History BookEnds / AnimeAndManga

* The ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'' long story, ''Anime/DoraemonNobitasTheLegendOfTheSunKing'' begins and ends with the main characters rehearsing for their upcoming school play, ''Snow White''.

* ''Anime/{{BloodPlus}}'': The first and last episodes have [[spoiler: Saya talking to Julia while getting blood transfusions]], [[spoiler: Kai and Saya on a motorcycle]], and [[spoiler: Kai seeing Haji and Saya kiss]]

** This is done somewhat in ''Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai'', though not at the very beginning and end. In ''Matsuribayashi-hen'', we see Takano Miyo walking through the woods in the rain, trying to escape from her {{Orphanage of Fear}}. In the last episode, she's again walking through the rain in the woods, this time running from her former subordinates who've turned against her. It also clearly shows her missing a shoe in both scenes, in case the audience didn't put it together.

* The first volume of ''Manga/IThinkOurSonIsGay'' starts with the Aoyama household having a dinner of curry that contains corn kernels. The last chapter of the same volume, ends with Tomoko making the same food for dinner. The message is that, Hiroki [[TransparentCloset might be gay]], but that didn't change anything.

** Joseph is introduced in ''Battle Tendency'' getting his wallet stolen by Smokey. In ''Diamond is Unbreakable'', his final appearance has him getting his wallet stolen by Josuke. [[spoiler:At the end of ''Manga/{{JoJolion}}'', the alternate-universe version of Joseph, Fumi, is introduced by having his wallet stolen.]]

* ''Manga/MuhyoAndRoji'' begins and ends with a female client walking into the duo's office. What's more, Rie, the client in the first chapter, makes a brief cameo in the last chapter.

** The first and last episode of the ''Diamond and Pearl'' arc both begin with Dawn waking up in her bedroom.
** The first episode of the ''Best Wishes!'' series begins with Ash arriving from the Kanto region in an airplane, while the last episode of said series ends with Ash leaving Kanto in an airplane.
** The first episode of ''XY'' has Ash staring his Kalos journey in Lumiose City, while the final major story arcs [[spoiler:(the Kalos Pokémon League conference and Team Flare's plot)]] take place in Lumiose. Extending it further, the first place Ash visits in Lumiose is the Gym, where in the end [[spoiler:Team Flare sets up shop and launch their plot against Kalos]].

** The first time Homura [[spoiler:sees Madoka about to go and sacrifice herself, she tells [[LastNameBasis "Miss Kaname-!"]]]]. The final time this happens, [[spoiler:she yells [[FirstNameBasis "MADOKA-!"]] instead. Both incidents also feature Homura being ripped from her forcibly; first by not having MagicalGirl powers, second by a rewrite of the universe itself]].

*** The entire film begins with [[spoiler:Homura and her allies trapped in a dream world (actually a witch's barrier) by Homura, albeit unintentionally, due to Kyubey's actions]]. By the end of the film, [[spoiler:[[FaceHeelTurn Homura]] [[LoveMakesYouCrazy intention]][[SatanicArchetype ally]] [[CosmicRetcon traps them in a new, dream world where]] EveryoneLives, [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy all out of her desire to make Madoka happy]]]].

* In the beginning of the first episode of ''Manga/SayonaraZetsubouSensei'', a short black-and-white clip is shown where Nozomu is hanged, with all the students grabbing on to him and each other to form some sort of human pyramid and it turns out that the rope is attached to a giant Meru's cellphone. This clip is played again at the end of the very last episode of the second series.

* In the final scene of ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi'', Eikichi and Ryuji [[LampshadeHanging lampshade]] that what they just did ([[spoiler:FakingTheDead]]) is similar to what they did at the start, when they [[spoiler:faked being kicked out of their old high school to transfer to Tsujido]]. Ryuji asks SoWhatDoWeDoNow, and Eikichi responds "[[CallBack Let's check out some tropical island!]]", just like they did in the first chapter.

* ''Manga/VampireKnight'': The story begins with an amnesiac Yuuki waking up as a human in a blizzard, [[spoiler:and it ends with an amnesiac Kaname waking up as a human in his tomb.]]

* ''Manga/YuGiOh'' has Yugi's winning card in the last duel of the series is the Golden Sarcophagus, which has been [[LampshadeHanging pointed out]] that the card looks just like the box the Millennium Puzzle was in [[spoiler: [[InvokedTrope and that the box that brought Yugi and the pharaoh together would be the very thing to bring them apart.]]]]
** For Dark Bakura's involvement in the overall story. [[spoiler: Both the first and last games the Pharaoh plays against him are [=RPGs=] with the souls of his friends at risk.]]
* In duel of the first episode of ''Anime/YuGiOh5Ds'', Yusei wins by Synchro Summoning Junk Warrior. This is also how he wins in the duel of the ''last'' episode of the series.
* The conflict for the "Number" cards in ''Anime/YuGiOhZEXAL'' begins in a battle between [[TheHero Yuma]] and [[TheLancer Shark]]. It ends in the same way, with Shark even choosing to play older cards he hadn't used in ages in reference to the earlier duels. The conflict starts when Yuma opens [[EnigmaticEmpoweringEntity The Door]] and frees [[HumanoidAlien Astral]], starting the series. It ends with Yuma Dueling Astral, with Astral playing a card that summons The Door to the field, so Yuma must destroy it.

* In ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', the last episode of the first season can be taken as a book end in two ways. The episode features Ash encountering a Fearow that evolved from the Spearow which he hit with a rock in the first episode -- both episodes feature the same Pokemon being defeated as their climax (albeit evolved). However, the fight featured in the last episode specifically takes place between Ash's newly evolved Pidgeot and the wild Fearow -- a battle shown in the show's opening credits in every episode of the season, and, as the opening changed the following episode, that battle would not be shown in animation again.

** The first chapter of ''Manga/CodenameSailorV'', the manga ''Sailor Moon'' is a spin-off of, has Minako deal with her first love, a revelation about her past life and being a MagicalGirl, and [[spoiler:discovering her beloved sempai is a youma, killing him [[DontMakeMeDestroyYou after asking him to stop]], and [[BleedEmAndWeep crying in mourning after killing him]] before embarking on her fight against Dark Agency. The last chapter has Minako deal with her "5000th First Love" (and true love) Ace, fully remembering her past life and [[EnlightenmentSuperPower having a power-up thanks to it]], and [[spoiler:discovering Ace is actually Danburite, [[BigBad the Dark Agency's leader]] and Kunzite's {{Dragon}}, killing him after begging him to stand down, and crying in mourning after killing him]] before returning to Japan to join the other Sailor Senshi against the Dark Kingdom.

** The prologue sees Hisone in a high school setting filling out a career survey where she decides to enlist in the JADSF. The epilogue begins with a high school setting where [[spoiler: Natsume and her fellow miko]] are trying to decide their future careers, with [[spoiler: Natsume]] choosing to become a florist. Teh chalkboard message in both scenes is even identical.
** In Masotan's first on-screen appearance, he suddenly appears behind Hisone, to her surprise, and swallows her whole. He does the same in the epilogue, [[spoiler: this time with Okonogi, as he charges down the mountain to greet him.]]

** The story as a whole opens and closes in the spring, one year apart, with the {{sakura}} outside the apartment in full bloom.

* ''Anime/SenkiZesshouSymphogear'':

** ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo Vento Aureo]]'':

** The Japanese titles for the first and last episodes both utilize the kanji 新, which means "new". The first is titled 新生 (''Shinsei'', "Rebirth", literally "New Life"), while the last is titled 新世界 (''Shinsekai'', "New World"). The latter is also a nod to the last words Light said in the first episode, in which he said that he would become "The God of a New World".

* The first and last chapters of the ''Manga/DeathNote'' manga have echoing sorts of scenes on the streets.
** In anime as well; it takes it a step further by having post-Kira Light passing his younger counterpart.

*** Some might consider it a Book End that when [[spoiler:L dies, Light is shown standing over him]], and in the anime ending, [[spoiler:Light sees an apparition or ghost of L standing over him when Light dies]].

** The first chapter begins with Haruhi opening a door to a room, and the Host Club greets her. The final chapter ends with her opening the door to a hallway, and the rest of the club greets her. The final chapter also has [[WholesomeCrossdresser her]] being MistakenForGay yet again much to her dismay, much like in the first chapter.

''Please remember that some BookEnds can be spoilers.''

* ''Manga/DetectiveConan'':
** Many arcs tend to end with scenes similar to their beginning scenes.
** In the special named ''Episode ONE'', the special starts with Shiho Miyano a.k.a. Sherry entering her laboratory office, making coffee and watching the test results of APTX 4869 on rats, with one of them being de-aged instead of dead. The special ends in her office again, with Sherry declaring Shin'ichi Kudou as dead despite she has figured out that he de-aged and she's apparently going to make some new coffee.
* In ''LightNovel/TheDevilIsAPartTimer'', the first food Maou and Ashiya encounter upon their arrival on Earth in Episode 1 is katsudon[[note]]a bowl of rice topped with a deep-fried pork cutlet, egg, and condiments[[/note]] (hilariously mispronounced by them as "khatsu-dum"). At the end of the season in Episode 13 when Maou and Ashiya eat out at a restaurant, they both ordered ''khatsu-dum''.
** additionally, Maou and Emi meet in the human world for the first time when it starts to rain on the sidewalk and he gives her his umbrella and bikes to work in the rain. After the credits in the last episode, Maou is unhappily facing the rain again, but this time Emi appears, and offers him her umbrella, which he accepts.

** Joseph is introduced in ''Battle Tendency'' getting his wallet stolen by Smokey. In ''Diamond is Unbreakable'', his final appearance has him getting his wallet stolen by Josuke. [[spoiler:At the end of ''Jojolion'', the alternate-universe version of Joseph, Fumi, is introduced by having his wallet stolen.]]

*** Majin Buu is reborn when he emerges from a giant spherical cocoon. He's destroyed for good when he's consumed by a giant spherical attack.

* In ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'', the last episode of the first season can be taken as a book end in two ways. The episode features Ash encountering a Fearow that evolved from the Spearow which he hit with a rock in the first episode -- both episodes feature the same Pokemon being defeated as their climax (albeit evolved). However, the fight featured in the last episode specifically takes place between Ash's newly evolved Pidgeot and the wild Fearow -- a battle shown in the show's opening credits in every episode of the season, and, as the opening changed the following episode, that battle would not be shown in animation again.

* The first chapter of ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' has [[blob:https://mangadex.org/de165da6-6e22-4547-b8be-4a8d359a5af4 a two-page color spread]] with Sena running, Hiruma pointing, Kurita ready to charge, Mamori holding a football and smiling, and a few other characters. The final chapter has [[blob:https://mangadex.org/29629628-e592-4a3f-868c-71eba385b3a5 a two-page color spread]] with those characters in basically the same positions (but still showing their growth over the series) and all the other important characters that have been added to the story.

* The first chapter of ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' has [[https://mangadex.org/chapter/3309fc63-d184-4b58-ab7c-92bd38d6f8c9/5 a two-page color spread]] with Sena running, Hiruma pointing, Kurita ready to charge, Mamori holding a football and smiling, and a few other characters. The final chapter has [[https://mangadex.org/chapter/a55fa91a-e61f-4b1e-8fed-4219e012df7e/3 a two-page color spread]] with those characters in basically the same positions (but still showing their growth over the series) and all the other important characters that have been added to the story.

* The first chapter of ''Manga/Eyeshield21'' has [[http://www.onemanga.com/Eyeshield_21/1/05-06/ a two-page color spread]] with Sena running, Hiruma pointing, Kurita ready to charge, Mamori holding a football and smiling, and a few other characters. The final chapter has [[http://www.onemanga.com/Eyeshield_21/333/02-03/ a two-page color spread]] with those characters in basically the same positions (but still showing their growth over the series) and all the other important characters that have been added to the story.

* The first volume of ''Manga/MyLovelyGhostKana'' starts and ends very similarly on the surface, but also shows how much things have changed in a few short months. In the beginning, [[UnluckyEverydude Daikichi]] is buying food and beer at a convenience store and overhears the occult-obsessed owner talking to his assistant about how someone finally moved into an apartment building rumored to be haunted. Daikichi walks back to the apartment he just moved into and is welcomed energetically by [[GenkiGirl Kana]], the resident CuteGhostGirl who [[PrettyFreeloader excitedly goes through his grocery bags looking for beer]], which she hasn't had in years. In the end of the first volume, Daikichi is buying food and beer at the same convenience store, and the occult-obsessed owner is talking to his assistant about the strange circumstances by which Daikichi miraculously survived being buried alive. Daikichi walks back to the apartment he's come to call home and is welcomed energetically by Kana, who hugs him affectionately, having developed from PrettyFreeloader to MagicalGirlfriend.

** Joseph is introduced in ''Battle Tendency'' getting his wallet stolen by Smokey. In ''Diamond is Unbreakable'', his final appearance has him getting his wallet stolen by Josuke. [[spoiler:At the end of ''JoJolion'', the alternate-universe version of Joseph, Fumi, is introduced by having his wallet stolen.]]

** On a wider scale, Joseph's first on-screen appearance in Part 2 shows him getting his wallet stolen; in his last on-screen appearance, in Part 4, he has his wallet stolen. [[spoiler:At the end of Part 8, the alternate-universe version of Joseph, Fumi, is introduced by having his wallet stolen.]]

** Joseph is introduced in ''Battle Tendency'' getting his wallet stolen by Smokey. In ''Diamond is Unbreakable'', his final appearance has him getting his wallet stolen by Josuke.