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| And so it ends. The first half of this episode felt a little rushed but was good nonetheless and the second half was even better. I’m really going to miss this anime. 8/10 |
| Pretty anticlimactic, still like the anime but I think 1 more episode would have helped out. |
| I can't believe that this anime ended. Honestly, I am glad that it had over 20 episodes, either the story might have been more rushed. As some pointed out, the last episode had some moments that seemed pretty fastened to me as well (kind of a disappointment at times), but I guess they just had to pack everything at the end. It was neither a great or horrible ending. It was just a satisfying one for all the part. Hiakimaru didn't kill anyone in the end, Tahomaru was able to accept Dororo as his brother and their mother was able to give all her attention to Tohamaru (in the end). Plus, I really love how we were able to see a grown up Dororo (even if for just a few seonds). The anime will remain in my heart </3 |
| I don't get why some people are saying the ending was underwhelming. Maybe they were expecting more action and something more flashy and adrenaline-packed. Sure, some endings are fun like that. But Dororo ended with a spiritual-like peace, you know? It wasn't for some great big plot, it was just to finally feel at peace with what they've done in the past and to just end all the suffering and stress they've been through. It's kind of like taking a great big nap after a tiring day. That feeling of falling onto your bed and you're out within seconds. And to quote mayhem1994's comment: "Some of you guys really aren't paying attention to what's going on..." |
| WTF is this ending? It was really good for 23 episodes then this. - Why his mother, mother(2) and brother died in the castle when they had a escape route and the time to run? - And why Hyakkimaru would left without saying a word to Dororo? And where did he go? - Also with that last scene on the bridge/quay we basically got a "lolicon route" ending? I really wanted to give a solid 9/10 but nope, disappointed/10. |
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| In the final scene, Did Hyakkimaru and Dororo meet again?? |
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| I really want an OVA of grown up Dororo leading a village and reuniting with Hyakkimaru but at the same time with the sengoku jidai incoming I'm not sure they'll live happily ever after. |
| Decent ending. I enjoyed this show despite some of my beefs. |
DreddJun 24, 2019 10:38 AM
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| I don't understand why the three people had to die at the end. It doesn't make much sense. Anybody would choose to run away and live. If they had to die, seppuku would still have been better than burning alive and slowly dying. Tahoumaru was too annoying, so I don't feel bad for him at all. Hyakkimaru also got annoying, so I didn't care what happened to him. Why is Hyakki able to understand what he's seeing? I wonder if the writer has ever done research on blind people getting their sights back. They don't know what they are seeing and what they are supposed to be seeing. Telling if something is beautiful is probably going take quite some time. I liked the conclusion to Daigo's arc. The animation was quite brilliant this episode. Hope Mappa makes more animations like this and 'Sarazanmai' in the future, and less like 'Punch Line'. |
| I agree with majority of the people here as to why this episode (or the series esp the second half of the season) is so unsatisfying. The most bothering thing for me is really just how unnatural the characters react to the scene. nyugvo6 said: taho and hyakki fight for understandable reasons. hyakki stops wanting to kill taho because he sees the hole in his heart. okay. after sparing him the last demon starts acting up so the tears his extra eyes out and rejects the demon. is that even possible? whatever. hyakki kills the last demon by stabbing the red orb in an instant. that's it? really? That was kinda what went through my mind during those scenes xD. puppet guy and mom show up they save hyakki, then die along with taho for no reason when they could have dragged him out. I get puppet guy's urge to die, it was well explained in his backstory BUT "guess I saved hyakkimaru and gave him some blessing I can die at last" that's bullshit. and the mom is like: "all these years I never paid attention to you, instead of saving you and dedicating myself to be by your side from now on I'll just watch you die and burn with your corpse." Yeah, I couldn't really take this scene seriously too. They seem sooooooooo calm and "rational", as if they knew and seen everything that had happened at the fight during their walk to the castle. Them appearing at the scene while seeing Tahomaru collapse and on the verge of death, yet they both still only went to Hyakkimaru, gave him a long heartfelt speech, striking a cool pose when Hyakkimaru gave them a last glance, before approaching Tahomaru to check on him. I would think the natural thing to do upon witnessing the scene is to drag the both of them back into that tunnel and give the heartfelt speech later. There's two rescuer after all, each one of them could have just drag or carry one of them out. There's always a chance Taho could survive (I mean how would they know he is dead even without checking, it's not the first time he lost his eye anyway). Even if he ended up not surviving later they can choose to "pay" for their sins later too. Though, I personally find that ending their own life feels more like them escaping their sins rather than paying for it. I thought would be less selfish and may be beneficial Hyakkimaru if the both of them didn't choose to end their lifes (they both are, in a way, Hyakk's family after all that he cherished them). But then again, I understand this can be very subjective. Dororo, too, knowing Hyakkimaru's mother went ahead and is probably inside, she doesn't seemed bothered at all. Even if she knew and respected her decision to end her own life, she probably should have at least felt some grieve for them? Oddly, Hyakkimaru seems pretty cool with their death too. There's a few more points but I'll not go into it, and some are already mentioned by others. I hope people who disagree with us can at least understand from our viewpoint. The characters just feels very... weird and unnatural to me. It's partly underwhelming because the first half of this anime had set a very high standard and expectation for us viewer. It's still a good ride though. Honestly, the best thing about this episode is the endcard though xD I really liked it. |
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| Decent ending, although the hypetrain for reaching from Episode 1 to 23 is justifiable. So in the end, Hyakkimaru never resorts to killing Tahomaru, but instead killed the source instead of the incomplete sacrifice. Plus, his resolution with his "father" Daigo that of his full human body returned to him, a conviction to stay human, rather than tread the path of evil. And...Dororo growing into a woman? That was quick, but it felt like there wasn't any resolution for Dororo and Hyakkimaru. Otherwise, thank you MAPPA and Tezuka Productions for reliving a 50-year old legend of the godfather's lesser known works. |
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| Really satisfied with this ending! I love it. Also the ending wass so beautiful, grown up Dororo is really pretty. Gonna miss this show. |
   I want you to be happy. I want you to laugh a lot. I don’t know what exactly I’ll be able to do for you, but I’ll always be by your side. |
| Hyakkimaru and Tahomaru fight was intense. Good to know that Hyakkimaru was able to get all his body parts back. Dororo at the end. She looks pretty. |
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| Yea, I could not agree with people less. If this was episode 12, and the anime ended there, I probably would, but these last 12 episodes got progressively worse. At this point, it's a joke. Laughable moral conflicts, generic motivations and justifications, piss poor dialogue, everything from a writing standpoint was god awful. The music was fine, the animation was fine. But the writing was a travesty. Then the ending, good lord, that could not be more cliche and uncommitted. No attempt for fulfillment or individuality or consistency. Just a bullshit cliche that aims to please everyone. This was actually good and became bad, unlike a lot of popular stuff which is either just good with understandable flaws, or just bad but people don't care. This is like GoT to a much lesser degree, and so what actually should be a 6/10 is punished due to it's stark contrast between high and low quality points. What a fucking disappointment. 1-12 : 8/10 13-24: 2/10 1-24: 3/10 |
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| A strange ending, overall. There was a lot happening and they wrapped everything up acceptably, but something still felt missing. I'm also not sure how I feel about this show overall. It got off to such a strong start, but really petered out midway. It then somewhat regained its momentum in the final few episodes, but nowhere near to the same extent as how it started. 7/10 overall, probably. |
| Finally the father accepts that he made the wrong decision to pact with the demons instead of riding out and letting his son live and grow up. A shame that it took the death of his wife, heir, a barren kingdom, and being spared by his son for him to figure it out. The first half of the series was absolutely wonderful, the second half, a bit less so, but I still enjoyed this show massively. I will check out the manga now. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I can't believe it ended. I'm so sad rn, such a good show, my mondays will never be the same :'( |
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Solid ending. Nothing too amazing but it was pretty good nonetheless. The show overall was pretty solid. The start of the show was fantastic but it kind of lost steam from there. It definitely had some slow parts and got off track a bit in the second cour, but it finished up relatively strong enough. Too bad we never got that perfect Dororo x Hyakkimaru ending. Other than for this tiny glimpse of "grownup" Dororo... |
dankzelJun 24, 2019 12:17 PM
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| Great series! I felt like this last episode lacks something :/ was expecting more, which was kinda disappointing for some reason. Still, 8/10 for me :) The comment Hyakkimaru gave Dororo about being pretty was very sweet X3 It would be great if it had a continuation like an OVA or a Movie, so we have to wait for some news ;) |
PurpleGirl203Jun 24, 2019 11:53 AM
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| I'm actually disappointed did Jukai came all the way here just to die? why Hyakkimaru mother have to die? Tahoumaru !!??? all this great Characters dies and daigo lives?!! |
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| god i like was yelling aloud WHAT WHAT YES HELL YEAH WHAT, i love open endings like this. god dororo grew up gorgeous, and so did hyakki. "something more than blood and despair" :)) |
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| While I appreciate this kind of a morally gray territory from this show, there're a lot of side stories I felt them repetitive and annoying. The main story is average, more episodes would be better. 5/10 for the anime. |
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| At first I want to give this anime 8 but later when they show adult Dororo I decided to give it 9 Teenager Dororo is so beautiful, just like Hyakkimaru said. An OVA would be appreciated. I want to see more story between Dororo and Hyakkimaru. They separated for many years, How will their relationship develop when they finally meet again? The final scene is too short but breathtaking. You could see how handsome Hyakkimaru becomes. He looks more mature and my dear girl Dororo becomes very pretty. Thank you MAPPA for remake this wonderful anime. Even though it has many flaws here and there, still very entertaining. |
| Last episode was pretty good. Enough for a 7/10. Overall a good start and a lot of good episodic stories with nice side chars. Then to the mid some good plot episodes. 2nd half got a bit weak with weaker episodic stories and Hyakkimaru got annoying - the main chars really were the greatest weakness of this anime. Daigo, Tahomaru - and is 2 friends. They were nice. As well as the priest. |
| I'm honestly glad it had a (somewhat) happy ending, I just wanted the best for Hyakkimaru and Dororo. Sad that Tahomaru and their mother didn't survive as I was hoping they could all form a nice family (minus the father though because screw him) but I guess there had to be some sacrifices after everything that went down. 8/10. Older Dororo is so cute. |
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| The party was really fun, too bad it's over. The ending was satisfying imo. Hyakkimaru's fight is over so he doesn't have to kill anymore. Solid remake for me 10/10. |
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this is what the end drain looks like. 1-23 episode 10\10 24 episode 1\10 disappointment |
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| 8/10. This anime was really something (at least for me, learning about the waring states and such). And i also thought of a little bit different ending but i guess we can't have everything we want, right. Amazing ride nonetheless. Thank you Dororo. |
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| I loved the finale. It was very Studio Ghibli-esque, with Dororo and Hyakkimaru parting ways and reuniting years later. I like that we got a happy ending, and I feel like a lot of the complaints I'm reading here are very picky. I enjoyed every minute of this whole anime, I was absolutely enthralled and I will miss it dearly. |
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