In other words, this ending feels like the series has been axed.
I agree, it’s been so confusing for so long that I can’t help but feel like the publisher begged Fujimoto to end it.
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lvxferre@mander.xyz 6 days ago
This ending left me really unsatisfied. Not like a bitter ending (I like those); but like plenty run-of-the-mill isekai series end. Suddenly the plot of some boring arc gets rushed, bigger dangling threads get clipped, smaller ones get hidden, and the last words are something like “this story is over, but the adventures of $protagonist and his friends go on! Thanks for reading!”.
In other words, this ending feels like the series has been axed. I don’t know by whom; perhaps even the author himself, dunno. Frankly the part 2 has been rather boring in comparison with part 1, I feel like the series could’ve ended with Makima’s death just fine.
Just my two cents. I apologise this comment not talking about the article itself, and if it sounds like rambling, but I had to get it off my chest.
ReluctantlyZen@ani.social 6 days ago
fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
No wonder, the series ended when
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Makina got sliced into vibes and denji was eating them.
That was the ending after the final battle. Whatever it then got turned into was already life support.
ReluctantlyZen@ani.social 6 days ago
Idk, I think part 2 definitely started out good, but the last, what, 50 something chapters were a confusing mess (which is still like 1.5 years of chapters). There was something there, maybe? But idk, it never went anywhere
lvxferre@mander.xyz 6 days ago
Yeah. If the series ended there, people might’ve complained it was too short, but it would be hard to argue it was inconclusive.
[Ending of Part 1]
It would be like book ends: the series starts and ends with Denji meeting different incarnations of the demon of control. First as his first love, then as some weird kid combining traits of his first love and himself, almost like Nayuta was Makima and Denji’s child. His friends and love interests are both dead, but he keeps dreaming, as he needs to take care of her.
I wouldn’t even call the rest “life support”. It’s more like a zombie.