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The ending was a little dull I think, and Hitomi's return to Earth was unexpected too (after that their love saved a world thing), I don't see the reason why she cut herself off completly from Gaea, but anyway, the anime was realy good in overall.

I also thought the ending was kind of lame. It's like she was thinking "I love you but I'm going to live my life without you."

Maybe it was one of those things where their love somehow transcended their physical separation.

Bahhh

I thought the ending was 'okay'. To be honost, I thought this was gonna be one of those lame happily ever after endings.

I don't campaign by happy endings (neither bad endings, nonetheless they are so popular especially with animes), what I didn't liked about the ending is that the "back to earth" part wasn't reasonable, at least I think so.

so without a common enemy, all the allied forces turn against each other, that is just human nature i guess.
anyways, it was a sad kind of ending i have to agree with, just when you think they might end up being together forever, hitomi leaves and then thats that, whats up with that?

Too sad they should have ended up together!

try to read the ending of the mangas and watch the ending of the movie...i think you'll start to appreciate this kind of ending...although i myself also thinks that this ending is lame....

ya i thought this an amazing series....until the end like i was thinking oh this is the happily ever after part. and then Hitomi was suddenly on earth again which kinda really ruined it for me.

I absolutely adored the series up until the ending. What the hell was that? "Oh noes, I had an epiphany - I AM IN LOVE WITH VAN! So I'll just leave now and go back to Earth." And he was okay with that? Wtf.

It seemed to me her bonds with everyone on Gaea were stronger than those on Earth, but if she can just go back and forth whenever she wants to (isn't this the second or third time she went back home?) I don't know why she didn't just go home, inform the entire two or three people she missed, and go on back to Gaea to be with Van..

Ok, first I thought I'm alone with this feeling with the ending, but sure I'm not. :)

Great anime, Escaflowne. 9/10.

I liked the ending. It wasn't one of those cliché happily ever after endings you see in so many others. But I agree it was very strange that she just returned to Earth, when she could have chosen to stay with Van in Gaea. Well, I guess it's where she really belongs, with her family and friends.

I'd have given this a 10/10 but the ending blew that.
I adore Van and how much his character had progressed from the beginning to the end - his development was good yet believable.
I DESPISED the ending and I'm not saying it HAD to be "happily ever after" but I say 1. what's necessarily wrong with that? and 2. there could have been a more sensible medium that made more sense, and 3. HELLO?! at least one kiss to cement their affection?
Anyhoo - I love the elements of Escaflowne from the organic mecha idea of the Guymelefs, the sword fights, the liquid metal, etc.
Fantastical stuffs, I tells ya!

I agree, they could at least kiss at the end. And I don't understand why she have to go to earth and never go back to Gaea, since she can travel between them. And in anime they say something like "It' been long time since we have travellers from Mistic Moon", so it looks like there existed portal or something similar before or travels were regular.
Personally i think, " I promise i come back" ending would be better. Why they go with that shoujo's tragic heroine ending. It's most cliché thing to avoid cliché happy ending :)

Her life and family are still on earth, so it's only natural that she would go back. I also don't think the love they have for each other is a typical romance. It's gotta be at least partially platonic. She's never swooned for Van, which she's done for Allen like 30 times, and for Amano just by remembering him. It's much more stable than the constant neediness of a truly romantic relationship. Allen said something about keeping her in a cage, half jokingly. The fact that their bond exists through separation i think indicates their feelings for each other are not only deeper, but different also. This also explains why they hug for so long and have so much affection for each other, but they never kiss.

I don't get the whole transporting thing. On one hand, they seemed to be able to will themselves to see each other that one time Hitomi went back. On the other hand, Hitomi, and her grandmother for that matter, could never control their teleportation fully. Maybe they decided to say their goodbyes because they weren't sure if they could pull something like that off again? Or perhaps it's because she's decided not to use that power again. I think somewhere she says she'd stopped doing readings.

Well, considering they devoted an entire episode (ep 24) to taking her back to Earth and revising the course of events of her day of departure to acknowledge the romantic feelings between Yukari and Amano-sempai, it's obvious that Hitomi would feel like there's something less waiting for her on Earth than she thought there was through most of the series. Yukari, her mom, and high school are what's left to bring Hitomi back to Earth.

What surprised me the most was that she gave Van the pendant when she left. It was her only tangible link to the world of Gaea! While her words are saying "I'll never forget you" her actions are saying "This doesn't mean anything to me."

It would be cliche, but I totally expected her to stay in Gaea. Or to visit occasionally until graduation. Or, if they hadn't started rebuilding Fanelia in the last episode, Van might have tried moving to Earth with her where hijinks would inevitably ensue...

Thank god it's over! The animation was great and the soundtrack was pretty good. The first episode left me with a strong impression, but the plot was to messy and the "fate machine" is one of the stupidest ideas I've ever heard.

☺ 3-4/10 Below average.

I was quite upset with the ending. It seems like Hitomi will have the same life as her grandmother. I don't think her grandmother fell in love with that man from Gaea, but she did come back and got married eventually, and she didn't forget the other world because she even told her daughter about it.

So I'm guessing that Hitomi will remember Van for the rest of her life, but both of them will marry different people. It's quite dumb. I don't even know how she continued to live her boring life on earth after she had such an adventure with Van. I think she should've said good-bye to her family and gone back to Gaea. She seemed so bored on earth. I thought that her relationship with Van was greater than what she had with Allen, because she just liked Allen since he looked like that guy on earth, but as for Van, it took her time to like him and that meant more. I wish there was another season to this series.

I'm watching this anime for the third time (with a lot of gaps in between the other times), and each time I think I notice new details, or at least recall the details I had forgotten. I think it's quite creative how there was a fate machine and how it was another search for Atlantis that was disguised under this story. And I like the way that the little bits of details were revealed at the perfect time. Overall, I think I plan to rewatch this series in another few years.

ONe word "wow" what an unexpected ending I could have sworn that for the half of the episode Hitomi was going to stay with Van and something like marry each other, but i guess that was too good to be true. Not bad for an outdated show I'll give it a 7/10

The series was ok.

WTF?! NO KISS?! Ridiculous! -_- I would've given this a 10 if they would've put that in and changed the ending up a little.