Uguu~?

It’s finally over!

Episode Rating: 7/10

Series Average: 6.9/10

The finale kicks things off with a flashback to when Kuu/Cielo was still in her incubation tank and her infamous first encounter with her ouji-sama, Kazuya.

Back in the present time, Kuu and Kyoshiro have their free fall cradled by Setsuna, blocking Kazuya’s thorns at the same time. Kazuya then has a meltdown and explodes in a sparkling mess for reasons which I still haven’t been able to figure out.

With Kuu back to her normal self, she gathers up what little courage she has and destroys Bastille, releasing the individual absolute angels. This in turn stops the “burning snow”, in effect saving the world.

However, the destruction of Bastille proves to be a double edged sword, as Bastille and Kuu are one being, neither can survive without the other. And so as suddenly as they are united, Kyoshiro and Kuu are once again torn apart.

So everything and everyone ends up more or less happy, Sojiro becomes the head of Academia’s task force with the loli nekomimi by his side. Kazuya ends up mentally incapacitated with Megingjord by his side. Kazuya and Setsuna reconcile their relationship and start the long journey to find Kuu. And…

Kaon and Himiko are reunited, return to the ruins of their former school and…well…the rest depends on how creative an imagination you can muster ;)

So…uh, does this make Kyoshiro a pedophile?

After the credits, we’re given some closure as Setsuna and Kyoshiro happen upon a familiar looking loli ^^

Thoughts

I’ll be honest…I kind of liked this ending. While it was nowhere near as good as Kannaduki’s, it wrapped everything up as plainly as possible and didn’t dig itself into even more plot holes.

One thing that I am curious about…what the hell happened to Kazuya? I don’t really see any direct connection with the turn of events and his sudden vegetation state. Is it because he and Cielo were connected, so when her consciousness disappeared, so did his? Did he run out of juice from summoning too many green lines that vaguely resembled vines? Or did he simply decide that after witnessing the wonders of ChikaneXHimeko that nothing in life would ever compare and thus decided to preserve the moment eternally by turning himself into a doormat?

On that note…seeing these two back together is quite honestly the highlight of the series for me. Ever since Kannaduki’s finale I’ve wanted to see the ChikaneXHimeko pairing revived. There’s not much more I can say about such awesomeness that a certain other blogger hasn’t already.

LOL at Setsuna picking up Kuu’s trademark “haike…” sentence opener. Pity that Setsuna’s monologues weren’t as entertaining as Kuu’s, but she (un?)fortunately has a mental capacity higher than a five year old.

All in all Kyousora’s been an experience full of mixed feelings. Like many other anime, it had a great beginning, but all of a sudden more time was spent trying to ramp up this nonsensical plot rather than giving more screentime to Kuu and her off the wall monologues and random KaonXHimiko secks.

Did I regret picking this up? No, not really, although it wasn’t quite what I’d call a worthwhile watch, it managed to grab my attention for 20 minute bursts (except ep 11). I can’t say I’d ever recommend this to anyone though, unless you’re EXTREMELY bored, or in the mood for some brain rape.

On a slightly unrelated note: this is the first series I have ever blogged episode by episode from start to finish! Probably not the greatest series to make such a claim with, but was realistically my one means to motivate myself to keep writing after episode 6.

Was it really worth it to sacrifice what could have been a couple episodes of decent animation, for this?

Setsuna has awesome hair

NOOOOOOOOOOO! Why!? Why would you do such a thing T_T

Sojiro has a bundle of fetish to call his own. Loli, furry, nekomimi, tsundere, greenophile?

On a parting note, I leave you with a quote full of wisdom, truth and hope:

A Kannazuki no Miko OVA would be nice… >_>