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Originally Posted by DMurphy
It's weird, it seems like people were expecting McGillis to survive, but that was never going to happen. You know that was never going to happen, he was marked for death the moment he appeared on screen. It's way more surprising to me that Hush died, I thought he would survive for sure.
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McGillis became one of the most popular characters in both the East and the West for a reason. I know personally he was my favorite character and many people loved his attitude, design, and just his overall character. So its pretty understandable that there are quite a few who are upset and sad over his death. I personally didn't think he was going to die when he first appeared, but I liked what he stood for and for what he was trying to do. As the series went on, I got the feeling that he would die, or at least "die" in order to make his ultimate plan work out. Even here in this episode there were quite a few asking both on English and Japanese sites if McGillis would actually make it or not despite his name being in the title. I was thinking he would sort of end like Char did in the original Gundam, where he does his final act and kind of disappears until the next time we see him.
But I also like how he went out here too, him basically being a one man army against Rustal's forces. Honestly, Gaelio may have won his fight, but he will never gain my respect. Something McGillis will always have.
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Originally Posted by Obelisk ze Tormentor
At this point, that ending above and an end where the protags fall by bringing the antagonists with them is still considered a well-written ending because it still follow through on the foreshadowing delivered by Naze when he said to Orga that he seems lost in his ambition. Now that Naze's concern has turned real with Orga's gone and Tekkadan in shambles, we'll see how things go for Orga-less Tekkadan since, at the critical moment, Orga was able to snap out from his delusion of grandeur, revert to his old self and his last order was for what's left of Tekkie members to survive the best they can.
Oh Irene, and looks like Takaki's decision is still a good decision for him and his sister as you seem to worried about them if I recall. Well, unless Nagai-kada wanted a completely bleak ending by offing them at the end 
That's okay. Not everybody like tragedies. Heck, even people who love great movie like Grave of the Fireflies don't want to revisit it again. |
The thing is, I feel that some parts of what you said are right, but I think many of the things that have happened didn't need to happen either. I saw nothing wrong with their desire to become Kings of Mars. I never saw it as "delusions of grandeur". I think it was actually quite doable if things hadn't fallen apart as they did in the third half. Naze himself accepted this, and even died telling Orga to become the King of Mars and take care of his family.
I'm actually wondering if the message they are trying to convey and why it doesn't fit with me, is more of a cultural clash thing between the Japanese who are more about fitting in and moderation, where the West is more about standing out and having ambition and always striving for more?
I guess it's possible, but even if that's what they wanted to do, I think they could have shown it in a better way then they did.
I'm not upset by the ending if it does go this way, it's not like A/Z which is a series that I deplore where the ending was so bad I was physically ill
, but I probably won't be going back to it again either.
I would be okay if it ends with the protags and antags going down together. I just want some kind of repercussions for Rustal and his goon squad. It's if the villains totally win, then I'm really done.
And yeah,
Grave of the Fireflies, I've only seen once and that's enough. It's quite powerful, but its not something I can see multiple times. Similarly to something like
Schindler's List.
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