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mem- said: Great anime, great ending. I'm sad that it's the last episode... =( Yeah, same here. But it could have been worse if the ending was more of a heartbreaker. Awesome anime, best anime i've seen so far. |
| great ending 'Welcome to the NHK' - the famous last words! |
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| pfff the ending was crappy i am going check the different in the manga. |
| Welcome to the NHK will forever hold a special place in my heart. IMO this show is a pure masterpiece. Now though, when I look at most of the forum discussion of the ending, I'm like, "WTF??? What's wrong with these people!". Obviously, you guys watched this entire series and you did not grasp the true essence of this show. People complaining and critisizing and crap about how this was a poor ending because of stuff like "They didn't kiss!" and "it just ended". HELLO AND WAKE UP LIFE'S NOT ALWAYS RAINBOWS AND BUTTERFLY KISSES (like what one user said before). If you haven't noticed this series is presented in a realistic manner. That's one of the reasons why I love it. This show is like LIFE. Sometimes growth is a gradual process, Satou even said so himself he is gradually getting by and just because Satou and Misaki didnt have a hot kiss scene in the end, doesn't mean they are not together in the end, because it is pretty damn obvious they are together in the end, and they'll just slowly take their relationship forward one step at a time. But I guess most people need to see a kiss in order to realize they are together. Im one of those guys who strongly believes a good story is not a good story unless it has a good ending. Everything else can be good, but if doesn't end just as well or better, then it completely ruins it. And Welcome to the NHK, definitely had a damn good ending. |
| People have their own opinions. There is no such things as a universal "good" ending that'll satisfy everyone. No need to look down on people with different opinions. Back on topic, the ending was decent. The best ending would have been no ending at all and we can have NHK forever!!! hahahah. |
| This series is not to be missed, and I will enjoy many others. However I can no longer wish for a good ending in any anime, this one was just the last straw. I'm keenly aware about how in the US we are conditioned from an early age for happy endings by Disney and Hollywood. Perhaps there is some cultural difference there that I'm not aware of. But anime is a form of entertainment, is it not? Bladin said: I don't like open endings because they are fricken retarded. If i wanted to create my own story with random characters, I wouldn't read a book or watch a anime or watch a movie. I'd go write my own story. You know what happens after the end of the story? Nothing. Because they aren't real. So just complete the story. QFTMFT |
| Great series. The ending was okay. Not terrible but not good either. I didn't know this was going to get so emotional :O Definitely was expecting a clone of Genshiken! Haha. |
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| I've seen lots of animes since watching this show. But Welcome to the NHK still holds the top spot in my list. I"ve also read the manga but i prefer the anime, especially the ending. It's just amazing how this show can make me laugh hard and suddenly depressed within a singe episode. |
ender650 said: I loved the ending- an overly happy ending wouldnt fit this anime, and this ending was pretty happy in my opinion. I agree entirely :) |
| Towards the end of the series, it got really good. I liked the ending. The anime's ending is better than the manga's IMO. Makes me want to check out the novel to see how that differs from its adaptations. |
| I really like this anime. Even from the first episode I was hooked. This is the first time I watched an anime and liked every single character. I didn't like this episode as much as I liked the ones that came before it. Still good though. |
| Great ending. Though too bad its the end. They never even got to kiss or at least get to let us confirm that they are together now. Guess its just back to normal days...but with only them two now. |
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| It is foolish to want a "happy ending" to this anime. The entire point of the show was that life is not wrapped up in a neat package with a bow on top. There was one point in the anime (I cannot remember the exact situation) where someone talks about the incompleteness of life; how life never resolves but just continues on without completion. Welcome to the NHK is still a great anime, and it actually resolves a lot of things (probably more than it actually should) with the ending. But to desire that Sato's life is completed with a job, relationship, and free of anxiety would be simple hypocrisy. Life never resolves itself, it never becomes easier, it is never free of suffering. But at the same time there are those moments of pure joy and happiness, however joy and misery always occur in a mixture. |
kn1155 said: Great anime, I thought that maybe masika and satou would be together which was a little disappointing but it was still a good ending. Might read the manga soon. =D Don't, the anime is better! i finished Welcome to the NHK, manga.. i gave it a seven because of the respect i have for the anime. i can't believe i'm about to say this, but i'm SO HAPPY that they actually screwed with the original material! let's see. it starts off the same, but you will hate Sato in the manga And two... and the ending was shit...just pure shit. i'm so glad the director came to his senses when he was offered a deal about an anime. I started on the light novel and it's basically the same as the manga. |
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| Yeah and the end is a fucking conspiracy too, crappy end is crap...the series is good until episode 23. IT IS ALL A CONSPIRACY TO RUIN THE SERIES..hide everyone. |
| Living in a word: where to be born, is simply my mention. To be living: our story. Then to die, your final. Restart! |
| What the eff?! Needs a sequel D; |
| Was I the only one who found and loved the epic moment he pulled out the REVOLUTIONARY Bomb and the music started playing? I really found it epic and hilarious at the same time lols. Made it the final awesome comedy. And lastly for the happiness,I don't know why isn't that enough ~.~ It's perfect enough. |
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| Woohoo i just finished it now. :D guys do you know about the ost when satou caught misaki the same one in episode 1 in when they met each other in the park the slower version of this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdCvC1S3QF0&feature=related |
| nvm i found it :D if you guys want to hear it too you can see it here. :D http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bLLf036iZ0 --- LOL almost two years have passed since i've made this post and now im gonna read the manga Tenshi wa Namida to Tsubasa wo Otosu was the title of the ost http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-ClSlzzkFI&feature=related here's a new link cause the one at top died lol =) |
TweeJan 6, 2012 4:45 PM
| I kinda liked the ending, it was realistic. Not everyone's problems can be solved. The bomb scene was hilarious. I'm giving this 10/10 Is it worth checking out the manga? I heard it ended different. |
Zepwich said: I kinda liked the ending, it was realistic. Not everyone's problems can be solved. The bomb scene was hilarious. I'm giving this 10/10 Is it worth checking out the manga? I heard it ended different. In my opinion the animes ending was better than the manga. The mangas ending was kinda confusing for me. |
| I like many loved this series...just a couple of things bothered me though. The game they spend 3/4 of the anime making, it doesnt really sell and nothing more is heard from it at all...kinda seems like a waste of effort to me tbh. And like many others have said, Satou and Misaki not getting together by the end, I really thought that Satou saving Misaki from committing suicide would have been enough but apparently it isnt so. Well if there is an OVA of the reuniion anytime, I would have to expect something would have happened between them by then. |
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| This was a unique story from the start and had a lot of interesting moments in its finale. I'm definitely satisfied in the least. |
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| So I guess that's it.. It wasn't the best anime, and it wasn't the worst. :) |
| Quite a great show! I laughed, I cried, I cringed and although the second half was a bit weaker than the first one I'll have to give it at least 9/10 points. While watching the ending of the last episode I already felt the urge to watch the whole series again ^^ |
| I probably regret this post by now. |
| The ending was okay, except it wasn't that clear on what happens with Satou and Misaki (at least for me). |
| amg n00000es it ended just like that, everyone seemed like they had an happy ending except fro MIsaki and Sato kun, seriously a sequel is required in my onion but overall I'll rate this shows as 9/10 since it affected my life in a way, during the time i was watching it. |
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| Loved this anime! I think the animation studio did a good job with it, cutting out the unnecessary parts from the manga and adding in extra events to better tie the people together. It's certainly very different from a lot of the other anime I've watched. |
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| I'm sure there was a conspiracy about ending.. it was supposed to be better.. but damn nihon hypocrite-storyboard kyokai.. always open endings.. i hate it.. though series was very good.. |
| Why are you guys saying its a disappointing ending? Just because they didn't get married. Oh god TBH that would be the worst ending, saying at the end they got married. This was such a depressing Anime and then suddenly everything is happy-do-da. That would be so incoherent. I liked the ending, because it just shows they are just back to episode 1, yet this time Satou is the teacher. It is very symbolic. |
| Good series, I prefer the manga though. I'll have to check the novel out. And Misaki was handled horribly in the anime. |
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| I remember i was addicted to this anime puru puru rin one of the best anime i have seen |
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| I'm just... very bleh right now. I don't even know what to say. This show has had its ups and downs... mostly downs cause the whole series feel very down sided.. I like it, but I don't know why. Bleh, I give it credit for being different nonetheless. |
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| masterpiece satou+misaki = <3 ^^ really enjoyed this show... !!!! ty ! |
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| It was a good ending ... i just wish that there was a bit more closure ^_^ |
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| Ending lacked punch. They did the tension building well before a certain sequence (without spoiling) but the conclusion of it felt a bit half-baked. Didn't like that. The anime overall was OK, considering that the comic elements are meant to be in throughout, I must have laughed once or twice, which to me isn't good enough. The character building was pretty good barring Misaki, who really would have benefiting from having her past revealed gradually rather than all at once right near the end. That strikes me as lazy writting. And, lets be frank, the animation was poor. Thats not to say I didn't like it. There was a certain charm to the relationship between Satou and Yamazaki which was interesting, but I had expected better overall. |
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| Awesome ending for an awesome series. This deserves an awesome score: 10/10 |
| Well, the first episodes really made me think of a new masterpiece in my anime list and it might have got 10/10 if there wouldn't have been all those stupid filler episodes. Because of that middle part I was willing to beat the hell out of Satou for behaving so fucking brainless. At least the end was sort of satisfying even though I'm still bugged by them not really getting closer at all. So all in all it would have been capable of becoming a grat anime and it is really sad that it was just scuttled like that. |
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