{"id":12313,"date":"2018-03-25T15:57:39","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T19:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/?p=12313"},"modified":"2018-03-25T15:57:39","modified_gmt":"2018-03-25T19:57:39","slug":"the-ancient-magus-bride-ends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugfox.net\/fun\/2018\/03\/25\/the-ancient-magus-bride-ends\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ancient Magus’ Bride Ends"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nThe Ancient Magus’ Bride<\/em><\/strong> (Crunchyroll<\/a>) (previous posts<\/a>) has caught up with the original manga<\/a>, so this is it for the series, at least for the next few years. It’s probably popular enough to justify a second season, but it would take that long for the manga to generate enough new material.
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\nAfter some soul-searching I’m going to knock off half a point for the fact that the ending seemed a bit rushed. Maybe I’m being overly harsh here, penalizing the show because the first half was pretty-near perfect and the second half was darned good but not perfect. But there you have it. It was still a bit disappointing.
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\nThere was a time when a two-cour<\/a> show would often get 26 episodes, but now 24 is pretty much the maximum. Another episode or two might have made a big difference here. A bit more time for explanation, a few more scenes where the characters worked out their feelings, even a few more framing shots in the final battle, and this ending might have felt perfect.
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\nA lot of people seem to be wondering whether the outcome of the final confrontation with Joseph\/Cartaphilius even makes sense. After rewatching it I’m convinced that it does. Maybe I’ll write a “spoiler” post in the future, but for the moment I’ll just say that if you’re prepared to watch the last 3 episodes twice it will probably become clearer.
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\nThis isn’t the first anime<\/a> that needs to be watched more than once in order to make sense, and in this case at least it’s only the last 3 episodes. I’ve previously given shows a pass if the ideas just seemed too complex to absorb all at once, but in this case it seems like something that could have been fixed with a bit more exposition.
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\nIn spite of these criticisms I want to emphasize that this is overall an excellent show, almost certainly in the top 5 for the year. It gives us a rich and original fantasy world and fascinating characters. The producers have topped it off with first-rate production values. This is a show that is well worth your time.
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\nHowever, though the show has a satisfactory ending it goes into some rather dark places along the way. This is definitely not a good choice for small children.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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