Gee, I wonder what this icon is for...?

[soc_puppet]

Socchan: *has just finished watching the last few minutes of the final episode of Gurren Lagann*
Socchan: *twitches*
Socchan: ...THE HELL DID I WATCH THIS ANIME FOR ANYHOW.


Okay, I'm better now.

This post used to be a lot more full of vitriol in general, but once I got it typed out I felt better about myself and worse about the writing, so I deleted it. Mostly right now I'm frustrated with the Japanese cultural need for unhappy/ambiguous endings, so as far as I'm concerned, the series ended/diverged after Coco-jii gave the dress to Nia. At that point, yet another giant robot fell out of space and all the "dead" people got out of it, where it became apparent that they had only been trapped in another dimension because they had been "killed" trying to utilize spiral energy, but they'd drilled their way out. And then (almost) everyone lived happily ever after. The end.

A girl can dream, can't she DD:




...Oh yeah. And I finally have a favorite character that I'd re-watch the series for. Go me. It only took twenty-six episodes, too!

*sigh* I need cake.

Comments

[straight-as-an.livejournal.com]

ahahaahaha I KNOW RITE.

I just kept crying.

Also, watch this (http://youtube.com/watch?v=9kJIRl_dsWE)

[soc_puppet]

It was haet and awful and now I'm going to forget I ever saw anything past the moment I mentioned up there. *ttly running on misplaced aggression from "anger" stage of grief (probably), but doesn't care*

LALALALALA, I can't heeeear yooooou!

I. Will have to watch it tonight and get back to you tomorrow DD: Unless it can be understood without sound. Then I could watch it now.

[straight-as-an.livejournal.com]

T-that works too.

You can watch it without sound. THEN SPAZZ OUT AND WATCH IT WITH SOUND.

[soc_puppet]

Eeeeevil show DD: Dragging us in with its mecha and shounen retardery and drills and believing in people and then smashing our hearts to little bitty pieces. Eeeeevil.

XD Okay, that works. Soundless watching to begin shortly!

[straight-as-an.livejournal.com]

YEAH I KNOW. I really bawled for this show.

[soc_puppet]

I refused to cry because I am a wuss and cannot take pain. So I distracted myself with anger.

Also, have watched without sound! Have little/no idea what's going on, but am greatly intrigued by sheer awesome.

[straight-as-an.livejournal.com]

XDDD

this post (http://ofearlessleader.livejournal.com/4054.html?mode=reply) kinda compiles my reactions for this opening, but MOSTLY THE DARK ACE KILLED MY DAD AAAAAUGH.

[soc_puppet]

W-well. It could be worse? You could have two dads. *is shot for suggesting it* ALSO, WORLD BUILDING. WORLD BUILDING = A+++

[bromantic.livejournal.com]

I could still have two dads I KNOW SO AWESOME.

[dogmatix-san.livejournal.com]

o.o *pathuggle* Wow, that sounds like a deniable ending, yes. Like YGO's official ending, meh. Welcome to the river in Egypt, btw. *grins and hands you a fruit smoothy with one of those little fancy paper umbrellas*

[soc_puppet]

Very deniable. Very very deniable. Especially with how much screwing with space/time the series does in the first place.

I shall have to see that sometime. So I can deny it. *accepts the smoothie and drinks deep* Mmmmm, tastes like forgetting...

GIP

[whodoucheyou.livejournal.com]

:)

[soc_puppet]

>:((((

[whodoucheyou.livejournal.com]

♥

[soc_puppet]

...*punch!* Stop making me acknowledge the existence of things I want to deny, dammit!

...Wait no, he could totally still look like that in a divergent future, NEVER MIND. *continues delusional fantasy*

[whodoucheyou.livejournal.com]

:(

[soc_puppet]

*lalala, delusional fantasyland~*

[but-a-wolf.livejournal.com]

If it helps, according to Gainax they had 7 days before the wedding.

[soc_puppet]

It does, though I still like my delusional fantasyland :( And/or CFUD.

[dagronrat.livejournal.com]

*totally not reading about the ending, but...!*

[dagronrat.livejournal.com]

You said something about needing cake? :)

[soc_puppet]

♥_♥!!! Caaaaaaake.... As long as it's not buck-cake, we're good.

[dagronrat.livejournal.com]

buck-what?

♥~

[soc_puppet]

Buck-cake. It, uh. Makes more sense if you've read Tentacle Monsters and the Women Who Love Them (NSFW). Though it also helps if you pronounce it "bukake".

♥!

[dagronrat.livejournal.com]

*Puts link aside for tomorrow, now I must fight teh evil 2am "ZOMG UNI 2MORO" syndrome and get some sleep. XD
Enjoy the not buck-cake. >D*

*Huggles!*

[zidane.livejournal.com]

...yeah, in my head the show is completely different with a Kamina and Kittan and Nia and EVERYONE LIVES ending. Eureka 7 spoiled me on happy endings for mech shows. :\

27 didn't make me sad at all, though. I knew because 1) this is anime and 2) this is Gainax, that a 'bittersweet' ending was coming. What got the waterworks going for me was 26 when Simon got to meet Kamina again.

[soc_puppet]

I live with you in "it didn't technically end this way!" land T^Tb I. Have not yet actually seen Eureka 7. But

Well, the foreshadowing helped me some, but I still wasn't happy. Note to self: look up other titles Gainax has done so you can have a better frame of reference than "Didn't they do Eva...?"

[soc_puppet]

...That first paragraph should totally go on to say "But I infer from your comment on it that I should and/or would enjoy it?" Except I forgot to keep writing there. F-fail.

[zidane.livejournal.com]

Okay Eureka 7 has a LOT in common with Eva in that there's a boy living in his father's shadow, a MYSTERIOUS BLUE HAIRED GIRL, zOMG ALIENZ and weird stuff involving the shared consciousness of humanity.

HOWEVER, Eureka 7 also has Surfing Robots and GOOD END. I think that they could have trimmed about 10 episodes worth of stuff from the show and made it a lot better, BUT, it's still very good and I definitely recommend it.

IF you're going to check out anything else Gainax and you enjoyed Gurren Lagann, I'd rec Gunbuster ("Aim for the Top!") and Diebuster ("Aim for the Top! 2" or "Gunbuster 2").
There (http://pics.livejournal.com/heebee/pic/000ctgkx) are (http://pics.livejournal.com/heebee/pic/000cwq3h) some (http://pics.livejournal.com/heebee/pic/000cyd1d) obvious (http://pics.livejournal.com/heebee/pic/000cxqc3) correlations (http://pics.livejournal.com/heebee/pic/000czywr) between these series. (uh, some of the links are a bit spoilery for Diebuster but it's NOTHING THAT YOU HAVEN'T SEEN IN GURREN LAGANN ALREADY. Just don't read any of the text and you should be fine. Just matching the visuals here).

The ending of Gunbuster is bittersweet, leaves you crying, but in a good way.

[soc_puppet]

Good end = good. Socchan like good end. I'll have to look into it more.

XD You aren't kidding about the correlations. I may give that one a try.

[upper-flowers.livejournal.com]

Personally, I liked the ending. Everyone was satisfied in the end, even if they did miss those who had died or left. Those who did die died for a cause they believed in, and had no regrets, I believe. The series was honest, in that, not everyone can live when there is a war going on. I loved the raw honesty of it, really.

[soc_puppet]

Well, far be it from me to try and take away from your personal enjoyment ;) I'll still probably remain quietly disappointed with it on my side though, unless I re-watch it and decide otherwise.

[macnotpc.livejournal.com]

Just take comfort in the wonderful GL cast of camp? I think that made it significantly less...off-putting to me.

[soc_puppet]

Oh, absolutely. CFUD is Happy Ending Land, as far as I'm concerned.

Getbackers:

[rasgos-76.livejournal.com]

I have the box and just about to ship it out... btw, it's a big box...>> Only cuz I have a bunch of flat rate boxes and it's stupid not to fill it with stuff... So yeah, be on the look out XD

Re: Getbackers:

[soc_puppet]

\o/ You are awesome-tastic and full of loveability. I will keep my eyes peeled ♥♥♥