Golden Time Episode 24 Discussion

makoa69 said:
This is like the have your cake and eat it too ending. Banri and Ghost Banri are happy, and both Linda AND Koko are chosen.
I dunno, I feel like this episode completely nullified the previous episode, which was really good. In fact, I think I would have liked this series more if it ended sourly on episode 23. This ending was just too convenient for everybody. You can't make the love triangle and not have somebody lose out.

shanimebib said:
I wonder why people would give this anime a 9/10 or better. Since most of the people here who are giving it a 9/10 based on the romance theme, here are some anime that aired in the same time over the last two seasons with this anime.

Best Slice of Life/Romance: Gin no Saji 2
Best Drama/Romance: Nagi no Asukara, White Album 2
Best Comedy/Romance: D-Frag, Mikakunin, Nisekoi
Best Fantasy/Romance: Little Busters! ~ Refrain
Best Mystery/Romance: Monogatari Second Season

All these anime had way better romance than Golden Time imho. Taste can vary so much! Just sayin'

zensunni said:
I loved it. The story abandoned a bit of it's signature flare in the last arc, with less humor and more drama, but it still managed to get in a couple of moments, like 2D and Kouko fighting, then the slapstick fight being turned on end by 2D basically reminding Kouko that she is supposed to be some sort of crazy stalker woman and she should be practicing those skills on Banri, right now, DAMN IT! LOL

This has officially bumped Toradora! down on notch on my all time favorites list, though once I have the Toradora! BluRay and dub in my hot little hands it could be a different story... LOL

The moment when he realized that the mirror he had wasn't his, with the cascade of memories falling from that revelation, then Linda bringing him the running shoes... This show didn't waste anything! Even small, seemingly insignificant moments can carry weight down the road.



I loved Linda's confession, followed by her blessing of his and Kouko's relationship. I think that Linda would have never felt right in a relationship with Banri after he was hurt because he was on the bridge waiting for her. When she left the bridge, I have a hunch that she was going to call Yana-san and start moving on with her life, and doing something for herself, and not only for Banri. (That is the other reason why their relationship wouldn't have worked. It was all give on her part...)

I could go on and on about what I liked about the episode and the series as a whole.

Wongseifu said:


some would argue ruined it for linda

Stark700 said:
THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE.
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Dat tears ;.;

Oh well, at least the mood is much better this episode. Still feels like a feels trip though with a revisit of those memories. Wait, is that a new OST they played at that scene? Interesting. Nice to see Linda motivate Banri though :>

I think I'll rate this 8/10 although I have some mixed feelings for the second half. This was quite a ride. Koko's confession came from her heart there.

A3ead said:
I don't understand how people are saying they loved this ending ..
It was way too rushed, it included supernatural elements this show wasn't supposed to have (the whole bridge scene and Linda talking with ghost Banri) and even though I was rooting for Kouko x Banri but I think the ending wasn't satisfying enough probably because of how rushed it is .
I was going to give the show a 9 and name it "The show which ended Toradora's dominance over the romance genre" , now I'll give it an 8 and call it "The show which ALMOST did it" .
I believe we need an OVA explaining what happens next between Chinami x Matsuo , Linda x Matsuo because this was left unfinished.
Also, THEY NEVER WENT TO THE BEACH NOR TO PARIS !! ... seriously, I was waiting for this forever and they didn't even mention it, jeeez.

A3ead said:
I don't understand how people are saying they loved this ending ..
It was way too rushed, it included supernatural elements this show wasn't supposed to have (the whole bridge scene and Linda talking with ghost Banri) and even though I was rooting for Kouko x Banri but I think the ending wasn't satisfying enough probably because of how rushed it is .
I was going to give the show a 9 and name it "The show which ended Toradora's dominance over the romance genre" , now I'll give it an 8 and call it "The show which ALMOST did it" .
I believe we need an OVA explaining what happens next between Chinami x Matsuo , Linda x Matsuo because this was left unfinished.
Also, THEY NEVER WENT TO THE BEACH NOR TO PARIS !! ... seriously, I was waiting for this forever and they didn't even mention it, jeeez.

calmfu said:
Everyone's divided. lol

For me, I'm with the lot that got to finally enjoy a decent ending after a longgg ride of dramatic feels every week and of course.. that doesn't leave you in a nasty mood.

Had faith in this drama cause Yuyuko Takemiya knows how to please her fans. Toradora's awesome so I sorta knew what I was in for. Anyway

This season was romance packed but sadly few were great.

-Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai! Ren ended bland, no development
-Inari, Konkon, Koi Iroha. destroyed my dreams of a modern Ah! my goddess romance(I still cry ;__;)
-Witch Craft Works just doesn't count
-Nagi no Asukara looks like it's destined to be AnoHana's reincarnation so...yeah
-Toaru Hikuushi e no Koiuta was at least decent till it became wishywashy towards the end. One episode from its final verdict though
-Fucking Noragami doesn't even have romance, and yet it does, subtly so, and that still beats the above! Loved watching this show
-Mikakunin de Shinkoukei was one of the few I liked from start, though it's ending was lackluster in terms of plot but still ended well
I won't mention any harems cause those are formulated cancer in the romance department of the anime industry.

And now Golden Time, I will miss it because after long while of watching anime recently, it brought back some faith in drama/romance. imo. Don't get me wrong, I know that scene was kinda weird and didn't live up to peoples expectation on how quick it was but at least some other things were made clear. Heh, I'll be generous and give it 9/10.

Skeletu said:
Dude seriosly, Nisekoi is nightmarish ? That anime has a score of 8.09 only by 15k+ users while this show has 7.94 by 21k+ users , can u tell the difference ? Anyway i like both shows the same, and there was a user who said the ending was a cliche.......i dont think he really knows the meaning of that word but usually a cliche would have been for him to return to Linda his first love,however this anime ended like ichigo 100% and that is: the hero didnt ended up with his first love.....so dear users dont slit ur wrists just because the anime ended in a way u didnt wanted to.
Overall this anime was great and the ending fitting, i dont think it was rushed since most anime these days have 12 episodes so a 9 from me

renders said:
They didn't do anything with Oka Chinami,it's like she had no relevance at all

SkyKyz said:
Fucking bridge scene with Linda and past Banri ruined everything
Linda hugging and seeing what is supposed to be a fraction of Banri's past memory but apparently not because it can fucking pick up a ring that fell in a river.

It's great that Kaga ended up with Banri and that he remembers everything but we got a big fuck you for the rest of the characters.

Mediocre Time

ahmedkhan94 said:
it was a nice ending and i really liked it.

but can someone please explain to me how in the world Linda was able to see both banris at the same time?

other then that i think the episode was pretty good. i just dont understand how linda was able to see the OLD banri while the NEW banri was still there.

Paper_Raccoon said:
Well this anime got as close as I've ever seen to a REAL relation ship type of anime... I wished there where more of this type of same feeling anime

Jonesy974 said:

In the genre description, it says it's part supernatural...
Also, I don't see how it wouldn't beat Toradora in terms of romance. Toradora was a giant love triangle that took the entire length of the show to resolve itself, only to have a mediocre ending where he just meets her in a classroom. Not that I didn't thoroughly enjoy Toradora, but seeing as how it's from the same writer, I think it's definitely Toradora's successor in every way.

kieyuku said:
No surprise with Koko ending up with Banri. I was more interested in how they would get there and was seriously seriously disappointed in the horrible pacing of the episode.

The bridge thing was terrible, it felt like the show ran out of time and then threw this confusing and nonsensical scene in to settle matters with Ghost Banri and Linda.

Everything was so rushed, I couldn't get into it and felt indifference at the happy ending I had been waiting for.

There were some moments that were good, but overall it was a real shame of a last episode that dragged down my opinion of the show. But to be fair it slowly began going downhill after the first dozen episodes anyway.

7/10