I really thought he would learn to accept reality and the fact that Arumi's family is moving, but he changes everything to what he wants to do. I love this show, but I just think the ending shouldve been that way
There are things known, and things unknown. Inbetween are the doors of perception
Probably but do you always want the ending where someone comes to terms with reality? sure it might be nice but its interesting though
i woulda like to see him go back to reality and try and cope with it. It didnt bring the ending down at all ithink
The main reason most people dont like the ending is becuase the last episode goes against everything the last 6 episodes was trying to teach you: You cant escape reality. In the last 5 minutes the viewers get this idea in their mind: Sasshi's adult version will make everything right and face reality. But no-deus ex machina. I dont know what the director had in his mind when he thought that up. But y'know, this may leave room for a sequel, that's what im thinking right now.
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I agree with Hellcat, the ending seems like a cop-out. It's really strange for them to cop-out in Abenobashi, having avoided doing so in the endings of Evangelion and FLCL (two of their earlier series involving characters who have to grow up and deal with profound changes in their lifes). Seems like Gainax have regressed....
shareI think it was just an uncharacteristically happy ending.
shareWhen has Gainax ever made a good ending? GOOD, not fitting.
shareyou mention Evangelion as an example of a series that faces reality, but that doesn't happen till the 2nd movie
Yeah the ending is a little strange. It's true that it goes against the message that it was convaying, that you can't hide away from reality (or change it). And to top it off, he also helps Mune Mune AND (most strangly) stops his friend from moving away. Which seemed almost power hungry. Out of all the problems he had, at least one of them should have been unfixable, it's like he's god or something.
But lets face it, it couldn't have ended any other way. If it ended on a sad note, it would have been depressing and out of character for such an upbeat series. And we couldn't have the last episode(s) with them dealing with the death of a loved one. What would that be like? Sasshi crying, contemplating life, pushing himself to move forward? That would have been totally out of place, and essentually never ending. What I mean by that is that storys need a full stop at the end. It couldn't end it with Sasshi greaving, or end with him getting over it. How long would it take for him to get over it? Would the last shot be of him waking up with a big grin and saying something like "oh well, thats life!", and then it ends. That would have hardly been satisfying, so I'm ok with the end. And yeah, I don't think there will be a sequal.
Well I agree and disagree. the end was a cop out, having the main character being able to fix any problem, but he WAS considering Arumis' feelings. He still thought she would move away after going home, he just didn't want grampa Masa to die. also he wanted to help Mune Mune.
shareThe way I see it, the end can be one of two things.
The first one is that like ancient greek plays, the end is a real deus ex machina. When writers wanted to write a tragedy, they did so and at the end of the play, a strange god would be summoned who would correct the world to his will. This was done so as not to displease the audience who were less fond of tragic endings e.g. the rich rulers who financed the plays. Like so, one has the freedom to either believe that they all lived happily ever after or accept that in real life one must bear the consequences of their own misfortune.
The alternative is that having matured, Sasshi became selfless and unlocked a greater power capable of trully rewriting history. He could only do this because he wanted to protect arumi and help all the other people around him.
To be honest I can't choose between those 2 theories.