Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~

To each his own I guess but I didn't find the ending forced or trollish. IMHO there was always a strong possibility of Reiji dying especially ever since he adapted the 'I'll make her happy even it it's the last thing I'll do' approach. Also, at some point of the final arc he seemed to have lost all the more egoistical reasons to live and kept on surviving (and eliminating obstacles) mainly for Elen's sake. Add to that the fact of the series being generally tragic and grim and I don't find his death that much unexpected.
I do admit hoverer, that Elen was majorly (forgive my French) assfucked with such a turn of events.

So if the main characters die in the end of a series, it automatically falls under the category of unhappy (or bad/troll) endings? - Not in the slightest.

Last time I checked my memory's black-box, Reiji's promise only consisted of taking Elen back to the place whence she came to prove that she once existed. So he finally did and such a joyous-event it was. There's your happy ending right there.

Quite obviously, he still had this hidden agenda even from long ago that comes with that promise. His selfless dream; his little side-quest if you'd prefer to call it like that. And that is to make, most probably, the most important girl in his life smile genuinely. - Unknowingly, he already did manage to do so. One might say it's unfair to him but looking back on how he had failed to keep his words to some of those who trusted him, I'd say it serves him just right. While I'm not saying he well deserved death, it was nevertheless most fitting. I think the word "KARMA" suits to describe it perfectly.

We viewers were all so very fortunate to have had seen the realization of Reiji's wish, something that he himself couldn't. Now, doesn't that make you just a little bit more happier? - It sure did make me smile. And likely so did Das, considering his disposition towards Reiji.

I'd say this again... For me (and at the very least just me) The ending was very transparent; pure and very true to every single damn thing that this series ever stood for, simple as that. A fairy tale ending and such "And they lived happily ever after" just won't cut it... and thus they reached the end of the road. "Owari" :)

Kite I didn't mind because it was short. Phantom was for 26 episodes, only to be rewarded with his death? I'm not saying the series was bad, but the ending wasn't what I imagined it to be.

So how would you have preferred it then, or imagined it rather?

Earlier, I was reading comments from outside of fakku regarding this series' ending and I've yet to find one which would make me even wanna reconsider that his death may have rather been dealt with haphazardly. All those silly complainers did was to question the writers, the studio, or whomsoever responsible for what they describe to be a troll, shitty, suck-y, bullshit, bad ending of a series. They didn't even left too much of an explanation as to why they'd say that. Goodness, to each his own indeed but don't expect others to understand what they don't without much of providing a reason.

And hey, I'm not even saying that the overall series was that good, it's just that the ending for me felt most realistically acceptable than of any simplified other; they'd stay put, get married, have kids(family) - and then what, they'd teach their offspring to become assassins or should it be their children who'd find out about their past? And perhaps they'd even have a daughter which they'd name Cal? Lol!

And as for the reward, this is more than enough of what I deserve from watching a series which had so much predictability ever since the very beginning. Pretty satisfying huh?



PS: I'm not raging by the fact that the series(ending) is basically being denied by most of the people who followed it. If they didn't enjoy it, that's their own fuckin problem, not mine. Only you've chosen the wrong place to post such a comment. :razz:

Some people need to pay attention to the genre tags. If they had, they probably wouldn't have been so upset with the ending. I knew before watching the show that it was a tragedy, so I wasn't expecting anything different.

Still clueless, but i'm certain i don't feel bad about the ending nor do i feel happy about it.

Just dropping a little notice that I will watch the last episode soon... I'm just afraid of watching it xD Don't kill me Hermit.

*sigh*.... as much as it pains me.. but I feel that I truthfully must finish what I started.. Thus I will re-watch the final episode tonight... and give my painful opinions tomorrow. I know Hermit will look forward to it:P.

Another necropost. Ugh. Well, not my fault if I pick up series years after they finished airing.

All in all, Phantom was a very good show IMHO. Not that much for the graphics, which weren't that much to marvel, but mainly for the story and the characters. There were some far-fetched parts, mind you (and yes, I do agree that making Cal grow from 12-13 to 25 years old in two years was a bit absurd =|), but they weren't so unbearable as to ruin the rest of the show.

About the ending, well, I didn't find it trollish/horrible/stupid/whatever. I almost cried when Cal died, and laughed my a$$ off when Scythe Master got his head blown off (God how I waited for that moment :D), but about the fact that Reiji died in the end well... it left me neutral. He was an assassin that killed countless people, plus he was on the run from Inferno, it would have been wishful thinking to hope that he was going to live long (at least, that's my opinion). I guess you could call that kind of ending "fate" or "karma".

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