26th March 2010, 11:46 AM
Warning: Spoilers!
He doesn't come out of nowhere, him and what he had done (or a version of it) had been mentioned or referred to many times through the series. He doesn't actually appear until the second-to-last episode, sure, but Vingt, the Invisible Death... those we had heard of and he was closely connected to them.
Loss -- No, Rio has to give up on her opposition to what her father wanted, I think that's significant... yes the "the Emperor isn't that bad" part is kind of lame, but still. She definitely had to give up something important.
You're not giving the show, and the last few episodes, enough credit. I mean, from Rio having to give up on her opposition to being royalty to Noel having to face what she had done in getting that bioweapons plant running again (that led to Hopkins using the weapons to kill a bunch of people, many of them innocent) to the scene where Kureha and Filicia debate what they should do and Kureha breaks down... oh, and how about how they do go out there and kill Hopkins and his people? Loss of innocence for the recruits, I think.
I mean sure, it could have been more depressing. But why would that have made it better? In my opinion, it wouldn't have!
As for my questions about the final episode, see here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.p...21&page=23 (bottom of the page)
He doesn't come out of nowhere, him and what he had done (or a version of it) had been mentioned or referred to many times through the series. He doesn't actually appear until the second-to-last episode, sure, but Vingt, the Invisible Death... those we had heard of and he was closely connected to them.
Loss -- No, Rio has to give up on her opposition to what her father wanted, I think that's significant... yes the "the Emperor isn't that bad" part is kind of lame, but still. She definitely had to give up something important.
You're not giving the show, and the last few episodes, enough credit. I mean, from Rio having to give up on her opposition to being royalty to Noel having to face what she had done in getting that bioweapons plant running again (that led to Hopkins using the weapons to kill a bunch of people, many of them innocent) to the scene where Kureha and Filicia debate what they should do and Kureha breaks down... oh, and how about how they do go out there and kill Hopkins and his people? Loss of innocence for the recruits, I think.
I mean sure, it could have been more depressing. But why would that have made it better? In my opinion, it wouldn't have!
As for my questions about the final episode, see here: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.p...21&page=23 (bottom of the page)
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