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View Poll Results: Aquarion EVOL - Episode 26 [End] Rating | |||
Perfect 10 | 25 | 27.47% | |
9 out of 10 : Excellent | 16 | 17.58% | |
8 out of 10 : Very Good | 7 | 7.69% | |
7 out of 10 : Good | 12 | 13.19% | |
6 out of 10 : Average | 10 | 10.99% | |
5 out of 10 : Below Average | 6 | 6.59% | |
4 out of 10 : Poor | 2 | 2.20% | |
3 out of 10 : Bad | 2 | 2.20% | |
2 out of 10 : Very Bad | 0 | 0% | |
1 out of 10 : Painful | 11 | 12.09% | |
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2012-06-26, 07:26 | Link #322 | |
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They could have used to time devoted to Zessica's love martyr or those retarded dick contests between Amata and Kagura, to give Mikono some in though on why it was so difficult for her to commit (daddy issue, I'm too useless for Amata to like me, he's just pretending... whatever). Maybe also allow her to grow as a self reliant pilot eventually. No Kagura helps Amata not to look like a retard and spare us the embarassing destiny non sense and angst. Kishimoto trainwrecked his own story and main characters development for the sake of pointless drama, triangles and reincarnations shenanigan. Sure it was fun to speculate, but consistent story and characters come first. |
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2012-06-26, 07:55 | Link #323 | ||||
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Kagura's and Zessica's 180 degree turn was pretty sudden - I wouldn't say Zessica was too out of character (I mean, this is how she used to be, waaay back), Kagura's "yay, go Amata!" was weirder - I can see where it came from, it simply wasn't developed enough. Obviously both could've been handled better, except that would've required actual character handling instead of the "DANCE PUPPETS, DANCE" type of writing that plagued the entire show. hopefully the director's cut will elaborate on it a little. |
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2012-06-26, 08:25 | Link #324 |
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It is rather funny that Zessica was the one to tell Amata to fight fate but it was the other Amata- Kagura who listened. Zessica was drowning in this whole fate stuff but kagura who always talked about fate is the one who changed his own fate.
It is almost like kagura is sirius who wanted to be Apollonius, fell for Reika and in the end he could care less about whether he was Apollonius or not. If they just executed that kagura character change in a smoother way, this ending would not be so bad or atleeast explained what the heck caused kagura to change. |
2012-06-26, 08:32 | Link #325 | |
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It would have been better. Kagura and Amata's confrontations were one of the worst thing of the show. seriously. |
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2012-06-26, 10:27 | Link #327 | |
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What they may have been trying to accomplish with Kagura and what seems to have gotten lost in the translation, is that I think Okada was trying to drive home the idea from the last episode. Amata is in love with Mikono of now (though she (Okada) kind of undermines this with the whole *i was born to suffer to feel like sylvia* that... I don't even care enough to talk about it) while Kagura is in love with Sylvia of then. He was projecting Sylvia onto Mikono and, when he magically realized it wasn't quite the case, he made his big proclamation of "I love 12000 years of Sylvia, you love Mikono of now, go my bro!" So, had it been just a little better handled, you'd have Kagura content with loving the past, and Amata content with loving the present. Keeps true to their characters. Heck, just make it Kagura giving the *born to suffer and be alone* thing to Mikono as an apology to Sylvia, since he was (until the last episode) always portrayed as the more Apollo figure. Make that his closure of sorts, and have Amata move on with *now*. It really does come off as if there was a last minute *keep them alive!* change with Kagura and Zessica.
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2012-06-26, 10:59 | Link #329 |
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Kagura even said Amata left Silvia alone 12000 yrs ago and Amata didn't even acknowledge it. This episode Amata suddenly remembered it and said he was reborn to see Silvia's suffering when it was Kagura who all long knew it. Whatever!
I was hoping Silvia lived a happy life even after Apollo left 12000 yrs agobut I guess that never happened and so Mikono's soul was suffereing for 12000 yrs that she became a meek useless princess that basically had to be rescued. The only thing i can think of this zessica-kagura stuff is that he sees his silvia from 12000 yrs ago in zessica. |
2012-06-26, 11:00 | Link #330 | ||||
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I don't know. Kagura and Zessica have obviously been designed to be fan favorite characters (Kagura, the sexy wild bad boy who's like the clone of the beloved main character of the previous series; Zessica, the outgoing, genki girl with the barely-there clothes that show off her ahem, assets, that she uses to tease guys...) and as I doubt the happy ending was a last minute decision, I don't think keeping them alive was a last minute decision either. I think that they just screwed up the pacing and development, as with so many other things in this show. |
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2012-06-26, 11:14 | Link #334 |
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Only heard about this now. If thats the case, I'm definitely in. Only wondering if the director's cut is considered 'canon'. If its a "stuff we cut out cause we changed our minds DC" instead of a "Stuff we cut cause we lacked time to add it DC" I'd be less thrilled but meh, just have to wait and see.
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2012-06-26, 11:20 | Link #335 | |||
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That said, I think it would have been better for him to do the suffering and chat with Sylvia, to give him a bit of closure on that front. Otherwise, he's just left in a state of loving Sylvia, dead as she has been for 12,000 years. But I guess that's par for the course in this show. Yunoha's in love with a dead person, Cayenne is *ahem* friends with a dead person, Zessica is in love with a taken person, and Kagura is in love with a really, really dead person. Guess we have the ground work for AQ3 already. Quote:
Changed scene order, added two seconds of fluff, and nothing changed.
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2012-06-26, 11:33 | Link #337 |
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If it was anything considerable, they'd have advertised it same as F/Z did when they had the extended episode of 11 (I think it was). They (ufotable) flat out said, we cut this by a lot to fit broadcast times, watch it later for completeness. This seems like a tease to buy more BDs much like the Ep1&2 tease didn't amount to much.
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2012-06-26, 11:48 | Link #339 | ||
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I reckon that it would have actually been interesting to see is the interaction between Kagura AND Apollo. Kagura would probably have also gotten more closure to his character with having a moment with Sylvia, especially since Mikono apologized to him back when they entered Altair, which (imo) could have meant "I'm sorry, but the one I love is Amata" or "I'm sorry, I didn't know you were Pollon, and I didn't know you felt that way" (this last one was, iirc, is based on the episode we find out that Pollon = Apollo reincarnation family line). Evol had a 7+ year gap. They'd probably troll this fact by making AQ3 8+ years. I reckon its another case of, characters you tend to like + are most remembered are those who bit the bullet. I was saddened by his death scene, and it did its job of making people hate Mykage more. A part of me just wished Jin got more interaction then just 3 odd episodes since his interaction with the cast was definitely fun. |
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2012-06-26, 11:53 | Link #340 | |
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