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I just got through the end of the series today. Unlike a few people I know, I really liked it. It was a change of pace from the steady decline of DOOM, but it was nice.

Episode 25 was a real kick in the gut, the Shizuru and Natsuki scenerio really to me outdid anything else that could possibly done. I know some people were expecting Mikoto to kick the bucket, but I guess her surviving didn't surprise me, if she died, Mai would have, and killing the main character never happens unless EVERYONE dies.

The only things that really bugged me was the lack of other HiMES getting a kick at lord penisface. I hate Reito. I was thrilled that it was Mikoto that had the guts to lunge at him. That hurt though, ouch. ): Poor dear.

I was quite amused when he turned into Sauron though... xd

Thoughts on the end?

Langalang> OMFG YEAH!

There was a lot that made me like KWTFOMFGGGJC! When Shizuru crying to Natsuki, I was like, "Well, okay, they went with the corny 'Everybody come back' ending, but at least people feel the need to, like, atone." Then Shizuru, Nao, and Yukino are all flying together and they're glarin', and Shizuru's like "Oh, it's okay! I murdered both of the people you love the most and raped Natsuki, but forgive me, ok? Let's be goofy friends! Tea and puppies for everyone!"

...wtf?

While I appreciate the pure comedy gold of Nao and Miyu becoming Nuns, WHERE IN THE ******** DID THAT COME FROM!!? Like Nao has EVER shown any interest in religion besides making Nuns flee in terror - or like Miyu cares about anything besides stabbing people in the eye what be messin' with Alyssa. It was randomly absurd, which is okay when the show is randomly absurd, but when it's spent the last 14 episodes convincing me it's going to be grimly serious, it just feels out of place.

Augh.

AND WHY THE ******** CAN'T PEOPLEZ HAVE WORKED OUT THAT MAI IS INTERESTED IN TATE AND VICE VERSA AND STOP WITH THE "Man, I'll win Tate/Mai's heart yet!" BULLSHIT! JFC! Tate *chose* Mai over Shiho in the battle between them (notice he didn't encourage Shiho to "Cut that damn dragon thing out of the sky"). And Reito should be able to work out that since he was *never* Mai's most precious person he hasn't got a snowball's chance in HELL.

And *why* was Shizuru still walking about? Did nakedicegirl bring back EVERY SINGLE PERSON she BRUTALLY MURDERED or something? Yay Shizuru wacky comedy and all, but she *did* go on a rather signicant killing spree that is generally frowned upon by the authorities.

The pink shirt skirt wearing ninja thing didn't bother me so much - now that Akira doesn't have to keep her gender a secret to keep people from targeting her as a HiME, maybe she decided she'd like try some different clothing options that would have gotten her strange looks when she was masquerading as a boy? Dunno. That wasn't so glaring as, say, everything else. Kind of like how Midori's ending didn't bother me - it didn't seem that out of place compared to say, most everything else.

And I agree. Everyone's sacrifice was basically trivialized - hell, over half of the show was trivialized - by the ending. It felt so inappropriately out of place, like a spitting contest at a funeral.

That said, I've seen worse endings. Comparatively, it wasn't that bad of an ending at all. I just had this hope that the ending was going to be fairly unique, and it ended up being trite. It really wasn't a terrible ending, it was just terrible in comparison to the rest of the otherwise excellent show.

I'm sure I'll have more to write later.

AURGLK I KNOW!!!

If I could have had anyone stay DEAD, it'd be Shizuru. (As much as I still like her for some ungodly reason.)
Not only did she kill two Child things, thus taking out the loved ones of their respective HiMEs , she actually went and CUT DOWN some other humans! biggrin
Mkay, so a few of the girls actually threatened to kill people, but hey! Shizuru was the only one that indulged herself! biggrin
And then she's all shits and giggles and molesting Natsuki again. Right. She should have promptly been locked away in a nut house.

True, the Nao and Miyu being nuns was funny. ******** unexpected, but still funny, seeing as Nao hasn't given up her twisted ways entirely. That's only slight consolation, though. I'm still "What the ********" ing over that because of how little sense it seems to make. (Much like the rest of the series now.)
Perhaps it's some kind of... punishment for... I don't know, nearly making Sister YukariHo faint that one time with the confession thing. She's probably holding some kind of pregnant Nun Grudge.

As if Taters screaming "I LUFF TEH MAI!!!!!!!" down in Fukahell place didn't get the message across.
Mai still seems pretty "ZOMG! REITO-HO!!!" and stuff. Or maybe the writers were trying to make amends for the sad and sadistic things they did in the past by leaving things open for some sort of sick 4 person Love Square.
Also, Shiho-ho... what the ********? She's still acting like a complete twit and spreading the Octoplague. GET THE ******** OVER TATERS! HE DOES NOT WANT YOUR MALFORMED HEAD AND 50 PIGTAILS!!

That's what I was wondering about Shizuru. She went Insane Giggles for human meats, yet she's totally NOT IN PRISON and guilt free.
What the ******** s**t? If I do recall, Natsuki was the only idiot to forgive her.
Unless she went and apologized to Yukino, Haruka, Nao and her mother, and the families of the 834 First District guys that she murdered before graduation.
That still doesn't give her an excuse to be disgustingly brainless and flouncing about molesting people.

It's not the fact that Akira was dressed like a girl. It's the fact that it was PINK. And Pink coming from someone who says "You're so feminine and weak! T__T..."
She was the last person I expected to be going about in pink.

Akira/Takumi and Midori's ending were the only ones that seemed to make any sense for the characters. It was easily something that you could see them doing. The rest of the cast was just put on some incredible anti-depressants and thrown into the cherry blossoms of high school senselessness.

You're quite right. They went through so much trouble to depress everyone, only to explode with the happy once again. It was just... way too sudden.
I've never seen an ending trivialize so much of a series like that. And everyone was happy about it, too.
It just didn't make sense for a series ending. It would have probably done better as some sort of epilogue where you get to see everyone all reformed and happy for once in a long while.
But right away seems like they were pushing it.

Or, again, maybe all Teh Sadniss was just the writers playing a cruel joke....

Yuri-kun - biggrin

Oh and about the whole "unclear relationship between Mai and Tatertot" - This reminds me a lot about InuYasha and Kagome. There are obvious feelings, but there is also no resolve to actually act on those feelings.

This also makes me thing about Shinji and Asuka (don't have a heart attack, Langley-dono xd ). That relationship is even more muddled and although a lot of dojinshi comics and the official games have embraced the idea of them being together, some people still argue that they'll never be together or want to, for that matter. When it's that way, I like how things are still up in the air, but at the same time, I'm a SxA fanboy 3nodding

Langley-dono - I completely forgot that Shizuru went on that murderous rampage and wasted all of those poor fools in the 1st district, but to be honest, they had it coming, so I'm glad she did it.

But, the fact that she would actually terminate two HiME Childs and all of those people in the 1st district ties back to her love for Natsuki, which I find admirable.

When she defeated Nao, she was in this entranced/totally pissed mode, at the fact that Nao threatened Natsuki's life. It was this twisted form of love that I find to be amazing, since Shizuru did all she could to not only prove what Natsuki means to her, she did it to protect her. She did all she could (considering she had denounced her power as President during the last moments of the show) and when she had power, she still protected Natsuki, submersively. It might be fanatical devotion, but devotion is still devotion to me.

This also parallels to Mokoto's struggle for true love, which was more blatantly spelled out for us (thank you again HiME writers!). In her search for it, she found a purpose and wrapped onto it with everything she had, which makes me admire her as well.

It seems a little desparate and shallow to forget everything in the past and adopt a new value, but that value wasn't really new at all. Her brother is her oldest memory and it dominated her newer ones. Well, for a bit, at least.

Mokoto, like Shizuru, did only what she had in her power, and that was the power to fight. Because of her reverence to her brother, she was prepared to cause herself and other people pain (i.e. slicing Shiho's crow in half). She was even prepared to be defeated by Mai, since it was Mai who was destined to become Kokuyou's wife, even though she didn't fully understand what would happen to her.

I know; blind devotion is not a good policy and it is foolish and destructive, but think about the core of why it happens. Love or 'true love' in this case for someone, something, or some cause can sway people to throw away all other values to adhere to one value. I find it hard to explain in a more general or real situation, and in a place where it can be seen in a positive light, since people like this are often closed minded and utterly fervent on their belief(s). I just talk about love in this case and doing what is in your cone of power to do.

EDIT - I thought I'd mention Akira in the pink skirt, since that seemed to bother a lot of you. It did kind of shock me too, since Akira changed so fast, but it's not that big of a deal, right?

Also, Shizuru and the raping thing: I guess there's no justification for that, is there? xp

Well, I think they had options, like the option to give up, for example. It was really a matter of 'how far will I go' sort of thing.

Tate and Mai had like 1 deep conversation, but they seemed to flirt and create awkward situations the rest of the time. InuYasha and Kagome were able to have a ton of deep conversations because there were 167 freaking episodes. That's how I see it anyway.

I'll put in more when I think of something o_o

The ending was nice....
But there were just tooooooo much unaswered questions.....
Its just like....
Everything was reset back to normal....
And nothing happen in the end except the HiME-Star is gone....
I hope all those unanswered questions will be answer in the next season...

You already read my Next Season Thread...
I think I don't I need to repeat my news....

By the way....
I heard the game is based on the Manga...
Not sure about it though.... sweatdrop

If the game is based on the manga, then there is no hope.