The Shonen Ending Paradox

[@UncleHuss1]

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[@ska4666]

BRO.. YOU are prolly the very few who completely understood Bleach Woah...! Preach Brother Preach! WE NEED ABOUT A MILLION MORE like you who perfectly knows his way through the serie. You know Bleach has been hyped for the Superficial reasons which aren't even it's strongest Points, for soo long, ...people always had wrong Expectations from BLEACH, ...Good to see you went into it, With no Expectations, just like me (i usually do this cuz it makes me enjoy the serie to the full, even the worst of Series 😂)

[@espelhodasconstelacoes]

Bro you cooked with this video, God bless ya and Jesus loves ya!

[@diamondhamster4320]

Bro is a true Bachi-believer. Respect.

[@Zytotoxin]

only 10k subs and you've already gotten a raid sponsorship GET THAT BAG

[@jahterminatedlmao5473]

lets take a moment to appreciate FMA's ending. probably the most complete ending to any shounen ever

[@darksiders2468]

Gintama and code geass both have well appreciated endings

[@TheRockerX]

FMA and Code Geass are just lucky to have ended before the social media era

[@JARZR]

@@TheRockerX The thing with FMA and Code Geas is that they didn't have to deal with leaks and they tied all the themes and characters they developed. Hell, Code Geass had a messy final arc but the ending literally undid all the cristicisms it was building up.

[@NuhMonday]

JoJo is holding up good aswell with the endings of the Parts.

[@juniorbatchy9501]

Gintama, Slam Dunk, Aria and many are better imo

[@riyadeshpande2028]

It's not a paradox, it's not a problem of the readers, it's a simple storytelling issue: Falling Action. Not in terms of fighting, but in terms of story complexity. Most of these series takes years to build, establishing a world, characters, conflicts, relationships, etc. However, while frenetic action, suspense and mystery are great in building worlds up, they sucks when winding things down. The better a story is in its build-up, the greater care needs to be taken when winding it down, making sure that there is enough action and conflict even during the wrap-up. However, that is almost never the case. Once the BBEG is defeated, there are no secondary conflicts to let the story come down slowly. The story just ends. It's like sex without the aftercare. There is a great and easy way authors can avoid doing this, all they need to

[@SirSov3r3ign]

I 100 percent agree with this and I think the burnout authors suffer under shueisha has it that by the time they reach the climax they simply speedrun the falling action by putting it all into one war arc before calling it a day.

[@EthanZheKaiSinghBlss]

This is a good point but its kind of ignoring the other factors that come into play when people regard an ending. Like character conclusions or how well the final conflict was even handled. Once a conflict that has been build up to ends, most readers would already feel more or less relieved and there is not really much of a need for more conflicts for the story.

[@SirSov3r3ign]

I personally think mha's ending concluded pretty well for a lot of its characters. I didn't except more from yagi, bakugo, the todorokis, uravity etc. I think they pretty much fulfilled their arcs. my 2 let downs were deku and shigiraki mostly for how little agency they had for the last stretch of the story. I don't really get the McDonald's joke, is the implication dekus end was akin to working minimum wage? I mean his gets to be somewhat of a hero both in the classroom and out of it....people must have had some big dreams for our boy 🤣.

[@riyadeshpande2028]

​@@SirSov3r3ign Absolutely! This is the exact reason! It's understandable that authors feel burnout by churning out issues week after week for years at end and just grow physically and emotionally exhausted. The idea of writing an entire arc for falling action must seem unbearable to them so they end it exactly with the biggest arc, instead of delving into a last, wrap-up arc with a smaller-scale conflict driving it.

[@riyadeshpande2028]

​@@EthanZheKaiSinghBlss The point of falling action is to wrap-up character arcs, plot threads, and the fallout of the climax to give the story a feeling of completion. If a story can do that in the main arc, that's great but it requires significant planning, such as "Full Metal Alchemist". The reason we're talking about Battle Shonen is because they spend too much time in building up the conflict and too little time resolving it.

[@angelamengualcortinas3614]

I guess the thing that keeps surprising me is just how people will unceremonously switch up their stance and begin mocking the works that they loved so much before at the first sigh of a controversial ending, and will refuse to try to engage with the art in a more positive light. The ammount of toxicity Horikoshi, Akutami, Isayama, Kishimoto, Kubo and others have received from former fans is bonkers. Hardly ever conclusions for popular media are perfect, but hardly ever are as bad as people make them out to be.

[@UncleHuss1]

@@angelamengualcortinas3614 Couldn’t have worded it better myself especially that last line

[@nar1768]

imo alot of those mangas already has alot of fans who started to hate it in the dozen or so last chapters, i don't think their opinions changed just because the ending.

[@Hihitoto23]

@@nar1768 Yeah I think this is mostly true for jjk the amount of people that switched when they announced the 5 chapter thing is crazy.

[@nar1768]

@@Hihitoto23 imo the hate started to grow around chapter 236

[@isidorodaviddoro1920]

Jjk was never a great series due to the wierd author decisions that ruined character development and the narrative possibilities but many fanboys didn't want to accept that the problems became apparent in shibuya and the Next arcs

[@blackmanwithcomputer]

FMA needs to be studied. I've seen no one with any issues with that ending.

[@fawazfaruqui5198]

How is MHA any different?

[@ursaminor2732]

@@fawazfaruqui5198bc the ending literally contradicts the opening sentence of the manga and a lot of ppl hate it

[@WolfXGamerful]

@@fawazfaruqui5198 FMA's story was about Ed's quest to correct a mistake that he and his brother made long ago. He became an alchemist for that reason. Being an alchemist didn't define him, but what he sacrificed did. Once he saw an opportunity to obtain everything he wanted, he didn't _need_ to be the "Fullmetal Alchemist" anymore. In MHA's case, Deku was _defined_ by his status as a hero. He wanted to be like All Might: the Symbol of Peace. He achieved some semblance of that, but the world eventually understood that relying on a singular figure to secure peace is unsustainable. The world didn't need someone like All Might anymore. In other words, the world didn't need Deku's goal. He may have defeated the big bad, but does that make him #1? It became less about how _Deku_ became the #1 Hero/Symbol of Peace and more about how _Class 1-A_ became the _Symbols_ of Peace. The goalpost changed over time, which is what makes the final message a little strange to me. It's an understandable evolution of the goal, though, nevertheless.

[@XragebootsX]

I’m pretty sure that the author had the whole ending and a large general plan for the entire series before starting to write it. Planning out your story helps a ton

[@AntiSoraXVI]

@@ursaminor2732I don’t see how it contradicts at all. By all accounts Deku was the #1 hero (just not officially), but the entire world knows he was the top hero and the only one capable of saving everyone. The even wrap the whole thing up in a nice bow, deku was told he could be a hero by being given OFA. At the end of the series OFA is gone, but he can still be a hero (hero enough to mentor young heroes and hero enough to go out there and save people himself) The whole point of the series is to change the definition of what a hero is/looks like

[@GonickuDB]

I think the best example I've seen of people zeroing in on one aspect of a story was with Yuji at the ending, seeing some people here and there say that they're disappointed that Yuji isn't going out on missions alone considering his strength...and I had to sit there and wonder if these people read the story at all, ESPECIALLY Hidden Inventory, cuz that would've flew in the face of everything

[@dankuya]

for real like the whole point of the story is "it's lonely at the top" and the ending is a perfect subversion of that

[@bananabanana484]

The final chapter also shows that fated battles to save the world are not what makes a difference: it’s lending a hand! Helping people who are scared, and lifting people out of despair

[@GonickuDB]

@@dankuya Legitimately, like that was the whole deal with Gojo and Kashimo especially but somehow they missed all that

[@GonickuDB]

@@bananabanana484 A big part of why I genuinely love the ending, Yuji found the new path for the "strongest" that Gojo thought he'd find, one that wouldn't allow for what happened to Geto to happen again

[@hadrianhexe9603]

it just shows that alot of people have such a hard on for the 'big strong do it all on his own protagonist' that they lose common sense. It's like being mad at Guts for caring about Casca above anything else or at Batman for caring about his kids

[@beaneater4277]

I really appreciate the nuanced look at series like jjk and bleach, which often get oversimplified and over hated by their own fans. I think a better term for ‘bad ending’ is ‘controversial ending’, since you’ll always find people who really enjoyed the endings everyone calls bad

[@Twice-RE]

I think bleach and jjk had a better ending than naruto. I love all 3 but naruto is about the journey not the destination...really ruined its ending to make boruto. Which i enjoy reading boruto but im going off topic now so anyways...ya jjk ending isnt bad to me at all

[@unioneye1087]

By that logic, then what’s a bad ending if everything is controversial? Nothing is ever pure black or white after all, anything will have likers or haters.

[@beaneater4277]

@@unioneye1087 Promised neverland, Seven deadly sins, darling franXX, were pretty uncontroversial bad endings. But yeah, you’re right in the sense that most bad endings of popular series are going to be divisive in some way.

[@miramaxcinemax5512]

​@@beaneater4277 I mean literally not a single character had any worth in JJK. I don't even know what was the point of the whole manga. At the end you look back at it and see bunch of fights. Actually, no, Inventory arc is the only one that had good clear narrative and character progression. Yuji vs Mahito. Junpei too. But the rest of the story wasted all meaning of it. So many threads abandoned. You can't name it anything but bad, even if someone could enjoy it on a basic level.

[@Twice-RE]

@miramaxcinemax5512 lol that's one way of seeing it..but i feel like i have a more in-depth perspective..although im not to good with my words so im not going to try to explain it..plenty of others feel the same and can express mutual feelings about it here on yt

[@Kass_me]

I think the best way to handle manga endings is simple: 1: Don't go into leaks 2: Stay off the fandom to form your own opinion 3: Think if you personally enjoyed it or not

[@Dan-The-First]

4. DONT BE ON FUCKING TWITTER

[@bluecrood2720]

i will never understand why its so hard for people to form their own opinions of something instead of following impressions of others

[@MichaelMcDoesntExist]

@@bluecrood2720 Something about taking the first napkin

[@kiratwo4u]

let's be real so many people ignore 2 and 3

[@jeremywinston1]

no, stay off the anime fandoms in general. They’re all toxic, i haven never seen in 10 years a anime fandom that allows you to have an opinion without attacking you and that doesn’t work like an echo-chamber (people in it hating or loving something cause others do).

[@RaiginAnimator]

25:18 BRO someone said it My hero’s ending has me Pissed off not cuz I hated it but because I feel like every time. It’s brought people will JUST lie Like IVE had WAYY to many people telling me Midoriyas friends abandoned him for 8 years

[@anusaukko6792]

The funny part is that there were already people on youtube like certain reaction channels who roughly predicted the ending the story before it happened. How you may ask? By paying attention to the characters, story, themes, symbolism, and overall narrative of the series and using their brain to come up with a logical conclusion to it ☠ People who say the ending is ''garbage'' or that it came out of nowhere never read MHA and it shows.

[@Fujiisamaa]

most people watch anime through Tik Tok clips nowadays, just ignore them. They are a cancer.

[@marocat4749]

Yeah they didnt, they were just busy and being adults. Which yiould ve communicated better, i guess, but isnt bad, and its a good end, mostly. Demon slayer has a good ending thou, and as does , ok an ending that doesnt ruin the theme and characters, is good. Still JJK is a terrible end making death meaningless in a story that , like is very edgy. Why?That is a skill and or editor nd or tonal issue.

[@kingderk]

​@@marocat4749 dude you type like a moron and your opinions even worse

[@vibechecker6456]

​@@marocat4749 JJK AND EDGY??? Bro?? You good??? Have we read the same manga?

[@stemratex]

The other thing is that it's obvious Kugisaki wasn't in the original plans to come back. When you hear all of Gege's previous interviews you can tell he had no intention of reviving her.

[@pamelaguerra3768]

she wasn't revived, when she was taken out a character specificaly showed up and said that he'd given her a chance of survival and then she's never mentioned again if yall thought she was dead it's your own fault.

[@xtremo1killlercombat]

Brother, the crumbs were being dropped since shibuya if you didn't look or notice them that's on you, she was always gonna comeback 😂😂

[@themagmar9000]

@@xtremo1killlercombathow you arguing with the author 😂😂😂😂

[@xtremo1killlercombat]

@@themagmar9000 how am I arguing with the author??

[@juan.3432]

​@@pamelaguerra3768 No it's not. There's literally a scene where Yuji asked Megumi about Kugisaki's condition and he didn't answer instead just avoiding eye contact. Literally what is Gege's intention writing this scene other than to imply that she's dead or Gege is just that bad Also there's no mention or build up of her in ~150 chapters. You are telling me Sukuna, the supposed genius villain, planning on how to kill Gojo the moment he saw ten shadow, didn't account for Kugisaki? that just show how much of a fraud he is (or Gege doesn't want to bring her back)

[@animefan77]

13:52- Notably, Tousen went against his Shinigami core by discarding the use of his Bankai in favor of using Visored and eventually Hollow powers, Aizen discards his Zanpakuto abilities in favor of the Hogyoku that eventually makes him into unrecognizable hollow-like monster before his final defeat, and Yhwach takes the Mimihagi, which is a Soul King power that sided with the Shinigami over his own Quincy heritage- each going against their core selves for the sake of gaining power.

[@MaxIronsThird]

you had me, until Mimihagi, he's the right arm of the King, he has nothing to do with Shinigami.

[@TheRockerX]

24:27 I was also around during the AOT manga ending era. I'll never forget how much damage that "leaker" did to the perception of AOT's ending. To this day, there's still folks who unironically think Eren literally turned into a bird. All because of a bad faith leaker.

[@lahnhedberg3403]

Wait wait, people thought WHAT?

[@trashman1605]

That ending was still garbage, leak or not

[@dankuya]

@@trashman1605 you're allowed to be wrong

[@tristanbeer1257]

Ellen becomes dove (crying) God, r/Titanfolk was a shitshow when this ending came out...

[@kostasspirou1010]

​@@trashman1605 your username fits you

[@animefan77]

13:45- notice that notable villains such as Szayel, Barragan, Aizen, and the Quincy of the Vandenreich all have powers to either revive themselves from death or prevent death from happening- showing their fear of death

[@KyngD469]

Gurren Lagann had a peak ending. as did FMA: Brotherhood. To all the folks saying: "hurr durr at least we got an ending" Sticking the landing matters. The story is a journey, you cant just act like a shit ending doesnt matter.

[@yoursteak5215]

Seeing all these endings bring me back to the FMA and Haikyuu endings. Both had such satisfying conclusions that just remembering them hits different so hard.

[@abrarahmad6370]

exactly 💯

[@申月営無営月無営有申]

Gurren Lagann ending was trash

[@Orianna_Bumssen321]

Gurren Lagann is a TV Show they have much more time to cook a satisfying ending from pre production.

[@KyngD469]

@@申月営無営月無営有申 Did you watch the show with your fingers? Because I know you gotta be blind with an opinion that bad.

[@minibluemonkey]

Wait, people dont like the Hells Paradise ending? I thought it was pretty good

[@juancastruita1474]

It ended?!?

[@noa6794]

​@@juancastruita1474 Yep. Actually the author dropped a one-shot before the anime transmitted Sorry for the bad english. Isn't my first language

[@UncleHuss1]

@@minibluemonkey from what I remember it did receive a lot of criticism when it first dropped but I think people have warmed up to it now similar to the aot situation

[@Justanormalperson777]

They are crazy

[@dotus9959]

Ngl would’ve liked if the one brother didn’t get resurrected it was good but not spectacular

[@austintea]

The problem with mha ending for me is the fact the manga lied, he said its the story of how he became the greatest hero, only for him to never even get ranked in the top 10, thats like if the strawhats never finds the onepiece, its a total betrayle of our expectations

[@tehcookievanilla1323]

The greatest hero would never say they're the greatest hero, the idea lies within what makes a hero which is focusing on the collective.

[@maggo6689]

greatest hero isnt the number 1 hero, just because endeavour became the number 1 hero after all might didnt mean he became the greatest hero does it ?, pay more attention to the final battle where it shows what makes deku so special and better then all might is how he inspires people to do better them selfs and not to rely on another person. something all might failed at, and lead to the socity that created shigaraki, by deku becoming the greatest hero to live he inspired a whole generation of the greatest heroes.

[@2triedforthis830]

He was the greatest hero though no? He defeated the guy who would have destroyed the world and even almost a decade later is still remembered and looked up to. He did get his dream even if it ended in him not having his quirk. Because remember izuku can still be that hero without a quirk cuz of his suit

[@tomjohnson8099]

It really boils down to a lot of the shonen audience being insanely emotionally immature. They just care about the hype, fights, love, ships, and all the surface level aspects of manga. The deeper story and themes are lost of them half the time, and usually these endings are more reflective of the overall theme, not wrapping up an already action packed story with more action, which is what i expect most shonen junkies to want

[@elimDBZ]

What you said exactly what I wanted to read. Everything regarding the current shonen audience is basically true at this point.

[@cryguy0000]

I mean idk, I'm no shonen expert but I feel like the endings of some of them are genuinely bad or at least underwhelming.

[@Calciferly]

beautiful fucking video man best animanga I've seen in so long, kinda of hilarious I was chatting with some friends about this exact thing pretty much coming to the same conclusion.

[@mateosalgado536]

to add about leaks, some people just straight up only read the leaks and not the actual manga chapter. people who just jump from leak to leak and not read the chapters, so any mistake in the leaks will be their reality which can build up the dislike and hate

[@antonbrown17]

Exactly! And you add to it that KZbinrs, who may or may not even like the actual story, will try to get on the JJK hype train by quickly reading the leaks to get a chapter discussion up before the chapter even drops so now thousands of ppl in the JJK community are having their initial opinion on the chapter formed by a guy who read leaks before the official chapter even makes it to either of them. It's wild

[@adriananderson4785]

This is such a great video,you gain a new fan

[@UncleHuss1]

@@adriananderson4785 love to see it

[@oszaszi]

Gege only did one shots before this. I think he did not even expect it to be picked up as it was said that when Sukuna rips Yuji's heart out at the start, the manga was expected to end. Then it was kept going and going. Plus, weekly pushing out episodes to a story you dont want to work on anymore must be taxing. Gege clearly wanted to move on, he said he wants to do an idol manga. Its like reading a rushed fanfiction vs one that has episodes 2-3 weeks. It hurts my eyes, my heart and my brain all at once... >.> I think it also doesnt help that Anime/ manga community is super degen but JJK fans were next level vile after the Gojo incident... if i already dont want to work on something, and my fans send me death threats, I def will not be in the right mindset to write the next chapter that HAS to go out due weekly press.

[@bobjones9385]

I feel like this has to be a myth or Fandom headcanon bc the idea of continuously working on a story you don't like feels contradictory, especially when the industry is known for putting such a physical strain on its creators

[@Alex-bH1]

@@bobjones9385 You're right, its just a sentiment thats snowballed for JJK and a lot of manga in general. I can only guess but maybe its due to Gege's jokes about Gojo being his least favourite? People parade that as fact and eventually it led to a fake interview where Gege "admits to killing Gojo because he hated him". Same stuff with Gege "hating/being tired of JJK", fans and haters just snowball things until it gets paraded as fact. Like one person on twitter theorized Gege was tired of JJK because of the pacing issues and now people think its something hes actually admitted to.

[@AbstractFigures]

People are getting so mad when the MC actually gets to be happy at the end 😭

[@BabyGirlTiny]

I guess the writing means nothing at all

[@RedShadowAMV]

Really really well made video. Pretty much agree with everything, the manga that has the worst ending is the one ending right now, without anyone having the time to reflect on it. And because I know this might get overlooked, wanted to highlight the manga edits throughout this video because, wow! Really visually pleasing stuff

[@murderman8578]

Which manga

[@RedShadowAMV]

Any battle shonen that's ending in the social media era probably, not one in particular. Just something I noticed from fan reception across twitter when things like MHA, AOT, JJK or DBS ended​@@murderman8578

[@ElizaBlakeney]

THANK YOU!!! You've said so much about how I feel about MHA. I've had to basically divorce myself from the fandom because the sheer dislike, at times near hate, started to affect how much I enjoyed the series. It's not perfect. Nothing really is. And admittedly, I feel like the series should have had been drawn out more (it's ridiculous when you realize that everything in the series takes place in one year basically!); however, the series never strays away from it core themes and I've found even events that I may personally not really enjoy still make sense within the context. I thought the ending was exceptional. It was everything I needed and wanted. It' so easy to constantly want more, to want something to continue forever, and for problems to 'solved'. But what the series needed was a hopeful point to the future; things will be better. And Horokoshi delivered.

[@MaxIronsThird]

MHA is really bad though, specially after the Chisaki/yakuza arc

[@cloudstrike5225]

Put the fries in the bag deku

[@maggo6689]

@@MaxIronsThird brain dead take

[@xNico1412]

This is one reason why I think Assassination Classroom is severely underappreciated. It never overstayed it's welcome, despite being massively popular enough at the time that Jump probably tried to extend it, but it ended on it's own terms perfectly instead.

[@amazingannyoing1716]

man, that was the best interpretation i've heard for bleach

[@drudeger]

I'm not currently in a phase of my life where I have the time to actually go back and read them front to back, but you've single-handedly convinced me that it might be worth it to go back and give both mha and jjk another shot. you've also helped me see the ways my own story and character analyses have fallen short while giving me clear examples of better ways to go about it just by writing your own thoughts on art so clearly and articulately. I think that's a true testament to the high quality of your writing.

[@Biostar96]

Finally, someone with a measured view of MHA's ending. I am so tired of people who never read the manga and just went off on leaked mistranslations to shit on the whole ending. I will never say that it was perfect, or I didn't have my own desires for it, but what's there is fitting and follows what came before it. I liked it.

[@g3kkou2]

Honestly i find it so funny that this is one of the most in-depth, nuanced and honest videos about shounen endings I've ever seen/read/heard to the point that its insane to me that your channel isn't much bigger; but the comments has still devolved into mud-slinging and surface level discussions about specific shounen battle manga endings. I don't know whether that's due to people not finishing the video, lack of comprehension or that people only care about their specific viewpoint over everything. But I just wanna thank you for such a crazy good video and I'm definitely going to share it around to friends

[@adarshvardhan6819]

every vid so far has been a banger keep this quality up man 💯

[@EthanZheKaiSinghBlss]

Finally, someone who understands jjk’s ending and situation. Thank you.

[@TheZaz00]

You're amazing man. You captured the feelings I have with manga and anime today, I can admit I'm the both sides. Being a helpless fictional empathizer that changes the whole character (as someone who does write fanfics in my free time), yet someone who can accept the ending we got. As the saying goes "It is what it is." and you'll just have to have your OWN thoughts from a manga/media YOU read. I'd wait for official translations and consume it in my own pace. I'm a huge fan of Violet Evergarden and the sentiment that it's "boring" and "bland" has always bugged me. And yet I simply ignored those words and enjoyed it as what it is, an anime that made me cry and changed my views on life. People may not like it, but it doesn't mean I can't enjoy it. With AOT, it holds a special place in my heart. It's the anime that ignited my love of anime and manga as whole. Seeing the reaction of the ending of course fustrated me as I really liked it. And yet again, I just ignored it and was just happy. Yes, maybe some of the stuff in the final chapters were confusing, but I took time to understand it and not scream and blabber in online spaces because I was dumb about it. I have so much to say still, but everything I would say was already in your video. You got a new sub man! ❤️

[@Epsilonn]

congrats on 10k bro. i really enjoyed listening to your perspectives here

[@UncleHuss1]

@@Epsilonn thank you so much man it means the world💚🙏

[@foriahn]

Amazing video +Aot Appreciation 10/10 hope many more people get to see this video also an Important message.

[@matty9820]

amazing video keep it up, love the quality

[@fwflygon14]

unless an author adapts a story, I hope magaka can adapt stories from the western market. Seriously there stuff like Worm and other underrated story that never got adapted into a popular media.

[@TabPGE]

There's a distinction between "bad" and "disliked" in the professional world, but most fans don't need to be precise. They know when they like something and when they dont. So no matter the number of factors, the outcome is undeniable.

[@ReganMagar-ri1mv]

Ya know, I love it when Son Yuji used kaioken times 10 against Mahieeza and even the spirit bomb

[@antonbrown17]

I'm so glad you made a video about this because I've noticed this trend after MHA and JJK ended and didn't know what to do with that feeling

[@darkmatter9643]

I like the jjk ending, yeah I wish there was more in the story, so many things were just wasted, but i love it, the mirrored first and final panels felt so good to see. Catharsis, that’s the emotion I felt seeing the final chapter, I liked it. Chapter 269 still fucking sucked though.

[@alexandersplace2351]

I'm happy about what we got. Obviously, there were other things that could have been explored, but nothing we did get was BAD or even mid in my opinion. 269 (my least favorite chapter) wasn't even too bad when considered on its own, but yeah I don't think it deserved to be one of the final 5 chapters. Nonetheless, thank you, Gege Akutami. I will never forget you for as long as I live.

[@Sincere_3]

Honestly Gege left WAY too much unanswered to be satisfied. I like when Series have some unexplained stuff so you can keep guessing but they never showed Sukuna’s backstory, Yuji’s Domain name, the ability of Yuji’s domain, etc

[@bobjones9385]

Honestly it's a pretty big change but I would've been more satisfied with jjks ending if the final chapter just showed one panel of Kenjaku still alive and out there somewhere. Obviously it wouldn't mean a part 2 necessarily but it would've given me hope since so much of what was unexplored was related to him

[@darkmatter9643]

@@bobjones9385 I actually like this take, i think we should've gotten a hint that perhaps kenjaku is in yuta since he used kenjaku's cursed technique.

[@struggler6864]

@@Sincere_3 To be fair, Yuji's Domain was shoddily put together in the heat of battle. When Sukuna asked him what did he do at the beginning of chapter 265, he couldn't even answer him. And honestly, Sukuna is better off without a backstory. Not every villain needs one if it's not necessary.

[@Eric_X]

holy crap. the editing in this video is absolutely incredible, and I didn't know you were the one making those parallax looking effects for each of the images you used.

[@YoungEmperor1159]

Firstly, I know you don't mention Naruto's ending but Naruto's ending is Naruto vs Sasuke, which ties every theme in Naruto very well but regardless I still think Madara's ending was fitting since he always had a problem with his back, not trusting people and using people as tools like a shinobi, he believed he escaped the ideals of shinobis but was just living in a delusion. He was filled with hypocrisies such as his love for ninjutsu yet believed that ninjutsu is a problem. In fact prior to the reveal of Kaguya and her similarities with Madara, Madara's ideas of Kaguya fit him almost perfectly. He thought he was a god but he was just living in a dream and he wouldn't even listen to Naruto or anyone else so he got the ultimate wake up call, that being Black zetsu. I do dislike Kaguya but I enjoy Madara's conclusion.

[@christianmorales8978]

Ngl Madara going out that way was the worst thing about that plot twist for me. Kaguya was fine. I didn’t care if she became the main villain after him. They could’ve saved her for Boruto and changed up the plot a little it’s just the fact that we never got to see Madara who was hyped up for many years and hundreds of chapters/episodes go all out. It really felt like a huge waste of a good villain. To me it also damages the Akatsuki’s legacy. Before the twist, it was an organization which sought to bring peace although it had morally questionable methods. Whether it was Pain, Obito, or Madara pulling the strings, that’s what it stood for. After that twist it became about resurrecting some ancient god. It completely deviated from the themes built up in the story.

[@motherplayer]

Agreed. That was all genuinely compelling. Madara advocating staying in a dream to obtain peace while those choose to bear the hardships of the real face him, his many hypocrisies and the idea that he puts himself as the only one who can do it, even Obito (Who's path and twist I'm still not a fan of.), found himself a victim of the exact same cruelty of the shinobi world from the man who was trying to move past that by having become a more literal tool later. It's all very fitting, even the end with Sasuke Vs. Naruto, but it had to suffer the unfitting choice of making Kaguya come out of nowhere and go from a fight against a comforting lie to just being another big bad trying to turn people into Zetsu for her means with a tacked on backtory.

[@MifaWasTaken]

FMA, Death note, Fire force, Soul eater, jojo (parts 1-8), fairy tale, hellsing, and attack on titan have really good endings. Sure i could have named more but these were the ones i could think of off the bat.

[@Evan-dh5sd]

I don't know about JoJo Part 8, the ending was pretty controversial and more often than not I see people leaning more towards the side of disliking it.

[@Shadow-fb2ec]

I can only imagine how one pieces ending will be received

[@hu4ltem]

Talking about leaks and the human nature of being curious about something you love while playing the Made in Abyss OST. This guy gets it

[@notstampgoat]

Is it normal for a youtube video on anime to bring you to tears TWICE? WTF I was NOT prepared for this. The editing is phenomenal but you're WRITING omg how did you make me dig deep and truly feel so many moments and emotions. This mf was pulling out studies and memes to explain anime endings yet also writing absolute cinema.

[@UncleHuss1]

Thank you so much man this means the world to me🙏

[@breakingground2416]

Hey man this was a wonderful video keep grinding

[@TheRedayz]

Stand proud you cooked. Seriously tho, i spoke with someone recently, that is it weekly shounen magazine industry and how everything operates is what fucks up every shounen ending ever. The fandoms also have impossible to please expectations. Along with many other issues plaguing the industry u talked about. It is a really complex topic, but at the end of the day - shounen will always be my favourite genre of fiction regardless of its flaws, its strong points overshadows its flaws completely imo :) Subbed sir, will check more of your vids and wait for new ones.

[@rubixboygaming9536]

Awesome video! But honestly bro, u gotta drop the ost list for this video 😭 Im DYING to know what tracks you used for this video

[@natalimoina]

Demon Slayer's ending isn't considered bad, in fact, it's the perfect ending and most reasonable people understand this

[@bestbrothereverchoso3305]

Spittin, I genuinely can’t see how it’s bad in anyway other than how glaring the jump between the Taisho and modern era may have been on chapter release. But even then Gotouge fixed that in the actual volume release with extra pages that were always supposed to be in the final chapter.

[@viderevero1338]

When I read it I just didn't like it. I didn't like the sudden possession Muzan had towards Tanjiro, and how that moment was immediately fixed in like one chapter anyways. The 'modern era' jump was also really goofy, like really, really goofy.

[@SigurdSandmand]

Every single complaint I have seen about DS ending was stupid.

[@-kenjo-421]

Rly? I heard people kinda hated it

[@Noahvolex]

idk i just disliked the fights in the end cuz i couldn't understand any of it and i really disliked when muzan tried turning tanjiro into a demon for it to literally be stopped next chapter it's an okay manga but the anime is way better than the source material imo

[@owensurlet]

Absolutely phenomenal video

[@Rhenkei]

Why do so many animanga fans want the villain to kill so many people lmao, like that shit does not help them be better written or increase their "aura".

[@RIP-hd8ln]

I think it’s mainly due to the fact that the characters in the final battle always have like some final technique that is supposed to kill them and then they just end up surviving easily that. It wasn’t even like no thought out and explained reason why they survived it. It was just oh they survived because why not for example Might guys eight gates battle this was supposed to be his moment where he put everything on the line for his students his friends for his teachers literally 1 of his students JUST died and was supposed to pave way to help beat madara all of that just went out the window all because in that moment, he should’ve died like he had no other purpose to survive like I’m genuinely saying this he should’ve died. It would’ve been a significant sacrifice that everybody knew about SINCE PART 1 OF FUCKIN NARUTO so the fact that Naruto just so happened to randomly get the power to be able to f***ing heal someone like he’s f***ing God is crazy and dumb This could’ve been a moment for might guy and or other characters like Lee, who haven’t gotten much screen time to actually do something relevant for the story instead he just does quite literally nothing because madara was still fine and then he survives anyway so like there was no point in that fight even happening😭🤦🏾‍♂️ like this was a thing foreshadowed all the way back to part one in the exams everyone knew you’re supposed to die after this technique is used, the author couldn’t even follow through with that instead said no sike he survives

[@Rhenkei]

Me when the author decides he doesn't wanna kill a character off for no good reason. And why does it have to be explained besides the characters can heal them? Like that literally would ignore a major part of cursed energy which is rct. Hell everyone dying when they have rct would've been dumber. Same with Guy, Naruto got a new ability and used it, it would've been dumb if he didn't use it. You guys miss how the story isn't always about losing people and people dying lmao.

[@kiratwo4u]

edgy lil boys

[@RIP-hd8ln]

@Rhenkei we know this but when it’s a random ass ability that we had NO FORESHADOWING FOR or anything sayin they could do that it just feels lik a random “op actually mc can bring people back to life” lik at least with things lik dragon ball where they have these dragons that can grant any wish it doesn’t seem lik a random convenient power up for no reason cuz at the end of the day it’s lik “well we been knew it could do dis”

[@Rhenkei]

@@RIP-hd8ln What ability didn't we know about in jjk?

[@Najivkette]

What a lovely video, thanks for making this

[@thedarknessinthelight9824]

I love the appreciation of MHA's ending. I need more non-dumbasses to cover it like this.

[@Kanyee-1]

MHA isn't really that bad, it was the fandom that ruined it's reputation...

[@thedarknessinthelight9824]

@@Kanyee-1 I don't care about all that. I'm talking about its ending, not the series as a whole. I already know it's peak and people just hating cause they bitches.

[@Nekomania]

it's one of the better endings to a long running series i've read in a while. a shame people are so quick to react so negatively to any series ending. I feel like reading comprenhsion is at such an all time low that this will just get worse and espcially without people just parroting others they see online and not taking the time to come up with their up feelings on it.

[@meand4idoits132]

Great video, criminally underviewed

[@yesyes2736]

"Sorry... agenda... I'm not even gonna try and push you right now..." "It's just that.... this... recognition... this... understanding... feels so fulfilling..." "Throughout heaven and earth, I, alone, liked the jjk ending."

[@alcatrazvongola]

Amazing video! Thank you so much for creating it. I’ve been thinking about how there’s been an uptick in “bad manga endings” lately and always wondered why people keep pushing that agenda. One Piece is one of my favorite series of all time, so I know it’s going to get flak for how it ends regardless.

[@MaxIronsThird]

Then there is me who dropped all of these series you say had bad/divisive endings, way before they came to an end, which makes me feel like the bad ending had nothing to do with leaks, peer-pressure or herd mentality. MHA i dropped by ch250 i think, when the heroes were invading the villains hide out, at that point i was just reading out of inertia and wasn't really enjoying anything outside of Endeavoir since the Hero K**er arc, everything about it bored me to tears; JJK i dropped around the middle of the free for all Sukuna fight, Kashimo is a joke, keep in mind i had dropped the series 3 times before and only came back bc of all the hype and murmurs on twitter, dropped in the Curse Womb Paintings arc, then dropped again in the middle of the Culling Games, then finally dropped this sheet for good in the middle of that convoluted and reateeddd Sukuna fight, only good arcs in my opinion are the Sacred Vessel and Shibuya, the rest go from awful to incompetent, unfocused, hollow or cringe. AoT i dropped twice, once when they're going back to Wall Rose or Maria i think, to go into Eren's basement to find out about the Titan's secret, the second and final time was in the middle of Marley's attack on the island, idk know what it is, but it's really hard for me to get invested in a story if i dislike the characters, then nothing that happens matters to me.

[@kungfusteeze]

Great video, great perspective.

[@AM17titan]

erens ending is like walter white from breaking bad like walter white eren hid his selfish desire of seeing the outside world as a plain sight BEHIND a noble cause of saving his friends/paradise and thats the whole reason he says to reiner 'i am the same as you'

[@captain_trebreh]

Bro finally I have seen someone who thinks the same as me! I've been thinking this all along that he hides his true desire behind conveniently noble goals to cope with the terrible thing he's done. Obviously its still an interpretation but it's nice to see I'm not the only one who thinks so.

[@AM17titan]

@@captain_trebreh I mean isayama is a big fan of breaking bad and falco is drawn by taking inspiration from jesse so I don’t think it’s a stretch to think if that’s true Also this basically explains what eren meant by ‘I am the same as you Reiner’ When Reiner confessed to eren in s4 ep5 that ‘no eren your mother died because of me I wanted to break the wall that day annie and berthold tried to run away I broke the wall because I wanted to earn respect from people ‘ And what was eren’s reply ? ‘Like I thought I am the same as you’ Before this eren was basically taunting Reiner that ‘if it was to save the world then you didn’t had a choice right’

[@captain_trebreh]

@@AM17titan and since Reiner confessed it was for a selfish desire of his, hidden by the whole "save humanity" thing, Eren realized he's doing the same thing as Reiner. Pretending to save his people while actually just wanting to see that empty world from his dreams. He is finally able to come to peace with Reiner and put his previous hatred and revenge behind him, realizing he's just as human as the rest of them.

[@AM17titan]

@@captain_trebreh yep

[@phantom_mserafi]

@@captain_trebrehbeing human ain’t to be glorified smh

[@Kenos347]

You gained a new subscriber this video is insane

[@akashz18]

Anime/manga with great ending: -Code geass - Usogui (manga) -FMAB - devilman crybaby -Attack on Titan -Naruto - cyberpunk E. -Mob psycho 100

[@Alex-bH1]

I mean I agree with most of these, but a lot of them are not Shonen. FMAB, AOT, and Naruto are though, and respect for including Usogui its so good

[@alphonsejohnson5601]

Don't Forget Akame GA Kill( Manga, We don't talk about the anime).

[@RIP-hd8ln]

Naruto and great ending should not be in the same sentence plz tell me u jokin or PLZZZ tell me u only talkin about part 1 because part 1 is peak😭🙏🏾

[@nirjhar4803]

​​@@RIP-hd8ln Maybe he's referring to Part 1, climax of the Retrieval arc genuinely left a lasting impact on me... Part 2's ending wasnt that bad though, its just that certain moments leading up to it was pretty disappointing..

[@kiratwo4u]

why is my boy mob so unpopular 😢

[@28.bachthiminhtam53]

I was very disappointed with the ending, but in the end it was acceptable. The problem with the ending was that it couldn't solve everything it proposed in the Culling game arc, the identity of the person who accompanied Tabaka, There was no story about the internal affairs of the three great clans, no information about the thousand year plan that Kenjaku was working on, no information about Yuji's territory, no gratitude other than memories and in the hearts of those who remain. Also it had a quick ending for the villain, I'm glad Sukuna died, because no matter what excuse he made he was still the biggest fraud in the story, but with the death of the strongest, He should have died from Yuji's territory, or a full power "Black flash " and then finished him off with Nobara's "Resonance". His death makes the reader feel like Yuji wasn't the one who finished off Sukuna when in fact he was the reason Nobara was able to hurt the curse king.The only thing I'm satisfied with is the return of the trio, and most importantly, their journeys, especially Yuji's, have come to a complete and necessary point. I love Itadori so much as a reader, because he really different from all the characters in the story, everyone somewhat follows Sukuna's ideals, but Yuji is the opposite, the setup that Gege set for Yuji is so good that it seems Even when comparing him to his seniors or the new characters Naruto, Okarun, Denji, Ichigo, Gon... he still stands out because of the way his good but sometimes bad personality or character is shown in JJK is quite natural and not too exaggerated, the first time I felt love for a teenage character is him. Throughout the story Yuji shows his growth, whether he notices him or not. What I especially like about him is the change, it goes from being purely good but there is hypocrisy inside, to become good person with opinions, don't let yourself be taken advantage of but be truly sincere, let go of everything to move forward. So even though he's overshadowed, he's still one of the best characters in the series, and in my opinion, he's above Megumi or Yuta in terms of setup and goals and sometimes development. Just hope Gege won't be forced anymore

[@aguywithalotofopinions412]

I remember reading Yuta vs Sukuna a few chapters after it was done and I was seeing everyone shitting on it. But when reading it myself I could only think “What was everyone talking about? This is awesome!”

[@AM17titan]

The main thing about that is WTF IS THE CONSEQUENCE of that fight lol yuta made that big words speech about sacrifice but literally nothing happens

[@aguywithalotofopinions412]

@@AM17titan I’m talking about the 3v1 with Yuji and Rika

[@AM17titan]

@@aguywithalotofopinions412 yea well am also talking about that Yuta made this hype gojo technique only for it to do nothing It’s like hype with no substance

[@risk19l]

​@@AM17titan sounds like you failed to manage expectations. What were you expecting to happen?

[@AM17titan]

@@risk19l well it’s gege’s fault for making the expectations high lol We have this grand reveal that yuta is taking over giojo’s body and Doing his freaking technique AND CHAPTER LITERALLY ENDS THERE

[@SuperAnders111]

Momentum is the perfect word to describe the risk of any story. The longer they are, the higher the risk is of the ending being well received. Even in popular TV shows that aren't anime this same idea applies

[@ThundertheDevil]

really intresting video. I may not have cared about JJK ending but I never understood why people called it terrible

[@MerlinCross13]

I dunno what's worse; long series ending after building up so much hype that there's no possible way of ending 'well', or a series that you can basically SEE the point of time where there Publishers take the gun out and say "You have 10 chapters".

[@AlejandroCastro-v3y]

This is the most Copeium I’ve ever seen in my life . Great video but dam man . I felt like I just watched a pro flat earther video . That’s the level of Copeium and detail here .

[@jung.o.2080]

Really good video. I want to add that a lot of times people forget that this is shonen. And that these authors have a formula they need to comply with. Usually that involves getting a happy ending or the protagonist ends up in a specific way etc. The point is, us fans get extremely high expectations that can't be met. And we've spent so many years reading this series that we imagine an ending that can't or won't happen. We just have to enjoy it for what it is and move on Like with AOT I wanted Eren to not be redeemable. I wanted certain characters to die (that didn't die, like Levi). Or like with Demon Slayer where I found the villain' backstory incredibly underwhelming after having been built up so much. And so on because I can go forever with dumb details I wish didn't happen.

[@RaulLopez-rq6wh]

The leaks only really affected the newer mangas, the main issue with my hero academia is how it went from, "how I became the greatest hero" into, we are all heroes, which sure is a nice sentiment but its too late to pivot when you already place one for all in a pedestal on how important of a power it was supposed to be. Personally mha fell less like ups and downs and more like a carousel and I wanted it to be over like 3 arcs before it did.

[@tehcookievanilla1323]

Huh? It constantly put the power isn't alone the reason but the individual which is the point of saving with Todoroki vs Deku when Deku wants to give up his power, One For All was created from All For One which in turn are for each other.

[@BabyGirlTiny]

@@tehcookievanilla1323except it’s not about the individual because the individual needs the power.

[@tehcookievanilla1323]

@@BabyGirlTiny The power doesn't work if there isn't an individual behind it, you've just contradicted yourself. You need both in order to live with predispositions you've been given in life.

[@SugeryGold]

It’s the plot threads that weren’t tied up for this one fr. Idk the whole final fight and the way they are meta discussing it in flash backs is weird too but it also really feels like there is more his world that got glossed over. I also didn’t like the final few chapters where the characters were like “we shoulda done this and so and so wouldn’ta died.. 😱” and then someone else is like “if we did that… *I* woulda died… 🫢” and that goes on for like a quarter of a chapter

[@emptyshogun]

Amazing video, but media analysis like yours kind of annoy me because you focus so much on the themes of the story and talk about it in a way that sounds fantastic but the reality is that the execution of the story was terrible thats why people give it so much hate. I've seen alot of controversial endings: no country for old men, GOT the red wedding, The sopranos, Barry etc, i truly believe most people are ok with it if it is executed well and because of the format of manga publishing the execution gets so bad because they bately have anytime and are completely burnt out by the end.

[@weeaboobaguette3943]

In my objectively correct opinion, which is really an axiomatic foundation of what is true and factual, shounen endings are perceived as bad because they're endings to great stories and/or necessarily lulls in the action. Maybe they should go the devil may cry endings route, just end on the start of a fight that is thematically coherent with the character progression of the main character. TL;DR gardevoir is the best pokémon.

[@ryanwhaley5041]

I feel like most manga would be better served going on hiatus and releasing the epilogue all at once. They’re supposed to be about closure but breaking stories up into parts is about leaving people wanting more. A bigger final chapter a month after the dust settles gives both the author and the audience time to feel like a proper farewell.

[@Callistemon]

We never can blame shonen mangaka to miss their manga ending, being in shonen jump is already very daunting task, so they try to do their best while having most of the time already thought about the ending from the start. Not every ending can please everyone. I'll always respect the author.

[@brendancoulter5761]

This is, actually good literary analysis. Fair and even handed with criticism and understanding. Good video. Edit: While not every story needs to end with the MC having a wife and kids, MHA hinted at a romance over and over again and then essentially dodged the question in the ending. They basically bunted Uraraka's finally. Yes they could still end up together in the future but showing nothing coming from all that build up was a violation of Chekov's gun. If the romance is never going to be fulfilled or concluded, then dont build it up ahead of time. So yes some shippers are toxic I dont think its wrong to say a series failed to deliver on what it promised, that is a fair criticism.

[@Biostar96]

The romance was more built up for the connection between Ochako and Toga than anything else, how Ochako was suppressing her feelings and Toga could never moderate hers.

[@WolfXGamerful]

@@Biostar96 Wouldn't the most effective culmination of that lesson be for Ochako to _stop_ suppressing her feelings and actually confess to Deku? At the very least, show the fruits of that lesson.

[@twentytwoblue22]

Wasn’t her crush just like a distraction she overcame to focus on being a hero? That was the reason for it, not build up to them getting together

[@omarmansuri7099]

@@twentytwoblue22 No. That is the opposite of what it was trying to say. The whole crux of her thing with Toga, is being able to be open about who you actually are and how you feel. Society forced Toga to conform which led to disastrous results. Something that Ochako was also doing by suppressing her feelings for deku. So the clear message is to not bottle those feelings and instead express them.

[@twentytwoblue22]

@@omarmansuri7099 i get her arc with toga from what I’ve seen and heard. It’s just, I’m gonna be real the second she decided to focus on hero stuff instead of crushing on a boy, said crush seemed to vanish it wasn’t something she was really suppressing. and then we see her develop more with characters like Toga. Ochako expressed her feelings, she wanted to be friends with Toga and now in the end she is making sure others are able to be themselves so no one goes through what toga did

[@frogger133]

Did people dislike the Mashle ending? When it ended it was just sad knowing the story was over and that genuinely it made sense to me at least that it ended. I believed that most other people were mostly just saddened that they would never get to see the characters anymore rather than angered or dissatisfied.

[@AgentNero9]

Honestly, I've been kinda sceptical getting into the mha section of this video Idk purely because I've been cursed to be annoyed by millions of essays how mha sucks and fell off but how you handled the section was genuinely surprising I genuinely can't express how happy I am to see more people realise the actual point of the ending for mha, its final arc and the story This video has been a joy to watch even other non mha parts lmao

[@Weeniewarrior15]

Just put the fries in the bag Deku

[@iwaynewalker2456]

Nah man that ending is objectively garbage

[@zuhairZahinZulkifli]

yo man, pay the shallow replies no mind, i agree with you. speaking from personal experience, i’ve always had a gripe for mha’s declining quality in art direction and animation when, in my opinion, it’s the newgen manga that needs it the MOST. but that’s more of a side note, as the real thing i wanted to mention was how it got me into reading the second war arc onwards, and that made me realize a lot of the things mentioned in this very long, yet very well put together video. i can definitely say i’ve had my closure with this series, and that’s all that really matters. in the end though, it’s easy to want to search for others to talk about the things we are invested in, and cuz of that, i’d love to discuss the mha manga in a more loving light than most of you wanna. 👍

[@tehcookievanilla1323]

Yeah don't pay attention to these two nimrods in the replies.

[@alejandrobenitez8481]

@Weeniewarrior15 sir, this UA High School WE DONT SERVE FRIES!!!😑

[@shinpud]

The moment you mention the moment all might crush the "the end" I hit like and subscribe cause is the first time I heard someone have so much joy over that as me

[@allengrove1864]

the thing with "bad" shonen endings is that if the ending isnt perfect its awful.

[@cameronwallace8265]

This video was really well done, and managed to give me some new perspective. I'm not an avid follower of shounen, but I had watched the MHA anime for a while, but fell off around Season 4. Because of that, I had a bit of a chip on my shoulder, and when I heard how "bad" the MHA ending was, it felt kinda good. But this video made me realize how hypocritical I was being, especially as a fan of AoT and its ending. So now I am actually tempted to go back to MHA and give it another shot, even if it's not perfect. Though I might stick to the manga given I had issues with the anime.

[@someguy9345]

to me, as long as the author writes the ending they wanted, it’s good enough. don’t assume writers are writing for YOU. writing is an extension of yourself, the intended ending is the intended ending for a reason

[@SigurdSandmand]

People self insert too heavily in anime and manga, and tie their identity to the shows. It’s really weird imo. It’s why people get so much when a character isn’t cool or loses, because then that means they aren’t cool or they lost, and then get pissy and call it bad writing. Other than that, most people just want to hate for no reason. I over all don’t really like MHA, but the ending was mostly really good. Almost all “issues” with it come from people that can’t read or people making shit up. Demon Slayer had a great ending too, people hated on it for no real reason. The idea that shounen manga have particularly bad endings, I think is wrong. They might be worse on average, but most are fine, plenty of them are great (Naruto, FMA, etc)

[@miramaxcinemax5512]

Only problem is most of these authors didn't do the ending they wanted. And writers absolutely writing for you as well as for themselves. They are not going to be successful without you

[@kiratwo4u]

that doesn't automatically make their ending "good"

[@globalpotaoto6681]

I think the backlash on the ending is straight up unnecessary and honestly it doesn’t make sense every plot point that needed to be closed was done in the last 5 or so chapters in a very well handled manner like kusakabe opening up new shadow style so everyone can use it now, or Mei Mei going around and “disposing” one if the last elders alive,and sukunas dialogue at the end was fucking incredible it fully wraps up such a complex character and does so with mahito as well.

[@Winterking44]

So this could all be fixed if people actually read the manga. I'm only kinda joking. I had an argument with a dude who didn't know why Yuji could kill Mahito while Mechamaru couldn't. That was explained. A dude asked how could Nobara effect Sukuna's finger when its indestructible. The answer to that was in the same chapter. Please people read the manga.

[@Iianator]

Terrible comic, terrible fanbase.

[@Winterking44]

@@Iianator ok

[@RaiginAnimator]

Meee too I remember someone saying Yujis souls attacks and punches came out of nowhere When In the first season of the anime and less than 30 chapters into the story it’s explained That YUJI. Can interact with souls because he’s the vessel of sukuna

[@Winterking44]

@@RaiginAnimator It's always baffling that they can't do a Google search before they complain.

[@UnknownUser-bk2kf]

Straight facts, people are not reading the manga 😭 still... I think it wasnt rlly explained why "rika" is supposedly able to "eat" sukunas Finger. Even Sukuna thought they fed his finger to her. Wouldn't the whole Sukuna problem not exist if she was able to eat his finger 💀

[@twentytwoblue22]

I’m personally not a big fan of battle shonen series but I’m glad I watched this video to get more insight on them and see a generous nuanced take on their storytelling

[@lodesun]

"as the series become more and more popular, the editorial department of jump forced him to continue the story." go figure, this isn't a problem for just manga either, it's something that games suffer from. take assassin's creed for example, that series has been going on for years and it's yet to reach a conclusion, and it's quality has not been getting any better throughout the years.

[@fawazfaruqui5198]

I'm gonna have to say, this was just beautifully put together

[@thatguymwangi]

Naaah, While i agree with you on the other things, as an anime only, that AOT ending was ass😂

[@Epsilonn]

do you think its ass for a reason other than what he talks about in the video tho? from what ive gathered, most people hate the ending because of how they perceive eren, which is what he talks about in the fictional empathy section

[@raccoonologist9059]

@@Epsilonn It wasn't, at least in my country, every hated it because it wasn't serving it's themes, also coming up with bullshit like eren loving mikasa all this time? it wasn't even hinted at, and other major plot holes that just make eren's personality so fucking stupid and insane, it wasn't because leaks and bad translations, for the anime it was batter due to them changing a lot of eren's and armin lines, armin not saying "thank you for being a mass murderer for us" are one of them, which is still insane.

[@Epsilonn]

​@@raccoonologist9059 that quote about thanking eren for being a mass murderer is itself is a mistranslation by a fan sub, which is a great example of what he was talking about in the video. "serving its themes" is subjective to the viewer. your interpretation of the themes is gonna be different from mine. it could even tie into the fictional empathy that he talks about in the video too, particularly in relation to eren's character and the "major plotholes" of his personality. the eren mikasa thing was hinted at relatively strongly imo, its just that eren doesnt show his feelings until the very end because he purposefully focuses on other goals. either way i think its important to recognise that just because everyone around you thinks a certain way, it doesnt mean that everybody everywhere also agrees with your opinion, nor does it mean that anyone's opinion is any more "objectively correct" that anyone elses. i liked the ending a lot and thats good enough for me; if you disliked the ending thats good for you too

[@raccoonologist9059]

@@Epsilonn Even the accurate one, still bad lol, I do love AOT and grew up with it, I'm not saying this for the sake of some guys saying it around me, I did like some aspects of the ending and even would say I was thinking it was a fulfilling ending despite the plot holes and retcons from certain characters, but after the extra pages that came out, and found out that Eren laterally didn't accomplish a damn thing, even erasing the curse wasn't accomplished, it actually made sick, after the time passing the ending didn't really sink in for the better, it actually feels more dumb and bad every time I look back or think about it, so yeah no it wasn't from the hate, it does deserve the controversy and it wasn't due to the leaks, it was due to bad writing. You can't throw the word subjective at every thing and call it a day, there is an extent of objectiveness that shows the real holes in the story, how it betrayed some of it's themes, and how these characters are written and how they act upon it, pre the start of the alliance it showed some of those things. I don't really want to talk about them but it certainly isn't just "subjective" view and "complex characters act like this" kind of thing, it can have both of course, but in my opinion it doesn't save it from clear objective aspects that made it cause this heat, and hate (It's stupid though you shouldn't go to this extinct, Isyama is still a great writer).

[@Epsilonn]

@@raccoonologist9059 i find that there are few things in any creative media that are objective rather than subjective. the extra pages, for example, are very subjective. how you interpret them depends a lot on your world view. i really like them, because it showcases the impermanence of peace and the fragility of human nature. but a lot of fans dislike them, because theyre so metaphorical that they render erens actions "meaningless" to an extent, which i think is kind of the point but i understand that not everyone comes to AoT wanting to hear an ideological deconstruction on humanity do you think its fair to deny me the right to enjoy the ending? i dont think it is. but the fact that we disagree shows that there is inherently some subjectivity at play. and i think thats fine, i just wish that less people went around acting as if there is only ONE opinion thats valid, and calling everyone who disagrees dumb or inferring that their feelings are wrong in some way

[@CTurtle1106]

Excellent video bro

[@goldengamerhd4469]

I love the fact that you mention that even with bleach’s final issues the ending was still good unlike what people claim

[@kubikim]

This video is genuinely beautiful

[@keinkanal7382]

The ending of Jigoraku was controversial? are people daft?

[@TrafalgarKiri]

I thought the same. When you look at the comments on manga plus, everyone seems happy about the ending.

[@krowdajuiceman]

Love the bleach info dump. Thank you for explaining it so bwautifully. Would love to get into a bleach discussion

[@miksline]

What is the point in leaks? YOU ANYWAY WAIT A WEEK, JUST READ OFFICIAL TRANSLATION

[@leviathan6071]

Good shit unc keep it up.

[@UncleHuss1]

@@leviathan6071 first person to call me unc Imma remember you🤝

[@attacknshine]

JoJo's done it 6 times in shonen jump and 2 more in ultra jump. Just be better v(￣ー￣)v

[@shumanbeans]

Parts 5, 6 and 8 endings are somewhat controversial though.

[@nunobettencourt1429]

​@@shumanbeans I can understand part 6 is controversial, but part 5 and 8? Why?

[@shumanbeans]

@@nunobettencourt1429 Many don't like the final battle with the main villian neither the way it was ultimately defeated.

[@Mavuika_Gyaru]

Part 8 had a trash ending 😂

[@Mavuika_Gyaru]

​@@shumanbeanspart 6 is controversial but the ending is good

[@andrijajovic9186]

amazing vid

[@zinv08]

People should be thankful they even get an ending.

[@Sedulouis]

Berserk fans be like.

[@thedarpside9480]

no we shouldn't, endings to books everywhere else are normal, and in comics, the medium most similar to anime, people will and still complaim These are stories we as people make, why shouldn't we expect them to finish it.

[@GodlyVicious]

Yeah look at hiatus x hiatus

[@fan4every1lol89]

I'm pretty satisfied with the HxH anime ending, but for Vagabond and Berserk it does sting

[@kennethmendoza1350]

​@@fan4every1lol89 true, I'd bet the 5 endings that Togashi have teased if it wasn't for the circumstances he was in, he'll probably make all the endings as canon and separate them into route endings with endings 1-5 being endings A - E kinda like similar to a JRPG, considering that Togashi really likes JRPG and some of the storytelling elements of JRPG uncannily bleeds into HxH

[@loafheresy5729]

imo alot of why the ending was the way it is is that it leaves things open ended enough to have things like sequels, side stories, etc. and you can do it WITHOUT huge time skips or making a whole new cast. it is actually a very smart ending, as it makes it a better ending than things like the big 3 or even older titans of anime.

[@sarthakarora3212]

Bro they do NOT want to continue the series lmao. Kubo on the other hand used the time skip to perfection to start BTW and Hell arc.

[@MaxIronsThird]

So you're saying they're not actually bad endings? that's a major cap my brother, stop trying to gaslight people just bc you can't see the problems, just bc in concept, these things make sense, doesn't mean the execution was well done. Saying anything out of JJK had potential to be the best at anything is a clear reason not to take anything you're saying here seriously, you just seem to be trying to do damage control, bc people hate something you love.

[@Epsilonn]

its almost like people have their own opinions or something...

[@MaxIronsThird]

@Epsilonn I get it but he legit said none of these series had actual bad ending, that's just too much.

[@Epsilonn]

@@MaxIronsThird no he said that it doesnt matter if other people dislike things that he likes because all that matters is his own opinion of it. that is different from trying to argue that the ending is objectively "good" or "bad". i think you should avoid caring about whether other people like or dislike the same things as you. the vast, vast majority of anime/manga related arguments are based off of feelings rather than objective or well-thought out educated independent reasoning