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| 2 | * AnticlimaxBoss: Past-Aku. Justified, as the entire series hinges on Jack being able to defeat Aku in a straight fight; it's part of the premise that Aku had to send Jack to the future just to escape their first fight alive. When a much stronger and more experienced Jack finally slips back into the past and faces a much less powerful and experienced Aku who was already weakened from fighting Past-Jack, the deed is done before the villain even understands what went wrong. The far more arduous face off with Future-Aku beforehand acts as the epic climax to balance it out. |
| 3 | * BrokenBase: |
| 4 | ** Fans are split over the fact that the episode was only 22 minutes like usual. Some saw it as [[ItsShortSoItSucks being too short]] to resolve all the remaining plot threads, while others felt that it was enough time to show off the FinalBattle. |
| 5 | ** The fact that some fan favorite characters met their end here tore the fanbase when some didn't mind or were even rooting for them to go. Ashi's death is by far the biggest one, as some people either enjoyed her character and felt sad to see her go or weren't too keen on her and felt better with the BittersweetEnding. Others like the robots, however, don't receive as much lament, because they always were the designated fodder of the series. |
| 6 | ** The BittersweetEnding gets this simply because viewers feel Jack deserved better than a PyrrhicVictory while others think it fits the tone of the series. |
| 7 | ** The divisiveness over [[PortmanteauCoupleName Jashi]] spills over into the finale. While most would agree that Jack's YankTheDogsChain moment when she disappears to be properly devastating, those who disliked the pairing felt that it dampened the finale's epicness with unnecessary, [[ClicheStorm predictable]] sentimentality. |
| 8 | * HilariousInHindsight: Bittersweet as the endings are, many have liken it to ''Anime/GurrenLagann'' ending [[spoiler:where Nia likewise disappeared at her wedding with Simon. Ironically enough, that series likewise had a run on Toonami, and it aired exactly ten years after ''Gurren Lagann'' aired it's game-changing plot twist episode in which Kamina dies]]. |
| 9 | * IKnewIt: There were people who called Ashi's death, which in fact did happen in the final scenes. |
| 10 | %%ZCE* SignatureScene: Aside from the ending, the moment when Jack ''finally'' returns to the past, holding hands with Ashi. |
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