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What can i say i LOVED it 10/10

man this anime was awsome, im actually speechless i dont know what else to say.

tho i am a sucker for happy endings so i would have liked to see them all happy living together but this ending does give a impact on you.

This is a rare case for me but there were no characters in this anime that annoyed me or that i didnt like, usually theres at least one character that i dont like or that just annoys the crap out of me.
A case of this would be Raki from the anime Claymore if you have watched it i found him really annoying and i felt like his personality didnt have a purpose.

well i'll stop rambling and end this post now sorry for getting sidetracked there and btw im a Himari-Kanba fan now so i was happy he got his kiss in the end.

Damn it, loved this sooo much 10/10
One hectic series, I feel depressed, but truly it was brilliant.

hum well at first i thought i would go for a 7 or highest a 8 but in the end episodes it got so epic that i was considering a 10 but i chose i would give it a 9 since it took long to really get into this anime.

9/10

From the beginning to the end of this anime I was impressed! The amount of quality put in character, story development was just amazing! The way they could keep the attention of the viewer with an almost perfect episode pace each time really made it a wonderful story in general! The concept of showing backstories of each important character combined with a linked fate and supernatural stuff was just great to see! It's long ago I've seen another anime this good! The buildup to the ending and the actually ending was just Beautiful! A tear was indeed shed on the very end with the note from the brothers!

A really great last episode of this amazingly good Anime! Just loved it and can't say less then give this a 10/10 rate!

Whenever a really good anime ends, I feel really sad inside. ;^;

But two things: Why are Sho-kun & Kanba-kun litto kiddies after the fate transfer? Himari-chan & Ringo are still the same so. & how come the penguins are following them, along with Natsume's penguin? Can Sho-kun & Kanba-kun see them?

One of the few animes that made me cry hard enough to have my mascara smudge all over my face. 10/10. FABULOUS MAX~

8/10
For some reason I just couldn't really get into this.

WTF!? That's an apple not a drum, much less a penguin drum. This is what happens when you procrastinate writing the rest of the story until the last second you get shows like this, all emotion and no intellect. There's no real point to this show. they're all on crack – the director, the characters, even Steven Foster. Sometimes I forget to check and see if a show is directed by him before watching it, I should be more careful.

did sanetoshi actually say "you gotta be shittin' me" or was it the god damn subbers?
kanba walking away from satenoshi is basically his way of telling him "fuck off"
wow i cant believe they were forgotten, other than the fact of the note.
i wonder if himari remembered them from it or it just brought back her feelings
kid kanba and kid shoma appear at them end
bitter sweet ending, sigh

4/10 because the end was a little similar to madoka? jfc

6/10

The symbolism made the show feel far too much like it was style over substance, and more times were my questions ignored then answered. The show seemed to try too hard to give all our characters bad parents and backstories and narrative went all over the place come the second half.

I finally managed to finish this series... the lame plot mixed with that shoujo art wasn't a very good combination haha. The first couple of episodes were good but that's it. 6/10 for me.

Ahh, I really loved this anime, most people are just confused that's why they dont understand the true beauty of MAWARU PENGUINDRUM.

10/10 for me, had some confusing parts but the way it all comes together and the plot twists and cliffhangers made this great. The last episode was also better than most anime's ending imo.

The first comment should help clear things up about your confusion!:
http://www.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/nnqsj/mawaru_penguindrum_episode_24_discussion_spoilers/

While I was watching this I thought I was gonna have a new favorite name but I guess not.
There is too much symbolism and metaphors for it's own good and I don't quite understand the plot of this show it is not coherent , too many unanswered questions and I dislike the type of show were everyone have different interpretation from it instead of clear and direct plot.
8/10 was gonna give it a 7 but the OST and the survival song are really awesome :3 .

Full fucking circle. Though I guess that makes sense since it's called Mawaru Penguindrum.

The Penguindrum was their hearts/lives? So Kanba gave up his half of the "apple" in the beginning of the show and apparently it wasn't enough; Shouma also had to give up his half that Kanba gave him. Damn. The two non-blood related, brothers that were thrown together to share the same fate had to be the sacrifices.

Kind of wonder how the fuck they all got on the train and then just "reappeared" on a different fate line's train. They just randomly collapsed?

Yuri and Tabuki even got their closure. So in the end, they did love each other; not being together for Momoka's sake, but for each other.

Masako got closure-ish? Kind of sad that she still remembers her twin brother in some way, but it was only a fleeting dream.

Hmm, I wonder who Himari's "new parents" are. It's not Ringo's dad and his new family. It also seems like her love of Penguins disappeared in this new fate line.

Hah, Kanba and Shouma replace the two kids in episode 1. So that's why there is a child version of the two in that particular title card.

It's a bit saddening to see that everyone has forgotten each other, but I guess this ending makes sense...not that I particularly like it that much...

Not sure if it's been posted somewhere in this thread, but if anyone is really interested in where a lot of the themes and symbolism in this show come from, they should watch Night on the Galactic Railroad. I think it would clear a good amount of things up for those who struggle to find meanings in some of it. For example, the very end which shows Kanba and Shouma and the penguins walking in space probably means (NotGR spoilers)

Another interesting part of symbolism is "The soul of the scorpion". This gets referenced a few times in Penguindrum and I could never figure out what the hell that meant. In NotGR,

Hope that gives some insight into things that Kanba does and says in the show. I used to think he was kind of a predictable and boring character as far as he develops, but I definitely think that gives another layer to it all. Personally, I give the show a 9/10. One of my absolute favorites to watch over and over again. Probably my only real complaint is that Masako and Mario were given sooo much screentime and ultimately never amounted to anything (ha!). Neither really had any effect on how the story moved at all.

The anime was a masterpiece, i was hoping for a happier ending,

I get the reactions and feelings most of you had towards the ending/the anime as a whole. Yet I can't relate all of this too much to be honest.

Its structure is intelligent. I liked the flashback method and how it lets you in little by little. I don't know if the director had to change much from the original novel here, but it surely takes you some time to plan this out.

I think it were the characters that didn't quite hook me. I just couldn't relate to any of them and had no real sympathies. Right to the end I wouldn't really care how any of them ended up.

Here's the part I can't describe that well: There's this "unrealistic" hope in this work. Life and "destiny" just don't work this way. It all had a "Japanese" feel to it... a worldview that is based on love. Love as the answer, the solution, something to share and something to die for. This doesn't work for me personally while it may work in the universe of the story and is also rooted in the life of the author and in most people minds.

--> So, I'm not here to take that away from them and just let it unrated.

so finally its end huh?

I cant say anything its just so awesome but it was a good ending not a happy ending.. at last in the end I still cant see all of them still alive even they are all don't remember anything at all... no problem thats a great ending too..

Could somebody please, PLEEEAAAAASE explain the meaning of this scorpion thing mentioned in an earlier episode and now again? i simply don't get it...