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Originally Posted by Za Paper

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The other replies are similar to what my friend thought with the two gunshots at the end. My reasoning that they werent killed was that the two shots at the end were just for effect because guns were a common theme throughout the show. The mafia guys at the end also didnt like Artena because she was manipulating them so I think they let Kirika and Mirelle escape.

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Hmm... Soldats is not really the Mafia type... it's mentioned in the anime that Soldats is in control of the governments of a lot (if not all) of the powerful countries in the world. I'd say they are more like shadow society/secret world government sort of things ie. Illuminati. All the more reasons that they won't ever let the girls go unchecked, they are the power hungry sly politician type, they won't ever knowingly let two top assassins who has enough skills to kill them anytime go freely out of their grasp. Also Altena is not really manipulating them, it's more like power struggle where Altena believes in the old way while the other Soldats members just want to grab as much power for themselves as possible and don't care about the original purpose of the organization.

Originally Posted by TronDD

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Those shots sounded like Mirielle and Hirika's guns. I think it was in there to illistrate that, as the Soldat elder said, "Things aren't over yet." Like you say, they aren't just gonna let them go. However, that same Soldat wished Mirielle luck before she ventured to the manor. I don't think he'd shoot them in the back. They aren't dead...yet, anyway.

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Yea, that's one of the common argument I've seen a lot too, but I just don't think they'd just go out of door and shoot two shots randomly for the sake of symbolizing the end of the series... hmm... also the Soldats guys are old scheming politicians, and I'd say they wouldn't hesitate to backstab anyone who presents a threat to them. I'd even go as far as to say those Soldats acted before the girls to further ensure they have put their guards down. They are the ones sitting in the shadows manipulating the governments of powerful countries from behind the scene, let's say, imagine the Cigarette-Smoking Man and the Well-Manicured Man from the X-Files, and even eviler and slier