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[TouKen4Life3g]

I didn't know it ended. No spoilers but was it worth it?

[BakeNeko-Chan]

I didn't know it ended. No spoilers but was it worth it?

 

Absolutely, 150% worth it.

[TouKen4Life3g]

 
Absolutely, 150% worth it.

How's the ending?

[BakeNeko-Chan]

How's the ending?

 

I'll just quote what I said earlier:

 

 

The ending was gorgeous and overall very satisfying. It leaves the complete opposite feeling of Naruto's ending, I would say.

[TouKen4Life3g]

I'll read this next week for sure!

Um is anime any good?

[BakeNeko-Chan]

I'll read this next week for sure!

Um is anime any good?

 

I would suggest sticking to the manga on this one. The anime ends before the plot really gets going.

 

Enjoy! This one's a fantastic ride.

[TouKen4Life3g]

 
I would suggest sticking to the manga on this one. The anime ends before the plot really gets going.
 
Enjoy! This one's a fantastic ride.

Thank you.

[CloudMountainJuror]

Seems like we're getting quite a bit of new blood. This is good. This is very good. 

 

Speaking of the ending, I just realized I never posted my thoughts on it. Correcting that mistake immediately.

 

Major spoilers, newcomers ignore!

This series really puts you through the emotional wringer throughout, but I've usually kept my composure. Nope, not this time. Oz and Alice saying goodbye to Gil and that whole scene in general had me straight-up crying.

 

The first 20 or so pages took me by complete surprise; I didn't think we would be getting anything like that. But it was beautiful, and helped give a major sense of closure to everything. Oddly enough, the scene with Xai gave a real sense of his character having undergone an arc, even though he was dead in the "main" universe. Felt like his whole character was building to that AU incarnation of him giving Oz the recognition he never could in the main story, no matter how much he may have wanted to deep down.

 

Sharon beginning to age again was a bit odd and opened up a lot of questions as to how their actions with the core really affected the world. There are several possible explanations as to why she started aging again, but none of them were elaborated on. I don't know whether to count this as a flaw or not, really. It didn't bother me at all that it happened, and it felt oddly fitting; it just raises some questions.

 

The last scene was perfect. Vincent's death was perfect. His final gift to Gil was perfect. The implications behind it are wonderful, too.

 

Overall, I wouldn't say it was a perfect ending; some details could have benefited from further elaboration. That being said, those details are really inconsequential. This was still a beautiful, fulfilling ending which completed the journey splendidly. I'm so glad I invested my time in this series.

Edited by CloudMountainJuror, 29 April 2015 - 07:34 PM.

[Hanabi]

I'll read this next week for sure!

Um is anime any good?

i suggest you go for both! the anime music is pretty but the manga art is way better.

[CloudMountainJuror]

i suggest you go for both! the anime music is pretty but the manga art is way better.

 

The manga should take heavy priority, though. Because reasons. Reasons of the mind-shattering sort.

[Hanabi]

 

The manga should take heavy priority, though. Because reasons. Reasons of the mind-shattering sort.

yeah, it's too bad the anime didn't animate the plot twist.

 

and oh i remember there's a tumblr blog dedicated to make fun of the screwed up anime drawings lol, some fans really dislike the anime.

Edited by Hanabi, 30 April 2015 - 09:04 AM.

[BakeNeko-Chan]

 

The manga should take heavy priority, though. Because reasons. Reasons of the mind-shattering sort.

 

Lots and lots of reasons. Too many to count reasons.

 

It's actually been years since I've seen the anime, I've just stuck exclusively to the manga since I first latched on to it.

[LuckyChi7]

I picked up Volumes 3 and 4 a couple days ago, but I haven't had the time to reading them yet: 

 

 

 

But I just thought about sharing it because I love what happened in the last two volumes 

[CloudMountainJuror]

I picked up Volumes 3 and 4 a couple days ago, but I haven't had the time to reading them yet: 

 

 

 

But I just thought about sharing it because I love what happened in the last two volumes 

 

Enjoy! Volume 3 is around where I started getting more actively interested in the story on my first read-through.

[BakeNeko-Chan]

I just have a small question regarding the ending that's kind of bugging me.

 

Warning for those currently reading the manga: MAJOR spoilers.

 

Spoiler

So, I have heard a couple of times that Oz should have been excluded from the reincarnation cycle because he is a Chain and I'm wondering if this is a possible plot hole or not. The only thing I can find relating to this is in Retrace 74:

 

 

Just something I was curious about, if anyone can help clear this up that would be great.

 

And on a side note:

 

Spoiler

About Alice memories, it looks like this is where she remembers everything?

 

Retrace 76:

 

She is then shown everything that happened during the Tragedy of Sablier and in Retrace 77:

 

 

Anyway, there's that. I'd forgotten about this scene until very recently and it appears to clear up everything regarding how Alice got her memories back.

[Gaara's hair]

I just have a small question regarding the ending that's kind of bugging me.

 

Warning for those currently reading the manga: MAJOR spoilers.

 

Spoiler

So, I have heard a couple of times that Oz should have been excluded from the reincarnation cycle because he is a Chain and I'm wondering if this is a possible plot hole or not. The only thing I can find relating to this is in Retrace 74:

 

 

Just something I was curious about, if anyone can help clear this up that would be great.

 

And on a side note:

 

Spoiler

About Alice memories, it looks like this is where she remembers everything?

 

Retrace 76:

 

She is then shown everything that happened during the Tragedy of Sablier and in Retrace 77:

 

 

Anyway, there's that. I'd forgotten about this scene until very recently and it appears to clear up everything regarding how Alice got her memories back.

Spoiler

I was thinking that Oz may be a chain, but he's in Jack's body. So that would allow him to be reborn. But then a chain's soul is barred from the rebirth cycle...Though maybe fixing everything changed that? I don't know XD

[Hanabi]

I just have a small question regarding the ending that's kind of bugging me.

 

Warning for those currently reading the manga: MAJOR spoilers.

 

Spoiler

So, I have heard a couple of times that Oz should have been excluded from the reincarnation cycle because he is a Chain and I'm wondering if this is a possible plot hole or not. The only thing I can find relating to this is in Retrace 74:

 

 

Just something I was curious about, if anyone can help clear this up that would be great.

true, true.

maybe b-rabbit is a special chain because he is originally given life by lacie a child of ill omen..

[Gaara's hair]

true, true.

maybe b-rabbit is a special chain because he is originally given life by lacie a child of ill omen..

I had forgotten about that :O

There are a lot of things I don't remember actually XD 

[Hanabi]

I had forgotten about that :O

There are a lot of things I don't remember actually XD 

me too. i forgot what the 'watchers' or 'elders' said about children of ill omen..

is it that they could change the story however they wanted, making them a greater power than head of baskerville?

[Gaara's hair]

me too. i forgot what the 'watchers' or 'elders' said about children of ill omen..

is it that they could change the story however they wanted, making them a greater power than head of baskerville?

Spoiler

The Jury? They were afraid of the children of ill omen, because they could bypass and ruin their story.