I think some of the confusion/pacing problems arising here comes from the way time travel was handled. For every character but Keima, this is coming immediately after the end of the Goddess arc. Very little happened since then from their perspective, and none of it was explained to them. All the generic goddess hosts are still reacting to the end of the goddess arc right now. They haven't had time to react to anything else.
For Tenri and Dokuro though, they both made their peace some time over the past ten years. This has been a foregone conclusion that they were expecting since before we even met them. It might be interesting to look back and reinterpret all their actions in this new light, but for them, nothing changed. Their life goes on as it always has. There were no important events or cathartic moments for them.
Keima is the only one who's been through the emotional rollercoaster that the audience is reacting to. Keima is the only one who just learned all these revelations and had his life turned upside down. He's the only one whose world has changed in any way at all as a result of this arc. This is an ending for him, and no one else. This is the ending that only God knows.
...and I guess Elsie exists too. Her story wasn't integrated very well.
edited 18th Apr '14 12:59:55 PM by Clarste
Final thoughts on the series overall:
It ultimately was only "okay" to me. It had a massive amount of potential and interesting plot points, but the wrap up was either done too quickly or not developed enough.
It had great characters, but none quite as interesting as Keima, whom I considered one of the most interesting protagonists in a very long time.
Basically: Wasted potential, but a fun ride. Much like most series that I consider my favorites.
It was weird to have a journey to the past as the setting for a final arc, especially when it became clear that its objective was to set up the present that already happened. I also never understood the point of introducing Satyr since they could've still used Vintage as some of them escaped after the goddess hunt (including Lune who did show up again).
Even at the end Kiema implied that he just picked one in order to resolve all the girls feelings. So it feels like he picked Chihiro out of guilt. (Which is kinda funny, since she seemed over it at the end of the goddess arc). Hard to see that working out. She's the one girl who has no idea what was going on, while the others had some idea and he could explain it to them, while Chihiro would just think he was crazy. So he basically has to lie to her.
Kiema never really gave the impression of loving any of them and you don't get the impression he learned anything either. Which is ok. (I kinda hate when people feel like a character has to learn something).
I'm ok with the charachers. I don't think the manga format lends itself to much characterization for for more than a few characters. I think it was good relative to the number of them at least.
Ultimately...yeah, it felt like a rushed ending. It felt like there was supposed to maybe be 1 more arc past the time travel rather than only a few issues. Overall...pretty good series.
edited 18th Apr '14 1:21:37 PM by kiukiuclk
I never really had a favorite girl or pairing, so I can't feel the pride or pain of having a preferred ship become canon/rejected.
Regardless, I like how Keima and Chihiro are sorta starting over from scratch instead of going straight for the "Everything somehow forgiven! Time to kiss!" route. And I felt a little bad for Tenri, despite not being surprised at the outcome.
This signature used to support spoiler tags.He did not pick Chihiro randomly. That was just some excuse he gave because Keima is the real tsundere in the relationship. Do note that Dokuro immediately called him a liar.
And if you don't think Keima learned anything through the series then I have to ask you to please read TWGOK and not the Kanon spinoff.
Will the relationship last? Can any real relationship between Keima and a girl last? His experience should only extend to the conquest part, since he said himself that gal games end when the player character and the heroine get together. Does he know anything about maintaining a relationship?

Fair enough, Arha. Why do you have to make sense.