Random Musings - Finale Reflections September 30
| You know that empty and depressed feeling you get when you finish a really good series or come out of a really good movie? I get that feeling maybe once or twice every few months, usually for a great show. In the spring, it was when Mai-Otome ended, and in the summer, it was when Fate-stay night ended. More recently, I got that feeling after I finished playing Xenosaga III during that one week break I took. But if you asked me which finale gave me that feeling this past week, the answer might surprise you. It wasn’t Blood+ or Ouran High School Host Club or ZEGAPAIN. It was Strawberry Panic. Why? I’m not really sure myself. I ended up watching the end of Strawberry Panic a couple dozen times (not exaggerating), beating out by far how much I enjoyed the endings to all the other series. Even though I consider Blood+, Ouran, and ZEGAPAIN to be overall great shows with great endings, I loved even more how Strawberry Panic ended, despite it being fairly predictable and despite the show as a whole being not the best. Maybe it was because my expectations for it were low, or maybe it was because I loved the music in that final episode. But for whatever reason, Strawberry Panic’s finale gets my vote as the best one of this past week (see Poll at right). And now I’m going to stop writing before I start talking about the magical effect of yuri or something.  |
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Yanouchi at 3:57 am on September 30th, 2006
wow, your feeling it just the same as i am…yeah..your answer just surprise me..
unknown-commentor at 4:21 am on September 30th, 2006
I’m with you. I felt the same. Strawberry Panic finale ROX!!
Amaterasu at 4:25 am on September 30th, 2006
I think deep within all of us there is an unwholesome amount of yuri-philia
philk at 4:30 am on September 30th, 2006
Ah, the magical effect of yuri.. ^_^ btw is there somerthing yuri this season?
akayuki at 4:31 am on September 30th, 2006
same, the slow OP1, just … wowed me … I actually replayed that scene like 20 over times.
Hypernova at 4:31 am on September 30th, 2006
It’s the yuri, no doubt about it.
Chavenz at 6:55 am on September 30th, 2006
yuri ftw :p
S at 7:44 am on September 30th, 2006
yeah i get what you mean… i too feel the same. maybe there’s something humane in us that evoke that kind of emotion. For me, gals in a relationship portrayed much much more impact on me as they care more and are more sacrificial. And that music at the last part was like whoa, truly fitting for that kind of simple and happy ending. Cheers to this great yuri anime
Rin at 8:56 am on September 30th, 2006
yes! of course, i did the same thing i watched the ending over and over again and still can’t get enough of it. well i have not seen ouran’s last episode yet or even ZEGAPAIN but Blood+’s ending is a nice end but not one to be watch over and over agian. So..maybe its the way SP ended and how everything turned out the way some people think it would be. Who knows just let the mysteries feeling go on~
Blade at 9:02 am on September 30th, 2006
it’s a magical nice.. oh what the hell it’s the yuri lol
Meg at 9:31 am on September 30th, 2006
i agree with you. i loved the Strawberry Panic finale.
Syaoran Li at 9:51 am on September 30th, 2006
I’m with you Onmi.
I have to hit myself a couple of times to snap me off becasue I wasn’t ready to see the final episode… but everything that has a beginning has an end… good times.
I’ll keep the final episodio in my HD for a long time…
Jamie at 10:55 am on September 30th, 2006
yep Strawberry Panic is the BEST of all of those. ^^
dward at 11:19 am on September 30th, 2006
Hmm….I can understand how that really feels like Omni. Strawberry Panic’s ending was predictable, yet even though I see it coming, I’m still not really prepared for it. But sometimes, its those simple and predictable endings that leaves a great impact in our minds.And since I’m the emotional kind of person, I’ll feel really depressed after watching any endings that have a certain amount of sadness in it.
Aesir at 11:45 am on September 30th, 2006
strawberry panic’s ending was pretty strong, but the sense of pity i had for Tamao when she had to relegate to onlooker as Nagisa ran off to Shizuma kinda ruined the feeling a little (mind you this in no way suggests the ending was executed badly, as stated above, but because of the lack of my own personal enjoyment). as such, i suppose, i found Ouran’s ending to be the best, despite it being out of the source material. The decision for Bones to animate the series was a brilliant decision IMO
Seffyn at 11:50 am on September 30th, 2006
LOL I LOVE YURI. muahahaha.
Strawberry Panic ROCKS!
I know I don’t have a meaningful comment to put down.
But, I do agree that it does leave you kind of the way omni said it.
mercyz at 12:18 pm on September 30th, 2006
I think it has probably gotta do with the lack of yuri in our lives… one show per season just aint enough.
terelildevil at 1:12 pm on September 30th, 2006
lol onmi…yes it must have been the yuri
just for the record is there any new “Yuri” series that will be coming out anytime soon!!!
I’m addicted to yuri…
Zelath at 1:15 pm on September 30th, 2006
Wow, that is suprising that you found the ending so good… (I have not seen it yet, I stopped after episode 13… that one yuri scene in 12 kinda threw me off)
Hopefully, within a few years I will be able to watch raw versions of anime and understand most of what is going on. It sucks having to wait for fansubs to be released, especially since Megami-Anime has had problems with staff or something, which has caused them to be far behind on Zegapain.
mephisto2k at 1:25 pm on September 30th, 2006
Usually I love shoujo-ai and I love th strawberry panic manga, but I was rather disappointed by the SP anime and its ending. As allready said, it was highly predictable, and the characters reactions were so cheezy and steriotypical.
Maybe you have missed the Honey and Clover2 ending. This was a masterpiece of a show that has ended deep, bittersweet and satisfying with lots of interesting reflections and thoughts. I think its the best show of 2006 and has the best ending of 2006 so far. With this show I got the sad feeling that Omni described.