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| A bit of a sudden ending, but not bad. |
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| A bit? Lol. |
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| Well there should be an OVA with the real ending. Still i enjoyed a lot the anime. |
| Superb. It's not often you see a series which ends with a no-blink climax and yet doesn't tell you what happened. Inspiring of awe to the max (truly). The noirish ending fit the atmosphere of this show fairly well. |
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| woah. That was unexpected. I can't help feeling like that was sort of a cop out. At least they gave the indication that Akagi was the winner, though - I hate those, "You decide what happened" style endings. On to kaiji. |
| Actually the reason it ended like it did is because the manga was and still is ongoing. This happens to many animes and results in inconclusive endings. They'll probably finish it out with another season or OVA at a later time. There's actually 1 guy who is translating the manga from the very beginning. You can check it out here if you're interested. |
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Static said: Well there should be an OVA with the real ending. Still i enjoyed a lot the anime. Well, in my opinion, there's no need in OVA, the ending is awesome!!! I love it! I was bored for some episodes, but the ending woke me up!!! Akagi! |
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| yays, well that was fast in terms of Akagi o: |
| Rushed ending, yes, I'd really like to have seen how Washizu was crushed by Akagi. A second season would be awesome, but that is perhaps quite unlikely. =/ Anyways a perfect anime, but I think I would have enjoyed it still much more if I had known the Mahjong rules.. xD |
| Not knowing Mahjong well makes this show a bit confusing. Sort of disappointed by the ending, but if anything I'm more so in shock. I was like... "nice, onto the next episode we go!" and the op for Michiko to Hatchin starts playing... lewl. I thought Kaiji had an abrupt ending, but this is unsurpassed. That in itself is reason enough to respect this show. Overall out of the mere five point voting system I'm giving it a 4/5 (I like it), not exactly ecstatic for the series. Sure it was good, but I don't think it'll come close to the awesomeness that is known as One Outs. I do recommend this show to anyone who likes thriller/physiological scenarios. Not many of this kind, and albeit its Mahjong of all things, it's still mindf*ckingly insane. Good watch. |
shomaztaNov 8, 2008 2:47 PM
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| Nope. The Chairman's name is Hyoudo Kazutaka |
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Akagi said: Actually the reason it ended like it did is because the manga was and still is ongoing. This happens to many animes and results in inconclusive endings. They'll probably finish it out with another season or OVA at a later time. There's actually 1 guy who is translating the manga from the very beginning. You can check it out here if you're interested. Is the manga difficult compared to the anime? In the anime i found it easy to catch what was happening even though i dont know mahjong so well. I can identify the tiles, and knows a few basic rules. So, am i ready to read it? If not, ill delay it until i've learned Mahjong properly. |
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| Awesome series! Hope there will be a 2 season! But, it doesn't beat Kaiji though. Kaiji is GOD! |
| This was an amazing series, really one of the best psychological genre for an anime out there imo. Really a dissapointment that it didn't show how the match turned out, even though we knew who won, but would love to see how Akagi crush him. 10/10 from me, amazing series. |
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| Sudden ending so 9/10...But damn, what a nice pace/story/everything. Akagi is a badass. That's pretty much what the score is based on. Anime characters are almost Never badass. |
| With the way Akagi started off this was the best possible ending in my opinion. Akagi, unlike Kaiji, is always a winner; unless they decide to kill him, there's no other good ending. I liked how this ending was not a completely open ending. He survives the game but he's still looks the same guy after all those years. Wandering around bored with life and maybe heading to another death match. I still liked Kaiji much better but I liked Akagi's ending more. If I could I would give it a 8.5/10. |
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| Daaaamn that was way too sudden. Akagi was an amazing series. 10/10 for making mahjong intense beyond belief. |
| Even though the victor of the match was pretty much already decided from the end of the Yakuman hand loss, I would have loved to see Akagi crush Washizu. Would have gotten a 10/10 from me if only they haven't drag that last few one pin episodes too much.. |
| Akagi was effin great lol...loved it |
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| Finished too quickly like they rushed it.. should of fit two more eps in..i wanted washizu to take the last round and then i wanted to see akagi victorious and you dont even get to see what happens to the cops and akagi in the future wtf? |
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| I can't believe this shitty ending |
| It's not really an ending. It just stops abruptly since the manga is still ongoing. |
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| Kinda glad its over, but the ending was a bit too sudden. =| |
Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.~ |
| What a sudden ending....but Akagi was badass beyond belief. 9/10 as a whole for me. |
| Steel Ball Run anime when? |
| The ending wasn't bad... It was very sudden, but at least he didn't die. :P Kaiji is more interesting... I like Kaiji more because Kaiji isn't perfect; he isn't a genius who wins every time, he's just a guy, but he overcomes so much. Akagi basically wins every time. Well, I liked Akagi a lot. |
| The unfortunate part is that Akagi has not yet been completed. It is up to volume 24 and the anime stops at volume 10. Along with this, there are no scanlaters for Akagi. There are over 200 exciting chapters out and yet the anime only reached around chapter 110. Rather unfortunate I'd say. I did see the images of the manga and I'd have to say that despite the lack of text, it is simply stunning... |
| 「一人殺せば犯罪者だけど、千人殺せば英雄になれる。百万人殺せば征服者だし、絶滅させれば神よ」 |
| Meh, pretty rushed ending... but it was retardedly good. 8/10 I still don't like Akagi (Character) in my mind, hes just a madman with insane mahjong skills and a doctorate in psychological research. |
Mikiyo said: Meh, pretty rushed ending... but it was retardedly good. 8/10 I still don't like Akagi (Character) in my mind, hes just a madman with insane mahjong skills and a doctorate in psychological research. Yeh, they're a dime-a-dozen. |
| The ending really wasn't needed. Obviously, what happens is that they play some more mahjong, Akagi starts to win and then starts losing again. Then narmy special effects cover up the fact that, yet again, Washizu is carrying the Idiot Ball in the last game. Akagi wins, but in such a way that he still has to pay up a fatal amount of blood. The blood is drawn and, miraculously, he's still alive. Akagi then reveals that he got a blood transfusion along with the soda while he was at the clinic (biggest lolwut reason I've ever heard for seeing a doctor. The soda, not the blood, though that's pretty ridiculous too. Might be that the soda is blood, but same idea either way). Cue everyone exclaiming at what a genius he is for stocking up on blood when he's going to try and beat a nutcase who kills by exsanguination. 7/10 for me. It had it's moments, but I wasn't impressed. |
| WTH kind of ending is this??? I gave it a 6/10. I was really feeling it at first, but the dragging on of the Washizu arc, combined with the weird character designs and the lame ending made me give it much lower score than I originally intended. |
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| If they were gonna make the ending like that they shouldnt have been up all the drama and boring episodes before hand. bad ending to a good anime. 7/10 |
mellors said: Lol I like how they made that one game of Mahjong 11 episodes, which is practically the length of an average series now, yet it still didn't actually finish on screen. Like I said before, it's because the manga was/is still ongoing. Last I heard, Washizu & Akagi were still battling it out in the mansion. |
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| Lol'd at almost an entire arc's wroth of episodes about drawing the One Pin Otherwise it's fair that they ended it this way, definitely a 8.5, but would bump it up to a 9 ala MAL rating system. To be this engrossed in an anime about gambling, they did a good job with it. |
| Would have preferred Wahizu to die of a heartattack in the end, but well, guess this has to be enough. Still, kinda unsatisfying.. |
| Gotta say ... WTF is with this ending? Lol O_O Akagi won, methinks, but ... Meh, I gotta say the end dragged it out too long :S I didn't mind the art style and I really loved the music haha XD Erm ... characters ... OK ... I'd give this 8.5/10 ... but ... I have to round this one down unfortunately :P |
| Very anti climatic, really needs a proper ending. I'd still give the series a solid 8/10. |
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| Good series, anti climatic ending lets the series down as a whole. Still a great, solid watch, I'd rate it overall 8/10 due to the "painful" ending. |
Will you be able to do.... what must be done? |
Galiger said: manga spoiler:Good series, anti climatic ending lets the series down as a whole. Still a great, solid watch, I'd rate it overall 8/10 due to the "painful" ending. |
| This was definitely a satisfying ending for me. At the very least, they showed the winner and showing Akagi is still Akagi after all those years. |
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