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| Another good anime is over. This ending was good and emotionnal. It's too bad that Pine died to save Chiyoko, I would appreciate to see them together :/. I am surprised by this show, I waited nothing of it but the story with the time travel hooked me. |
| Pretty enjoyable though at times forgetable too. I liked the ending. Especially since they did the Cheermancy dance. I'm not really sure as to why Guriko did all this in the first place, though. Even when your friends can't understand what you've been through it doesn't mean you can blame/hurt them for it. Or ya know. End humanity. lol |
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| lol, this was so bad, but so funny at the same time, what even was the point of that whole ordeal.... |
JackOfAllKnacks said: FinalFlash18 said: Some questions tho- 1. First, what's the deal with Chiranosuke? Does he forgotten about all the events that happened so far and turned into a normal cat? If yes, then how and why? 2. Does Yuuta's (Pine) embodiment soul forever stuck into that infinite loop? 3. I don't know much, but does an alternate ending exists in this w/e video game or LN? If yes, can someone explain about that ending then? I mean, being happy and truly peaceful one, where Yuuta doesn't have to sacrifice himself and everyone gets to live... 1. We don't know Chiranosuke's full story yet . I would assume it has something to do with the dark spirit that possessed the general. xSanox is right that at some point (as an adult cat) Chiranosuke uberfied then was kicked out of his body by another spirit. The cat knows about EVERYTHING going on in the timeline we just watched so it's pretty safe to assume he's deceiving Pine/Yuuta for some sort of end game. 2. There is definitely a loop. It is either incredibly complex (requiring 3 Yuutas or more just to complete) or still to-be-determined (we don't know for sure if the truly happy ending has been found -- even if they find it they would still have to kill Pine at least twice to copy the events perfectly). Chiranosuke mentions Pine "laying a new track" but could mean he lays the track that the Yuuta/Pine who follows behind him rides on. Sad. 3. From a storytelling perspective we will eventually see the truly happy ending with continuation of the series in some sort of media; game (which seems to be what everyone is mentioning), more anime, OVA, etc. I see. Thanks for answering it. |
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| 6/10. mediocre beginnings and it only finally starts to get good at eps 9 and 10. the art was clearly chosen to pander to western audiences, in fact this entire show felt like it was aiming for the kill la kill audience. at least they killed the MC off. |
| Pretty damn sweet ending, frankly. Loved the oh-so-rarely used "I won't let you sacrifice yourself; Live with your sins for eternity" ending. Because if you didn't realize it, that's what happened; Guriko's plan was fo everyone to go back to their own bodies, she dies while the other two live happily, however Pine (in Chiyoko's body) left her out of the whole swiching bbodies circle and decided to inhabit the dieing body himself. Just explaining in case someone doesn't get what happened back there. |
| Not a fan of main character sacrifices. 6/10 for me. If it ended better probably 7/10. |
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| That ending was great. Well really did not expect to let Chiyoko live by giving her body back. Sad that Pine died though. Chiyoko was cute on her original body. Truly one of the hidden gems of its season. Have no regrets having to go on through all that fanservice. |
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| The end of Punchline was profoundly depressing. Don't get me wrong, this series and its ending were amazing. Definitely my top rated show of the season. However, the end was also profoundly depressing. Yuuta is forced to re-live the death of Narugino and his* own death infinitely. An infinite number of Yuuta's save the world only to disappear forever. Even if in the next iteration's Yuuta keeps Narugino's body from dieing, thousands of Yuuta's before him suffered beyond imagination. Not once, but twice, they were forced to watch as everyone they loved was killed, before disappearing into nothing. This iterations ending was bitter sweet, and those after might be better. However, the cost was Yuuta utter agony lived a thousand time over. *male soul |
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| Great anime. Nowadays it's rare to see 1 cour anime with story (almost) fully wrapped up like this. I guess the rest of mystery will be explained in the game. My only doubt is, can Yuuta write all the instructions and fax them within 7 minutes? It seems quite impossible.. -------------------------------------- Anime912 said: So I just wanted to know once yuta went back in time after those 49 days everything he's done until then will be erased as he's trying to create a better timeline. Is that why he waited 49 days after leaving to go back in time so that everyone could enjoy themselves having no fun and what not . My friend is saying that these are separate worlds and that the timeline we saw would not be destroyed as yuta went back in time. It might be related to this http://www.providencezen.org/49-day-funeral-ceremony "When someone passes away, in addition to a funeral service that usually occurs three or seven days after the death, we have a ceremony on the 49th day. Traditionally, the period of 49 days after someone dies is seen as a time for that person to check their consciousness and digest their karma. According to Buddhist teaching the bodhisattva Ji Jang Bosal helps the deceased during these 49 days to perceive their karma so when they return they are reborn to help this world, rather than continue in the cycle of birth and death. Religious Buddhism teachers that there is a life in this body, then a time of investigation or consideration, and then a new life in a new body." Man_Lanz said: The plot left quite a lot of questions. -The reason why the spirit Chiranosuke exists is hard/impossible to understand. -Guriko's sudden face turn at the middle of the episode is too abrupt for his antics beforehand. His motives were hard to fathom too. -Why did Yuuta's foster sister send that suit? Additionally I have questions myself stemming from not understanding the anine enough, Who is the man who tried to kill Ito? And what happened when the asteroid exploded, wasn't the aim of the mission stopping the missile fire? And wasn't it impossible to destroy it? 7/10 for the series overall, the enjoyment in the late episodes was overwhelming but the last episode is a bit...strange. Actually it didn't seem like an ending, it seemed more like a reset from which a storyline starts, which makes me think that there is more to the series than the animr. Does it have a companion novel or video game or something? 1. The reason why the cat exists probably because something happen in the future, maybe like the Korai's house got killed later. 2. Guriko actually still loves them, that's whe she still have the ring. The motive is to kill human, she got trauma after being experimented. 3. His sister is quite eccentric, I don't see why she can't send the suit 4. The man who killed Ito was the teacher, he is quite insane 5. The mission is to destroy the asteroid, Meika explained why it's possible 6. It reset the story but at the same time it is not, this time the Yuuta from first episode will have happy ending or you might say true ending? Yes it will have a game, more story on the cat might be explained. http://nichegamer.com/2015/06/first-details-for-punch-line-game-interview-with-kotaro-uchikoshi/ |
| A solid 7/10. This show cray. I enjoyed it. |
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| Definitely a series of what you wouldn't expect, at all. I love those series. Took me a while to understand who was in whose body, but I figured it out in the end. I also found it really confusing with the information passing, especially when Guriko started to mention that his information were lies. Would rewatch just to understand the information passing. |
cowoknakal said: Thus.. Guriko change his name to Ginko and begin his journey... Thank you Punch Line for creating mushishi :D |
| "Just because I’ve gotten weaker, it doesn’t mean that you got stronger, right?" - Accelerator |
| EPIC! That moment when you discover that an ecchi was an unbelieble anime with action, si-fic, romance, drama, time journey, and moreover EPICNESS.... This anime is going to be one of my favourites for a long of time. Pine death is now the most epic anime death for me. Pine, R.I.P. I will score it with a 9.7/10, i cannot give more to it, because of the bad beggining, but i have enjoy it a lot. |
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| Well this was...actually pretty good, suprisingly enough. 7/10 |
| I think I might just be going out on a limb here, but would it be possible that this time line's Yuuta is actually Chiranousuke? I don't know. Just a thought. |
I was thinking hard about this scene, but after seeing the ending I know now why he said that :P So much feels for the ending though T_T |
| It took me a while to finish this. I just simply couldn't bring myself to watch the last 3 episode, that boring was it up to episode 9. Then i decided to finish it, and i honestly got my hopes up seeing ep 10,11,12. Everything was fine up to 18 mins. Then they succesfully managed to ruin the mood they built up to that point. I was to raise it's score. But i can't forgive this ending. A generous 6/10. |
| I don't get this anime |
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| At times, this series blows my mind; at times, it feels incredible mediocre, and no, I am not referring to the beginning of the series which I thought was fantastic in its humour. I am talking about the badly executed drama and a lot of things happened without much sense in the final episode caused by rushing and for the planned ending. Still, I am gonna give this a generous 8 because it has been entertaining. Kind of sad that Pine died in stead of Chiyoko though. |
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| 7/10 final for me. The start was kinda meh, but it really took off in the middle and upwards. |
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| I loved this anime.. Until this episode. I think it ruined it for me. They killed off the MC and everything is a paradox. Not my thing. I like things to actually end, not the idea of this whole story repeating time and time again... I get what they were going for, but it's not my cup of tea. Boo :-(. |
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| I kinda disliked the ending though. It seemed no one cared whether the Mc died or switch bodies |
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| Panties as offering to mourn Yuuta. Shame Yuuta had to die to save the original Mikatan (not willing to take his own body back), probably the easiest way to end the anime though. I gotta say ... this started out as one of the most random and meh anime to one hell of a show. It picked up so fast after episode 6? (I believe) and it just kept on getting better. Has got to be one of the most underrated shows on MAL and I'm pretty sure it's because of what I just said, first half being random and just ecchi. I'm glad I stuck with it (not that I ever drop anime but w/e) and just gained a new favourite anime to remember. 9/10 Dragnoer said: The end of Punchline was profoundly depressing. Don't get me wrong, this series and its ending were amazing. Definitely my top rated show of the season. However, the end was also profoundly depressing. Yuuta is forced to re-live the death of Narugino and his* own death infinitely. An infinite number of Yuuta's save the world only to disappear forever. Even if in the next iteration's Yuuta keeps Narugino's body from dieing, thousands of Yuuta's before him suffered beyond imagination. Not once, but twice, they were forced to watch as everyone they loved was killed, before disappearing into nothing. This iterations ending was bitter sweet, and those after might be better. However, the cost was Yuuta utter agony lived a thousand time over. *male soul Well said, I think a lot of people that finish this show dont realize this ... but just knowing this (and after a lot of depressing shows involving time travel etc) it's so hard to watch every time. |
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| Amazing episode. It takes a true man to let himself die in a woman's body. RIP Pine. Felt weird mourning two people considering what happened. lol at the pantsu. Chiranosuke? Felt weird looking at Chiyoko's pantsu considering Pine was in her body. I see Ito fighting those bullies in the pool. I hope she gets them back. What started as a "WTF did I just watch" turned into an awesome story that made me want to keep watching. Such a sad yet good story. |
RobJun 19, 2016 11:26 PM
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| Nice finale but not the perfect ending that Pine wanted. I hope for an alternative ending which shows the "true ending"... a super happy and peaceful one~ |
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| Yuuta's chances of achieving his happy and peaceful future are quite good as unlike his other "selves" he knows all the angles right from the start. |
| Wow.......what a turn-around this series made from its pilot ep. Never would have guessed it would become so much more than just 'a panty-in-ur-face' show. A nice and memorable end, to have Yuta die and instead of his body, he chose his friends atonement. Guess Yuta's gonna reborn just like chiranosuke. |
| mh...... i kept thinking they'd figure out some way for him to still live, so in the end, the best guy still died, felt kinda dickly that he just went "you have to live and repent for your sins" instead of just taking back his own body and the two could continue to live happily. .....i've a hard time deciding if MC was an asshole or not in the end, still, a good anime, with an interesting ending .w. |
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| The show was enjoyable if you just forget some "what? why? huh?" things. But... if you don't let it go.... Considering the mainly the enjoyment it's a 7/10 Considering the show as an overall it's a 6/10 Toarujisuru said: I'm not really sure as to why Guriko did all this in the first place, though. Even when your friends can't understand what you've been through it doesn't mean you can blame/hurt them for it. Or ya know. End humanity. lol Ye, I think this was a little "wtf...?" Guriko's motivations for all this were a little............ Ok. She was captured and etc. She does not want that to happen again, she want revenge.... and so she want to kill not only the guys who did that with her but also EVERYONE else on Earth including her friends..? O_o In additon, Guriko: "let's back to our own bodies"... lol? Who cares about back to the original body at this moment and under these circumstances...? LoL. Uthred said: kirby_422 said: (I actually do not know why they where against becoming W other than the fact it implied aligning with evil Guriko; In that situation, I'd totally tell them to make me a W but that I wasnt joining them lol) This was the one thing in the series that made absolutely no sense to me, why wouldnt Chiyoko accept the W "upgrade" to save her life? There was no implication of mind control, they essentially were letting Chiyoko die for no particular reason. LoL, I also didn't understand this. It makes no sense. |
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| Not a bad ending. The show kind of stalled a bit in t he middle, but redeemed itself the last few episodes. 7/10 |
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| When you want to borrow ideas from Hamatora with all these superhumans from laboratory but can't handle serious theme of evolution and interspecific struggle. When you want to implement something from Darker than Black with "dark contractors in army" theme for your final episodes but only for some useless action. When you want to be in shitty trend with "I'll change the past!" from RE:Zero in the same pathetic way with a cat-spirit. When you can't even sleep without using Kokoro Connect concept of body changing but used it in a wrong way. When you heard something good about Stein's Gate but you haven't enough time (or brains) to use facts instead of "cat-spirit said that I can't /place anything you want/". When the whole your anime was extremely stupid and inadequate from any point of view but you know that there are plenty of freaks which can be easily manipulated with your famous author name and with some unnecessary from plot perspective dramatic deaths. "It's just business, nothing personal" - obviously said author of this anime to himself every day since release of this garbage for people which weak in spirit and mind. My rating is 2/10, it's just another Shinsekai Yori or Re:Zero. |
| So, among the questions left unanswered, Yutua's spirit was setup not to look like his main body throughout the series only to hide the fact he wasn't in his main body from the start. Also, was it ever mentioned why there was a bus hijacking in the first place? My first guess was to lure Strange Juice out, but then they stopped targeting her from that point onward. |
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| I love it! Underrated GEM Why not use the Bear to heal Narugami's body? We need an OVA where Pine lives |
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| It took itself a little too seriously in the second half, not that it wasn't interesting and sometimes clever. Animation and action was zany and fun, but the pacing and the focus of the first 6 episodes was superior to the last 6. I think they set things up really well, but some of the transitional episodes (7-8?) felt a little clunky. Loved the character designs. Overall, this will probably stick in my mind for a while. |
syncrogazerApr 21, 2018 7:28 AM
| I don't understand why Yuta de-uberfied or why Chiyoko uberfied. I feel the ending would have been better without that. I'm sure I'm missing some reasoning, but it seems so pointless and purely "because plot". Is it just so she can be in her original body and that's how the creator wanted it to happen? |
| If there's one thing I'll give the show, it's that you can tell they put a lot of heart into it. Unfortunately, that doesn't make up for all the problems it had. I won't say I regret finishing the show though. |
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