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| Had the goosebumps when Sho sacrificed himself for Ringo and when Himari cried. I don't know if I completely grasped everything coz it's hard to distinguish reality and inner fantasy in this show plus the complexity of everything. It's so damn subjective to the audience perceptions esp. being a symbolic and metaphoric series so I guess there's no definite explanation for everything. But nonetheless, it was an amazing and entertaining ride. 9/10 |
| The last few minutes after Sho said "I love you" to Ringo then died I cried non-stop....my otp.....T_T |
"What has two arms, two legs, and is alive? Not your favorite character lol! xD" |
| Epic ending, it even made me cry, this ep was a clear 10/10, 9/10 for the series overall. |
| great episode, soooo EPIC!! the ending did make me cry, but i loved how they told us what the apple also means at the end.. anyways!! I loved this episode, and this anime as a whole!! I'm seriously debating whether to give it a perfect score... >_< |
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| The symbolism overall was pretty easy to understand, I don't see how it's confusing. Sanetoshi = Satan Momoka = Jesus? It made me cry, but that's not the only reason why I'm giving this a 10/10 Ikuhara did a fantastic job at portraying the story Also, I like how Ringo, Masako and Himari can remember Kanba and Shouma with their hearts. If only they didn't have to die... EATING APPLES RESULTS IN SUFFERING. SO BEING PENGUINDRUM IS TRULY SUFFERING. |
| Mawaru penguindrum....best anime of the year. The ending was sad, but I was happy to see kanba and Shouma still alive! (btw we saw those kids a couple of episode back). This show has been a wild emotional ride. I will miss you guys...  |
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| I have no idea what this show was about. 5/10. |
| Very touching ending. Shouma and Kanba sacrificed their relationship with Himari so that Himari could live ;-; Shouma saying "I love you" to Ringo was interesting. |
| Not sure what to think. |
| Enjoyable as hell but I want to give it a rewatch just to make sure I have everything straight and see it without sitting on the edge of my seat every week. |
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| the ending was so artistic beautiful and bittersweet, and the music is exceptional! i give this anime 10/10 still sad that Shoma and Ringo wont be together :( |
Arjay-nyan said: Someone explain the ending to me. ಥ_ಥ Why did Kanba died ?And how did Shoma take the fate transfer punishment from Ringo ? I guess anyone can take the punishment , about kanba , there's no way to know it. what was strange is that ringo was wishing for saving himari , yet she ends changing the world and also saving mario. |
| thank you Yumekichi11 for the lovely review !_! |
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| All of my tears/10 |
Vanisher said: Sure there is, the child broiler as clue. Kanba most likely had to die due to the toll of the payment he had to do. After all to bring all he killed is a pain in the ass along with the destruction he made not to mention the heavy price of what he wants already in regards to Himari.Arjay-nyan said: Someone explain the ending to me. ಥ_ಥ Why did Kanba died ?And how did Shoma take the fate transfer punishment from Ringo ? I guess anyone can take the punishment , about kanba , there's no way to know it. Vanisher said: That's because both are connected. The problem is that was not explained. I sense that it has to do with the child broiler. Biggest flaw of this series is that it failed to include and properly balance out Mario.what was strange is that ringo was wishing for saving himari , yet she ends changing the world and also saving mario. |
| Pure amazing. 10/10 Cryed at the end. :( Loved everything. <3 Even tho I wish Kanba and Sho stayed with Himari and Oganomi. T^T |
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| Woa such an epic ending ! I'm more than satisfied with it. I thought that only Ringo will die in the end and that would suck ass but im glad that it turned this way. To be honsest it was confusing and still is in the end but its been a great ride. 9/10 overall |
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Yumekichi11 said: Vanisher said: Sure there is, the child broiler as clue. Kanba most likely had to die due to the toll of the payment he had to do. After all to bring all he killed is a pain in the ass along with the destruction he made not to mention the heavy price of what he wants already in regards to Himari.Arjay-nyan said: Someone explain the ending to me. ಥ_ಥ Why did Kanba died ?And how did Shoma take the fate transfer punishment from Ringo ? I guess anyone can take the punishment , about kanba , there's no way to know it. Vanisher said: That's because both are connected. The problem is that was not explained. I sense that it has to do with the child broiler. Biggest flaw of this series is that it failed to include and properly balance out Mario.what was strange is that ringo was wishing for saving himari , yet she ends changing the world and also saving mario. I also think he died because of the constant payment of life he was doing to himari , just a coincidence he died at the same time. But some people believes he also died as a payment of the spell for example. |
| A growing concern of mine was how they were going to wrap it up; I was afraid of being disappointed but this is no longer an issue. Everything I needed to know was finally explained! Funny how I was sobbing and #2 was making fried eggs in the background... lol. The penguins didn't stop doing stupid things even in the end. XD Still very emotional but wow. Penguin drum was the shared heart/apple of Sho&Kan, not just any apple - only the life-sustaining apple. (Or probably could've been anythings that helps you overcome your self?) Kan won over the box called self by sharing the fruit of fate with Sho and it became their punishment and sin... All in all, most of the symbolism was easy to understand, as others already pointed out. The hemoglobin-penguins representing blood was indeed their life. T_T I was so focused that I didn't notice Himari was naked almost the entire episode, lol. Another thing that I really liked is how a lot of things were achieved without being too explicit and visual, like the subtle shounen-ai tones (or was it just me, I wonder). Gosh, it's amazing to dive into the incredible mind of Ikuhara! And yay for Shouma and Momoka, my favourite chars from MPD! The end roll in the end was epic too, a successfully concluded fate transfer. After that the Destiny Express departured. Although my feelings toward the anime have wavered at times, I didn't expect the ending to be so fabulous max! I was convinced it would be something intangible and absolutely devoid of meaning and reason, was almost sure I was gonna be disappointed in some way or another, so I'm happy it didn't happen! 10/10 What's going on... This is the third series in 2011 that gets 10/10 from me! :x This never happened to me so far. |
| I don't know how I feel about the ending or the series. I did like it, then started to lose interest, then got into it again. But the last couple of episodes I just felt bored. The ending is included in this. It seemed predictable and the heavy use of symbolism didn't do anything for me. It was okay. I did like the artwork and the characters and the plot was okay for the most part. I wouldn't call this my favourite anime or even place it in my top 10. |
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| And! Rock Over Japan made a brief appearance in this episode! :DDD |
| When Natsume said 'it was just a dream,' I was like 'You pulling me some Alice in Wonderland here?' Actually, that's somehow true... Except that Mawaru Penguindrum totally beats Alice in Wonderland. This... is Steins;gate x Momoka. Err, Madoka. Best anime of the years x 2 = Mawaru Penguindrum. |
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| 100/100 TT//////TT this show is breath-takingly beautiful ♥ |
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Yumekichi11 said: Vanisher said: Sure there is, the child broiler as clue. Kanba most likely had to die due to the toll of the payment he had to do. After all to bring all he killed is a pain in the ass along with the destruction he made not to mention the heavy price of what he wants already in regards to Himari.Arjay-nyan said: Someone explain the ending to me. ಥ_ಥ Why did Kanba died ?And how did Shoma take the fate transfer punishment from Ringo ? I guess anyone can take the punishment , about kanba , there's no way to know it. I'm guessing that both Kanba and Shoma used the fate transfer at the end,they already used the Fate Transfer spell,Shoma used it when saving Himari from the child broiler and Kanba used it when he gave half of the apple to Sho but they didn't know that the phrase "Let's share the fruit of fate" is the spell until Ringo used it.This is just my guess,I'm already planning to watch it again when I have free time. |
| I loved the translations too: Ringo: i know the phrase Sanetoshi: You gotta be shittin me :,D |
| Dissapointing ending for an exceptional series. It's really too bad that after such a build-up the last arc contained average revelations and moderately interesting plot developments because the series was thematically heavy and meaningful, the characters fantastic and the direction top-notch. It could definitely have been a 10/10 but I'm only ranking it 9/10 because of the introduction and conclusion. Factsies said: Clearly copied the ending from Madoka, 4/10 Wait, what ? Have you even watched these series ? They have virtually nothing in common, especially their endings, and even if they had, Madoka's ending / last episode is everything but original, it's actually been seen and made tons of times before, plus it's the weakest episode of the second half of the series (the first half being basically crap but I'm going ahead of myself). I don't know what interesting material there was to copy. |
 In every age, in every place, the deeds of men remain the same. |
| 10/10 loved the series it was amazing.. i guess Kanba and Shouma were reborn or something! |
Crimson_V said: I loved the translations too: Ringo: i know the phrase Sanetoshi: You gotta be shittin me lol, that was hilarious |
nonllyDec 23, 2011 12:34 PM
| Electrifying ending, I wished everyone lived though. I'd rather see Himari stay dead than Shouma and Kanba die. 10/10 |
AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS SANETOSHI AWAY (╯▽╰) -yoru_piano-Dec 23, 2011 1:30 PM
| I was hoping for a happy ending...but overall this Anime was very good. Ringo was my favourite character (excluding the penguins of course :P) DESTINYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY |
| I DID NOT LIKE THAT ENDING!!! T_______________T 8/10 |
| A solid 10/10 from me. This was one hell of a ride. I must admit, I cracked up at the subs. "I know the spell." "You're shittin' me." I nearly busted a gut, I did NOT expect that to be what came up next. |
| -I did not write this- Explaination of the show: A purposeless Shouma saved Himari and gave her a family, thus shared his apple with her; Himari was henceforth given a purpose, but keep in mind that Shouma received nothing in turn. Then Kanba gets accepted into the family and Himari gives him the bandaid to keep the pain away, thus Kanba decides he'll do anything for her; here Himari was unknowingly sharing her apple with Kanba, because she gave him a purpose. Kanba was able to actually receive the apple because he wasn't completely empty and devoid of purpose like Shouma himself was, as Kanba already had precious people he wanted to protect (Masako and Mario, his words on the cage are a reference to them) as such his "box" was able to connect to the outside world, if only for a moment and the apple reaches him. And when he shares it with Shouma, Shouma's purpose becomes precisely that: Himari no Tame Ni + Kanba = Takakura Family's wellbeing. That's the reason why Shouma is so single-minded about keeping the family united; because thats' what gave meaning to his existence, as such was what he inherited that day Kanba shared his apple with him. He, however, still remains kind of empty and from that comes his apparent uncapability to love, but Ringo comes around to change all that. When Ringo (whose name speaks for itself) comes around, she effectively becomes an apple for Shouma, a "whole" one all to himself, and she fulfills the part of Shouma that had remained closed-off to the world. He isn't able to accept it however until he lets his barriers down. The key difference here is that Ringo's metaphorical apple didn't give him a purpose, as he already had one, but gave him the will to break the chains of fate and be assertive, which is what he lacked. Yuri and Tabuki talking about needing to be loved, and that is the apple. Being loved gives life meaning. Without this they would just 'become invisible', they would be unneeded and might aswell not exist, equivalent to death. This explains why Kanba broke apart and a flash fo the Child broiler was shown, he gave up his whole purpose (his half and the half Shouma gave back) and became invisible, he died. Whereas Shouma had an apple to himself, which he sacrificed in place of Ringo causing him to die in the flames. Himari was the lamb chosen to die by the curse. This is why such lengths were needed to save her. The cages represent their lives and social interacting, they are what Sanetoshi was talking about: "the box calles 'self'", the walls between people. Kanba and Shouma were 'unwanted children' and were starved of love, until Kanba received some from Himari. This was shared with Shouma creating their family. This shared love giving both of them life was eventually put back together to give life back to Himari who had died. (It may be a little hard to wrap your head around the apples, Penguindrums being both a metaphor for love/purpose and an actual thing giving life.) They were never released from their cages, they just shared between them and were not starved. Sanetoshi never found love or a purpose, and no one reached out to him as Kanba did to Shouma. He was alone in his cage with the walls seperating him from everyone else, he hated the world and wanted to destroy it. "Simply put, the apple is also a reward for those chosen to die for love." Because both boys chose love in the end (like the apple dialogue in episode 1 says), they both are rewarded with their own apples, making this "just the beginning." These 'apples' are their Penguindrum. Shouma gave Himari, Himari gave Kanba, Kanba gave Shouma. Mawaru Penguindrum -somebody on reddit |
VioLinkDec 23, 2011 3:40 PM
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Zergneedsfood said: 8/10 T'was good, but the ending wasn't THAT great. That's how I feel. Great ride and I took a lot from this series, but the ending was a letdown in some ways. It's still my favorite of the year and I liked it a lot more than the other "reset everything better" shows that aired this year. I also agree with this: reddit said: I thoroughly enjoyed watching this show. Just to preempt a certain criticism though... Yes, maybe I might have ended it differently, and would have liked to have had some previous plot points better explored or drawn into the conclusion - but the fact that we can have these sorts of criticisms speaks to the depth and volume of the story that Ikuhara crafted. It's not perfect, but that's expected with a project like this. But it just had to be exactly love. WHY, IKUHARA, WHY? Maybe I should stop comparing the ending to Utena. Maybe I'll just rewatch Utena just for the ending. I think I'll rewatch both of them. |
SalingaDec 23, 2011 3:31 PM
| (◕ᴥ◕し) Hello! Did you know? Barnacles have the largest penis to body size ratio of the animal kingdom. |
-yoru_piano- said: Electrifying ending, I wished everyone lived though. I'd rather see Himari stay dead than Shouma and Kanba die. 10/10 Kanba and Shouma didn't die. |
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| As cheesy as the Penguindrum being love and all that, absolutely brilliany show. A thought provoking fairy tale of wonderous magnitude and simply magnificent. One of the only shows where I am willing to suspend all my disbelief and believe the seemingly deus ex machina device. Easily best anime of the year, and arguably best of the new decade. |
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 Apples were the clue after all |
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