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| Interesting ending. Touching but a lot of questions are hanging in the air unanswered. |
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| I actually didn't see that ending coming. Well, as far as... But hey, I really liked this episode. Too bad it wasn't longer, it needs a lot more closure that what this one episode gave us. |
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| That was nice, I wish there was a bit more explanation though, and maybe everybody in the real world..like what happened to everyone? I like how it leaves the ending open to interpretation...I assume this means no season 2 though. actually..Can't decide if I'm happy with the ending or not :/ What happened to Yuri? Did she just disappear? While I have really enjoyed this series and really wanted to rate it higher, I cannot give this anything over 8/10 because of so much left unresolved. |
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| The graduation ceremony portion of the episode was pretty lame, but the Otonashi x Kanade moments at the end made up for it. Overall, the series was entertaining more often than not with several emotional moments in the latter half of it. |
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| Wtf I bet anyone 20 pesos that key is gonna make a 2nd season |
| loved it, teary ending though. The whole part about Kanade having Otanashi's heart was moving...... |
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NyaNa said: Wtf I bet anyone 20 pesos that key is gonna make a 2nd season 20 pesos is a little less than 2 USD... anyways, saddest show i seen in my life (anime and real life) |
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| i can't belive... wtf is with that score? O.o 8.5 ? its probly the most overrated anime of the year geez people please...storyline was just average, good audio and video, stereotypical character, is it enough for being the greatest anime of the season? NO WAY Overall for me 7/10 |
game8910 said: KEY! LISTEN TO ME! NEVER AGAIN MAKE ANOTHER 13 EPISODE SERIES....JUST DONT!! Wasted potential all over this series, and while the final episode had some touching moments it was handled to poorly I cant even decide if I liked the episode or just hated it. Yuri's disappearance was unclimatic and retarded....they are really gonna let the main character go just like that? bullshit Kanada/Otonashi moment was the highlight of the episode, but wtf happened to Otonashi? What is the true state of the world? Were they really dead or in a coma? Why was there another Kanade/Otonashi in the real world? WHY SO MANY UNANSWERED QUESTIONS! He better answer these things on the extra bluray episode...I swear to god... While I have really enjoyed this series and really wanted to rate it higher, I cannot give this anything over 8/10 because of so much left unresolved. But im damn sure all the fanboys will think of this as an incredibly sad and masterpiece episode...bleh Oh my fucking god yes, I'm so glad someone has the exact same problem I do. Fuck, it keeps popping in my head 'wasted potential'. I was so fucking pumped for this way before the release, and the preview looked good(shooting scenes were wtf but ok) and music was good(did not know at the end of the preview that was a guitar intill ep3 or 2 or whatever iwasa episode was. Fucking christ. One thing I don't get is, Yuri and Kanade have been fighting for a while it's implied, but if Kanade got heart transplant and 'died' from Otonoshi, how was she there before him, let alone for much longer???? |
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| ^That is just your speculation and guessing. Where in the episode or the whole show was that mentioned? Do not state your guesses and opinions as facts. |
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belatkuro said: ^That is just your speculation and guessing. Where in the episode or the whole show was that mentioned? Do not state your guesses and opinions as facts. ^Agreed. Theories=/=facts. Even though those theories may be actually true, they're not officially confirmed. |
| レッツゴー ED イケイケゴーゴー |
| the anime was good overall; there were, as many people have said, "unexplained occurrences". but too bad Otanishi never got to see his little sister again. i guess she had a "happy ending" at the festival... eh :\ |
| Amazing ending |
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| Loved the anime |
Behold of my awesomeness~ controversial and/or sensitive topics likely devolve into the same repetitive, derogatory, abusive, and harassing comments can no longer be posted. But my feels. |
GBcrazy said: Sure is Angel Beats apologetics in here and not good ones either. Otonashi died but his organs were donated and so they were still 'alive', his soul had to wait for them to die, so he would appear in this world. However, his heart was with Kanade and she died before the others who received his organs and she had regrets in life, therefore she got into this world before Otonashi, and with his heart. |
| I know right? Everyone admits that it's shitty and slightly nonsensical, yet because it's key and they have such fragile emotions as to cry at something so transparent and emotionally hollow as most of these developments (which is all they were looking for in the first place), the give the show high scores. |
OrochiPL said: belatkuro said: ^That is just your speculation and guessing. Where in the episode or the whole show was that mentioned? Do not state your guesses and opinions as facts. ^Agreed. Theories=/=facts. Even though those theories may be actually true, they're not officially confirmed. this is not a shounen anime where every actions should be explained in detailed to the vieiwers and this is anime a fantasy so its bound for you to speculate and exercise your imagination |
wheresthehandle said: game8910 said: KEY! LISTEN TO ME! NEVER AGAIN MAKE ANOTHER 13 EPISODE SERIES....JUST DONT!! Wasted potential Wasted potential Wasted potential Wasted potential Wasted potential Wasted potential Wasted potential Wasted potential Wasted potential Wasted potential Wasted potential Wasted potential Wasted potential Wasted potential This could have been a 110% masterpiece if given MORE TIME. GOD. DAMN. IT. So can I quote myself? ^^^^^/thread |
| Don't forget. Always, somewhere, someone is fighting for you. As long as you remember her, you are not alone. |
| hrm, it's all over. there were moments in the series that were great and others that were so-so, as in my attention would get diverted. my first key experience...as a whole 7/10. |
| i liked it , is it my favorite anime no is it good...yes ,sure there could of been more info but guess what there wasn't so stop complaining , and all this complaining about the ending the last couple seconds of the episode could of gave u at least something to use your brain and what ever imagination you have. you see a female with features that look like kanade and a male who has features of otonashi of course it didn't go into detail but gave you enough detail to come up with the realization that its them ex. her whistling greatly helped and also otonashi stated that "And the five of us remaining will graduate today. Even if we forget the faces of our friends, we will never forget the bonds that were carved into our souls." He starts chasing after her and as soon as what seems he was about to touch her it ends sure not the best ending but still just enough to get you thinking.so just think about that ,so if your gonna quote and lash out on me remember this i don't give a crap and have a nice day =D |
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ios said: OrochiPL said: belatkuro said: ^That is just your speculation and guessing. Where in the episode or the whole show was that mentioned? Do not state your guesses and opinions as facts. ^Agreed. Theories=/=facts. Even though those theories may be actually true, they're not officially confirmed. this is not a shounen anime where every actions should be explained in detailed to the vieiwers and this is anime a fantasy so its bound for you to speculate and exercise your imagination Half agreed. It would be silly for Angel Beats! to spell everything out, but it does not leave enough pieces to fit together like the other Key predecessors had done. Hell, even if After Story was a copout, the pieces were still there that you could say that the copout at least made sense. Even Air's ending has more pieces to put together than this one, and that's widely considered the most confusing of the Key endings. No, the problem is the way the story was shaped. The less we know about the world, the easier it becomes for the story to pull whatever crap it wants. Unless we are given an inkling of a reason to believe time flows differently, or Otonashi's spirit resides within his organs, what supportive reasoning of even the flimsiest variety do we have to stand on that that is indeed how the story goes down? A good story gives support to it's claims. The fact that so many people here just accept it, much like how people accepted the After Story ending because of wish fulfillment of the highest and most literal degree, will only serve to give anime creators even less of a reason to offer supportive grounds for any of their plot elements. But then again, I bet half of you watched it for "Angel = moe" so I doubt you care. |
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Splitter said: Half agreed. It would be silly for Angel Beats! to spell everything out, but it does not leave enough pieces to fit together like the other Key predecessors had done. Hell, even if After Story was a copout, the pieces were still there that you could say that the copout at least made sense. Even Air's ending has more pieces to put together than this one, and that's widely considered the most confusing of the Key endings. No, the problem is the way the story was shaped. The less we know about the world, the easier it becomes for the story to pull whatever crap it wants. Unless we are given an inkling of a reason to believe time flows differently, or Otonashi's spirit resides within his organs, what supportive reasoning of even the flimsiest variety do we have to stand on that that is indeed how the story goes down? A good story gives support to it's claims. The fact that so many people here just accept it, much like how people accepted the After Story ending because of wish fulfillment of the highest and most literal degree, will only serve to give anime creators even less of a reason to offer supportive grounds for any of their plot elements. But then again, I bet half of you watched it for "Angel = moe" so I doubt you care. nope if you look at my animelist im not much into cute things i like action more the thing that made me watched this anime in the first place its because it was animated by PA Works i love their worked on CANAAN well in my view atleast this anime leaves enough pieces of information to get your imagination and reasoning going i maybe not that dissapointed on this series because i didnt watch any Key anime that you have mentioned so thats where the difference in our opinion meet i think |
Splitter said: ios said: OrochiPL said: belatkuro said: ^That is just your speculation and guessing. Where in the episode or the whole show was that mentioned? Do not state your guesses and opinions as facts. ^Agreed. Theories=/=facts. Even though those theories may be actually true, they're not officially confirmed. this is not a shounen anime where every actions should be explained in detailed to the vieiwers and this is anime a fantasy so its bound for you to speculate and exercise your imagination Half agreed. It would be silly for Angel Beats! to spell everything out, but it does not leave enough pieces to fit together like the other Key predecessors had done. Hell, even if After Story was a copout, the pieces were still there that you could say that the copout at least made sense. Even Air's ending has more pieces to put together than this one, and that's widely considered the most confusing of the Key endings. No, the problem is the way the story was shaped. The less we know about the world, the easier it becomes for the story to pull whatever crap it wants. Unless we are given an inkling of a reason to believe time flows differently, or Otonashi's spirit resides within his organs, what supportive reasoning of even the flimsiest variety do we have to stand on that that is indeed how the story goes down? A good story gives support to it's claims. The fact that so many people here just accept it, much like how people accepted the After Story ending because of wish fulfillment of the highest and most literal degree, will only serve to give anime creators even less of a reason to offer supportive grounds for any of their plot elements. But then again, I bet half of you watched it for "Angel = moe" so I doubt you care. Thank you. |
| Was confused in the ending about the heart scene, and for a moment thought that Kanade was really Otonashi's feminine side. But then remembered that Otonashi ticked the card to donate his organs, and that Kanade recieved his heart. I feel so stupid. ;___; |
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*sigh* It's hard to judge a series after you've watched the final episode. I don't wanna punish or reward a series for one episode. It was quite, though the only moving moment was between Kanade and Otonashi at the end. Key must be sponsored by the organ donor program or something. The last episode was OK, the series itself was above average. And I'm sure that I don't need to chime in with everyone else who's saying they want more explained and that they wish this had been lengthened a bit. |
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| Well, if Otonashi died before Kanade, why did she appear in the world before he did? Unless Kanade was in a coma for a while before Otonashi died and gave her his heart. But that doesn't make sense either since then Kanade wouldn't have a reason to go to the world 'looking' for him. I was watching the RAW version so I probably have a few details incorrect =/ |
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newbie461 said: HiLoPicoLo said: Well, if Otonashi died before Kanade, why did she appear in the world before he did? Unless Kanade was in a coma for a while before Otonashi died and gave her his heart. But that doesn't make sense either since then Kanade wouldn't have a reason to go to the world 'looking' for him. I was watching the RAW version so I probably have a few details incorrect =/ Although not explained, the most acceptable answer I've read is that time flows differently in the afterlife. Time either flows forward or backward. It doesn't just conveniently pause, cut, and paste for the sake of the little kuudere girl. Time is not Key. |
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Splitter said: ios said: OrochiPL said: belatkuro said: ^That is just your speculation and guessing. Where in the episode or the whole show was that mentioned? Do not state your guesses and opinions as facts. ^Agreed. Theories=/=facts. Even though those theories may be actually true, they're not officially confirmed. this is not a shounen anime where every actions should be explained in detailed to the vieiwers and this is anime a fantasy so its bound for you to speculate and exercise your imagination Half agreed. It would be silly for Angel Beats! to spell everything out, but it does not leave enough pieces to fit together like the other Key predecessors had done. Hell, even if After Story was a copout, the pieces were still there that you could say that the copout at least made sense. Even Air's ending has more pieces to put together than this one, and that's widely considered the most confusing of the Key endings. No, the problem is the way the story was shaped. The less we know about the world, the easier it becomes for the story to pull whatever crap it wants. Unless we are given an inkling of a reason to believe time flows differently, or Otonashi's spirit resides within his organs, what supportive reasoning of even the flimsiest variety do we have to stand on that that is indeed how the story goes down? A good story gives support to it's claims. The fact that so many people here just accept it, much like how people accepted the After Story ending because of wish fulfillment of the highest and most literal degree, will only serve to give anime creators even less of a reason to offer supportive grounds for any of their plot elements. But then again, I bet half of you watched it for "Angel = moe" so I doubt you care. +1. Great post. |
ShotaOnion said: Key better give us an OVA, or I'll eat all their cookies *Sigh* And OVA would be nice but it would make the ending less special. What would they make it about? And SSS reunion? |
| i kindof of think, that after they "disappear" they get reborn and have a new life, thats why they met each other again at the end, they seemed different when they were alive the first time it seems |
| The series was getting pretty good, getting better, getting over the hill!... And then there's a mediocre ending. It was anti-climatic! ;___; I honestly enjoyed this series... just not this episode. |
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| 9/10 because i did enjoy this anime, and yea, lots of plot holes and not enough explanations. About the LOL@Kanade dying after a heart transplant, well imo the reason why they arrived in that world was because they had always had this one regret during their childhood, thus going to this world is to help them move on from this. Throughout their 'lives' as adults they might of always had the burden of not saying thank you or whatever, and eventually when they died a natural death, having this regret unresolved caused them to travel to this world, in which they must return to their childhood, and thus eventually move on. Of course if this was true, then why wouldn't they remember their adulthood... Well, i think they would have, but because they are sent there to relive their childhood, such information is redundant, having no effect on the overall message of living life to the fullest. tl;dr version: everyone has their own opinions about what might have been, we're not going to get any explanations, lets all start reading the doujinshi's. |
| An so it ends, Wish we had more of a complete explanation but still not a bad ending for a 13 episode series |
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| Loved the series, definitely one the more enjoyable I've watched. Most people here seem to dislike loose ends but I love unpredictability and constant changes. This was pretty perfect for me, just a shame it wasn't executed perfectly. If it was 24 episodes this could have been a kanon-killer, but it just wasn't as good. However, I did enjoy it more. It may be that it was so unique and I loved all the characters. I would not complain if they did a season 2 involving the "Rebirths" or whatever the ending is trying to tell us (Possibly heaven?). I know it isn't going to happen too, because its finished. Anyway, the fact we never found out how Yuri or Kanade actually died is disappointing to say the least. I'd give this episode itself a 7/10, the actual way it was handled and set out was fine it just did not give enough time to certain characters. EDIT: The DVD extra may explain the deaths of Kanade or Yuri. |
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| I was crying :( so unfear... I hope they will be together... |
| I actually really liked the ending of Angel Beats. The graduation was actually nice to see though the end with Kanade and Yuzuru was the best part. Overall I thought Angel Beats was really good probably one of the best this season. |
| Really loved this series, there were parts that brought tears especially the ending... |
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