.......Perhaps it IS after all our fault for trying to think that this anime had potential, and you know what? the first 12-13 episodes really did try to prove just that.
look, Let me state (the obvious) that Guilty Crown definitely HAD something at least
The setting, the terminology, the opening/ending songs, the soundtrack, some moments in one or two eps (like when Shoe and his friends stormed the GHQ to get to Inori while she's singing Departures ~ blessing)
All those were good even cool by their own merits.
But.......everything else just grated me. I already know that some of you are going "Just don't watch it then."
I say FUCK THAT, because I STILL tried to give this show a very lenient benefit of doubt. Even after they killed Hare. (*sniff* Madoka bless her soul man.)
Even with all the plotholes, the weird incest thing they tried doing with Mana, etc. I figured "hey at least the end will have SOME sort of closure, right?..................right??"
That's when the show officially gave everyone that watched up to that point, the indication that the writers had NO clue what the hell they were doing, even with all the flaws, some of us wanted to see it through to the end, we WANTED Shoe to at least save Inori in some way, We ALL wanted that awesome pre-finale battle with Yuu (which also sucked due to how underwhelming it felt),
and then there's the ending........GOOD FUCKING GOD that ending, go ahead and defend this show, but I personally thought that ending was *almost* up there with the Evangelion ending.
Oh, you THINK it's not that bad, you THINK despite the mixed opinions and flaws that we at least get some closure right?
NOPE, FUCK THAT NOTION, INSTEAD WE GET UNRESOLVED DILEMMAS, INORI GOES TO FUCK-ALL, AND.....*siiiiiiiigh* SHOE. BECOMES. BLIND. AND CRIPPLED.
Okay fine, maybe i'm mad/jelly, maybe I am venting over a bit. But I STILL expected SOMETHING, SOMETHING that could've improved this show by at least a bit.
Oh what? think I don't have a fucking clue to HOW it could've improved??
*maniacal laughter* Oh how do I count thee ways?
-Shoe mans the fuck up for once WITHOUT someone or something doing it for him.
-Inori shows more emotion, after all, She WAS a vessel for Mana, They could've played with that!!! Inori showing more positive or just more kinder/human emotions, ESPECIALLY if in place of Hare.
- Hare NOT get killed by healing Shoe, YES I KNOW, I'M FUCKING NITPICKING. But you know what? Here's a question, WHY COULDN'T SHE HEAL HERSELF FIRST AND THEN rescue Shoe?
-Keido NOT being a complete stoic prick; Example? How about while he does show an emotionless exterior, deep down he's slowly being haunted by Kurosu's ghost. See? Right there that could've made his character that much more interesting.
-Gai stays dead. YES I KNOW SOME FANGIRLS (or boys....I guess) was okay with him suddenly becoming all albino mcguffin. But you know what? If they tried to make less Riku and more Kamina, THAT would've made him much more popular.
-Yahiro should've had more use as opposed to just being Shoe's Nazi first mate in the later arc.
-They should've NOT ended at 22 episodes and instead go a bit further. Now THIS i'm sure others can agree to, Guilty Crown felt a bit rushed at several times. So what they COUDLD'VE done was flesh it out a bit more, give some characters more screentime so they can; BE MORE GODDAMN USEFUL.
......*Siiiiiiigh*, but alas, I'm just one guy who's (really) pissed off at this, and in the end, these ramblings and rants are all just my opinion.