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Hey Havana, I read your review on Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu. I was trying to choose between that an Moribito as the next anime I'd watch and I decided to go with the latter after reading your scathing review, haha. Thanks for saving me the trouble I suppose. Cheers!

HAI. Saw your review on Densetsu no Yuusha and i wanted to make more friends on this site as well lol

Hope you have a wonderful day. I'm a girl too btw XD

Hello there, my fellow anime fan! :D

how is your day going?

haha, thanks! didn't thought anyone'd actually read it :p

I was reading your well written reviews for both Legend of the Legendary Heroes and 07 Ghost. I noticed a thought, explained in your review for the former but carried over in your review for the latter: "Conclusion are supposed to bring the plot together and make the viewer at peace because of everything made sense it's not supposed to leave you hanging with a lot of questions unanswered." I used to think that way as well. The more I watch very good Eastern (Middle Eastern, Japanese, Korean, Chinese) media though, I think that this is a Western ideal that doesn't necessarily have to hold true. I'll actually use a series by a Western author to talk a bit more on that.

In this series, by Mary Brown, with two of the books called Pigs May Fly and Master of Treasures, the author actually offers up three (or four) endings. In the first, as the novel is in the first person, like a diary, we have the last entry of the journal that ends on a happy note describing the protagonist's plans, a "beginning" ending. However, this later cuts to a heart-rending confession in a first person letter from the bearer of the diary, explaining that all didn't quite go as planned and we now have a tragedy. Or do we? The final ending presented by yet another narrator is that of a myth regarding the story with local residents disputing whether or not the protagonist enjoyed a short happiness (as her lifespan was already considerably shorter than her beloved) with her significant other before they flew off alone or if the lover merely stopped to mourn the protagonist but as least they made it out alive (since the bearer of the letter presumed them both dead). All of this (an ending where you are left to wonder at exactly what happened) can be slightly dissatisfying to Westerners who are used to stories that just TELL us what happened rather than invite us into the story to make our own ending or imagine for ourselves (or suck us into reading the manga/novel for the author's ending if we aren't content to do that).

When watching the final episodes of stories, I am much more content that I used to be to see "beginnings" which is what I think both of those stories did. For now, I'm content to imagine my own ending or just think that the characters are off gallivanting about. Eventually, I'll enjoy a good read and compare the author's version to my own. I've even gotten to the point where, in the case of short OVAs, I'm glad to simply have a voice and animation to accompany some of my favorite stories. All of this to say that I think it is okay for stories to leave a few loose ends for the readers/viewers to tie up themselves since all satisfying stories need not be tied up in neat bows (that can even be annoying according to some of the recap blogs on dramabeans.com). As long as the portion of the ride that we were allowed to tag along for was enjoyable, I won't begrudge them further journeying.

I hope my ideas made a bit of sense to you. Once again, your reviews are very well written and (even if you can't see my vote) I found them helpful. I often enjoy roriconfan's reviews as well without agreeing with them in the least because I can still recognize a good opinion, even while it differs from my own. I only shared my words with you because I thought you might enjoy the ambiguity in a series a bit more if you were open to my perspective.

And what is a pretty gal like you doing with anime??? Go marry a billionare and leave us fat ugly NEETs to our own world.

Pandora Hearts? Yeah, one of my many reviews that got crusified for being too honest and truthful.
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=animeatt&aid=6288&attid=7515

Sure, almost every day
http://myanimelist.net/comtocom.php?id1=306693&id2=286320

haha that sounds like fun.

I see you use the same format as I did in my reviews (dividing story to its basic components). Your 07 Ghost review is good and I wrote one about it too. Only I was far more negative about it.

Thanks for the reply. Yeah I think if we can all come to great agreements about these types of things it all works out. I have not seen 07 Ghost yet (maybe since it is Winter Break I can watch it next on my list) but yeah I definitely admit Densetsu had flaws, but I found them in the light of the fact I definitely forsee a second season. If they don't, there will be a lot of pissed off people out there!!

Take care
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The only reason why I disagree with your Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu review is because I know it is a continuing story, I was quite impressed with the aspect of it after I got thru all of the BS but I found it the same in many anime I have watched lately.

I am definitely not discouraged by the anime I witnessed, I am quite impressed.