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| It's a fight of revenge to the very end, with Usui Yuen's Ribenji group vs. Shishido's Nagasaki Trade Union with all the opium above them. One by one, enemies get routed and killed, and it's a bloodfest. The final victor in the hands of Kurima vs. Shishido, and Kurima is not afraid of killing himself in self-suicide just to make Liu's vendetta known. Usui doing the final prayers with eliminating the last of the Trade Union, only for Kurima to blast it all away with dynamite, the vendetta is fulfilled, and peace reigns back in Nagasaki...that could harm once again in the future. With the final toss of the bitten koban coin, Usui and Co.'s work is done being Revengers themselves. Kurima under the Taishin alias of the drawings of his former wife and getting stabbed by one of the Nagasaki Trade Union's Revengers, he's back to the same old spot where Usui first found him, dying at the corner and joining his deceased wife Yui in the Heavens. EHH, it's really mediocre...almost to the point of being bad. |
KANLen09Mar 23, 2023 6:57 AM
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| not a big fan of the show, but this was one hell of an ending, and i think there are a lot of lessons here that could be gleaned. it really felt rushed, i would have preferred if they split it into two and had 13 episodes, but the story overall was pretty good, i think the expository element was lacking in impact. hard to rate this one. |
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| So raizo survives all that shit just to get taken out by a rando ? Yea that’s some bullshit that ruined the ending for me. I can’t say it’s bad writing because I told y’all last week the flags were there so it’s well written and foreshadowed, but that doesn’t mean I have to like it. At least they cut that annoying ass priest in half and took out the trade Union rep. Very satisfying seeing their cocky asses get packed up. Overall a solid show. Not great, not awful. It was different, cool historical backdrop, nice characters, some gore, mature style story etc. ending just kinda ruined it for me personally. I also think some more backstory for soji and teppa would’ve been nice |
Marinate1016Mar 23, 2023 7:46 AM
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| Revenger finally comes to a close. To be perfectly honest this ending was better than what I was expecting but also idk. I haven't really been enjoying the last few episodes that much, and this series as a whole has been very on and off for me. Something I noticed is that the first half of the episodes always seemed kinda boring to me, but the second half seemed more interesting at least to me. Which sucks but oh well I guess. This show wasn't really what I was expecting when I started watching back in January. I think I rate it like a 7, or maybe a 6? Not sure but hey I got at least some enjoyment out of this Edit: I will admit that Raizo dying was kind of unexpected though. I had a feeling Sute wasn't done, and he even killed him with his own blade which I guess is cool, but this show was alright overall |
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Marinate1016 said: That would've been awesome! Now that I think about it we really don't know anything about them huh?I also think some more backstory for soji and teppa would’ve been nice |
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kuroneko99Mar 23, 2023 6:42 PM
| As much as I appreciated the story & the artistry, I can't claim to have actually enjoyed this series very much. While there were occasional glimpses of innocence & the lighter sides of the human experience, what it mostly featured was the ugliness. I still gave it a high rating since I thought it was well executed (pun intended). It simply wasn't my preferred cup of tea in regards to entertainment. |
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| For an Urobutchi title, it felt pretty mild in terms of main characters meeting their fate. Not saying it's bad, but just weirdly uncharacteristing of his writing. Raizo's death had been foreseen all day long throughout most of the series (though specially in these last 2 episodes) and still it feels rather anticlimactic. Sure, I totally get the message of surviving all odds with heavy wounds (typical anime logic) just to be killed by the most meaningless character using his own blade in the whole thematic of living for the sake of getting rid of a grudge. Still, to me it feels unsatisfactory. Even though I enjoyed every single episode in the series, I can't get rid of that feeling of having eaten something that just sated my hunger but didn't feel fully satisfying. |
| The finale had some real good fights between Usui group and the Nagasiaki Trade Union that were very bloody. However in the aftermath, despite Raizo living his new life under the name Taishin met his end at the hands of another revenger causing him to die in the same place that he met Usui right when he was about to kill himself which was very ironic. This is probably my favorite original anime this season so far because the animation/art style was really good at capturing the scenery of Nagasaki, Japan not to mention it had a great soundtrack that kept me at the edge of my seat. The Sun Always Rises in Nagasaki, Japan. 7/10 |
AddaeAkonoMar 23, 2023 10:40 AM
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| A pretty good ending for a pretty good show. It wasn't the best, some episodes dragged on a lot, but the fights were really fun. Teppa is easily the most fun to watch, that harpoon landing on the sniper was fucking brutal. Would have been nice to get an actual backstory for him and Soji. |
| This ending was very nice |
| I see a lot of people think it's bs that Raizo survived that final battle only to be killed by the kid who survived but I have a different view on it. Raizo was spending his peaceful days drawing art but from the looks of it all he could draw was his dead wife and those drawings invoked nothing but sadness and suffering. He had succeeded in destroying the opium operation which was effectively his revenge. I imagine that despite his talents as an artist once he had accomplished his goal he felt no joy from living. He was even smiling as he died. I think this is one reason why it makes sense for Raizo to die after the final battle and not during. As for the kid that killed him I admit the show probably should have given us more information on his circumstances because he looks like a complete coward who was forced into joining the enemy group and just followed along fearing for his own life which makes this half of the equation look much weaker than why Raizo died after the battle. I only have two theories as to why it was significant for him to kill Raizo over anyone else. The first one is very simple and it's just that he wanted revenge against Raizo for almost killing him which makes sense considering his reaction when Raizo ran off after throwing a knife in his stomach. This isn't a compelling theory though because you would have thought the kid would hate his own group more for abusing him and treating him like a sacrificial pawn but ya. The other theory is despite having different circumstances perhaps this kid was supposed to be the next "Raizo" feeling guilty after killing him and then going on to enact his own revenge story. Perhaps both could be true or neither of them but that's all I could come up with considering the information we were given. |
| Ending was HORRIBLE! I hate all this coming back nonsense. They did the same shit in Jouran as well. Raizo should have just blown himself up in the Opium den BUT NO HE GETS KILLED WITH HIS OWN SWORD WHEN HE THREW IT AT THAT CLOWN! God so infuriating. 5/10 |
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| Considering just how much stuff they had to cram in this last episode, the pacing was good. From the snow montage onward it was just a really beautiful ending, and fitting. Ofc would have still preferred it had been a 13 episode course but it worked and matched the overall vibe. Also, the lil call out to again, how found of "cats" Nio is, how cute ;;;; RIP Raizo and your smile, you should have had that stubble all along, highly approved. |
| pretty gruesome ending, i liked it for the most part. sada got split in half and damn that assassin that i forgot about was still alive. RIP raizo man, guess there'll be no season 2.. the show as a whole had a solid start but then turn average mid-way through and i liked the last episode but it's gotta be a 5/10 for me. |
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| love it. didn't think Raizo was really going to die, thought he was going to live on as the artist and draw Yui smiling again, but no, he will see her smiling in the afterlife |
| The ending was better than I expected, they done everything so much amazing on this episode that I believed that Kurima was dead by the fight against that monk, but, this last scene caught me off guard. |
| I can't with Raizou battle cry everytime, it's so funny lol Wow what an ending, just like Usui always said "all sinners will eventually meet suitable judgement" RIP Raizou Kurima. Honestly i kinda like this ending, even though it was a bittersweet conclusion. Overall Decent 6/10 from me. Well, not bad Gen Urobuchi. |
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Djengo said: I see a lot of people think it's bs that Raizo survived that final battle only to be killed by the kid who survived but I have a different view on it. Raizo was spending his peaceful days drawing art but from the looks of it all he could draw was his dead wife and those drawings invoked nothing but sadness and suffering. He had succeeded in destroying the opium operation which was effectively his revenge. I imagine that despite his talents as an artist once he had accomplished his goal he felt no joy from living. He was even smiling as he died. I think this is one reason why it makes sense for Raizo to die after the final battle and not during. The problem isn't that Raizo survived just to be killed by such a mob character holding a grudge which fits thematically. It's because it's so overstretched how Raizo survived such critical wounds thru the whole fight with the monk and made it out thru that day where any other character would had died instantly. Same story goes for the kid, left alone and somehow surviving a very fatal wound with no one else to help him get out of the lighthouse island and nurse him back to health. The whole nihilism aspect of being killed by an unexpected mob character isn't even strange, it's quite common in Yakuza themed movies (even Akiba Maid did this last season and Kite did it years ago too). The problem is how farfetched it is to exploit plot armor to it's limits that makes it hard to believe. |
| The Ending felt like those easy boss battles in video games I used to play on NES, Sega Genesis and Gameboy when I was a child |
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| Well, seen an ending like that a few times and even that was a rather similar ending to another one of Urobuchi's shows, except worse and much more poorly executed. A very mediocre series overall, rather disappointing but was entertaining enough at least. |
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| Unfortunately, this was missed opportunity. Shame really... |
| This show really had it's ups and downs. The main story started way too late, but it was pretty decent. The final battle was interesting for sure. Although the random tiger and water walking were a bit too edgy for my taste... Raizo's implied death wasn't my kind of ending though. Although he isn't confirmed dead (as Yuen potentially found him only a few minutes later), the sucessful art career ending was good enough. Overall, I'm happy I did not drop it (as I was about to). I'd say the worst of the "good" shows I've seen this season. 6/10 |
| great ending, enjoyed it a lot raizo death was sooo sad but he was able to fin peace at the end not sure why there's a lot upset about the ending, lmao definitely goes with the idea of revenge |
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| Having trouble articulating what exactly this show was missing. There were some good elements here. I think I'll echo the comments of style over substance, and on a deep level. Raizo has all the appearance of a deep character with his regret and tragic end, but there's so little person behind it to make the emotion real. The characters all have inventive looking abilities, but the combat is so lightly touched. Not a terrible show, but not satisfying. |
| It was amazing with the concept of combining the western and eastern cultures, when Raizo was stabbed it made me sad a bit, but the smile redeems it all, at last he was accepting himself. Overall this anime is the most underrated anime this season in my opinion. |
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| oh no! NO!!! not our badass Samurai! damn! he really wants to be with Yui once and for all...so sad! REBENJIYA! 5/5. 7/10. |
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| The ending delivered it very well. Such a unique original anime completely differs from the norm. |
| It was ok. I thought in the final fight our revenger group would have a tough time but it ended pretty quickly. I thought Raizo would either die in the opium fire or live as tenshin. Didn't expect that Banana fish type of ending. 7/10 I would've rated it 6.5. |
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