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Nov 24, 2016 5:22 AM
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By storytelling standard for the finale, I think it was actually well done.

They had the final encounter against Johann. All the girls are also united together and I think their mech got a flashy upgrade (reminds me of something from Code Geass). Pretty much a big clash between the two sides at the climax of the battle...very predictable imo.

Overall, I guess the show was okay? Some episodes really were forgettable while other (like this finale) were better done.

Nov 24, 2016 6:51 AM
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So it came to an end but i kind of wanted more of an ending.
It didn't feel like a proper ending to me.

My feelings about this anime right now are a bit neutral the characters where nice and the story was ok it's just that ending.
Nov 24, 2016 8:40 AM
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My theory is half right. Lux exMachina bound to lose, because the 3 Erinius are made to defeat Lux exMachina which it has already happened long ago. But then again of course the final true form gattai is the one that defeated it, also why the 3 seperate Erinius cannot win. History just repeating itself with the addition of the Lux light help.

The Lux light pretty much a god existance to all regalia. When she side with the human, I'm like: Johan pretty much fcked. Well Johan was indeed very annoying, poor him at the same time. I feel him at the last moment when Johan said it would be great if people like Yui the one who made him:(

Anyway, Happily ever after I guess. One anime ended.
Nov 26, 2016 3:23 AM
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And here comes the "end". I thought it will be a battle until the last minute, but instead Rena and Yui need some more time to become stronger Erinius pilot with the help from Lux light inside that round black-fire thingy.
Well, seeing the transformation it's pretty much guessed who will win. Johann maybe so strong, but after that Erinius tranformation he doesn't feel that scary anymore. He IS strong and with extra sick-mind of him but that is all thanks to Erinius tranformation.
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Nov 26, 2016 3:24 AM
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Extremely late subs yet again. No shock considering all the production issues this show had. Anyway, mixed feelings on this one. I loved the main six girls(7 with Noa). Their designs were moelicious and relationships gave off that sweet cgdct sol vibe I love so much. The reunion between Ingrid and Kei in episode 7 or 8 was fucking wonderful for instance. That said, the plot made absolutely no sense, and Johann was a garbage tier villain. He might have been okay as a sub-villain, but primary antagonist? I was done with him by episode 7 or 8. On one level he worked since he was definitely obnoxious and instantly hateable, as you'd expect from a villain, but I never gave a shit about his plans or motivations. Felt absolutely nothing for whatever they were trying to do with his end here, lousy little prick shoulda just died. I have no comment on the mecha action. On the whole I'll give this a generous 6/10. Easily forgettable series. I would watch a sol cgdct spin-off with the main girls if one were made though. XD
Nov 26, 2016 5:59 AM
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This show is the anime equivalent to the phrase "jack of all trades, master of none." It tried to combine several niche interests (cute girls, mechas, even some yuri in there) all at once, but it never really ended up doing anything above okay with them. The story and characters are forgettable, and while the slice of life moments are admittedly kind of nice, they don't exactly save this series. If you want cute girls, lesbians, or giant robots, look elsewhere. If you want a show that combines all of these, you could do worse than this.

5/10
Nov 26, 2016 6:01 AM
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well I've seen worse one..
it's not that baaaad.. I think?

5/10
Nov 26, 2016 7:13 AM
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For some reason I really liked this show and I think this episode was a great end.
I liked Rux.
Nov 26, 2016 7:45 AM
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Well, guess what exactly Johann was, was never explained? Unless I missed something. Lux's existence was easier enough to understand.

I thought the first half did pretty strong or decent at least, but once we added Johann into the mix it got kinda dry. He didn't really have strong motives other than the fact that he was jealous of people, and it was hard to even try empathizing with him when I didn't even know his past.

At least we got a happy ending, but I felt like it left more to be desired... Maybe that's not quite what I mean, but it just sorta felt... rushed, I guess?

Anyway, think Imma give it a 5.5 or just round up to 6/10. The story wasn't exactly memorable, and we could've done without some fodder characters like the first few villains, but I did enjoy the main cast at least.

Nov 26, 2016 10:06 AM

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Confusing series overall... not bad, but very confusing. I ended up questioning what the hell was going on.
Nov 26, 2016 12:17 PM

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So, are the girls still immortal for all intents and purposes? Sara and Tia are already thousands of years old, despite their childishness. Is Yui basically the Eternal Empress of her country?
Nov 26, 2016 5:21 PM

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Was a decent ending for what it was. Kinda think an epilogue would be nice.

6/10
Nov 26, 2016 8:26 PM

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This final episode was alright.

The usual stuff: the power of friendship prevails and the villain has a redeeming moment. Nice transformation/power up of the Mecha though.

His last moment and final words made me actually sympathize with Johann.

Overall a good show. 7/10
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Nov 26, 2016 9:51 PM

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Not enjoyable. Bland and uninteresting drama. Mecha component was decent but deteriorated as time went on. Cast was transparent and didn't possess any qualities that made you root for anyone nor for the story to go any direction because you (I) simply didn't care. Shame. Another less then mediocre show.
Nov 27, 2016 12:16 AM

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I really liked the show and its overall atmosphere. There were some slow episodes but cool mechs, action and of course the music made up for it.
Overall its was enjoyable and that stop in Ep4 was interesting. ill give it 8/10
Nov 27, 2016 12:22 AM
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the show was awesome but too cramped. they could expand it more like the past of the regalias or give some ova to complement the series. and the ending gives little hope to a full season 2 but an ova is still possinle...
Nov 27, 2016 3:19 AM

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It's a decent enough finale, but overall, this one was just a bit too ambitious. It had a lot of potential, but tried to fit way too much into its limited time frame. The result was that the show was disjointed, many parts felt extremely rushed, and other very important things were just glossed over or skipped entirely. The most obvious effect is Johann being such a weak character and uncompelling villain, but plenty of other issues arose.

It's a shame, because the production values, basic scenario, and several character interactions were quite good. Oh well.
Nov 27, 2016 9:39 AM

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this was a chore...thank goodness its over
Nov 27, 2016 2:20 PM

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Oh, this anime so pleasing visually. Really nice designs in my opinion. The story wasn't so much bad, as it was to out of nowhere. A lot of stuff were just thrown in without building a universe. I personally think it would have been good if it was actually a bigger saga with more gradual development.
Nov 28, 2016 3:20 PM
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Johan said he's the king, basically controls Ruks ex Machina (his mechs i think) and wants to enslave all humans as immortal souls. Why? He seems jealous of Yui having freind-power while he's always alone, but no clear reason.

Ruks that powers the 3 regalias turn out to be orange Rena, who's grown to like humans. For reasons unknown she joins Johann as "family" (supposed ring symbol) and teleport away. At end villain wanted to die perhaps hates his solitude, so Ruks wants to give him company i guess. It's not that complicated but plot & villain aren't presented in a way to make us really care.

2D mech action with nice music & yuri/loli sol were the best parts, mostly early half. Later the boring villain & very slow drama moments meshed poorly with random things happening suddenly (ie ambitious script details paced poorly). So feels random suddenly there's elder sis Noa, Regalia can die, regalia resonance, villain motivation, space elevator, mind worlds, random door, etc & they never explained blood flooding cockpit & creepy eyes, or black smoke.
It's a weird combo, if it were random events in fastpaced story, it'd be an enjoyable trainwreck. But this was dying of slow cancer, not exactly fun, similar to Ange Vierge in boredom. While not at Sunrise level, Actas did a good job on mech fights so overall show's sorta fine.
Nov 30, 2016 2:16 AM

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not bad I guess
enjoyed the mechs and lolis hahaha

7/10
"Fortress Maximus has come himself. Okay! Then I shall get Fortress Maximus to fight me, huh huh huh!"

Nov 30, 2016 5:16 AM

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I thought the show started out decently enough, but as it went on it just became more and more of a slog. The early fights were better, they felt more impactful and tense, while the later ones seemed to just be endless super attacks that barely ever managed to hurt anyone in a meaningful way. The ending battles just seemed to be posturing and waiting for the literal Ex Machina to show up and make it stop. I'm not even going to pretend to know what they were tryng to go for in the last half of this show. The only thing consistent with the show was the sound quality, which started out bad and never changed.
Nov 30, 2016 7:32 AM

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So that's it? The girls work together to a final fight with Johann? And the girls won so their lives back to normal.
Thar's indeed very predictable, That type of ending was cliche. Well at lease the show was fine overall..
Since it's like that, I'm gonna rate this anime show a 6 out of 10 score overall.
Damn, what a let down. If it wasn't for Ayane Sakura I'm not gonna watch this.
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Nov 30, 2016 2:09 PM

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A good end, I was kinda expecting all the robots to merge into one to the final fight. It was good.

7/10
Dec 3, 2016 3:50 AM
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The last episode was...ok, though it's kind of different from what I was expecting. I was worried that Rena and/or Yui might not make it, but thankfully they managed to get through it.
Overall, I'll admit that they probably could have done a bit better with the whole series, but it was enjoyable nonetheless.
Dec 3, 2016 8:29 AM

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Guess it was a decent finale. Happy end~

This show had a weak start, but it gradually became a little bit better after the short break. Nothing impressive, but just fine. Guess it was a good way to kill some time. 6/10.


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I still have some things bothering me about the series.. Please tell me if I'm missing something

- How did Yui's dad die? Her mom died of sickness right? Did they die at same time?
- The stolen souls were released, but how about the one without body? Will they become a ghost?
- So Lux can recharge the Regalias energy? Pretty convenient..!
- Those girls are at least 2000 years old, I wonder why they're still childlish.. Only Rena that's a bit mature than the others.
- What are those blood scene in the cockpit mean? In some point Yui seem to 'melted' after being tortured by Johann(only her clothes remained) but after that she got revived when Rena came back.
- What is the black aura below Alecto? Why only Alecto has that aura?
- What are those artificial Regalias? Did Johann create them or scientists in the past?
- To seal the ExMachina they need to resonance, to resonance all need a driver in the cockpit, that's why Ingrid waited 12 years for Rena to get a driver. Who were Rena and Kei's driver? Why only Tisis' driver(Sara) remain?

My only complain is in episode 11, it keeps switching from fighting to conversation. Quite annoying and made me lose focus.

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Well, guess what exactly Johann was, was never explained? Unless I missed something. Lux's existence was easier enough to understand.

I thought the first half did pretty strong or decent at least, but once we added Johann into the mix it got kinda dry. He didn't really have strong motives other than the fact that he was jealous of people, and it was hard to even try empathizing with him when I didn't even know his past.

At least we got a happy ending, but I felt like it left more to be desired... Maybe that's not quite what I mean, but it just sorta felt... rushed, I guess?

Anyway, think Imma give it a 5.5 or just round up to 6/10. The story wasn't exactly memorable, and we could've done without some fodder characters like the first few villains, but I did enjoy the main cast at least.


He is the machine that created by human. Human created him because to use Regalia power need a sacrifice. It's explained a lot at the last episodes but maybe you missed it because they talk too long.
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LeonLanford said:


He is the machine that created by human. Human created him because to use Regalia power need a sacrifice. It's explained a lot at the last episodes but maybe you missed it because they talk too long.


Yeah, I could infer at least that much about him being created by humans.
So he was going to used as a sacrifice then? Gotcha. Yeah, I think I may have missed that somewhere in there...

Thanks for clearing that up for me though ^^

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Olem said:
LeonLanford said:


He is the machine that created by human. Human created him because to use Regalia power need a sacrifice. It's explained a lot at the last episodes but maybe you missed it because they talk too long.


Yeah, I could infer at least that much about him being created by humans.
So he was going to used as a sacrifice then? Gotcha. Yeah, I think I may have missed that somewhere in there...

Thanks for clearing that up for me though ^^


Yeah it's irony that they created him so they don't need any sacrifice but instead later they became the sacrifice
Jan 2, 2017 3:31 PM

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Wow, they really did combine. Oooh pretty mech wings.

Fitting ending for the show. If there's ever a 2nd season, I'll watch.

5/10 (average)
I'm a sucker for girly sci-fi action.
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It was....ok.

The weird, half ambiguous ending was kind of shitty.

Like, it seemed like the inferred that with Lux basically giving Rena, and the combined mech unlimited power, that Rena wouldn't have to worry about not being able to turn back into her normal form anymore. But then as they were falling back to Earth, Rena was like "but, what are we going to do now", in a very pessimistic tone, kind of implying that she doesn't have any of that power anymore and now she'll be stuck in her mech form. With Yui saying "we'll all be together to figure it out"...that doesn't really answer anything.

You'd think that with the two of them randomly becoming best friends with the god of light, and the god helping them, that she'd do them a solid and, y'know, save her from being a robot vegetable. They even gave her their rings.

Also, they never explained why Alecto was the most OP mech. It was the only one that could seemingly get a power up with that black form. And it was the only one where said power up also caused the people inside to risk death with the drowning and the evil eyes and having that power go out of control. Kei and Tia never had any kind of power like that.
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Olem said:
Well, guess what exactly Johann was, was never explained? Unless I missed something. Lux's existence was easier enough to understand.

Johann is the AI of Ruks ex Machina. Apparently, he is capable of working as the core of Regalia indefinitely and with no limitations on available power, unlike humans, who merely get to live hundreds of times longer than usual unless they're pushing themselves.

Olem said:
I thought the first half did pretty strong or decent at least, but once we added Johann into the mix it got kinda dry. He didn't really have strong motives other than the fact that he was jealous of people, and it was hard to even try empathizing with him when I didn't even know his past.

I have to agree that he wasn't a very good villain, and could have expressed himself better. Maybe that's why he has no friends?

LeonLanford said:
I still have some things bothering me about the series.. Please tell me if I'm missing something

- How did Yui's dad die? Her mom died of sickness right? Did they die at same time?

We do not know. But it seems that they died at about the same time, which suggests he did not die of natural causes. Maybe somebody wanted to rule with a helpless little girl as a figurehead?

LeonLanford said:
- The stolen souls were released, but how about the one without body? Will they become a ghost?

The people back on Earth visibly recovered. It seems that those of them who fell asleep awakened, and those who disappeared appeared again. They also regained their memories.
It is not clear whether anybody disappeared, like they did in Rimgardia. Maybe they all went to sleep inside when they felt like fainting. (the "everybody fainted" scene was inside, and "no people in sight" scene was outside)
It is not clear whether the people in Rimgardia reappeared, and how did they felt reappearing in a decrepit city overrun by plants. But if they did, I expect other countries to help them out while they rebuild.

LeonLanford said:
- So Lux can recharge the Regalias energy? Pretty convenient..!

Regalias seem to have pretty much infinite energy from Lux. What Lux did was healing the main duo.
Also, she is a God. Who the main characters befriended. It doesn't get any closer to Deus Ex Machina, and "convenient powers" is just a cherry on top.

LeonLanford said:
- Those girls are at least 2000 years old, I wonder why they're still childlish.. Only Rena that's a bit mature than the others.

It's pretty common for immortals to be as immature as they look. Might be a side effect of immortality, might be because everybody treats them as children, might be a bad habit they picked over the years, might be because they never had a chance to grow up properly.

LeonLanford said:
- What are those blood scene in the cockpit mean?

Most likely, Alecto breaking down. As an avatar of revenge, it becomes more powerful and dangerous when harmed.

LeonLanford said:
In some point Yui seem to 'melted' after being tortured by Johann(only her clothes remained) but after that she got revived when Rena came back.

Yui can disappear and appear within the cockpit at will. When she is absent, she goes to that flower meadow with a broken tower in the background. Most likely, the part of her that we're seeing is not her main body.

LeonLanford said:
- What is the black aura below Alecto? Why only Alecto has that aura?

Black aura is just Alecto's signature. Its "element" is darkness, and it has darkness-themed abilities. Other two mecha have pretty cool transformation scenes too.
It might be the prototype, and its tendency to grow black flames and go berserk, placing undue strain on the pilot, was corrected in the other two.

LeonLanford said:
- What are those artificial Regalias? Did Johann create them or scientists in the past?

There is no indication as to the origins of Regalia Gear. Might be Rimgard scientists, because Regalia themselves did not hear about this technology before.
I do not think Johann can invent anything. He is notably dumb and uncreative.

LeonLanford said:
- To seal the ExMachina they need to resonance, to resonance all need a driver in the cockpit, that's why Ingrid waited 12 years for Rena to get a driver. Who were Rena and Kei's driver? Why only Tisis' driver(Sara) remain?

1) They never said they needed resonance to seal ExMachina the first time.
2) Rena and Kei's drivers might have died.
In particular, Rena's driver seems to be in danger of pushing too hard and dying, like the time the MC collapsed suddenly. That fits her personality.

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Johan said he's the king, basically controls Ruks ex Machina (his mechs i think) and wants to enslave all humans as immortal souls. Why? He seems jealous of Yui having freind-power while he's always alone, but no clear reason.

Maybe he has the same programming flaw as computers in Sora Wo Kakeru Shoujo? They desire residents unconditionally.

gophercg said:
Ruks that powers the 3 regalias turn out to be orange Rena, who's grown to like humans. For reasons unknown she joins Johann as "family" (supposed ring symbol) and teleport away. At end villain wanted to die perhaps hates his solitude, so Ruks wants to give him company i guess. It's not that complicated but plot & villain aren't presented in a way to make us really care.

Did they really teleport away? Or did they pass to the next world? Welcoming people to the afterworld seems to be one of the things Ruks does.
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Imo that was one of the worst last episode I have ever watched. It was so boring only stupid giant robots fighting,,


I was so bored I start watching Sakura Trick on my laptop while the robots was doing boring things .Its was 3 whole episodes of this. 1 hour of robot fighting .1 hour of my life wasted,,,,,,,


And the male should have died in the most gruesome way. He have done noting else then piss me off for every second he was on the screen


But even if the last episode was a disaster. There where a lot of good things cute lesbians sleeping together loving each other and banding together. So overall it was a good anime imo even if the last episodes bored me to death.


And most importantly all my little lesbian angels was pure .Not the worst girl giant robot anime I have watch but not the best either. I really liked my girls so therefor I give it 7/10 and that is very generous of me


I want a season 2. But this time skip the males and the robots and I will probably give out 10 points


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These girls were simply put on the wrong show.

This should have been a normal CGDCT/SoL/Comedy. I absolutely loved the main cast. The girls were incredibly cute and I really liked their bonds and personalities so much.

Johann is one of the weakest villains ever. He's just a very annoying little brat.

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