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| I know the ending was mostly recap with a little bit different point of views, but I REALLY like it when the ending shows how the main character ended up in the future. Like this anime and Ronin Kenshin however you spell it. |
rawfulmao said: lol, one can only wonder.Poor Kuro had to be all alone (unless she was getting a secret dose of Yakumo every night), while Keita got to live a normal life afterwards. Goodtimes420 said: well, i think they tried to do that that with the final scene after the credits, but i think it's best to think of this as an extra episode, and not a final episode, really 22 ended it, this was just kind or recap part 2 (apart from that last scene).I know the ending was mostly recap with a little bit different point of views, but I REALLY like it when the ending shows how the main character ended up in the future. Like this anime and Ronin Kenshin however you spell it. |
| I was glad to see that the ending showed how things were so far into the future. It was touching to see that after all that time, Keita didn't forget about the sacrifices that Kuro made especially for him to have a good life. I never really liked the Keita/Akane pairing. It just didn't feel too real to me. She is or looks like a full grown adult while he likes like a child and acts even younger. And I don't quite understand how Kuro isolating herself would stop the curse. The series started after good than it just went downhill from the there. It was just way too predictable, but the fight scenes were done really nicely and by that I mean drawn, not how Kuro would always manage to win the fight against the insane odds. |
| 3/10 They clearly didn't understand the relatively good tone they ended with in the previous episode. I feel like some of these scenes were remastered because I don't remember them looking so well. Overall, there were many well done fight scenes, and I appreciated the twilight color palette of the show, but that was pretty much it. Everything else was bad or worse. |
| Oh I remembered something else btw, x amount of episodes earlier, I think they mentioned something about their tera cycle, that if one of them dies, the other dies too.. was that only applied to Keita? as in if Kuro dies, he dies, not the other way around too?: o I mean, really, in the end, when Keita dies, shouldn't Kuro have died from the cycle being interupted at that point then? |
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| I gave up trying to figure it out. They totally said that, so I was anticipating Kuro to just fall over. Oh wells. |
| oh well, not much to do about it now, too bad an overall pretty decent series ended so horribly : ( |
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overfunk said: no, bad end ;_;;_; Normal End |
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| All the stuff that was shown in the final episode would've been absolutely fine IF they were inserted in the prior episodes where they belonged. Why not just include them in the DVD release as an extended Director's cut version or something like that? Oh well. Feel bad for Kuro, but this was probably the right ending even if it wasn't the preferred one. Let's call it the Akane ending since everything pretty much worked out great for her. Enjoyed the series overall. Great fight scenes and Kuro made a fun and very likeable heroine. |
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| woah, double post is double : o |
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Zealot said: definitely, since it's kinda cheating that Kuro doesn't die when Keita dies ;_;I would have prefered that kuro had killed herself while keita was holding her, kinda like romeo and juliet, dieng together. |
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| This had a very interesting ending, so much so that it prompted to me to make an account and actually post something :O. Anyway just a couple of things I wanted to point out, that haven't already been pointed out. 1:How did Keita get old? If I remember correctly Steiner's contractee was very old yet had the appearance of a child, or atleast they alluded to this several times. 2: Wouldn't the Holy Lands around the world still be visible? Didn't the holy Stones, or whatever they were called, keep the lands hidden? And they were destroyed, and since they were the power of Misagami (Or w/e the name was) how could they be remade since Misagami is gone (Other than Kuro)? 3: I've heard it was different in the manga, but most of the show was a build up for KeitaxKuro, with a few scenes of Akane trying to get on Keita XD. For me throughout the shows Akane seemed to me more of a mother figure, I mean she was, from what I saw, probably 4-5 years older than Keita. To do all that build-up for KuroxKeita then have Akane and Keita marry at the end was a bit strange imo. 4: So, with the limited amount of time they made for themselves b/c of all the filler...in the last episode >.>... the ending they did was probably the easiest way to end it, on a note that atleast part of the fans could accept/deal with. But, idk how realistic it was, I'm not an emotional type of guy but... if I was Keita idk how truly happy I would be married to my childhood friend knowing there is someone out there who loves me and is isolated. And the whole "I'm happy if you're happy" is bs imo. I would have preferred Kuro and Keita dieing in the fight with Misagami, or Akane dieing in the same fight, but w/e. (And I'm guessing Keita had feelings for Kuro...maybe? I had trouble telling through most of it >.>.) Eh, it was a strange feeling, 'creative', and disappointing ending to a great show. Oh, and I totally agree about the tera cycle thing, Kuro should have keeled over as Keita died =P. |
| .. wtf??? way to ruin the show 8->4 |
Oosran said: Oh I remembered something else btw, x amount of episodes earlier, I think they mentioned something about their tera cycle, that if one of them dies, the other dies too.. was that only applied to Keita? as in if Kuro dies, he dies, not the other way around too?: o I mean, really, in the end, when Keita dies, shouldn't Kuro have died from the cycle being interupted at that point then? technically keita was using kuro's tera to live as keita's root sucked up all his tera but as long as keita was there to flow the tera back to kuro as his own kuro can use exceed i really didnt need the recap for 90% of the episode.. the last 3 mins was only important part and sorta made me cry... this episode would only have been needed as like an OVA episode or something... totally not needed as episode 22 ended it well |
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kkmaster1337 said: but it makes it more fun if both would've died yes, or maybe not 'fun', but would've been better : DOosran said: technically keita was using kuro's tera to live as keita's root sucked up all his tera but as long as keita was there to flow the tera back to kuro as his own kuro can use exceedOh I remembered something else btw, x amount of episodes earlier, I think they mentioned something about their tera cycle, that if one of them dies, the other dies too.. was that only applied to Keita? as in if Kuro dies, he dies, not the other way around too?: o I mean, really, in the end, when Keita dies, shouldn't Kuro have died from the cycle being interupted at that point then? |
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| Hehe, this will be a bit ironic b/c of the show but... I think I have the curse of "Everyone goes silent soon after I say something." XD, no lie it always happens to me. It is most notable on IRC chat and the like XD. |
| 5/10 because the fights were good totally one-sided most of the time but at least they looked good I could think of worse ways to waste 23*25 mins, but better ones as well.. |
| I knew Akane and Keita were going to get married! ^^ 90% of the episode was a recap, but atleast they showed the aftermath. It was sad that Keita died though. =/ Good anime series. I will miss it. |
| sad , this is what you call something realistic poor kuro she`ll still be isolated the rest of her life until she dies grandpa died just before dinner TT_TT |
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| Hmm they should have ended on ep 22, recap was a bad idea. Only redeeming thing was the few extra things in it. And i really never wanted Akane to be with Keita :/ that sucks. Well i must say i strangely enjoyed this series. I usually hate shounen but there was something i liked about this one. The start of the series was crap of course, but i think the 2nd half picked up a lot. Some of the plot ideas were actually quite interesting, even if the events/outcomes where cliche. There was some great fight scenes and brilliant animation. Can't really describe why i enjoyed the 2nd half a lot. I just did i guess. I definitely prefer shounen like this instead of the dragged out hundreds of episode crap that seems to be the thing for it. well 7/10 for me. |
| I'd say I enjoyed the second half more b/c the whole first half one of the mains (Keita) was either A: Not saying anything, staring off into space B: Just watching Kuro getting the crap beaten out of her, C: Saying something asshole-ish. |
| it was a nice ending, but one of the grandkids looked like kuro something is fishy here ~_~ |
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| I think the ending was quite good from an impartial point of view. Since I like Kuro way better than Akane (even though both were stereotypical characters) I did not like the ending as much as it really was. v7ch said: it was a nice ending, but one of the grandkids looked like kuro something is fishy here ~_~ Maybe the authors inserted this fact to show the deep bond between Kuro and Keita (their contract was intact until Keita died so this could have somehow affected this?). Well, sounds a bit stupid, but since the whole series was not that good, it would be fitting. |
| Worst. Ending. Ever. I can't really give it up even for the part after the recap. I would have been ok with an ending at 21 for this series. But then again, I felt a rapid decline of interesting plot even before that point, right after Keita wakes up from his coma. Haha, you could say the plot never woke up from its coma even though Keita did. HA. I fear if I write down what I gave this series, people will throw things at me. I'm a pretty tough grader and a lot of the time, the ending makes or breaks the score I give an anime. |
| At least Keita died. The theme of the anime was good but the plot was terrible, if Keita had died before the anime was great. |
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Kallen_R2 said: Did Keita die when he synchronized with Kuro for the last time? He used the last bit of his life force to synchronize with Kuro to send her that message. With that said, this episode was crap. There was no reason to have summary in this episode. They could have easily added in content to tie in all the loose ends that where never answered. Not to mention we see Keita get married and then a min later he's a grandfather. I knew there was going to be time skips but why do so many in such a short amount of time? blaaaa at least Keita and Akane had kids and lived a happy life. Also wtf was up with Kuro's brother saving Akane but not the women he loved still in the helicopter too? He clearly could have if what we saw in this summary was true. That part made no sense at all. Also Kuro being "sealed" on the holy land was a bunch of BS too. You mean to tell me if she just stayed there from the beginning none of this would have happened lol? |
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Zero_r2 said: grandpa died just before dinner TT_TT I'm more sad about the fact that there's few potatoes and beefs without their eater than the fact he died. lol. Pretty damn annoying character. I have to admit I was facepalming like 25% of the series. Mega exe, Giga exe, Tera exe. Did somebody have skill called "Peta Exe"? |
| One question : Zero-Raws have a Kurokami episode 24. Someone have a explication ? And i know about the episode bonus DVD but it's in August no ? |
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| Its probably the DVD episode. That ending was pretty odd for me as I kind of expected a Kuro/Keita ending cos of Reishen/Yuki but to be honest all that recap content could have been added to the actual episodes. Also reuse of original opening was lame. The only meaningful bits was the ending but I think somehow by Keita dying, the curse is gone? I guess the gem stones surrounding the mountain were of importance and her making a constant seal but still ending was really random. Kinda annoyed as the action was really good in Kurokami. |
rawfulmao said: Adult Keita's face looked awfully fragged up though, too much like Reishin's face. Poor Kuro had to be all alone (unless she was getting a secret dose of Yakumo every night), while Keita got to live a normal life afterwards. This! I totally had a panic attack for a fraction of a second when we saw Keita, like wtf reishin PLZ. And that's what I thought! Must get preettttty lonely being alone for eternity. Reminds me of Robinson Crusoe, anyone? I actually put off watching this for a while, just didn't feel like it. But I liked this ending, nice toning down since I was 'meh'ing through most of the series. |
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| Oh man...what a waste of an episode. Only the last few minutes was worth watching. |
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| horrible use for the episode. Could have done something else with it or just not have it at all. I want to pick up the manga because from what I hear it is much better than the anime and varies greatly from this. This is the plot summary of the manga: "Black God is about a computer programmer who meets a Mototsuitama (divine spirit) over a bowl of ramen and loses an arm because of it. He wakes up the next morning with the arm intact and discovers that every person has a doppleganger and some even have a triple liner." |
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| Meh, so-so ending. I was hoping for an ending more in the realm of chrono crusade. |
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| I liked the ending, we all already knew that it would be Keita/Akane in the end. Poor Kuro, tho. Rest of the epiode was a waste, they could've have done better things with the time they had.. I enjoyed the series, in the beginning it was a little bit boring.. But after a couple of episodes it was getting better and better. 8/10 |
| I found this end very original because it's a recap, and the way of doing it with 2 speaker is also original. And i found the last minutes very beautiful. I also can understand that some people want a last episode with a mega-fight like the previous episode |
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