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| Wow! What an enjoyable ride. The ending was very pleasant and made me feel happy and fulfilled. Everyone's stories came to a happy conclusion just like "The Tempest" that it had no trouble at all quoting. Mahiro's character development was a pleasant surprise, albeit a little cheesy. Although, the second half took on more of a light-hearted role, and thus could not be anywhere near the tension and unpredictability of the first half, it was still great. All in all, a good and successful mix of sci-fi, romance, Shakespeare, and even a bit of time travel and conspiracy. 9/10 |
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| Wonderful ending of this great series! I wasn't sure what to expect from this but I really enjoyed marathoning this series as well, it had really lovely character and story development with even some nice romance put into the story so all in all a great anime and a solid 9/10 for me! |
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| I'm still frustrated in the Yoshino X Hakaze pairing. In the end they didn't grew on me. They gave hint about a girl for Mahiro but I think he deserves more than that because you know he's jsut the BEST character in show. Remind me why did Hakaze fell for Yoshino again? when she encountered Mahiro first? I shipped those two because of that and goddammit the synopsis also gave me that idea but... I guess it really is hard to just switch sides.. I still like Mahiro more than anyone in this show. I'm not satisfied and I'm annoyed by the pairing. Anyway I didn't watch this for the romance (there was no romance tag either ffs!) I just heard that the leads were badass so I gave this a try but it's kinda my fault for not expecting romance when the leads are all bunch of horny teenage brats. I've seen a shit-ton of anime to not have expected that. Also the plot was very interesting but it's very predictable too (I predicted that Aika committed suicide around the first couple of episodes and when the name: mage of exodus came up I also predicted that is was her.. predictable twists are never good at least for me) because they gave too much hints. I swear if I watched this weekly when it was airing I could've predicted that it will end this way. One more thing: lack of action. The action was great in this one but the interesting but predictable plot overwhelmed it. We've had nothing but talking and Hakaze fawning on Yoshino on the second half except the last 2 episodes. PS: thank God they didn't show Yoshino and Hakaze kiss at the end because I will give this a 5 for just that... arrghh! fucking frustrating, 6/10 |
PrimeXSep 14, 2014 7:11 PM
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PrimeX said: I'm still frustrated in the Yoshino X Hakaze pairing. In the end they didn't grew on me. They gave hint about a girl for Mahiro but I think he deserves more than that because you know he's jsut the BEST character in show. Remind me why did Hakaze fell for Yoshino again? when she encountered Mahiro first? I shipped those two because of that and goddammit the synopsis also gave me that idea but... I guess it really is hard to just switch sides.. I still like Mahiro more than anyone in this show. I'm not satisfied and I'm annoyed by the pairing. Anyway I didn't watch this for the romance (there was no romance tag either ffs!) I just heard that the leads were badass so I gave this a try but it's kinda my fault for not expecting romance when the leads are all bunch of horny teenage brats. I've seen a shit-ton of anime to not have expected that. Also the plot was very interesting but it's very predictable too (I predicted that Aika committed suicide around the first couple of episodes and when the name: mage of exodus came up I also predicted that is was her.. predictable twists are never good at least for me) because they gave too much hints. I swear if I watched this weekly when it was airing I could've predicted that it will end this way. One more thing: lack of action. The action was great in this one but the interesting but predictable plot overwhelmed it. We've had nothing but talking and Hakaze fawning on Yoshino on the second half except the last 2 episodes. PS: thank God they didn't show Yoshino and Hakaze kiss at the end because I will give this a 5 for just that... arrghh! fucking frustrating, 6/10 One of the reason why I hated the 2nd half, because of that BS force romance. Hakaze's personality suddenly just change, a strong minded girl turned to a laughable in love teenager. This anime peaked at episode 12, solid 7-8/10 but the 2nd half dragged it down to 5. |
| One of the very few anime I can unhesintangly give a 10/10. There is really nothing I would change about it. Just wow. |
| I really hate that Mahiro got so much focus in the second half...to me he represents to most retarded and annoying type of character in anime. And Aikas last words to Yoshino were "Thank you" ..lol Makes me wonder.. |
3rgoOct 24, 2014 4:18 PM
| really rare now to find anime like this.. best ending ever anime with Shakespeare's reference is something. |
| your waifu = shit |
| Would have been even better if we could have seen Hakaze jumping in Yoshino's arms and hugging each other ♥ Overall a nice series. I'm glad someone recommended it to me. EDIT: I'm torn between giving it a 9/10 or 10/10, since I barely distribute 9's and even less 10's. Would have been a 10/10 if Hakaze x Yoshino wasn't an unrequited love in the end... T_T |
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Hyunckel said: Would have been even better if we could have seen Hakaze jumping in Yoshino's arms and hugging each other ♥ Overall a nice series. I'm glad someone recommended it to me. EDIT: I'm torn between giving it a 9/10 or 10/10, since I barely distribute 9's and even less 10's. Would have been a 10/10 if Hakaze x Yoshino wasn't an unrequited love in the end... T_T Not really unrequited love, I feel the anime ending shows mutual feelings. Though people constantly say that Hakaze was rejected over and over again in the manga. The special chapter 6 (final) has a scene of both of them holding hands. Link for anyone interested: http://raw.senmanga.com/Zetsuen_no_Tempest/SPECIAL_06/37 Either way, nothing is shown to explicitly and there is still a sense of ambiguity, but, those last panels pretty much sum up what their relationship will be. |
| Proud of Hanemura the action part was so cool lol He got his girl in the end lmao Their reactions when aika pretended that she was gonna show her body LOLOLOLOLOLOL |
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| This is a great episode. :D Dat action and battle scene. This is a good series overall. I wish they didn't cut off the scene wherein Yoshino and Hakaze kiss together. I'm satisfied with the ending. And I ended watching this series before New Year's Day. (And I started watching this anime a long time ago. I guess I'd been very busy with my life that's why I was being inactive for watching anime) |
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| An enjoyable series overall, but not that spectacular for me at least. Only the middle portion of it was really awesome to me (the "battle of wits" part with Yoshino, Mahiro and Samon + some more episodes). Pretty good characters. The action I didn't really care about for the most part, though it definitely had some cool moments anyway. Satisfying ending... nothing too surprising. Loved some of the music. Hm... yea, it was a good anime. Giving it a 7 for now. 7 = good, keep that in mind. I almost want to give it an 8 for the parts that actually were really really good. |
| Really good up until Hakaze came to the future, then it lost steam for me. |
| I enjoyed it. Love the whole William Shakespeare quotations the characters did during the series. Yoshino and Aika were great characters. I'm happy that Yoshino had a happy ending. Hakaze isn't Aika, but I still like her anyways. All in all, this series was a good watch. No regrets. |
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Dretax said: I quite enjoyed it, though as you mentioned, missed the kiss.An anime which doesn't end with a tragedy. Though missed the kiss. |
| The anime was good, great character development, great personalities, nice plot, nice action, everything was really good from start to end, the only thing I disliked was the fact that Aika was wayyy too perfect and no proper closure. (As in Hakaze x Yoshino) |
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| Thank god Yoshino only got shot in the arm. It was strange to see the Tree of Exodus turn into a giant sword but then again, it was originally a tool meant to destroy the Tree of Genesis so it makes sense I guess. I'm glad they didn't drag out the battle though so we got to see the aftermath for some closure. Aika's video was hilarious and the faces the boys made hearing that was the icing on the cake. I'm glad that Mahiro and Yoshino have finally moved on. Mahiro goes on a date with the girl he saved and Yoshino meets up with Hakaze. But they really cut the episode there! They were so gonna kiss! MY SHIP!!!! But while it's not confirmed in the anime, apparently the manga's bonus chapters has a budding romance growing between the two. Yoshino X Hakaze is real! _________ The first half of the show felt so dramatic like an actual play and I also liked how everything seemed to be weaved together, the mystery and everything. The classical music really set the mood for the scenes. The 2nd half definitely was different from the first half in atmosphere but I loved it nonetheless. I loved everything about this show. 10/10 |
| Awww i actually really loved the ending! Their expressions were really beautiful :) |
| I liked the ending, and the recording left behind by Aika made me like her a bit more because of her level of troll. YoshinoxHakaze :)) I'm gonna miss this. 7/10 |
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| I really liked this show! The romance/drama and the action was more the amazing! really enjoyed it~ haven't felt this vibe in a while.. 10/10 - will re-watch it sometime in the future! |
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Hazuk4shii said: Lol Aika that troll Yoshino x Hakaze was kinda meh but I guess any other ending would not fit with that Aika drama going on for 24 episodes. The plot of the show was stupid as hell with some interesting twists. First half was pretty boring, but the second half made up for it. I didn't like the Hamlet quotes spamming. Characters were cool. Didn't like the OST. 7/10 Good overall I agree that Yoshino x Hakaze is meh. But I'm completely opposite on your other points. I think the first half is awesome, I love the dialogue about how logic can be turned on it's head and sometimes is completely irrelevant, in reality people seize onto their own form of "logic", but in truth are controlled by emotions (i.e. bringing up the girlfriend to shift the tide). But the second half made major mistakes! What really IRKS me is the Hanamura storyline. WHY THE HELL IS HE THERE?! Except to add some superhero wannabe costume and add un-necessary scenes. Anything would have been better than Hanamura! if they made Yoshino find out he has a split personality and is in reality the Exodus Mage, that would of been better. They never really explained the "heart of the Exodus Mage" concept so it was completely pointless except as diversion from suspecting Aika. They could of made it turn out that he was secretly the Exodus Mage and didn't know it, and it could of been because Aika passed it on to him or something. Hanamura was a pointless addition, we don't even see his storyline or his girlfriend's face. It should of been a 15 or 16 episode series, didn't need another full cour. And episode 21's ending would of been perfect for the series as a whole (episode 21 should have been the final episode with all of hanamura cut out so making it about 16 episodes). I think it would be been better if it ended there after Yoshino runs past Hakaze when she is back in time (ep21). It sort of creates a time loop similar to where you could start rewatching after it and it would mesh smoothly. Or alternatively, if you want a "happy ending" instead of the "tragedy" of ending it at ep21, and to do that you need to fight the Tree of Genesis/battle arc, then it should of been with Yoshino as the Exodus mage, possibly dying after defeating it and then meeting Aika or something, after all didn't she say? Fuwa said: Everything happens for a reason. The daily tragedies and misfortunes are all meaningful events, leading toward an ideal conclusion. That should of been him dying in order to meet his "ideal" (her) in the conclusion... not "moving on" and finding a new lover. That's not very romantic IMO. And negates much of the value of the anime, especially rewatch value. Whatever happened to the "40,000 brothers could not with all their quantity of love, make up my sum"? Apparently a look or two at Hakaze can make up that sum.... P.S. I just realized something. Did you REALLY say you didn't like the OST?! Maybe you are trolling.... Granted, I like orchestral music more than most but it's probably the best OST I've heard in long time because it adds so much to the story (perhaps more than the story deserves). I think the OST is perfect, it just goes to waste because they didn't take advantage of a more tragic ending and the possibilities for the OST to move people more than a half-hearted happy ending. 9/10 overall (10/10 if it ended at episode 21 and/or cut-out Hanemura) |
reactionaryJul 8, 2015 2:06 AM
| Just show them kissing, damn it!!! |
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| Man I'm gonna miss this show D: Aika still teasing till the very end lol. If only they could've done a more detailed closure, Oh well it was still a great Series. 9/10 :) |
| I thought the ending would be like Guilty Crown but so glad it turned out to be a happy ending, Yoshino ended up with Hakaze, yaaay Aika with her recording was hillarious she could still toy with Yoshino and Mahiro even when she already dead, she was interesting with her nude joke, Hanazawa Kana did a good job voicing Aika. Overall score 10/10, will be missed ♥ |
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These faces. Aika is such a tease hahaha. I'm sad they they never showed how Aika and Yoshino got into a relationship. Junichirou's powers are still a mystery to me too. And where did the Sword of Exodus come from? I wonder if any of this is in the manga :p The first half of this show was really good. The episodes where they just talked to solve all those mysteries with all the twists was the highlight of this show for me. I freakin' loved those 4-6 episodes. I didn't care too much about the tree stuff, but the few mysteries that remained in the 2nd half kept me in it. And I loved Aika's character. I still don't know what went on in that head of hers, but she was quite something :) |
| If she was the strongest mage of all the time, why did she kill her self? Why didn't she just destroy the tree of genesis? So Hakaze, yoshino, and Mahiro would meet in the future, that's a little too extreme. Nonetheless, I love this anime. One of my favorites. |
| There's no magical spell to save someone's life. |
| I found Aika to be very interesting but I didn't really enjoy her as a character. Thus, I rooted for Hakaze throughout the series. She showed the most emotion and growth to me. So I was fairly happy with the ending though I too would have preferred a kiss...but given that there was little feeling from Yoshino throughout the whole show for Hakaze, I didn't expect him to do a 180 that quickly. The way they ended it was nice and felt fairly natural between the two. I will say I would have liked to have seen Mahiro's girlfriend but it did not detract from the ending. Overall, I enjoyed this series. It had some parts that were a bit slow or dragged on a little too much and some of the characters felt a bit pointless but overall I liked the mix of drama, action, and the way most of the characters interacted. There were a few really funny parts as well. I'm still not sure if I would watch this show again, but I really loved what I watched. Solid 8/10 from me. |
| yeh that was mediocre, and seriously why did the writers think that it was a good idea for Aika to pretend she would show them her naked body, too weird and japanese, pointless as well. this anime did have good bits, episodes 9-19 were quite enjoyed, but some very mediocre parts |
| 8/10 for me. I personally found this anime great. The way it was presented, and everything the anime did flowed together so well. Sure you can say the ending was somewhat underwhelming, but it wasn't that bad of an ending. I'm pleased and it was some good closure for the series. |
| Rewatched. It was as enjoyable as it was the first time around. A beautiful ending for one of my favorite shows. I just love everything about this show from the drama to the romance. One of the easiest 10/10 that I've given. |
h34dsh0tt3rDec 13, 2015 1:04 PM
| Those who have chalk, shall draw. |
| Waited 3 weeks just to watch the last 10 minutes of this episode, due to my internet connection not working for AGES =.= Still, after the long wait, it was a nice conclusion to the story, a good episode, and overall an awesome series! :D |
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| The relationships and interactions between Mahiro, Yashiro and Aika were interesting and my favourite thing about this series. I couldn't get into the whole magic powers and two trees concept and having Hakaze trapped on an island in order to link the story to The Tempest felt a bit forced to me. Personally I don't feel that Yoshino and Hakaze are suited for each other so I wasn't a fan of the ending. She is not intellectual enough for him, he is very internal and she is quite open with her emotions. |
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| I really enjoyed every minute of Zetsuen no Tempest. To see that everything ended well and that everyone can live his life is awesome. The whole story was very interesting and I loved the character design! The fight was short but it was a cool scene where Hanemura was throwing this gigantic dagger/sword into the tree. Yoshinos and Mahiros faces were priceless when Aika said she will show them her naked body :D Damn it. Why did they have to end it right before Yoshino and Hakaze would most likely kiss >.< But I'm glad that Yoshino don't has to worry about his feelings for Hakaze. So that's a nice Happy End. Even Mahiro seems to have a date <3 So for me personally 9/10. :) |
Natsu88Feb 2, 2016 7:25 PM
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| 9/10 there should be at least 1 more calm episode that shows how they live their normal lives |
| Why most people rated it higher? I thought Yoshino was going to die but just a scratch on arm??? Pretty disappointed. There are lot of ups and down in this episode. We didn't know whether Yoshino X Hakaze did happen at the end and it ended just like that??? Also Kaji Yuki stopped Trees of Genesis that easily??? This show is overrated. Episode: 2.5/5 Overall: 5.5/10 |
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| More of a great concept than great execution. The first half started out exciting with the mystery of Aika's murder and Hakaze being on the island, with the mysterious clan reviving a dangerous tree for their own ends. It is resolved anticlimactically though, with them all the teaming up for the REAL danger later on. I guess it all ends in a shrug, all the death and conflict just done. Then the second half just feels tacked on, no real tension, Hazkaze comes down with a case of the stupid with "love", Aika turns out to have killed herself for a ridiculously dumb reason which I just don't buy with a "climax" that was a real letdown. I can give Tempest a 7 for having the bones of something great and excellent characters in Aika and Hakaze (before they both went dumb in the end). Rather frustrating how the potential was wasted. |
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| 6/10. Quality of this series was very fluctuating, I remember being both glued to the screen (like during the logical "battle" between Yoshino and Samon) and rather bored (basically the second half). There were some jokes that made me laugh (like Hanemura accusing Mahiro of being a siscon), but most of the time, they were a bit underwhelming. And then there are the plotholes, underwhelming finale and lack of any subtlety. Still, it did hold my attention and when it was good, it was really good. |
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