Shadow Ushio is effectively dead. Even if Ushio never died in this universe, she wouldn't have those experiences, so Shinpei's goodbye is true and meaningful.
As for everyone else's, only Shinpei remembers all of that, so I guess it seems like "a dream" ending, except dream endings suck because the entire struggle was meaningless. Here, the struggle is the precise reason the horrific ending can be considered just a dream, so the two shouldn't be conflated.
Peace.
Episode 24:
1.) The only difference between Ushio and "child-Ushi" was ... smaller boobs. :|
2.) I'm sorry, but I was really rooting for Shide at the end. This anime did bad something that a lot of anime mess up: The heroes end up looking too strong. At no point in this battle did it look like Shide had the clear upperhand. At best the upperhand kept shifting between him and Shinpei. The latter of which had no trouble dodging Shide's attacks. And who are we fighting here? Someone who just wanted to live forever and, since that came to an end, wanted to end the entire world. That last bit is bad, but I really liked his analogy: "Consider me a final boss who's found a way to cut the game's cord". He might have snapped at some point, but really he was fighting THE WHOLE WORLD all by himself. I can respect that. If they wanted me to hate him, they should have made him look more powerful and overwhelming.
3.) For all the pain Shinpei should have, he doesn't show it. That would have been a good way to alleviate the impression of being too powerful.
4.) The terrible design of Ushio as a blonde pinup girl inherently ruined her for me from the first second I saw her and that never changed until the end.
One episode left and I expect a 100% happy boring end. In any other season, this anime would have been a drop, but this season it made my #1 in the top 3-thread, really says it all.
"She's the only non-loli girl in the show, your honor!" will be my defense in court
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I didn't mind that nearly as much as I predicted I would. I liked seeing the characters have a chance to live happy, normal lives, and the what-ifs, like Ryunoske being alive and Haine's father were paced well to keep up some form of intrigue. The lack of memories wasn't all bad, as the events would have been traumatic anyhow. Overall, a really solid show.
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