(L+CR) Samurai Flamenco

[mistress_kisara]

DAT stripping scene I can't stop laughing OMG

[Dop]

Well, the episode was called "Samurai Flamenco Naked" and it did exactly what it said on the tin.

Masayoshi proposing to Goto and promising to do everything for him his girlfriend would have was excellent.

All in all a good way to wind the show up. Kaname running the Flamenco Museum, MMM back on stage and the Flamenco Girls still out there kicking... well you know what they're kicking, and Masayoshi back to where he started, chasing people for littering...

It's been a wild and enjoyable ride and I wouldn't have missed a second of it.

[Cloudedmind]

This was the best ending I could have asked for. xD Now excuse me while I go laugh and smile my butt off.

[Kanon]

This final was hilarious

This isn't the kind of stuff we could have seen in just any series. This show truly was one of a kind. I'm satisfied with the way the story concluded, but I wish Goto got closure. He's still not over his girlfriend, as the last minute proved. I was a bit surprised there was no twist about Goto's girlfriend, she just plain disappeared.

Not a bad show overall, but I wouldn't say it's good either. The cast was nice, but the story was often too crazy for its good. That's what makes it so unique though. 6/10.

[Mad Pierrot]

The episode was pretty good and mostly awkward. Stripping and proposing... What the heck? And in the end Goto didn't recover? I can't tell if that's "Dude funny!" or "Dude, not funny!".

[JiCi]

There should have been a scene where Mari gets back to the hospital, sees Moe and Mizuki awaken up and healthy, cute reunion and hugs, then Mari kisses Moe (as usual)... only to have Mizuki tells Mari that the poison might still be in their bodies. Scene ends with Mari freaking out and panicking.

Not much, but that would have been funny as ever XD.

[erdii]

well at least it was a new kind of ending I really wanted Gotou to get over his loss and start his life again. he took the first step but we won't know whether he will take the other steps. it would have been better if Mari played a bigger role here.

[Breimoon]

Originally Posted by JiCi

There should have been a scene where Mari gets back to the hospital, sees Moe and Mizuki awaken up and healthy, cute reunion and hugs, then Mari kisses Moe (as usual)... only to have Mizuki tells Mari that the poison might still be in their bodies. Scene ends with Mari freaking out and panicking.

Not much, but that would have been funny as ever XD.

mari should have been the one to strip and proposing to Gotou, Or raping him if possible :P

[Chosen_Hero]

Love the show but this was kind of a disappointing ending, funny as hell but still disappointing.

[Houreki]

I love the episode, he proposing to Goto while being naked was pretty funny.
but, I don't understand, is his girlfriend alive or not?

[takai]

Honestly, the ending was pretty disappointing, albeit funny. The whole naked thing was awful, Gotou still isn't over his girlfriend, even though this actually set it up perfectly so Masayoshi could've said "You're not alone anymore". Which really would've wrapped his obsession up nicely, because the last piece of her was finally gone. So that was terrible too.

Also extremely disappointed that Masayoshi didn't realize Sumi's feelings, which was also set up perfectly. He could've developed character by actually trying to figure out what love is by dating her.

Failing to execute many of these points dropped the overall score for me.

[Key Board]

wow, Masayohi really cares for Goto

but really.. it just makes sense, emotionally that is, for him to do that

[Kazu-kun]

Originally Posted by Breimoon

mari should have been the one to strip and proposing to Gotou, Or raping him if possible :P

Nah, the series' OTPs are Masayoshi/Gotou and Mari/Moe.

[musouka]

Originally Posted by takai

Also extremely disappointed that Masayoshi didn't realize Sumi's feelings, which was also set up perfectly. He could've developed character by actually trying to figure out what love is by dating her.

Or, you know, he could find out what love is through his relationship with Gotou, which was actually built up for longer than one ambiguous scene a single episode before the end and was tied up perfectly by Masayoshi's marriage proposal.

Honestly, people sometimes...

[Triple_R]

Originally Posted by Kazu-kun

Nah, the series' OTPs are Masayoshi/Gotou and Mari/Moe.

No, Masayoshi/Gotou is not an OTP. There's no reason whatsoever to think that Gotou is gay or bi-sexual. In fact, Gotou's backstory (which was one of the better and more compelling parts of the final episode) shows just how utterly attached he was to his girlfriend.


I have to agree with takai - It was a disappointing ending in most respects. There was no reason for Hazama to get naked. It was totally silly and unwarranted. Pretty much the entire climatic scene was silly, only rescued at all by Mari kicking some ass.

This is honestly the most disappointing anime ending I've seen in quite some time, given how much I've liked and defended this show. I now wish the show had simply ended at the end of the Alien Flamenco arc. That would have made a much better ending than this, imo.

[Cloudedmind]

Originally Posted by Triple_R

No, Masayoshi/Gotou is not an OTP. There's no reason whatsoever to think that Gotou is gay or bi-sexual. In fact, Gotou's backstory (which was one of the better and more compelling parts of the final episode) shows just how utterly attached he was to his girlfriend.


I have to agree with takai - It was a disappointing ending in most respects. There was no reason for Hazama to get naked. It was totally silly and unwarranted. Pretty much the entire climatic scene was silly, only rescued at all by Mari kicking some ass.

This is honestly the most disappointing anime ending I've seen in quite some time, given how much I've liked and defended this show. I now wish the show had simply ended at the end of the Alien Flamenco arc. That would have made a much better ending than this, imo.

But the whole show has had Masayoshi doing silly unconventional things based purely on his ideals and sense of justice. I don't see him getting naked as being out character or out of place. Also think about the implications of him getting naked. Haiji wanted him to put on his Flamenco costume which completely covers him up, and turn into his Samuari Flamenco persona. What would be the opposite of that, just plain old Masayoshi stripped down to the bare bones, or his birthday suit as it were. Basically he was rejecting Haiji's proposal that he turns into Samurai Flamenco and instead faced him head on as just pure Masayoshi. His nudity could then been seen as an outward manifestation of Masayoshi's desire to face Haiji as just himself, and nothing more.

[Triple_R]

Originally Posted by Cloudedmind

But the whole show has had Masayoshi doing silly unconventional things based purely on his ideals and sense of justice. I don't see him getting naked as being out character or out of place.

Masayoshi is a man who values the law. Every last, tiny law. I would imagine there's a law in Japan against walking around naked in public.

I get what they're aiming for symbolically here, and it's what you say it is. But taking off his shirt would have been enough for that alone.


Let me be clear - I'm not saying this finale ruins Samurai Flamenco for me. I will still have mostly fond memories of this show, and I still hold it in high esteem overall. In a day or so, I'll probably be over this ending. I just found it particularly disappointing given how strong their various arc endings were - The King Torture arc, the From Beyond arc, and the Alien Flamenco arc, all had excellent endings, imo.

[Cloudedmind]

Originally Posted by Triple_R

Masayoshi is a man who values the law. Every last, tiny law. I would imagine there's a law in Japan against walking around naked in public.

I get what they're aiming for symbolically here, and it's what you say it is. But taking off his shirt would have been enough for that alone.


Let me be clear - I'm not saying this finale ruins Samurai Flamenco for me. I will still have mostly fond memories of this show, and I still hold it in high esteem overall. In a day or so, I'll probably be over this ending. I just found it particularly disappointing given how strong their various arc endings were - The King Torture arc, the From Beyond arc, and the Alien Flamenco arc, all had excellent endings, imo.

I believe they were inside his burnt out apartment building, even if that's not his apartment they were still inside, so yeah I don't think he was breaking any decency laws.

[musouka]

But he wasn't in public, he was in his own apartment for crying out loud.

It's also pretty obvious that his confession to Gotou was sincere, if ill-thought out. There's no point in having Gotou question it and Masayoshi affirm its sincerity otherwise. Nor did the ending mean that Gotou was in love with Masayoshi. It just left the door open for that sort of future development. (And, there's certainly evidence that it's not as impossible as you'd think. Otherwise there would be no reason for Gotou's invisible mental girlfriend to show obvious jealous over him talking about Masayoshi too much.)

In other words, this was probably one of the only plot threads in Samurai Flamenco with enough evidence and build up to carry itself to the logical, wedding proposal, conclusion.

[Key Board]

Let's just say it wasn't sexual, but it sure as hell was romantic

other words, this was probably one of the only plot threads in Samurai Flamenco with enough evidence and build up to carry itself to the logical, wedding proposal, conclusion.

I agree. I think this is actually one of the things that "made sense" in the show. Emotionally, that is.
Masayoshi wasn't thinking with his head. He was thinking wit his heart.