By episode 11, I was left wondering: how are they going to tie up all the lose ends? What kind of epic crazy finale will we get? Will the series finally be elevated to the status of its OP and ED and Sanpeita’s mama’s flashbacks?
By the end of the episode, I felt like I’d been trampled on by Izumi too.
Not that there weren’t nice fight scenes, and not that it didn’t have its share of Kemeko-in-a-crazy-outfit.
We even had Kiriko remove the Rei-patch only to reveal that it’s more like a Kenpachi power-up patch, even though we don’t get to see much of the powered up version. And we had a touching moment when Kemeko realised that Sanpeita never really saw her as his betrothed because… because… she’s just too sexy for him. But said in a touching moment way, of course.
But none of that makes up for the fact that this a last episode that can’t function without a season 2, or at least OVAs. We don’t get a resolution at all. We don’t even get the answer to:
1. Who killed the Chairman the the Mishima Group and why?
2. Who is the girl (saying she wanted to meet Sanpeita) who appears in the last few minutes of the episode?
3. Is Kyte (remember him?) the Renji to M.M.’s Rukia?
4. Is the above an insult to Ichigo, because that would equate him to someone who sprouts from his skull?
5. Why would something that breaks the first law of thermodynamics (the Nanoball) manifest itself as a plant? And how did it plant itself in Sanpeita’s head?
But most important of all, now that it’s time to say goodbye to the crazy OP and the oh so innocent-looking ED, the question I have to ask is: can I be bothered with the manga? Will it just leave me with even more questions after even more wasted hours?
Well, I just flicked through the first volume, and can say that at least it provides this answer on page one: the girl from 10 years ago gave Sanpeita the Nanoball and asked him to eat it, and said, ‘When this seed sprouts… When that happens… I’m going to marry Saipeita. It’s a promise.’ Dare I hope for more answers?
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