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| Sooo that's really how things end ? Shingetsu decided to be stubborn and erase the mana even though it meant for people who died during the fights to be forgotten forever (she consequently sacrificed the memories of those people in the process) and for her to remain alone without being able to die ? That's dumb. No matter what kind of moral they were trying to head at, that's just plain dumb. I can't see how can Suishou's prediction not become correct at some point. There's no way Shingetsu's gonna be able to live like that until the ends of time, the mind is simply not made for that, no matter how happy she is for now. Now I need to write down my final impressions of each character in order to see how I truly feel about this show. -Mangetsu : First of all, she is very stereotypical. Second of all, her change of heart after her conversation with Shisui was way too quick. Third of all, even if I appreciate the development they provided to her character, at the end it looks like they didn't know what they truly wanted her to be. At first she is her own person, but actually she is a puppet, but actually she has her own soul, but actually no it's just a representation of Shingetsu's mind, but actually she can and will be her own person but until then she's always been the representation of Shingetsu's thoughts. So the Mangetsu we've been following actually isn't her own person but a manifestation of Shingetsu's thoughts. Okay. Way to ruin a pretty good character. -Shingetsu : The character I was supposed to love, and yet the character that ruined the show for me. She wants to erase the mana because according to her it changes people but kinda forgets that what happened to Anna wasn't entirely the mana's fault but also her (Shingetsu) own, she says that humans will keep making mistakes but also learn from it and yet she just makes a huge mistake by erasing the mana (yes it was a mistake, I won't change my mind regarding that), she complains about being hated by everyone even though Anna's family loved her, she complains about being alone and yet is alone at the end and happy anyway... And that outfit when she won was ridiculous. So definitely not a character I want to remember, she could've been good but they did nonsense with her. -Suishou : Best girl, hand down. I honestly wouldn't mind a spin-off about her being the Granbelm referee and gainging her own will while gradually losing her mind in the process. It would've been way more interesting than the story we got. She made some very good points about humanity, like, really. I don't want to be edgy or whatever but she really is right when it comes to humanity's selfishness. And like I said, I'm 100% convinced what she said to Shingetsu will ultimately happen. And wow, I love Aoi Yuki so much... Suishou's definitely a very good villain with a well developed and believable personality. I just wish she had more screen time to be fully fleshed out. -Anna : Second best character, though I wish they developed her a bit more. They pushed her insanity too far and I don't think that was necessary. Also, I still don't get how she came to work alongside Suishou and Rosa. But she was still a very interesting character with an amazing Seiyuu. And I wonder something, it's actually interesting how her behavior when she's losing it is much more similar to Suishou's than I first thought, could it be that Suishou manipulated her ? I wish this got adressed... -Nene : A very likable character, that's for sure, but I was very disappointed to see that her issues regarding her mother have never been truly adressed again after her defeat. It looked like she didn't care that much... Also, it felt weird to see her with an adult body. I prefer her as a child. -Kuon : While her relationship with her sister was pretty sweet, I can't say her character interested me. I just don't see what purpose it truly served, plus, aside from her love for her sister, I don't feel like she had any kind of real personality. -Rosa : Well we barely got to know her. She just replaced Anna after the latter's death but like.... Why ? She doesn't even look like the rest of the family, it doesn't make sense. And that 8th girl who remained a useless side character until the end, why is she on the poster ?! Was it to create some suspense by making us believe she would play a role ? That's stupid. Overall, I think Granbelm could have been a great job, but unfortunately, it failed. The characters' psychology were pretty interesting but haven't been explored correctly, there were incoherences, some characters were bland, the story was very difficult to understand... Too bad. It's not a bad show, but it could've been so much better... At least it was entertaining and I rwally liked Suishou, though even she could've been way better. Also, I truly find amusing how some musics sound like something made by Alan Silvestri. At some point I thought it was playing the Back to the Future main theme. |
FafetteApr 26, 2020 10:30 AM
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| great ending, shingetsu defeated crazy suishou after an awesome fight and she decided still to erase all magic. I expected against all odds a happy ending resembling mai-hime but to my surprise everyone stayed "dead" (anna, mangetsu and kuon), pretty sad if I may say so. Now give me that slice of life with shingetsu, clare, kuon's sister and that new transfer student to ease my pain. overall 8/10 this episode 5/5 |
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| From beginning to end this series was a constant string of grand finales. Just total and complete beam-spam overload. What was even the point of the 'real' final battle when it just ended up a repeat of the Anna finale? The early comic relief and two episodes dealing with the Mangetsu reveal are the only high points. |
| A bittersweet ending. Well, it was a nice show. Good OST, action, and animation. The story was also very good. |
SerafosDec 19, 2023 10:24 PM
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| Ah that was such a nice re-watch. Really enjoyable. Couldn't stop smiling at the end. It's so nice. Its definitely Mangetsu. They showed the flower thing beforehand to show that Shingetsu still has magic. Of course she couldn't abandon her waifu lol. |
| Yuritopia FTW!!!!!!!!! BANZAI TO YURI !!!!!!!!!!!! |
| Wow. Just wow. That was a beautiful ending. It had the action, it had the emotion, and it wrapped everything up. Yo that part when they entered Magiaconatus and Suishou stabbed Shingetsu's Armanox, but then Shingetsu WALKED OUT FROM BEHIND A PILLAR AND STABBED HER was SO BADASS!!! It was very atisfying to see Suishou defeated. And I'm glad Shingetsu was able to have her wish granted. But oh, I feel really really sad for her. She did want she wanted and freed everyone from magic, but now she's gonna be alone...forever. She said she'd be fine with that, but that just makes me feel so sad and lonely for her. I loved this show so much. The action was top-notch, and I especially like shows with magic/fantasy action. The soundtrack was really good, and the visuals were BEAUTIFUL (especially the purple aesthetics on the nights of the full moon and the fantasy worlds). I also really liked all the mech designs!! I'm giving it a 10/10, I think it's become one of my favorites!! And normally I wouldn't complain about this or anything but...the score seems reeeeeally low imo. Granted it's MAL and scores don't really mean anything blah blah blah but like, I'm surprised this isn't even in the 7.something range. I'm not expecting everyone to give it a high score like me, like I loved it and all and I realize everyone has their own anime that appeals to them, but still, even for MAL, a 6.70 (as I'm writing this) just seems...so low that I'm really surprised |
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