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* After Franchise/SpiderMan's years-long romance to [[DatingCatwoman Black Cat]] ends with her betrayal, Felicia sends a not-necessarily-apologetic letter explaining herself. From the comfort of her [[TropicalEpilogue tropical beach vacation]].

* The epilogue in ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'' is a letter exchange between Winry and Sheska.

* The ending of ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlue Red Vs Blue: Reconstruction]]'' finishes with a final letter to the Chairman of the Oversight Committee from the Director of Project Freelancer signed, Leonard Church

* In Zilpha Keatley Snyder's ''Literature/TheChangeling'', the framing narrative concludes with a letter to Martha from Ivy, delivered to Martha in the grove by Josie. Fans of the book can probably recite the letter by heart.

* ''VideoGame/{{Penumbra}}: Black Plague'' exhibits a rather obvious example of this, with the ending being when Phillip e-mails an unknown friend asking him to destroy all of the Tuurngait parasites.]]

* ''VideoGame/AceCombat04ShatteredSkies'' has this as its entire FramingDevice, a set of letters written to the player charicter [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Mobius One]] by a man who was a kid at the time of the war. He is writing to you to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone reassure]] you that [[WorthyOpponent Yellow 13]] did not begrudge you killing him by shooting him down over Farbanti, as well as to tell you his story so that you know his understanding of the man you killed, and whose [[WhatTheHellHero love interest]] [[PlayerPunch you killed]] before that, is accurate. He concludes in a [[TearJerker heart-breaking]] manner, basically stating, "Yellow 13 died happy." You never learn [[{{AFGNCAAP}} Yellow 13's or the narrator's names either]].

** ''Why Didn't They Ask Evans?'' ends with the one member of the criminal conspiracy who escaped sending a letter to Frankie.

* The end of the Hatamoto family arc of ''Manga/DetectiveConan'' involves the woman getting married sending a letter to Conan, Ran and Ran's father about the aftermath of the murders.

This is an {{Ending Trope|s}}, so consider yourself warned.

* The epilogue in the manga of ''Manga/ChronoCrusade'' uses a modified version: a video-taped message from Azmaria to Satella, anticipating the day when [[spoiler:Satella would be unfrozen from crystal]]. It's used as a framing device for a flashback that covers what happened to most of the characters in the months leading up to Rosette's death, then jumps back to the "present" to show what happens to Satella and the others still living at that point.

* At the end of ''Manga/FushigiYuugi'', Miaka discovers a letter in her drawer from Tamahome. The letter was actually written when Keisuke asked Tamahome to return to the other world, and the latter complies as long as he can write a letter. [[spoiler:Miaka only got to read it after everything went back to normal, but given that everyone did go back to the other world after the battle with Nakago, it still fits.]]

** Subverted in ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Gundam Wing]]''. Relena gets a letter from Heero, reads it, but then gets his attention and tears it in half, saying "Next time tell me in person", [[BookEnds book-ending his ripping up her birthday party invite in the first episode]]. The anime [[TheUnreveal never reveals what it said]], but the novelization of the series and the RadioDrama[=/=]manga ''Blind Target'' offer suggestions: [[spoiler:In the novel it's a goodbye letter, saying he's going to Mars to help with the {{Terraforming}} project, which was the originally scripted ending for the anime; in ''Blind Target'' it's simply "Happy Birthday".]]

** [[spoiler: [[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry Keiichi Maebara]]]]
** [[spoiler: [[VisualNovel/UminekoWhenTheyCry Maria Ushiromiya]]]], later revealed to be [[spoiler:Yasu]]

* ''Film/EightMM'' trips at the last second by ending with an {{Anvilicious}} letter from [[spoiler:the snuff film victim's mother]].

* Oscar-winner ''Film/Parasite2019'' has Ki-Taek write one to his son, but he can't send a paper letter or email since it would give away his location since he's on the lam [[spoiler: for first-degree manslaughter]] and so his son gets his message through Morse codes (which Ki-Taek creates through lights from the mansion).

%%* ''Instinct''. - ZCE
%%* Deliberately subverted in ''Film/RedDragon''. - ZCE
* ''Film/ItChapterTwo'': The film ends with one, as each surviving Losers Club member reads a copy of a note left by Stan [[spoiler:before his suicide]].

* The ending of ''Film/TaxiDriver'' had Travis reading a letter from Iris' father. [[spoiler:Certain viewers however, insist that the letter was in Travis' own handwriting]].

* In the epilogue of ''Theatre/TheBridgesOfMadisonCounty'', Francesca receives a letter from Robert telling her about his life [[spoiler:and death]] and how he has loved her all the while.

** The WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue of ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyIX'' is described in a letter from an unspecified sender, presumed to be Vivi. He has [[spoiler:presumably died in the meantime, but he's 100% absent one way or another.]]
** ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXII'' ends with Penelo narrating a letter to Larsa.

* ''VideoGame/StarCraft: Brood War'' ends with Gerard Dugalle sending an email to his wife, describing [[spoiler: his inability to tame the Zerg or conquer the Terran Dominion, and confessing that he was responsible for the death of his best friend Alexei Stukov.]]
* The [[MultipleEndings Good Ending]] of ''VideoGame/{{Disgaea 2|CursedMemories}}'' has [[spoiler:Hanako]] writing back to her family after leaving for greener pastures in another Netherworld.
* ''VideoGame/{{Penumbra}}: Black Plague'' exhibits a rather obvious example of this, with the ending [[spoiler: being when Phillip e-mails an unknown friend asking him to destroy all of the Tuurngait parasites.]]
* The normal endings of ''VideoGame/SilentHill2'' (Leave, Maria, and In Water) end with Mary's [[spoiler:real]] letter to James.
* ''VideoGame/AceCombat04ShatteredSkies'' has this as its entire FramingDevice, a set of letters written to the player charicter [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Mobius One]] by a man who was a kid at the time of the war. [[spoiler: He is writing to you to [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone reassure]] you that [[WorthyOpponent Yellow 13]] did not begrudge you killing him by shooting him down over Farbanti, as well as to tell you his story so that you know his understanding of the man you killed, and whose [[WhatTheHellHero love interest]] [[PlayerPunch you killed]] before that, is accurate. He concludes in a [[TearJerker heart-breaking]] manner, basically stating, "Yellow 13 died happy." You never learn [[{{AFGNCAAP}} Yellow 13's or the narrator's names either.]]]]

* The ending of ''[[Machinima/RedVsBlue Red Vs Blue: Reconstruction]]'' finishes with a final letter to the Chairman of the Oversight Committee from the Director of Project Freelancer [[spoiler: signed, Leonard Church]]

Simply put, a series ends with the narration of a letter, usually written by or for one of the main characters. This letter will usually serve as a kind of WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue, explain what the long term consequences of the events of the story are, and possibly explain things that were happening concurrently with the main plot, but occurred offscreen. In visual media, the letter will usually be narrated by the character who wrote the letter via [[VoiceoverLetter voice-over]].

* ''Anime/MaiHime'' ends with Mai reading a letter from Takumi and Akira.