That was a
gorgeously rendered climatic episode that puts the fine finishing touches on the Shana narrative, and J.C. Staff deserves much credit for that.
The Guiding God's big moment was executed perfectly - I especially liked the expression on Bear-form Margery Daw's face during the scene. That was a great expression.
Khamsin's send-off was very well-done, as others have already explained nicely (so I won't add much here). One thing I'll point out for this scene is that I
loved how Kazumi was handled in it. Shana III did a superb job of rehabilitating Kazumi's character to the point that she's now one of my favorites in the entire series. And once more, J.C. Staff drew/animated her to look so stunningly attractive.
The first few minutes of the episode did confuse me a bit, but it was almost worth it for the "entropy" reference that instantly gave me hilarious visions of
Madoka Magica's Kyubey trying to steal Yuji's Reiji Maigo.
Just two negatives for me with this episode:
1. Just a slight melancholy that comes with seeing such an epic story come to an end. With this episode, some sadness set in for me, knowing that Shana's adventures are now just about over.
2. I'm hoping that we don't get too much of a silly Yuji vs. Shana fight next episode. That's my one remaining worry, going by the next episode preview. We have
one episode left - With my deepest apologies to Kristen, the
main goal of it should be reestablishing a good and heartwarming Yuji/Shana romance. It's time to quickly make amends, not give us more action scenes. A fight between Yuji and Shana, especially if its protracted, could undermine that a lot for me. I hope this can be largely/entirely avoided.
9/10 for this episode, as I was confused a couple times, but nothing too severe.
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