But yes, the deus ex machina ending to the show really undercut my appreciation for what I thought was developing into a thoughtful, intriguing show.“Anime Comment” is a spoiler-free section and is usually used for a general discussion about anime without spoiling any content. I get irritated when people try to pawn off MSAA as a FLCL leftover, riding the wave of that show's success. While it was "wacky," I wouldn't put it on the same level as FLCL. I learned that at the Otakon philosophy/religion panel. um, hello? how's that possible? Sasshi being the legendary Onmyou mystic. See "Seed, Gundam", eh? Bad points about the ending: Sasshi basically being a huge brat and bending time just to keep Arumi w/ him. That's just about the only way I'll not give a series fair praise, which is if the ending was blah. Arumi would cry for Masa-ji-san, Sasshi will have grown up a lil, etc. I just knew right after Sasshi jumped himself & Arumi away from his father in the parking lot. They DID have something going for them and in the final ep, they choked. I did enjoy the wackiness of it and despite it being FLCL-ish (and honestly FLCL is a brainfart that'll be lucky to get over 3 viewings w/ me), it clicked and worked. KaworuNagisa17 wrote:I agree about the ending sucking.ok, it didn't pursay 'suck' but was really disappointing. It seemed a sugar-coated, happy ending (for Sasshi, at least). It would be silly of me to say that this series should have been more realistic, given the premiss, but it just didn't seem that consistent to me, and that angered me. This is quite the f*** you to the audience. A man dumb enough to go out onto a shakey scaffolding to shoo off a cat does not meet his end, and life can be manipulated at a whim if you are an Onmyou Mystic. :shock: WTF? So, basically, Arumi's life goals of seeing the world get squelched, and Sasshi essentially learns nothing other than he can bulk the system. So, the older version of Sasshi remedies things in a real deus ex machina move by the series' creators, we get whisked back to Abenobashi, Grandpa is ok, and Papa doesn't get the position in Hokkaido, meaning that Sasshi and Arumi will remain together as friends. So, he calls upon Eutus to take him to where he is an adult, for an adult would have the capacity to remedy the situation, whereas Sasshi, in his child form, simply cannot understand (at least he knows this much about himself). Then, Sasshi sees that Arumi is crying, and cannot bear to see her sad. It was a perfect coming-of-age realization moment for Sasshi. Finally, Sasshi's father and Arumi's persistence of going home made Sasshi face up to reality. But, none of these positions were realistic. Then, when Sasshi knew that Grandpa Masa would be dead once they returned to Abenobashi, he tried to create an original world where Masa would be fine upon their return. But, she always wanted to go home because the worlds Sasshi created were his versions of what he thought she'd like, not actual things she would like (what was touching about this was Sasshi's continued fervor to try to make her happy). First, Sasshi tried to escape by making worlds that he thought Arumi would like. To me, the show was really working on something important: the notion that there is no escaping reality. * * * * * * * * I finally saw the ending yesterday, and I must admit, I was HIGHLY disappointed. Phaze wrote:The cool thing about Magical Shopping District Abenobashi, is that the final episode ties into the first! I just found that hilarious for some reason, it's like a neverending continuum of madness.
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