Me in a nutshell (Coping with Depression)
Episode 34:
The fight between the heroes and the automata is truly intense as hell. And yeah, when Narumi tries to go into space, he was stopped by the swarming automata. But thankfully, Masaru helps him although he ended up not letting Narumi see his face...Oof
"Making screw-ups and mistakes was I ever really good at. Because everything I touch went to hell."
Me in a nutshell (Coping with Depression)
Episode 35:
RIP Ashihana. You will be missed. However, the circus guys miraculously survived and seems Masaru replaces Narumi's role on going into space. Speaking of Narumi...Hooooray!!! The ship sails for both Narumi and Shirogane choo...choo! And yeah, Shirogane looks like an angel in the wedding dress. Also, Faceless is surrounded with his obsession in the satellite
One more episode left and this show will be over.
Edited by ElfenLiedFan90 on Jun 23rd 2019 at 11:51:12 PM
"Making screw-ups and mistakes was I ever really good at. Because everything I touch went to hell."
Me in a nutshell (Coping with Depression)
Final Episode:
Bai Jin finally realizes his error and acts as a big brother for Masaru and tries to atone by letting himself die in a satellite along with the rest of automata (bullshit. One of the worst last minute redeeming qualities I've seen). And all of the ZONAPHA people had been cured thanks to Eleanor's singing and Masaru grown into becoming a strong man while Narumi and Shirogane happily ever after.
Final Thoughts: I didn't like the part where the antagonist had a last minute redeeming quality in the end even though he's entertaining. But other than that, the rest of the series is pretty decent for 36 Episodes. I do really like circus as an idea of telling a story in Shonen manga and hopefully other Kazuhiro Fujita mangas will be adapted as an anime. I'm planning to check Moonlight Act and Souboutei soon.
"Making screw-ups and mistakes was I ever really good at. Because everything I touch went to hell."
I'm just weirded out they adapted 200+ chapter manga into 36 episodes O_o; I'm kind of too afraid of checking out what they left out
I think that was a sweet anti-climax. Jin's last minute whim to help makes sense considering what he wanted was never within his reach to begin with and he was already fully defeated in the battle of Mont Saint-Michel. His last episode was just him finally admiting defeat after all this time and I didn't find it any detractive or redeeming of the character.
The part that really weirded me out was him speaking of Masaru as a little brother, completely forgetting this is his own biological son.
~Comun, how did you find the fan theory that "Gekkou", the first opening of the anime, was about Bai Jin?
It was an Youtube comment on an upload of the opening. The overall tone of a man's soul being hollowed by the Sunk Cost Fallacy in the lyrics check out pretty well. "What's right for me doesn't need be right to anyone else" is a really striking and fitting line imo.
That said, this was looking only at OP1 before the rest of the song was released as ED3. I still haven't stopped to pay attention to the rest of Gekkou to see if the entire song is from Jin's perspective.
You can find the full lyrics of the song in English here
. Since I haven't finished the anime, I'm unsure if it's entirely Bai Jin's Villain Song or something else.
Episode 33:
The Nakamachi circus trio manages to fight against the Spider lady with their circus skills and bombs and they won at the end but not without its cost. Meanwhile, RIP Pantalone and Arlequino...You will be missed and yeah, Harlequin doll is creepy and Pantalone has a point regarding Harlequin's childish dreams
"Making screw-ups and mistakes was I ever really good at. Because everything I touch went to hell."