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jeroz · 2014-09-19, 23:51

I lost it when it shows that he's stacking those buckets, with a straight "yeah, what?" face.

Mad Pierrot · 2014-09-20, 13:12

First DVD/Bluray

ThereminVox · 2014-09-20, 18:38

Yu proactively stacking washbasins instead of just sitting around and marveling at his teammates' lack of decency was pretty funny. I like the little tics and quirks that both anime series have given him, building on the characteristics that were implied in the original game to make him a better-realized character.

Also, "Marie" gets to sing her own ED this week as an added treat.

bastek66 · 2014-09-21, 07:21

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Originally Posted by ThereminVox

Also, "Marie" gets to sing her own ED this week as an added treat.

It was terrible cover. Christ, how could she sing it so bad. Totally wrong attitude and tone of voice choice.

Kanon · 2014-09-21, 08:19

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Originally Posted by bastek66

It was terrible cover. Christ, how could she sing it so bad. Totally wrong attitude and tone of voice choice.

Yeah, even I found it bad. The original is a hundred times better.

Frontier · 2014-09-21, 21:32

I at least appreciate the creative team letting Kana Hanazawa sing the ending theme, or more appropriately letting Marie actually sing her song, even if the original was definitely the better version

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Wow, I was wondering if the 3rd-tier Persona's would ever make an appearance or get animated, but not only do we get them but cameo's from the 2nd-tier's as well! Just really cool to get to see them, as well as letting each member of the Investigation Team get a good hit on Kusumi-no-Okami

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I was a little shocked that they had Izanagi-no-Okami show up for the finish though, since I just assumed his reappearance in animation would be saved for the remake of the Izanami fight, but I guess since he already appeared in the True Ending of the original anime that the novelty of his appearance has worn off. And we're in a new-game plus of the original anime, which likely helps. Though before that, Izanagi on his own was actually pretty awesome even when his weapon was destroyed, with his "Izanagi Kick!" and "Izanagi Punch!"

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Rise's reaction to Yu's princess carry of Marie and her retort back was pretty funny, as was Yu during the onsen scene

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The eyecatches for Golden have been pretty great, but I have to say this episodes eyecatch with the girls in those outfits left quite an impression, alongside the onsen scene and that view of Marie's nice body

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I had my doubts they would do Valentines day, for various reasons, so it wasn't that surprising to see most of it skipped over. I assume Nanako's Chocolate kept Yu out of commission for the entire day, which prevented any romantic hijinks from happening at the school with the girls. I guess it all worked out for the best, since no one got their heart broken and Yu got to accept Nanako and Marie's chocolates and still live to see another day

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Lots of good YuxMarie scenes in this episode, with a nice YuxNanako for good measure, and while I'm also with MAX_COLA_POWER! in being disappointed with how Marie's Valentines scene wasn't exactly like it was in the game, I can understand why it worked out that way. Though while she quickly avoided confessing in this episode, I'm hoping there'll be a scene in the next episode to more than make up for it

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Looking forward to the remake of the fight with Izanami!

Dextro · 2014-09-23, 09:26

Well, Yu proves once again why he's the siscon kingpin

Kanon · 2014-09-23, 10:03

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Originally Posted by Dextro

Well, Yu proves once again why he's the siscon kingpin

What kind of monster wouldn't have eaten Nanako's chocolate?

FlareKnight · 2014-09-23, 11:54

Certainly the original singing for the ED was superior there was no doubt about that. Though I think it somewhat came down to not being the right kind of song for that voice. Just not a strong enough voice to keep up with the music. But I didn't think it was a total disaster. At points it had a solid sound to it. At points the mismatch was plainly clear, but I props for at least letting her take that crack at the ED.

Uribatake · 2014-09-23, 12:52

Ever since Kobato, I've wondered why no one in the anime industry has the guts to tell Kana Hanazawa she can't sing. She's a fine voice actress, and very cute to boot, but good Lord, don't let her near a singing microphone.

Random14 · 2014-09-26, 01:52

Well, that's the Golden Epilogue done with, and glad they didn't alter that event too much. Hm, honestly I like the original series ending more, having Marie in distress again just one episode after being rescued is a bit repetitive. And having Izanagi-no-Okami lose so Kaguya/Marie could come in and save the day was disappointing, but guess that's why it showed up last episode, to have one win. And was hoping Adachi's Social Link would lend power, but guess the Accomplice End bonus episode will be his time. At least they kept in Marie's on-air confession, that's always a funny moment.

Aniplex of America will probably sell the discs for this series, right? Glad I won't have to bother with paying their prices then. It was fun to see the cast again (the epilogue was sweet), but as I can only put up with so much Marie, this series wasn't that entertaining. Mostly just sad at how everything was rearranged to center around Marie, demoting everyone else. Now to go back to finishing my current playthrough of Golden.

jeroz · 2014-09-26, 02:35

I never expected this episode to one up the overwhelming amount of emotion in that OVA back then, and this episode instead focuses on the aftermath of everyone more.

Though the moment the Reincarnation remix of I'll Face Myself plays I teared up again. I could not remember when it was being played last time, but that song just triggered a massive response from me.

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Overall, a decent supplementary material for one series that I quite like years back. I'm still feeling so-so about the addition of Marie, but the Adachi arc just makes it all worth it. Ep12 and the TE OVA were my favourite episodes back in the original P4A, and that arc just uses the same themes and amplified them greatly. Nonetheless, it's great to see the crew fooling around once more time, even if the initial news was totally unexpected. I wouldn't say this is a must-watch except for the Adachi arc, but overall quite an enjoyable series this season. In the Friday with two other "blockbusters", this is the show that somehow sits on top of my priority list for the past few weeks.

Kanon · 2014-09-26, 07:44

That was a good series for Persona 4 fans. I enjoyed it despite its numerous flaws. It made me want to play the Golden. Still waiting for it to be ported to PS3 or PS4. Screw the Vita.

FlareKnight · 2014-09-26, 09:38

And there we go. Honestly, not a bad way to handle it and in general I think that was a better way to tackle Izanami than they originally did. At least there was some build up to facing this person before hand. Although everyone was still dropped to being cheerleaders there

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Did a decent job fitting the last battle and the epilogue. A better way to end off I feel. Overcame the dangers and got their positive conclusion. Even if Yu had to move it wasn't like he was going to lose the connections built. Just has to head back there when he has the time to.

As a whole I enjoyed going through this Golden run. Didn't always have a ton of action and very narrowly focused, but it did what it set out to do. Honestly the only other way I could have seen tackling this was some 50 episode monster so the could cover the original material and Golden. This was a fun little NG+ that has me considering giving Golden another replay when I can find the time.

HandofFate · 2014-09-26, 10:23

Decent last episode.
I did get a bit lost and felt it was a bit jumbled when they kept throwing "Final boss" after final boss at us right after the other. And the actual battling was kind of lazy, but that's fine, the combat wasn't the focus this season anyway. But the plot conversations were nice.

Laughed @ Marie the Weather girl, and how she signs off. Hope a creditless ED of that is in the DVD extras cause a gif of that would be good.

GDB · 2014-09-26, 11:04

Great last episode. Probably the best episode of the Golden series. But then again, I love me some time skip epilogues. Kind of weird how it's only like 5 months later, yet everyone looks like they've matured at least a couple of years.

I also don't think they grew Naoto's hair out enough. Her novel series has her with hair down to nearly her ass, and that only takes place a year later. Sure, people don't grow 2 feet of hair in a year, but still, they could've shown her growing it out more like they did with Nanako, Chie, and Rise.

DingoEnderZOE2 · 2014-09-26, 11:46

Well while I personally didn't like how they handled the "reveal" and how they did the final boss fight, everything after that was great, the epilogue was handled VERY VERY WELL and the send out was executed perfectly in my opinion and Maries confession was icing on the cake.

Overall my rating is 7/10 worth a watch if you've played the games or watched the original anime series FIRST.

Now for the matter of the OVA, personally I don't think I will personally be able to stomach watching it after this, UNLESS they play the accomplish ending off like a special vision from say Margaret or maybe Marie casually having Yuu see what would have happened if he took that choice and after it's over they go back to the real present with Yu having a huge appreciation for his choice or something.

If they simply show it to us straight and NOT send us back to the real reality t then no I couldn't watch it and they would have been better off doing it that way during the show.

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Originally Posted by GDB

I also don't think they grew Naoto's hair out enough. Her novel series has her with hair down to nearly her ass, and that only takes place a year later. Sure, people don't grow 2 feet of hair in a year, but still, they could've shown her growing it out more like they did with Nanako, Chie, and Rise.

That novel was confirmed as non-canon I'm afraid.

TrueDevil · 2014-09-26, 12:29

All in all, I really enjoyed P4G, the animations was better than the original and the focus on the events of Golden was also faith to the original.
Still, it wasnt as funny as the original maybe cuz we only got 12 eps and also battles were almost nonexisting.
I do hope that we gonna see the older personas or SMT games to get animated since they are also really great.

Dextro · 2014-09-26, 13:24

I completely burst out laughing at Rise and Chie's reaction to the confession. That was handled so amazingly well.

Wandering Soul · 2014-09-26, 14:00

Pretty good ending. Izanami was defeated even if everyone else was on the sideline throughout the entire fight. Everyone's reaction to the confession(especially Rise and Chie's was hilarious). The epilogue was handled very well.

2014-09-19, 23:51	Link #301
jeroz Art Block Specialist Join Date: Jun 2007	I lost it when it shows that he's stacking those buckets, with a straight "yeah, what?" face. __________________ [TAC]

2014-09-20, 13:12	Link #302
Mad Pierrot Corrupted fool Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: I'm everywhere Age: 33	First DVD/Bluray __________________

2014-09-21, 21:32	Link #306
Frontier Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2013	I at least appreciate the creative team letting Kana Hanazawa sing the ending theme, or more appropriately letting Marie actually sing her song, even if the original was definitely the better version . Wow, I was wondering if the 3rd-tier Persona's would ever make an appearance or get animated, but not only do we get them but cameo's from the 2nd-tier's as well! Just really cool to get to see them, as well as letting each member of the Investigation Team get a good hit on Kusumi-no-Okami . I was a little shocked that they had Izanagi-no-Okami show up for the finish though, since I just assumed his reappearance in animation would be saved for the remake of the Izanami fight, but I guess since he already appeared in the True Ending of the original anime that the novelty of his appearance has worn off. And we're in a new-game plus of the original anime, which likely helps. Though before that, Izanagi on his own was actually pretty awesome even when his weapon was destroyed, with his "Izanagi Kick!" and "Izanagi Punch!" . Rise's reaction to Yu's princess carry of Marie and her retort back was pretty funny, as was Yu during the onsen scene . The eyecatches for Golden have been pretty great, but I have to say this episodes eyecatch with the girls in those outfits left quite an impression, alongside the onsen scene and that view of Marie's nice body . I had my doubts they would do Valentines day, for various reasons, so it wasn't that surprising to see most of it skipped over. I assume Nanako's Chocolate kept Yu out of commission for the entire day, which prevented any romantic hijinks from happening at the school with the girls. I guess it all worked out for the best, since no one got their heart broken and Yu got to accept Nanako and Marie's chocolates and still live to see another day . Lots of good YuxMarie scenes in this episode, with a nice YuxNanako for good measure, and while I'm also with MAX_COLA_POWER! in being disappointed with how Marie's Valentines scene wasn't exactly like it was in the game, I can understand why it worked out that way. Though while she quickly avoided confessing in this episode, I'm hoping there'll be a scene in the next episode to more than make up for it . Looking forward to the remake of the fight with Izanami! __________________

2014-09-23, 09:26	Link #307
Dextro He Without a Title Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The land of tempura	Well, Yu proves once again why he's the siscon kingpin __________________

2014-09-23, 11:54	Link #309
FlareKnight User of the "Fast Draw" Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Canada	Certainly the original singing for the ED was superior there was no doubt about that. Though I think it somewhat came down to not being the right kind of song for that voice. Just not a strong enough voice to keep up with the music. But I didn't think it was a total disaster. At points it had a solid sound to it. At points the mismatch was plainly clear, but I props for at least letting her take that crack at the ED. __________________ Anime-Evo

2014-09-20, 18:38	Link #303
ThereminVox Guess what time it is? Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Nova Scotia, Canada Age: 38	Yu proactively stacking washbasins instead of just sitting around and marveling at his teammates' lack of decency was pretty funny. I like the little tics and quirks that both anime series have given him, building on the characteristics that were implied in the original game to make him a better-realized character. Also, "Marie" gets to sing her own ED this week as an added treat.

2014-09-23, 12:52	Link #310
Uribatake Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2007	Ever since Kobato, I've wondered why no one in the anime industry has the guts to tell Kana Hanazawa she can't sing. She's a fine voice actress, and very cute to boot, but good Lord, don't let her near a singing microphone.

2014-09-26, 01:52	Link #311
Random14 Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2014	Well, that's the Golden Epilogue done with, and glad they didn't alter that event too much. Hm, honestly I like the original series ending more, having Marie in distress again just one episode after being rescued is a bit repetitive. And having Izanagi-no-Okami lose so Kaguya/Marie could come in and save the day was disappointing, but guess that's why it showed up last episode, to have one win. And was hoping Adachi's Social Link would lend power, but guess the Accomplice End bonus episode will be his time. At least they kept in Marie's on-air confession, that's always a funny moment. Aniplex of America will probably sell the discs for this series, right? Glad I won't have to bother with paying their prices then. It was fun to see the cast again (the epilogue was sweet), but as I can only put up with so much Marie, this series wasn't that entertaining. Mostly just sad at how everything was rearranged to center around Marie, demoting everyone else. Now to go back to finishing my current playthrough of Golden.

2014-09-26, 02:35	Link #312
jeroz Art Block Specialist Join Date: Jun 2007	I never expected this episode to one up the overwhelming amount of emotion in that OVA back then, and this episode instead focuses on the aftermath of everyone more. Though the moment the Reincarnation remix of I'll Face Myself plays I teared up again. I could not remember when it was being played last time, but that song just triggered a massive response from me. Edit: Overall, a decent supplementary material for one series that I quite like years back. I'm still feeling so-so about the addition of Marie, but the Adachi arc just makes it all worth it. Ep12 and the TE OVA were my favourite episodes back in the original P4A, and that arc just uses the same themes and amplified them greatly. Nonetheless, it's great to see the crew fooling around once more time, even if the initial news was totally unexpected. I wouldn't say this is a must-watch except for the Adachi arc, but overall quite an enjoyable series this season. In the Friday with two other "blockbusters", this is the show that somehow sits on top of my priority list for the past few weeks. __________________ [TAC] Last edited by jeroz; 2014-09-26 at 02:52.

2014-09-26, 07:44	Link #313
Kanon Kana Hanazawa ♥ Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: France Age: 37	That was a good series for Persona 4 fans. I enjoyed it despite its numerous flaws. It made me want to play the Golden. Still waiting for it to be ported to PS3 or PS4. Screw the Vita. __________________

2014-09-26, 09:38	Link #314
FlareKnight User of the "Fast Draw" Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Canada	And there we go. Honestly, not a bad way to handle it and in general I think that was a better way to tackle Izanami than they originally did. At least there was some build up to facing this person before hand. Although everyone was still dropped to being cheerleaders there . Did a decent job fitting the last battle and the epilogue. A better way to end off I feel. Overcame the dangers and got their positive conclusion. Even if Yu had to move it wasn't like he was going to lose the connections built. Just has to head back there when he has the time to. As a whole I enjoyed going through this Golden run. Didn't always have a ton of action and very narrowly focused, but it did what it set out to do. Honestly the only other way I could have seen tackling this was some 50 episode monster so the could cover the original material and Golden. This was a fun little NG+ that has me considering giving Golden another replay when I can find the time. __________________ Anime-Evo

2014-09-26, 10:23	Link #315
HandofFate Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006	Decent last episode. I did get a bit lost and felt it was a bit jumbled when they kept throwing "Final boss" after final boss at us right after the other. And the actual battling was kind of lazy, but that's fine, the combat wasn't the focus this season anyway. But the plot conversations were nice. Laughed @ Marie the Weather girl, and how she signs off. Hope a creditless ED of that is in the DVD extras cause a gif of that would be good. __________________ ...

2014-09-26, 11:04	Link #316
GDB Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Age: 38	Great last episode. Probably the best episode of the Golden series. But then again, I love me some time skip epilogues. Kind of weird how it's only like 5 months later, yet everyone looks like they've matured at least a couple of years. I also don't think they grew Naoto's hair out enough. Her novel series has her with hair down to nearly her ass, and that only takes place a year later. Sure, people don't grow 2 feet of hair in a year, but still, they could've shown her growing it out more like they did with Nanako, Chie, and Rise.

2014-09-26, 12:29	Link #318
TrueDevil Not from this world Join Date: Jan 2012	All in all, I really enjoyed P4G, the animations was better than the original and the focus on the events of Golden was also faith to the original. Still, it wasnt as funny as the original maybe cuz we only got 12 eps and also battles were almost nonexisting. I do hope that we gonna see the older personas or SMT games to get animated since they are also really great.

2014-09-26, 13:24	Link #319
Dextro He Without a Title Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: The land of tempura	I completely burst out laughing at Rise and Chie's reaction to the confession. That was handled so amazingly well. __________________

2014-09-26, 14:00	Link #320
Wandering Soul Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: America	Pretty good ending. Izanami was defeated even if everyone else was on the sideline throughout the entire fight. Everyone's reaction to the confession(especially Rise and Chie's was hilarious). The epilogue was handled very well. __________________