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| i dont really know lol i was expecting a more violent end and hoping for it |
 I signed my screen and now its all smeary "When you meet your God tell him to leave me alone." check out my bloghttp://corpse69.wordpress.com/ fix MAL already |
| Anybody notice how the entire series pretty much has one set of messages? "No matter how much effort you put in life, you will fail in the end" "Don't try to do in anything in life" "Living is meaningless" "There is no hope" greaaaaaaaaat....... i mean sure, it was kinda touching and all in the end but godddamn, really now, just toss a big sack of emo at me. After all the sadness and difficulties the main character and everyone else goes through, they're rewarded with a slow/brutal/wasted deaths. (i.e. Ran and Oonashi give their lives to 'restore' sanity to the city, and Ichise kills off the remaining inhabitants - those assholes deserved it, but still... what a vain death) yea, /wrists yet |
| Wow...this was one the saddest endings I've ever seen. I didn't enjoy the series overall that much, but this episode was just incredible. |
| Amazing ending to an amazing series. This show was truly such an enjoyable ride. 9/10 |
| I enjoyed this series. |
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| Man, do those fully texhnolyzed people creep the hell out of me... On another note, is there some site where I could read about the symbolism used in the show? |
| Great show that is just begging to be re watched. I don't know if it's quite as good as Ghost in the Shell, which it seems to be compared to for obvious reasons, but I do think it's much better than Ergo Proxy. Ichise was an interesting character who rarely ever showed emotion, but when he did it was usually a great scene. The characters, overall, merely felt like vessels for the story. However, the other way to look at it is that the people had long lost their souls and emotions. 8/10 |
Ston3_FreeN7Nov 18, 2009 12:33 AM
| "Yes, I have been deprived of emotion. But not completely. Whoever did it, botched the job." - Geralt of Rivia |
| Ergo Proxy cares more about how it looks with its stupid mascara-ridden goth character and bunny-suit moe girl than exploring any worthwhile ideas, and when it tries it just waffles on with exposition and shit. TeXhnolyze is real cyberpunk done good. Just my wee little opinion. |
"I'm starting to think mal is run by Xinil generating electricity on a bicycle." - idklol |
| Actually, I would argue that the only cyberpunk "done good" is Ghost in the Shell, Akira and Blame (manga). |
| Wow, that was a pretty sad ending, I'm amusing Ichise died... At times I thought this anime got really slow and boring but it picked up allot of momentum these last few episodes and it pretty much redeemed itself. |
| I did expect main characters to die, I didn't expect EVERYONE to die; basically everyone died. It was a sad ending but I expected it early on (from the main character, setting, background, music, events), though I was still hoping for salvation. Didn't cry though, guess the story didn't quite draw me in enough. For some reason, I have mixed feelings about this series and had real trouble about what to score it. It should deserve a 9 but somehow I don't want to. Since it was made about serious topics and didn't make me think "oh waste of my time", then it's worth a 8 I guess. The slowness, irregularities of the story, how the ideas are presented, and a whole lot of other petty things, makes me want to drop it to a 7 but I have to say that this show is worth the watch. 8.5 if there were half points. By the way, I enjoyed Serial Experiments Lain very much, but this one hm. |
KJacketJan 7, 2010 11:33 PM
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KJacket said: For some reason, I have mixed feelings about this series and had real trouble about what to score it. The last few episodes have me feeling exactly the same, there were plenty of times in this show i was fascinated and equally as many when i was bored, but i found the ending genuinely saddening and even more so thought provoking, and for this type of show to be so thought provoking probably makes it a success. |
WhyGodWhy said: What a great series. There was so much depth that unfortunately I couldn't take it all in. It definitely needs a re-watch one day. I feel exactly the same lol. |
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| Proxy was far more enjoyable hour for hour imo. |
WhyGodWhy said: What a great series. There was so much depth that unfortunately I couldn't take it all in. It definitely needs a re-watch one day. Pretty much how I feel. This series is a definite 10/10. Sadly underrated and under-appreciated by the lesser minds. |
| I'm glad everything worked out in the end and we got a happy ending. |
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| this anime was so borring i barrely managed to finish all episodes, they are same depressing characters drag around all time even when they need haste and it ended same. |
| It's a great series, it made me sleepy a few times, the slow atmosphere worked in Lain, but no here. If I was the director I would have cut this into 13 episodes. ☺ 7-10 Great series, you can't make this without pot. |
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| IMO..it's a nice ending but lain and Ergo are much better..there are some episodes that are boring but the ending has it all.. 7/10 for me.. |
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| I dont know what to do now... ;-; |
| Great Anime, although some episodes are technically shit... this last episode, made go wtf. Ichise doesn't deserve to suffer that much, I'm very fucking shocked that this is one of the dramatic ending since Chrno Crusade |
| Decent ending, I can't help but laugh at the sack of bullshit of everyone dying in the end. Theres a saying that goes like this " Life is shit, but like all things, it is constantly evolving, to what? we will never know, maybe to more shit". Just think about it, Ichise never cared about things, not even to make them better even when people tried to help him . I'd say that life is all about Sugar and shit, you can eat one of them anytime. |
| I'm sad... even though the ending was quite satisfying for me, so I should me rather... happy? But then, can anyone be happy after watching this anime? I really like stuff like this... dead cities etc... I wonder how I'd feel if I was there, at the very end. 9/10 for me... P.S. I was truly amazed by the surface city. Truly, truly amazed. |
| It took me 91 days to finish this not-for-everyone anime... One day I suddenly realized there was only one episode left. I was hesitant and didn't want to end it. Eventually, I watched it, today. It was painful. It brought up the strangest feeling inside me. I do not regret spending my time on this show. I'm glad I could finally end it. |
| What a complete waste of time. It's like watching Gantz all over again. That episode 1 fooled me on watching this till the end. I should have watched Planetes instead. Oh, well... |
| That was one of the most depressing endings I have ever seen. It wasn't a 'I'm going to cry' feeling - more like a dull, cold ache. The whole series was like that, showing all the dark sides of the human race - and the hopelessness and despair we are capable of. ARGH WHAT A FRICKEN ENDING. Watching this last episode at 2am after a night of drinking was a terrible idea. |
silnet said: Anybody notice how the entire series pretty much has one set of messages? "No matter how much effort you put in life, you will fail in the end" "Don't try to do in anything in life" "Living is meaningless" "There is no hope" greaaaaaaaaat....... Welcome to Existential Nihilism and Dystopia : ) Altohugh the first episode psyched me up to some Behaviorism miixed up with radical Nihilism, we can see a lot of real emotion through the show, lets call them higher values like love or loyality. Nevertheless, in the end of the story all these values are totally worthless and mean shit. So yeah, it is very nihilistic and skeptical vision. We see nothing but survival of the fittest crossed by some "humanity", but this "humanity" does not change anything. There are no good or bad characters in the show. Some of them are more human, some are primitive beasts, but they all met the same end. Not matter what we do, we are about to fall, cause we are human and we are flawed. Improving human with some kind of technical stuff is nothing more than trying to make people better. Unfortunately it does not change anything. Perfect ending to great show. |
Hvesier said: I love how awesomely optimistic and uplifting this series was. Topgunuk69 said: I'm glad everything worked out in the end and we got a happy ending. I can't help but agree with these two. Minaka said: I'm very fucking shocked that this is one of the dramatic ending since Chrno Crusade This is off topic now but I watched that several years ago and I recall being depressed several hours after I finished watching that, not immediately. Not the ending itself but more on what Father Remington was pondering in the end. Mikiyo said: I'd say that life is all about Sugar and shit, you can eat one of them anytime. I like the way how you stated that, I think I'll quote you sometime in the future. :) Anyway I didn't really dig deep on the philosophical issues so I'll leave my own questions about this series unanswered. It kept me entertained at least when I was watching it so it was OK by my book. |
| You see there's no need to wonder where your god is, Coz he's right here! ...and he's fresh out of mercy. |
| I heard many people found this show basically depressing and as I'm a big fan of happy endings, I knew this would hit me hard. Still, this is how it had to end, perfectly executed. Not having to exists in such a horrible place is probably a kind of a happy ending on its own... 9/10 from me, loved the atmosphere, the story and the characters. It was a great ride, but now I'll have to watch lots of comedies to cheer myself up. Edit: Although I would really like to know what was the ultimate fate of humanity in this particular show. I'm sure the people above the ground continue to exists for some time before they disappear completely and most of the inhabitants of the city are dead. There are only the Shapes left, with the possibility of evolution. But I'm not sure if I buy what Kanno said. Still, what about the rest of the Earth? |
Mogami-kunJul 30, 2012 10:16 AM
| Can't say I liked this ending. But overall, the show was fantastic. |
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| There was never a happy feeling or smile during the entire run of Texhnolyze. It is certainly one of the most depressing stories told through this medium. A sad ending was to be expected, but when it gives you a feeling of emptiness after going through a 22 episode series, that's something else. Definitely not for everyone. |
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| I thnik this is possible the first time I have given a sad and 100% hopeless ending 10 out of 10. this anime definetely isn't for everyone and shouldn't be my thing, but this was well worth he watch - it's a shame this is the end. |
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tofei said: Anyway I didn't really dig deep on the philosophical issues so I'll leave my own questions about this series unanswered. Personally, I agree with tearofmankind; I find it to be very Nihilistic. Also, I think you have to be familiar with Gnosticism to fully "grasp" the philosophy of the show. A lot of the stuff in the series (especially the key characters like Doc and Kano) are representations of important Gnostic figures and ideas. For example: Kano = the Demiurge Doc = Sophia or Wisdom Lux = the Demiurge's materialistic domain The Surface World = Pleroma or the Divine World Texhnolayzation = the outcome of Sophia's creativity/materiality... etc. etc. http://www.iep.utm.edu/gnostic/ |
| I just finished it tonight and I have to say I found the ending disappointing. Basically that was the end of the human race, without God. That's not how its supposed to happen. |
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