(L) Mirai Nikki (Series)

[Faerie]

AHH, I have to say, without wikipedia, as someone who hasn't read the manga, I would've found the ending really hard to understand. It makes sense if you know what happens in the manga, but if you really didn't... it's very strange.

I actually thought "Oh, but this is supposed to be the last episode. 26, right, how can they make a 27th?" for a minute because it didn't feel like an ending scene, unless you know what's happening from the manga :S

That said, not sure if the manga ending would've been preferable.

And I can't believe how cute Murmur 2 was xD Murmur 1 was always creepy, even when she was being cute...

[j0x]

i got curious on what are the manga pages that did not make it to the last episode of the anime and i must say the manga ending is darn better, its a happy ending for all in the manga version including a happy ending for both Yuno and Yukki

[totoum]

Spoiler for ep26:

They did it!
They changed the ending I hate...Kind of.
Everything was fine before the credits,but after it looks like they didn't change the manga ending,they just teased it.
I have no idea how I'd react if I wasn't a manga reader,I'd probably be go "wtf was that about?"

But the next project is the live action drama right?
Or is it getting an anime original sequel?

[D-KLAC]

Spoiler for ep26:

finally after this yea so much all things indeed most of is still ONORE DECADE yet things sorta end mix-ok of hmm?

yuki still in ball dream world gonig watch star with parents
murmur trying keep it all quite heal 3rd world yuno''s dad & tell yuno get rid of her 3rd version.
yuno looking at 3rd version of self then see she awake then tell harsh future of what could be.
then 3rd yuno said you're wrong give her parents issues one day still care.
yuno more bit confuse about she said then something happening from the dream ball.
where yuki said he can't go cause of something.
meanwhile cops arrive see damage notice someone with 3rd yuno's mom see husband.
murmur all panic tell yuno do it cause random changes.
9th all hurt see 3rd Nishijima wonder have he seen her.
more cameo of 3rd world's 6th & etc notice bomb & stop the evil person, 5th all nappy with parents together, mask 12th caught 3rd, 10th & hinata all together with dogs, big 8th get call to meet mayor 11th, 7th called to check back to nap, & mayor 11th cancel it cause he saw future being "bye-bye" with telling deus yea new idea to work.
murmur more panic to do yet yuno want yuki.
go stab but her 3rd world's dad to save block.
yuki said he got something do cause for that "female".
then yuno see her 3rd world parents together worry on 3rd yuno.
while dream world yuki's parents understand yuki must do.
then after dream world parents saying with go with heart leads.
yuno going what to do go charge 3rd world then yuki scream yuno!!!
3rd world cop shoot then yuki shout YUNO!!! to unleash 2nd murmur?!
to block bullet & save catch yuno.
yea murmur going what is 2nd world murmur who murmur lock-up in ball dream.
so grab & reveal no.1 on bandage on murmur-1.
now all look safe & well then give one more thing to do yuno stab herself to stay.
& get kiss of yuki cause of that game set yuki & murmur 2 return to their world.
give 2nd world is safe still damage give yuki bit sad.


some time later in 3rd world
9th now stuck in 3rd world see world self on the loose now with Nishijima & have kids also fly!!!
random cameos 4th cop calling Nishijima with his kid all ok, 12th visit jailed 3rd, 7th got "bun oven", happy 5th, 6th napping with parents put blanket she all happy happy, big 8th & mayor 11th on a date?! , staredown with kosuda & dog with hinata, mao, akise, & 10th, deus & murmur-3 see all hmm from other world is gone.
3rd yuno showing phone with pic family all good.
then see 3rd yuki with parents all together with female look like yuki's mom.
oh her phone now got murmur-1 on it.

back in world 2
yuki all wonder how 3rd world with murmur 2 all bored for 10000 years with long & look at phone.
then some wonder saying then show phone "new message" & light is shown?!

"next project starting!"

ok now yea after watching is all yea whole series indeed very so hmm-hmm must see dub version of it & yet it "next project" hmm i wonder could be something either continue, spin-off, etc (give live action on the way).

overall yea all this indeed so much ONORE DECADE for this yet worth a watch.

yea give watching finale now a "next project" hmm see options go

1.spin-off either mosaic or paradox
2.movie recap with new scenes
3.ova showings.
4.remaking of finale story with new scenes & added more ending (aka like final plus of seed destiny).

likely those give already live action is next so yea so much ONORE DECADE on it.

[Flawfinder]

Originally Posted by thundrakkon

Just a thought, but couldn't Yuno have taken Yuki to the first world and live together for all of eternity? I've got nothing for this one. I never considered this possibility myself.

Also, wouldn't ninth's survival negate Yuki winning in the second world? No, her phone is gone. You need the phone to be in the game.

As for the third world changes to all the diary holders, why did they change at that time? I understand 4th's change with saving his child by Minene's call. However, how did they find the bomb for Tsubaki's, 6th, parents? Is it really too hard to believe that they inspected the car due to the delay caused by Minene's flashy explosions? In fact, everybody was changed because of the explosions. Butterfly effect FTW.

Well, we do know that in the 3rd world, Deus changes the game around to find a successor. A few things I notice, like Yuno 1 did not disappear when she stabbed herself. She is a god, so doesn't that mean that she can't die? No, she lost her god powers when she changed worlds.

Also, with the 3rd world changed around, and Yuno longing unknowingly for Yuki, could she have ended up as Deus 3's successor as well? Deus has to make that decision himself.

And that's all I can answer at any rate. Personally, I like the ambiguous ending.

[DarkyPwnz]

Oh a...

Spoiler for 26:

Cliffhanger. I wonder what comes next.

[Randrak42]

Originally Posted by DarkyPwnz

Oh a...

Spoiler for 26:

Cliffhanger. I wonder what comes next.

Yuki wakes up in a white cushioned room and a straitjacket. He then proceeds to realize that EVERYTHING since episode 1 was all in his crazy crazy mind...with Yuno is a the patient in the next room.

Spoiler for lol:

Funny thing is...I wouldn't mind this ending xD

[DarkyPwnz]

Hey mods, will this thread stay in the current series section? Click the spoiler above for the reason I am asking this.

[FlareKnight]

Originally Posted by KoiYuki

Spoiler for ep 26:

To be fair, Tsubaki had her parents delayed because of all the stuff Yukki/Yuno/Minene/Murmur were doing.. so that gave them time to find the car bomb or whatever the hell that was. Since Funatsu put it there, and since he was the one that caused all the terrible things to happen to her after her parents were killed, since he was caught.. it makes sense that that wouldn't happen.

The only problem I had with that was how a delay would make them find a bomb. I mean who says "well we're going to be delayed....let's check our car for explosives" . Just finding the car bomb seemed flimsy.

[Dextro]

Originally Posted by FlareKnight

The only problem I had with that was how a delay would make them find a bomb. I mean who says "well we're going to be delayed....let's check our car for explosives" . Just finding the car bomb seemed flimsy.

He placed it by a tire and the driver was checking the air since he didn't have anything better to do. There, I gave you a way out.

[ookamigirl]

Yuno 1 & Yuno 3 heart to heart talk was kinda nice.
Yukkii in his own little world... but not for long.
The third world's diary owners fate seems to have changed.
Yuno finally offed herself, about time her madness ended.
Yukkii won.
Guess everyone got their happy ending, well, almost everyone...

[TurkeyPotPie]

I dropped Mirai Nikki after the first cour because I felt it had already gone off the rails by then, but I decided to marathon the second cour yesterday. Good thing I did because otherwise I don't know if I'd have finished the series. What a mess. It was compelling enough for me to plow through to the end though, despite the hilarity of some of the episodes. Lots of head shaking and laughing about how ridiculous the plot twists got. Really, I think my major complaint is that the characterizations weren't consistent. Motivations were all over the place and changed at the drop of a hat to fit the plot twists.

I think the producers did about as well as they could with the ending though. The manga ending was a total cop-out. The anime ending straddled the line between a completely dark ending and the ridiculous time-space hammer by not quite showing Yuno busting through but at least hinting at it with the audio for those that liked that ending I guess.

At least this show gave me the super moe scene with Minene handcuffed to whats-his-face and needing to take a dump. Never thought I'd find a girl with diarrhea moe.

[mochichan]

They changed the ending to continue the series? O_O
That's the impression I got..
maybe it's related to the live action or a paradox OVA/movie.

The ending was too vague.
Tho it was amazing how much I enjoy when Yuno die......<__<

[Flawfinder]

Originally Posted by TurkeyPotPie

Really, I think my major complaint is that the characterizations weren't consistent. Motivations were all over the place and changed at the drop of a hat to fit the plot twists.

Of all the problems with Future Diary, I don't think inconsistent characterization should be one of them. Every time a plot twist happened or a character changes, it still felt like the characters were sticking to their roots for better or worse. Yuki was always a loser, Yuno was always insane, Eighth was always sweet, Akise was always smart, and so on and so forth.

[thundrakkon]

Originally Posted by Flawnalyst

No, she lost her god powers when she changed worlds.

However, I find it inconsistent, since in the 3rd world, she realized she was the one with the powers and controlled the orbs against Yuki. She also trapped Yuki in the alternate world orb. All this, while Murmur 1 was fighting with Minene.

So as far as I can tell, at least in world 3, she did not lose her powers. Also, it would better explain why she did not disappear after she stabbed herself. She probably survived it.

[Flawfinder]

Originally Posted by thundrakkon

However, I find it inconsistent, since in the 3rd world, she realized she was the one with the powers and controlled the orbs against Yuki. She also trapped Yuki in the alternate world orb. All this, while Murmur 1 was fighting with Minene.

So as far as I can tell, at least in world 3, she did not lose her powers. Also, it would better explain why she did not disappear after she stabbed herself. She probably survived it.

She was using Deus's essence from the second world in order to do all that though. She can't use god powers on her own.

[Arya]

Just finished the last episode. Well, I liked it.

Spoiler for spoilers:

I liked how they gave (us) another chance to the players in some way or another, some coherently, other less A bittersweet end for us, because they were not the real ones. Thing that got more evident thanks to the Yuno's confrontation with the other self and her other parents.
And I liked the ending because it was consistent, there were only two ways, Yuno's looping, or Yuki's sloth, and they stuck to the latter.
The only thing (ok, not the only one) I didn't get was why Yuno3 had that memories, just to troll us? and did murmur1 get transformed in that little doll?

Giving the ending I liked the series, because honestly, yuki was the most annoying thing and only an awesome Yuno save me by dropping the series. But tastes aside, I really liked the fact that they didnt let themselves go astray, giving us some unfitting happy ending, nor half happy third world ending. That makes Yuki also consistent.
That last minute never happened
(Happy ending that seems to exist in the manga, but I haven't read yet the details about that).

[ars89]

Nice the second Murmur showed up when Yuki broke out. Like how they changed the third world. The third world turned out good. Was that really the first world Murmur alive as a keychain? Lol figures Yuki would get depressed and do nothing, like how he didn't even cut his hair. Well seems like they'll make an ova to finish it off, since they said next project.

[Goty]

Originally Posted by TurkeyPotPie

I dropped Mirai Nikki after the first cour because I felt it had already gone off the rails by then, but I decided to marathon the second cour yesterday. Good thing I did because otherwise I don't know if I'd have finished the series. What a mess. It was compelling enough for me to plow through to the end though, despite the hilarity of some of the episodes. Lots of head shaking and laughing about how ridiculous the plot twists got. Really, I think my major complaint is that the characterizations weren't consistent. Motivations were all over the place and changed at the drop of a hat to fit the plot twists.

...

I couldn't have said it better and one must be blind to deny all that. Mirai Nikki makes Code Geass look like a coherent, nicely planned story.
Still, and even though i eventually came to hate both Yukiteru and Yuno, the series was entertaining enough to make me keep up with it weekly. So yeah, i'm pretty glad it's over but for some weird reason i don't regret watching it either.

[Flawfinder]

Originally Posted by Goty

I couldn't have said it better and one must be blind to deny all that. Mirai Nikki makes Code Geass look like a coherent, nicely planned story.
Still, and even though i eventually came to hate both Yukiteru and Yuno, the series was entertaining enough to make me keep up with it weekly. So yeah, i'm pretty glad it's over but for some weird reason i don't regret watching it either.

Oh god that is so true. And speaking of Code Geass, the author of Future Diary has this new series called Big Order, which is basically Yuki with the personality of Lelouch. I am not kidding. He has the sister, the mind-controlling powers (thought not from his eyes), the smarts...Esuno Sakae is not plagiarizing, right?

Final Thoughts on Future Diary: It reminded me of Peter Jackson's early films. And I love those more than LOTR. How could I not enjoy this anime?