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For those wondering what happend to the Hiruken Emperor, it was my impression that he was back in the chamber after the mother's embrace. So in a way, it seems that the two of them are just going to wake up in a thousand years. It's very much open for a sequal set in that time. Anyway, the characters, animation, music and yes story were all very solid. I give it a 9/10.

Okay I just watched the last three episodes and I will say that I love how they ended this. I mean i thought of this show as sort of a Eureka Seven kinda feel to it and I am happy that this one ended how it did. I mean they showed what actually happend to everyone. Dont get my wrong I still think Eureka Seven is great but unlike Xam'd it didnt show what happened to everyone else. But back to Xam'd. I just have one question with Akiyuki. Could the one that appeared with Haru at the end and said "I love you" be the Hirukan(might be spelled wrong) Emperor be that Akiyuki. Because remember when Akiyuki told the Emperor that he was giving him the only that that mattered to him, his name. And then the Emperor changed and looked like Akiyuki after that. Because everyone saw Akiyuki turn into a stone and that is what Haru was standing next to when the title thing came up. So could that Akiyuki that appeared with Haru be the Emperor. Now that I finished saying that I will just say that I give this a 10/10 and I will say it is one of my favorites that I have watched. Even though I havent watched alot of the classics alot of people told me about this just kept me wanting more and making me guess at every turn which just blew my mind. Thanks Bones for coming out with this amazing anime and I will never forget the Xam'd Lost Memory. =D

FFFFFFFFF
I cried.
I bawled like a baby.
Man this series was so great.
But BAWWWWWW RAIGYOOOOOOOO WHYYYYYYY?!?

If you notice in the end, she goes back to visit the "stone" Akiyuki but the stone isn't there anymore. Akiyuki is standing in its place, and the part where they show him looking at his hand it's really bright, meaning that his eyes are still adjusting to the light after being sealed away for that long.
Also, he says to her, "I heard your voice every day."
In other words, yes, Akiyuki is still alive, and that is him.
It just took Haru's voice a while to break through to him to help him remember who he was. :)

Glad, Akiyuki came back at the end....or i would have been very angry.....>.>.....Other then that good show^^....

1) Akiyuki gave his name and memories to the empire thus he forgot himself. Haru spent the last 9 years telling stories to Akiyuki about their past childhood life and filling him with love. After years of hearing her thoughts and love, Akiyuki peaced together and gained his memories back. Because of this he now knew who he was and could brake from the rock. Nakiami says something like this to him in his dream before she's sealed away with the Emperor.

2) Nakiami is not dead, she was sealed away for 1000 years to comfort the Hirukan Emperor. We can assume in 1000 years she will be unsealed along with the Emperor.

3) The Emperor, as people have mentioned above, was created by Lady Sannova. Back in the old days the leader of Nakiami's village was given the task of birthing the Emperor's child. Apparently the new child that Lady Sannova birthed, died and she gave it one of those seeds to bring it back to life. Essentially it was consumed by the Xam seed because it never knew who it was to begin with. This is why she says it's all her fault.

Nakiami warns Akiyuki a number of times in the past to never forget who you are..this further shows that since the Emperor was a baby that died while still in Sannova, it never knew who it was to begin with and was consumed by the Xam.

4) Lady Sannova created Xam's as a way to gather memories to give to the Emperor when the right time came. It can be assumed that no one up to this point has been successful in giving the Emperor their memories. Akiyuki appears to be the first.

5) By giving the Emperor his memories, Akiyuki forgot who he was and thus was consumed by the Xam. Him turning to stone proves that he forgot who he was. The emperor, as someone pointed out, was with Nakiami in the chamber.


::Theory's::
1) Toujirou was originally a member of the north. I think this was explained in one of the eps but we all overlooked it. In any case after Akiyuki's father saved him he intern joined the south's military for some unknown reason. The reason I come to this conclusion is becuse the last scene with him in Akiyuki's dad's house shows him with the same type of fluid being pumped into him as the northern girl. I'm guessing that's a blood transfusion.

2) The cause of the war may be something as stupid as religion or it could be because the Emperor was originally living in the south. After Lady Sannova's mess up with the Emperor's child, war broke out. Lady Sannova then created human forms to protect the people but at the same time gave her "children" the Xam seeds to spread in the hopes of finding a good candidate for a Xam. I'm sure the south wasn't to happy with northern people blowing them selves up either lol.

Talk about a bad aftertaste, like 3-day-old tea.
6/10 :/

Endless kind and endless sad.
This anime became my most loved.

woah great end. they sealed of nakiami so it became a easier haru xx akiyuki end ^^
too bad they didnt kiss at all. was a great serie, but it was missing something for it to be a 10/10.

I was pretty disappointed. Akiyuki "death" was pretty terrible. It just happened. Also no Nakiami was annoying.
Also why the hell didnt Haru and Akiyuki kiss!? *sigh*

The series was great overall just mediocre ending. Decent 9 years later scene though. I give the series an 8.

one of the greatest series ever made!! 10/10. This series had very few faults and kept amazing through the entire thing. It had a slow point around the middle but completely slammed the ending. Also it had amazing animation :) I don't know how bones do it but they dominate most of my top 10 anime.

I'm not sure if akiyuki was able to remember himself and return in the end or if it was just symbolism. guess it would be goo either way but i'd prefer if it was symbolism really since it would be kinda clique and lame if he returned. Atleast everything wasen't perfect in the end which stopped it from being clique. Raigyo died, akiyuki was possibly stone forever, nakiami is imprisoned for 1000 years (though its a good cause) and yango is just sadly waiting for her.

uhg ok this is getting on my nerves. The people who seem to be trashing the series about its plot are the biggest idiots i've ever seen. Xamd has one of the most detailed plots i've seen and compaired to the number of series that actually lack plot these days it's even more amazing plot-wise. You look at these peoplesl lists and see they gave kannag for examplei a perfect 10...... even if i enjoyed kannagi it barely had a freakin plot WHICH it ignored and ruined every plotline they created. i should have gave that series a 7 because of that but because i really enjoyed most of it i still gave it a 8. But seeing these people are marking down xamd because of the plot its just retarded. grrr People like that should learn to PAY attention to what they are watching.

well glad to see many other 10's out there though :P

It would have been nice if they ended Xam'd with a bit more closure, I mean is Akiyuki alive or has Haru just gone crazy (not the first time thats happened) and for Nakiami not to be sealed away for 1000 years.

Other than the frustrating ending it was a pretty decent show, I think I will have to let the ending stew with me for a while before I give the show a score, right now I would probably give it a 4 because the ending is still making me angry.

But seriously who goes and kills of all the decent main characters in the last couple of episodes?

Akiyuki has to be alive though or that is the most terrible ending. Yes, an OVA would be nice (if it confirmed Akiyuki as being alive again)

And how on earth did Haru get rock Akiyuki back to Sentan island and if she was going to visit the rock every day why put it on a steep hill for goodness sake.

EDIT: After watching the last few minutes again i have decided for my sanity that he truly is alive and he has not really aged that much because how could he age when he was a rock?

Thank you for this! Makes complete sense to me now. Wasn't connecting the dots.

Well, I don't think so, cause in the middle of episode 25 Sannova said that from ancient times "Sannovas" "worked" as midwifes for emperor family. in return they were given a right to create Xamd'ds. And only the last Emperor Hiruken was stillborn.
If he was stillborn then what memories did he lost? He lost nothing because he hadn't got any.
Xam'ds were created for another purpose, cause at that time "Sannovas" were not exiled and emperor's children didn't born dead. And only after this Lady Sannova thought about fighting against the Emperor with hodes of Xam'ds to "answer that scream in the void" of Hiruken being reborn with an artifical hiruko.

Well said. Great anime! 9/10

YES. this OST was amazing. Shut Up And Explode is the best OP song ever. I've listened to it so much these past few months!
he looks freaking HOTT

Thank you DeathfireD for clearing up a lot of questions.

wonderful wonderful anime with wonderful wonderful animation. 10/10

Hmm not entirely satisfied with the ending :(
Though, the entire series was excellent, animation, sound, characters and the somewhat confusing story were all great :3

Hmmmm, overall liked it, I was surprised at how many characters lived. Though I'd rather nakiami had a different ending. Akiyuki & Haru's ending was nice, very nice.

Yeah, not 100% satisfied, but 90% isn't bad either.

Loved the Series!!!!

Good ending, although not the best. I still had some questions that were left unanswered, but that's fine too. Overall, the series was pretty enjoyable, except for some of the episodes in the middle where I thought I was missing episodes, but I really didn't. Plot was a little hard to follow, but it was interesting nonetheless.

wtf no, nakiami.