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| I suppose this a dead end for me with Kare Kano, after reading a few chapters of the manga after were the anime left, it doesn't feel the same T_T it just doesn't feel so lively. I liked this most for the unique combination of comedy and psychological troubles, but mostly for the comedy D: |
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K-Shuun said: I suppose this a dead end for me with Kare Kano, after reading a few chapters of the manga after were the anime left, it doesn't feel the same T_T it just doesn't feel so lively. I liked this most for the unique combination of comedy and psychological troubles, but mostly for the comedy D: what chapter does the anime end on? |
| I believe the anime covers loosely the first seven books. This could have been a nine or ten up until the change in directors (and the producers cutting the budget cause they knew they wouldn't get another season). The last episode was probably not originally designed to be the end--should have been about episode 23 or 24 with 3 more to bring us to a good season ending point. However it was "in the can" when the whole project fell apart so they just stuck it in as the last episode and brought in the second director to do four or five filler episodes as cheaply as possible. If it ever gets made as an anime again, I suspect it will be by a different studio. Until that does or doesn't happen, we should all chill and read the manga which is supposed to be superb. |
Please don't feed the trolls! In my next life I want to collide at the corner with the cute transfer student carrying a piece of toast in her mouth...rodac |
| Can't believe they didn't fix this shit in the DVD version. Fucking Gainax. （╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻ Disregarding the studio's mismanagement of this adaptation I thought the story itself was pretty great. Definitely reading the manga soon. |
| Disappointing. Really, really disappointing. As a stand alone episode it was fine, I suppose, but a complete failure as a last one. Doesn't give even a tiny amount of finality or try to tie up any loose ends. Really didn't like the boring black and white art film approach for most of the episode, either. After all the build up I was hoping to see a little of how things went but no such luck with that, too. It just touched on things and then just stops. Not a good way to end things. Would give the episode itself a 3/5, 6/10. The series as a whole I'd still give a 10/10, though. Despite some flaws I still loved it and the characters were fantastic. Might be the first thing I've ever seen where I actually liked all the characters. |
| fucking why this could have been one of my favorites. If I wanted to read the manga after watching this, would I start with volume 8? |
HenteDec 16, 2011 1:18 PM
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| This Anime had potential but all these recaps and randomness fked it up. It literally went from a 7, to a 6, and then to a 5 from beginning to end. I was hoping for the last episode to have more Arima x Miyazawa but I'm guessing the real last episode was episode 24...? *twitch* End result: 5/10 (including all the recaps + random shet) 6/10 (excluding all the recaps + random shet) |
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| I want to know what happens in the manga with the relationship between everyone? How does it end in the manga ? |
| All I have to say is that I can't believe they ended it like that. I'm pissed. Very dissapointed anyway.. I can understand them having to make shittier episodes due to money problems but seriously? To end it like that. Bull. Why hasn't there been a second season made since the manga ended in 05? >.< Wish I just read the manga... Overall, I gave this series a 7/10. |
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| Meh, the final episode wasn't extravagant at all but still, I did enjoy this series. I wish they did focus a bit more on the drama and romance rather than the comedy. Oh well, 6/10 series for me. |
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| This could've been a very good romance anime (it even made me feel awkward in some scenes :S) but GAINAX messed it pretty bad by the end, also why the hell so many recaps?? :l they should've take those episodes to give this a proper end. |
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| Wow, what the hell.... SO disappointed... :| And they never even got back to Tsubasa and her step-brother. Screw this series. |
| What a dull, lifeless, impersonal finale. This whole final arc was relatively dull, but this takes the cake. So much retread ground, too many recaps, far too meandering, loss of it's initial charm and sense of humor, so much left unresolved; This whole final arc just wasn't nearly as good as the rest of the show. Hell, the rest of the show just wasn't as good as the first four episodes. Disappointing. This series had so much potential. I guess I'll need to read the manga to get something resembling a satisfying conclusion without all the dicking around. |
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| I got bored with the anime right around the time the series had the change of directors. To tell you the truth I barely enjoyed the love development between the two main characters and only looked forward seeing the drama unfold amongst minor and supporting characters. As a result, at around the beginning of the 14 Days arc I just decided to read overviews of the series to give me the basic understanding of the ending. As long as I have a basic understanding of how this anime will end it is marked as completed. |
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megumichibi said: I am still waiting and hoping for a second season T_T I read on a website that the creator of the series cancelled a second season because they felt that the producers mainly focused on the comedy portion of anime (I didn't find anything really funny though) and less on the romance. |
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| With nowhere else for Gainax to go, the show ends on an experiment: Can you animate the emotion of the show's source, without sacrificing the purity of those emotions? Is it even possible to just use parts of the manga itself? For the most part, yes, it does, and in way, the style that defined has now returned in some fashion, thanks to Anno back writing the script on this episode. Too bad such experimentation and promise had to be the finale of an entire series. |
| "ultimately I want to show a little reality in my works."-Hideaki Anno |
| Wow, how can one make so miserable last episodes? It started very promising but the end was really, really bad. The last screen hints to a second season which could have continued the story and everything would be fine, but because it never came this ending was probably the worst I've ever seen in an anime.. Holy shit.. I thought it was a decent 8/10 but with this ending it can't be above 7/10.. if it wasn't for the brilliant comedy in this show, the score would be even lower, because nothing in either of the relationships is clear right now.. |
| 7/10 Worse then the cliffhanger nonending in NANA. If this was done in 2012 by Kyoto animation with an artstyle as good as Hyouka this would have been absolutely amazing. The source material and dialogue was great up to around episode 20. The animation was always horrible/cheap, very little movement. |
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| This last episode was really lacking proper animation and well color as well! Like thought the story didn't properly ended as it was way to short even if the last episode was some more development it would still be to short. With this last episode they more or less just put everything together, but stopped animating all together and just showed random images with some voice over and dialogue... The kiss in the first part was rather nice and for them that was some good development closure. The second part was more or less the same but was also not really interesting to finish it. The global story started quite nice as sometimes especially the start had quite nice story and character development put together with some new characters which really were interesting! Especially loved Tsubasa Shibahime of being that cute and her own arc was pretty nice as well, further on the story she was just a character to make you laugh by the expression and small moments she had in the background! The other characters in the story were pretty decent had their own good development with the two main protagonists and in the end made it a stable story. Although now with this last episode things really just got to random and felt rushed, which is rather unfortunate. In the end this anime was rather decent but could have had a better ending and build up towards the end, less recaps and just better animation in general! With this cliffhanger ending or more to say a TO CONTINUE ending was pretty weak... if there ever will be a sequel to this I might watch it although I then really hope the animation and art will be done properly! |
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| I quite liked main story and basically first 1/2-2/3 of it which was about the two of them but show went downhill very deeply and that was even more apparent with bad directing and inconsistent animation style. 6/10 from me. (if they released it without all recaps, useless crap episodes, real-life shots to save budget and all around repeated complains about totally unrelated financial crisis. It could have been made into very good 12 episodes of romantic comedy and i would have rated it at least 8/10) Sent with Mal Updater |
greenmartyMay 6, 2013 10:57 AM
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| Pretty much disappointing ending but a great series (besides all the fillers, recaps, and experimental art styles) overall. All the side stories were really good and loved the romantic interests that developed in the series. Wish they developed on the main romance a bit more. Series had a lot of potential sadly the last few episodes were a bit all over the place. I think this series would be great for a remake. |
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Krissirk said: Pretty much disappointing ending but a great series (besides all the fillers, recaps, and experimental art styles) overall. All the side stories were really good and loved the romantic interests that developed in the series. Wish they developed on the main romance a bit more. Series had a lot of potential sadly the last few episodes were a bit all over the place. I think this series would be great for a remake. remake? that would be incredibly awesome, with the nowaday graphics just imagine how much better it could be, if such a thing were to occur i would sincerely hope the director would keep to the manga as close as possible to prevent a repeat disaster. That being said it probably won't happen but it's cool to think about right? |
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| So, they only had enough money left in their budget to animate 8% of the episode? The other 92% was just monochrome still images with voice overs. It was like watching someone read a manga to you. |
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Alipio said: Wow, this ending was worse than the ending of School Days. I mean it. >:( I thought the ending was the reason people even bothered to watch School Days at all. Seriously, the ending is the only thing about it that actually gives you a modicum of satisfaction. |
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| Waaa... now, I need to read the manga.. seems like that i am seeing a bad vibes from Arima. And I wanna know what happened between Tonami and Sakura.. the ending looks like a manga with an narrator. |
| lol... seriously? I'm not even sure what to rate this show. The majority of it was a solid 8 and the last bit is more like a 3. |
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| Geez, that was bad. I did really enjoy the show though if you count out the recaps and a bit of filler. Anybody know where to start in the manga from this point in the show? |
| My god, that was BADDD. It even said, look forward to next time at the end lol. That was misleading. No closure, except for the reassurance that Yukino and Arima had sex. Wow. I don't even want to read the manga now. This episode felt like reading a narrated manga that flipped pages for you. Heck, I don't even know if the things that happened black and white were real or not. This left a SOUR taste in my mouth. Maybe I'll just read the last chapter of the manga and ruin the show for me. K peace bye. |
_Dazzle_Jul 27, 2014 8:20 PM
| Thank God I didn't buy this series. Episode 1-18 were really good. 19-26? Recaps and an unsatisfying ending. Good God... |
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Nano1124 said: Geez, that was bad. I did really enjoy the show though if you count out the recaps and a bit of filler. Anybody know where to start in the manga from this point in the show? vol 7 |
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koroX said: weee, that ending sucked. The last episodes was really bad, but the rest of the anime was great. ^^ We didn't even get to watch the play... true! the play is amazing -based on manga |
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rebelakuma said: Waaa... now, I need to read the manga.. seems like that i am seeing a bad vibes from Arima. And I wanna know what happened between Tonami and Sakura.. the ending looks like a manga with an narrator. read the manga :3 |
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jjredster said: Krissirk said: Pretty much disappointing ending but a great series (besides all the fillers, recaps, and experimental art styles) overall. All the side stories were really good and loved the romantic interests that developed in the series. Wish they developed on the main romance a bit more. Series had a lot of potential sadly the last few episodes were a bit all over the place. I think this series would be great for a remake. remake? that would be incredibly awesome, with the nowaday graphics just imagine how much better it could be, if such a thing were to occur i would sincerely hope the director would keep to the manga as close as possible to prevent a repeat disaster. That being said it probably won't happen but it's cool to think about right? I WANT A REMAKE FROM VOL1-21 and make it better than the original!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! PLEASEEEEEEEEEEEE and COLLECT the DVDs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! so, they will not restrict the budget anymore. //cryes |
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| I loved the fact that the animation was innovative with real pictures and manga-style. Never seen it before. The music was good and a wide range of characters were explained. But the ending episoded left so many things open. Like a drawed circle who is not complete, maybe just half-drawn or in three-quarters, but not full, 360 degrees... It doesn't mean that it must not have a cliffhanger at the end or the fact that we can imagine the continuing by ourselves. But in this case, it didn't work. And there is no second season i guess, the manga is fully drawn. The fact that the other episodes were really cool saves the anime imo. I gave 7, but it could have been 8 or 9 if it wasn't for the last episodes who kinda ruined this cool anime. |
| "If the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace." - Jimi Hendrix |
| Hated it :( Arima and Yukino story was over for me already wanted to see Tonami and Sakura and they simply throw sh*t at us right at it... |
| The "bad ending" isn't exactly bad ending. It's not that the studio fucked up and made shitty ending. The last episode wasn't suppose to be last episode which is why the series doesn't have conclusion. Blame the manga's author that made it unpossible to continue the series. Shame that the season didn't end on the 24th episode because at least then the series would have at least had some sort of wrap up. |
| I am so disappointed with this end :( All the recaps was a pain, yes, but I was expecting they would give it an ending, even knowing that tha manga have more than 100 chapters, I thought they would give a closure to Arima's jealous and Tonami's feelings for Sakura, it was a good serie, I blame the director. 7/10 |
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| Oh my it's finally over. Had to force myself through the last 3 episodes. The biggest problem with this series was the length. It would have been perfect with half the amount of episodes. But someone was way too greedy and tried to make more on the empty pockets. Might be worth to check out the manga and see how the story concludes. bittersweetlove said: I am so disappointed with this end :( All the recaps was a pain, yes, but I was expecting they would give it an ending, even knowing that tha manga have more than 100 chapters, I thought they would give a closure to Arima's jealous and Tonami's feelings for Sakura, it was a good serie, I blame the director. 7/10 Don't blame Anno :( It's the fucking producers fault and the original creator!!! |
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