: Hell yes...."i did it" Although i'm glad to finally get this crap off my currently watching, the final episode was badass enough to barely bump up my final rating to a 6. |
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| did you guys watch the crappy subs that are on veoh? or just the raws? |
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| Easily one of the most underrated series of 2008. Great atmosphere and characters, and I don't speak about the music which is absolutely fantastic. I loved the first series a long time ago, and I still love the second even if they are very different from each other. Can't wait for the OVAs. |
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| Very nice finale, Triela <3. Took a while to get used to the new animation but things like the music were outstanding. The OP is one of my all time favorites. 8/10 |
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| Well the first 4 or so episodes did suck, especially considering how good the first season was. After that it managed to pick itself up and get decent, although Rico and Henreitta still look retarded with the new art style. Decent second half, finale and being faithful to the manga gave it a serious boost though =D. |
| The first few episodes sucked so bad. But thing the one was so good! I hope Pinocchio still lives but I doubt it. Same goes for Franka, Franko & Cristiano.. I had this thing a 7 before but this episode and Triela's epicness bumped this series up to a blazing hot nine! It even made me read the manga! |
| "Never imagine yourself not to be otherwise than what it might appear to others that what you were or might have been was not otherwise than what you had been would have appeared to them to be otherwise" |
| at first i disliked this show but when it finally ended it felt very satisfying. |
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| I thought it was a great ending except for that cheesy holding hands moment. I really didn't think that was an appropriate moment to end the season on. However, the amazing fight scene made up for it. |
| It was a fine ending to me |
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| b-e-a-u-t-i-f-u-l I wish Pino lived longer he was such an awesome character when he went I cried :( so sad and the final fight scene the music was just amazing! I gotta try and find it to download! If someone finds it let me know! :) |
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| I find myself being more attached to Pino's side, the "villains" are more charming than the main characters imo. |
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| Despite Artland and their low-low budget, I think they did a great job. Wonderful, tragic story with absolutely amazing music to go along with it. Loved it. |
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Zerakus said: Despite Artland and their low-low budget, I think they did a great job. Wonderful, tragic story with absolutely amazing music to go along with it. Loved it. Yes, you can't beat down a well written story. Emotionaly moving and I "Bought-in" the characters as much as I did in the first season. However, we were all very spoiled by the first series. I could not forgive the lack animation quality. Imagine the final fight between Pino and Triela done by Madhouse. Do you think they would have skimped with Artland's Slo-Mo and broken frames? Or would this most important battle of the arc been a high budget, high frame rate scene fitting it's importance? 7 out of 10 - I loved it... but.. |
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| I agree that the last fight with Triela & Pino was like the best one. :3 |
| very good ending!!! :) |
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| the final fight between Triela and Pinochio was amazing though the ending would have been best with both Triela and Pinochio dieing in the final fight Pinochios death was sad as I had come to love both him and Triela. the only thing I can really say about difference in art and music was that the first season was way better on those aspects. |
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| I'm sure Franco survived. But I hope Franca also survived. ;_; She's so awesome. Christiano could like die under a rock or something. Anyway, last fight was disappointing. Don't feel like writing a rant at the moment, it's like 3:20 AM. 4/5 for this episode, 7/10 for the anime. Would've been 9/10 if it wasn't for the fugly animation and mediocre soundtrack. (ED = total smex though. Lia's version.) |
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| I was soo dam sad about Franca/o =.( and i felt bad for Pino ( he needed one more bullet ~.~ ) but he should have run when he was told to. I'm still confuse why Angelica is still alive. I though she died on season 1 ? I would recommend the second season to anyone... but they must know that going throw the first 6 ep might be a little hard |
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| I really enjoyed this series, and the last episodes really picked it up. I really liked how they gave us both perspectives in this story to get a good, less bias, sense of it all. Rico wasn't so cute after this episode :/ |
Dedicatus545 said: Christ that ending pissed me off. I was always finding myself rooting for the cyborgs, but when they introduced Pinocchio and gave us more background on the bomb makers, I slowly started to feel more and more sympathy for the terrorists and their cause. Pino and company seemed to be more human than those cyborgs and their handlers. To have them all die at the end like that made all that character development seem pointless, and it was especially insulting that the series ended with these little girls lives going back to normal after killing such great characters, then there was the BS where Triela was still alive. I was absolutely disgusted with the cyborgs and the Social Welfare Agency by the end of this show, in fact i was cheering when they ran over Rico (who is my favorite character D: ). Its too bad the bad guys never win, and that good always has to triumph over evil. Its too bad the terrorists had to die after realizing that maybe what they were doing all long was wrong, and that all they needed was each other. Maybe there is a lesson to be learned here about big governments getting out of control and running the lives of us little people. I can't help but feel the author's wanted to completely flip the audience's perspective on the cyborgs. I totally agree, I wish Pinnochio killed Triela, but I suppose it is more realistic that the 'monster' wins. Also, I totally hated Rico after this one. Not only did she kill the poor butler, but she got headshotted and didn't die >:| |
| I guess I'm in the minority here: I thought it sucked. They butchered the characters portrayed in the first season so miserably. For example, if we were going with the personalities of the first season, after the fight at the end, Triela would not have asked for praise. She would have just said either stone-facedly or cockily that she won, and her handler would have given her the praise anyway, which, frankly, would have been way more touching. Subtext and what is not said is often a more powerful tool than being so in your face with emotions/depicted relationships (which is one reason why the first season was so excellent). I mainly dislike this season, though, because the characters were all shallow, static, and all emotional moments were totally contrived. It was very one-dimensional. So many people here say they liked the terrorists better. Well, duh. Virtually the whole show was about them, whereas the girls were given far less development and screen time. Sure, they had an episode or two here, but those episodes didn't really focus on them in the present with their present motivations (and hardly added anything to their characters that we didn't already know), and they were all pretty predictable. It would have been far more impressive if they had given both sides equal weight and attention, and then they were both so compelling that you weren't sure who to root for. It's lazy, forceful writing to just focus on the "villains" against established heroes to milk that same torn feeling in viewers. And yeah, the art was terrible. Plus, the inconsistencies and unrealistic elements were just so horrid. I mean, was I the only one who noticed the miraculous physics-defying flying car in the last ep? Yeah, cars don't just jump over other cars at high speeds because you hit the gas pedal. That's why in movies there is always a ramp of some sort. Speed Racer is surely envious. Also, why was Angelica able to be totally fine after being hit by a leaping car, but Rico was badly injured by getting hit by the same car? Answer me that one. I will say that the opening theme for this one is AWESOME. Great, great song. And to be fair, if I saw this show by itself without the first season bias, I'd have given it the good old average 5. But as it is a sequel, and so should be compared to the first, it gets a 4 for bad from me. |
| ^what the person above me said. Last episode was a okay ending to a poorly-done series. And they could have given Pinnochio a few lines at the end before they killed him, for heaven's sake. Good action, but lame drama, sucky scripting, and mediocre artwork. |
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Katsuki said: I agree that the last fight with Triela & Pino was like the best one. :3 ikr! i liked pino too, sad he died :( RAWR! |
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| I watched the dubbed version, so I never got to hear the change in voice actors. Same crew as the first season, just different animation. I didn't like it at first, but as time went on I didn't really mind it. I prefer Madhouse, but I didn't hate this one. It grew on me. I kind of wish that Pino and Triela died together. It kind of felt like a cop out for her to be alive. But, they did do the same thing in the first season with Angelica, so I guess they just continued that theme. If both of them died when the viewers thought they did, I think it would have had more of an impact. I'm going to check out the manga to see how different it is compared to the shows. quote=Tsumayouji]Plus, the inconsistencies and unrealistic elements were just so horrid. I mean, was I the only one who noticed the miraculous physics-defying flying car in the last ep? Yeah, cars don't just jump over other cars at high speeds because you hit the gas pedal. That's why in movies there is always a ramp of some sort. Speed Racer is surely envious. Also, why was Angelica able to be totally fine after being hit by a leaping car, but Rico was badly injured by getting hit by the same car? Answer me that one. I don't think she jumped over the car, she just tilted it to the side to drive by it. So she didn't hit Angelica, just skimmed passed her. I'm not sure how she did it, but it isn't so unbelievable. I thought she jumped over the car too, at first, but the way it landed made me think she tilted it. |
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| Holy shit that was intense. I love the Gunslinger Girl series! I even fell in love with these new graphics. (didn't think I would but I did) Oh and did anyone else laugh when Jean was like, "Your injuries will heal soon, and then you can work for me more."? :D |
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| meh this season was weird to me, in first season i liked chars in second they are all like killing robots was cheering for Pino to own them all ... |
| that fucking Pino died! on your face you bastard! 6/10. I definitely give higher score if all that fucking bastard villains die. |
ConfusedPerson said: The supposed "bad guys" ended up being real people with real emotions, whereas the little girls were just ignorant brats that only wanted to please their handlers. Their feelings were fake; I felt like I just watched the real bad guys win. 5/10 score for me. Would have been a solid 7 if Pinocchio, Franca, and Franco hadn't died. Even the poor freaking butler that did nothing wrong got his face smashed into the car window, wtf. lol, seriously. it seemed like a waste to just kill off these great characters at the end of the series. I liked the girls too, but the "bad guys" were great characters who I wanted to see have a happy ending. And then, they just end up dead like all the rest of the people the girls killed :( |
| I really enjoyed the series. But the last episode was out of hand. Flanca, Franco and Pino all die off and not one of the brats dies? Come the fuck on. Pinocchio was one of my favorite characters in the whole series, bad writing killed him. If you want to take out Flanca and Franco at least have it happen while they rescue him not the old man. Terrible. Still I won't let that change my overall enjoyment of this series as a whole. Like most anime many things could have been improved. But can't let that effect your enjoyment of any show. Or you will have about 5 anime that you can watch and like haha. |
| Very good episode to finish a very good and highly underrated series. And who says all Netflix anime is bad? 8/10 overall. Wasn't quite as good as S1, but still an awesome 2nd season. |
| Lemme smang it girl. |
| Loved how the episode title showed up at the near end... and the appropriate title for it... Hoping for a third and concluding season where we see their |
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| This episode was definitely an enjoyable one, both action packed and emotional. From the gunplay and the epic fight between Triela and Pinocchio, I liked both very much. I am a little sad that Pinocchio died, after we got to know his background and who he was, but at least he left knowing that he was cared for by his uncle even if it wasn’t blatantly said. While I don’t know if Franco and Franca died since there were no bodies found, but if they did, at least they went out together, loving each other. As far the girls are concerned, I am glad to see that they all received praise and kindness in their own unique way, as it gave some idea on the relationships between the girls and their partners. I hope good things come their way, and now, on to the manga. |
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| Well, it was all kind of tragic in the end... Although I liked a little bit more of the story, I just won't give the same score as the first season because it was really hard to like the animation. Season 1 looks more... classy. |
| I didn't like the first couple episodes because of the poor animation. But after that, the anime was great. It would get a solid eight if the animation was better (in the first couple of episodes). But because of that, I will give it a 7/10. And whats with the car defying physics? I had to re-watch that part to make sure that the car didn't hit anything that would make it fly like that. |
| This was actually a pretty good ending I must say, a lot better series than the first season as the drama combined properly this time with the pacing of the action and development so all in all it was pretty nice! Let's see what the additional two episodes will offer us though! |
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BridgeX said: Tsumayouji said: Plus, the inconsistencies and unrealistic elements were just so horrid. I mean, was I the only one who noticed the miraculous physics-defying flying car in the last ep? Yeah, cars don't just jump over other cars at high speeds because you hit the gas pedal. That's why in movies there is always a ramp of some sort. Speed Racer is surely envious. Also, why was Angelica able to be totally fine after being hit by a leaping car, but Rico was badly injured by getting hit by the same car? Answer me that one. I don't think she jumped over the car, she just tilted it to the side to drive by it. So she didn't hit Angelica, just skimmed passed her. I'm not sure how she did it, but it isn't so unbelievable. I thought she jumped over the car too, at first, but the way it landed made me think she tilted it. Umm, what? LOL, you've never driven a car before! No, you can't just tilt onto the side any more than you can randomly jump. Cars don't work like that... |
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| Was so pumped from the last episode then Hirscher ruined it -___- Triela's engaged in a life and death battle and he keeps distracting her. Yeah go ahead and shoot while the two are fighting in close combat. That was so frustrating to watch. The cyborgs have the strength to flip heavy tables, throw and carry grown men so why did Triela struggle to push back Pino's knife (when they were in a deadlock)? Also, what's with the jumping car XD 7/10. This was good but the first season was better. |
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| Good ending to the story,, a bit sad because Triela was not happy about her win and Poor Pino and his friend they tried so hard to make him more like normal people |
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| A very nice climax for the events that were built up through the season, Triela's and Pinocchio's duel was great and loved how it ended. I'm pretty sure Caterina died, surviving a headshot under those circumstances would be a very, very long shot. Franco and Cristiano could have gotten away, I wish we could have been given some closure on that one. Anyways, a very strong ending episode, wish more series would follow suit. 5/5. While the second season is no doubt inferior to the first one (and it's not just the visual and audio changes), I very much enjoyed the presentation of the antagonist side, Pinocchio's death had a huge impact on me and I have a strong feeling of ambivalence. On the one hand I feel sorry for him because of his circumstances, but on the other hand, he was a hitman and the main antagonist of the season. A very fitting end to his life in a series like this, getting away would have been too cheap and would have destroyed any payoff of all that build-up established previously. Anyways, very, very satisfied on that front, bumped up my final score of the show to 7/10. |
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