History Bookends / AnimeAndManga

** Rebuild has a reversed example of this. Remember one of the last things we see in End? Red water rising and sinking on the beach. The very first thing we see in Rebuild 1.0 is this exact same clip. Followed soon by a picture with an outline of an MP Eva... FridgeBrilliance ''and'' Reverse {{Bookends}} much?

* The anime for ''Manga/NurseAngelRirikaSOS'' starts with Ririka turning ten. It ends on her eleventh birthday. [[spoiler:She commits a HeroicSacrifice on her birthday.]]

* The cover for Volume 10 of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' has the student council taking a group photo. The final chapter of the volume ends with the student council using Kaguya's cell phone to take a different photo (and the stinger has them getting ready to take the one on the cover).

* ''Manga/MobPsycho100'':
** The first scene of the first chapter features [[LovableRogue Reigen Arataka]] declaring that he'll take on a customer's case. The last panel of the ''Reigen'' spin-off features him answering a call and making the same declaration.
** The first chapter has [[IJustWantToBeNormal Mob]] using his psychic powers to exorcise a spirit and asking his master not to call him on short notice. In the last chapter of the ''Reigen'' spin-off, [[spoiler:he shows up to save Reigen from a dangerous curse but firmly reminds him not to call him on short notice]].

[[BookEnds For when you most likely have seen things twice before.]]

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

** The series begins with Koro-sensei taking a roll of Class 3-E while they're firing at him. [[spoiler:The final arc has a double-book-end: Chapter 177 / Season 2 Episode 24 has him roll-calling the class one last time before they finally assassinate him. Then the whole series ends with Nagisa, now a collegiate intern working part-time teaching to a classroom of delinquents, designated Class 3-5 (a subtle nod to his old class also being the fifth third-year class of Kunugigaoka), calmly confronting his students before taking a roll-call.]]

** To a lesser extent, Season 1 is book-ended with class bully Ryouma Terasaka's interaction with Nagisa, displaying the former's CharacterDevelopment. The series began with him coercing Nagisa into becoming a suicide bomber against Koro-sensei. Episode 22 ends with [[spoiler:him warning Nagisa against going into a murderous rampage against Takaoka]].

** The series itself uses book ends: the final scene of the manga is [[spoiler:Mikasa watching over Eren underneath the same tree as in chapter one. Only, this time, Eren isn't asleep -- he's dead.]] Likewise, Eren and Mikasa's relationship itself counts, since [[spoiler:one of their first interactions is when Eren rescues Mikasa and he drapes a scarf around her neck because Mikasa's talking about how (metaphorically) cold it is. The manga ends with a bird, implied to either be (dead) Eren's spirit or be controlled by Eren (using his titan powers), draping Mikasa's scarf around her one final time.]]

** The series does this subtly. The first episode, "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession1AsteroidBlues Asteroid Blues]]", begins with just Spike and Jet as the crew of the Bebop, along with Chief Laughing Bull making one of his trademark cryptic predictions, as well as Spike commenting on how he died once before because of a woman. [[spoiler:By the end of "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession24HardLuckWoman Hard Luck Woman]]", Faye, Ed and Ein are gone, leaving Jet and Spike alone on the Bebop and completing one book end (though Faye briefly returns). The final episode, "[[Recap/CowboyBebopSession26TheRealFolkBluesPart2 The Real Folk Blues (Part 2)]]", ends with Chief Laughing Bull making a cryptic prediction on Spike... who attacks his old syndicate and dies because of a woman (though not before taking his nemesis Vicious with him).]]

** 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]].

** Back when Creator/AkiraToriyama had just started the series out, he was at one point planning to go up to only the Fortuneteller Baba arc, and as a result put a few notable book ends in it. Namely, Goku winds up encountering the soul of Grandpa Gohan, the man who gave him his dragon ball and unintentionally set him out his adventures in the first place, and once again fights his first enemy Emperor Pilaf. Of course, thanks to its popularity the series would continue long after that wrapped up.

* In ''Anime/GaoGaiGar'', the ''Anime/{{Betterman}}'''s happier counterpart and "king of all book ends", Mamoru and Galeon come to the Planet Earth seeking protection from the Zonders. After the last episode Mamoru and Galeon leave the Planet Earth to protect it's people from the Zonders.

%%** There are other Book Ends, in this series. Check The Manga Page.

** ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanohaStrikers'' begins with a young Subaru shouting for help while she's trapped in a burning airport, and Nanoha coming to save her in the nick of time, congratulating her for doing well to survive and assuring her that she'll bring her to a safe place. Subaru's WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue has two young children (who look suspiciously like blonde versions of Subaru and her sister) shouting for help while trapped on [[FireWaterJuxtaposition a sinking ship]], and Subaru saving them in the nick of time [[MeaningfulEcho while echoing the same words Nanoha told her many years ago]]. Bonus points for the fact that Subaru's Barrier Jacket was based off of Nanoha's. Even earlier, Subaru gets another book-end when she and Teana extract Nanoha herself from the falling Cradle -- while Nanoha would have probably found her way out on her own, the fact that she got a chance to return that debt is incredibly [[InUniverseCatharsis catharthic]] for Subaru.

** Rebuild has a reversed example of this. Remember one of the last things we see in End? Red water rising and sinking on the beach. The very first thing we see in Rebuild 1.0 is this exact same clip. Followed soon by a picture with an outline of an MP Eva... FridgeBrilliance ''and'' Reverse BookEnds much?

* 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 (at least, in the original Japanese version), and, as the opening changed the following episode, that battle would not be shown in animation again.

[[BookEnds Wait, didn't you see this]] [[MindScrew once]] [[BookEnds before?]]

** In the last episode of Season, [[spoiler:Saazbaum taps his forehead as if to say, "You should have shot me here" after surviving being shot repeatedly by Slaine.]] At the very end of the series, [[spoiler:as Inaho holds him at gunpoint, Slaine does the same thing.]]

* In the last episode of Season 1 of ''Anime/AldnoahZero'', [[spoiler:Saazbaum taps his forehead as if to say, "You should have shot me here" after surviving being shot repeatedly by Slaine.]] At the very end of the series, [[spoiler:as Inaho holds him at gunpoint, Slaine does the same thing.]]
** Also, the first episode ends with two children mistaking the falling Landing Castles for shooting stars. In the final episode, two children (likely the same two) mistake [[spoiler:Inaho and Slaine's falling Kataphrakts]] for a shooting star.

* ''Manga/{{Bokurano}}'''s manga ends with children from another Earth being introduced to Zearth's cockpit by Kokopelli and Dung Beetle, just the same as the protagonists were in the beginning. The first and last pages also have the same monologue.

* 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.

* 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.
** In fact, the entire last chapter of ''Eyeshield'' echoes the first one in many different ways. [[spoiler: Sena enters a new school (college this time) gets headhunted to join the football club, and even plays the sister team of the same team he played in his first high school game. The difference is that this time his team's lineup is different, and it's implied that his chief rival in college ball will be Hiruma, who led Sena and the Devilbats to the national championship.]]

* Near the beginning of the first episode of ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'', Mamimi offers Naota the rest of her canned juice, but he protests "You know I don't like the sour stuff," and eventually tosses it aside. At the end of the episode, after all the craziness with the giant robots coming out of his head, he gets another offer of sour juice, and this time takes a reluctant gulp.
** Additionally, the series opens and closes with narration by Naota saying "[[NothingExcitingEverHappensHere Nothing ever happens around here. Everything is ordinary]]", even though during the series we have clearly seen that it's ''anything but'' ordinary.
*** This line is also accompanied both times with a short scene where Naota has put money in a vending machine and a girl (Mamimi before, Ninamori after) pushes a button for a drink he didn't want first.

** There are other Book Ends, in this series. Check The Manga Page.

* The first season of the anime version of ''Manga/KOn'' begins with the main character Yui waking up late for her first day of high school, slipping and falling before heading out the door, where we see her jogging along her route to the campus. The last episode of the first season ends with a repeat of this before the ending concert, grabbing her guitar and running back, starting to slip, but catching herself before falling.
** The very first episode also had Mugi, Mio, and Ritsu attempt to recruit Yui into the club with an improvised song. The last chronological episode of the second season (three years later) had these four play a farewell song to Azusa. The reactions of Yui and Azusa to their exclusive performances were almost exactly the same: *solo applause*, [[spoiler: remarks "You guys really aren't that good!",]] and wants to join in next time.

* ''Franchise/LoveLive'' has this all over the place. Songs from the beginning of the show's run are brought back at the end of both seasons in different contexts.
** Also, two episodes are titled [[spoiler:"First Live" (Season 1, Episode 3) and "Last Live" (Season 2, Episode 12), referring to the first and final performances made by the protagonist idol group]]. To emphasize the previous point, the song used [[spoiler:for their final performance was Season 1's opening theme]], making it a CallForward.

* The first scene of the first chapter of ''Manga/MobPsycho100'' features [[LovableRogue Reigen Arataka]] declaring that he'll take on a customer's case. The last panel of the ''Reigen'' spin-off features him answering a call and making the same declaration.
** Additionally, the first chapter has [[IJustWantToBeNormal Mob]] using his psychic powers to exorcise a spirit and asking his master not to call him on short notice. In the last chapter of the ''Reigen'' spin-off, [[spoiler:he shows up to save Reigen from a dangerous curse but firmly reminds him not to call him on short notice]].

*** Also, by the end of Season 1, Lockon takes a hit for the disabled Tieria Erde. In the end of Season 2, the other Lockon takes a hit for the disabled Tieria.
* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' has a twofer: the first and last episodes both fall on Relena's birthday, and both end with a letter relating to said birthday getting torn up without being read. In the first, it's Relena giving Heero an invitation to her party; in the last, [[spoiler:it's inverted as Relena tears up an envelope Heero left with his present to her.]]
** Also, the series began with the Gundams being sent from space to Earth. The war ends with the Wing Zero Gundam flying from the atmosphere back to space after destroying Libra.

* ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'' ends with a little spiel about the host club that opened the first couple of episodes.

* ''Manga/PokemonZensho'' has the second chapter start with Satoshi waking up the day he starts his journey. The last chapter of the manga starts this way too, the exact same page until the last few panels.

** ''Manga/PokemonZensho'' has the second chapter start with Satoshi waking up the day he starts his journey. The last chapter of the manga starts this way too, the exact same page until the last few panels.

** The [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 anime version]] does this as well, when Alphonse starts reciting the "Humankind cannot gain..." speech from the first episode; after the first two sentences, the speech is changed to reflect what they've learned from the events in the series.

*** The first battle of the Part has Giorno using Gold Experience to cause Bruno to have and OutOfBodyExperience. [[spoiler:At the Part's midway point, this happens to Bruno again when Diavolo uses King Crimson to make him see himself in the future]]. [[spoiler:This comes full-circle by the end of the Part, when Giorno causes Diavolo to have one by using Gold Experience Requiem on him]].

* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' does this subtly. The first episode, "Asteroid Blues" begins with just Spike and Jet as the crew of the Bebop, along with Chief Laughing Bull making one of his trademark cryptic predictions, as well as Spike commenting on how he died once before because of a woman. [[spoiler:By the end of "Hard Luck Woman", Faye, Ed and Ein are gone, leaving Jet and Spike alone on the Bebop and completing one book end (though Faye briefly returns). The final episode, "The Real Folk Blues (part 2)" ends with Chief Laughing Bull making a cryptic prediction on Spike... who attacks his old syndicate and dies because of a woman - though not before taking his nemesis Vicious with him.]]
** Also happens in TheMovie, with Spike calling a criminal out on their threats to hurt people.
*** Spike's dialogue at the beginning and end of the movie is identical.

* 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.
* ''Anime/CodeGeass'': Lelouch's statement in the first episode of the first season, echoed in the second season's GrandFinale, [[spoiler:{{Foreshadowing}} his choice of death by HeroicSacrifice.]]
** Also, Season 2's first episode has him announce himself as Zero, the man who destroys worlds and creates worlds. [[spoiler: The last episode has something similar as his last words.]]

* In the second volume of ''LightNovel/AccelWorld'', Yuniko "Scarlet Rain" Kozuki tricks Haruyuki "Silver Crow" Arita's mother into giving her a key to the house by posing as a child of a relative, in order to recruit Haru's help. At the end of the arc, Niko tricks Haru's mother once again, pretending to be the daughter of one of her coworkers, to tell Haru some news about what happened since they last met.

* ''Anime/{{Doraemon}}'':