Zero no Tsukaima and Kaze no Stigma: Owari Da!
Commentary, Spring '07 Series, Summer '07 Series September 25th, 2007Tags: finale, Kaze-no-Stigma, spring-2007, summer-2007, Zero-no-Tsukaima
Warning: thar be spoilers here. Less for the actual plot than for random side stuff, but still, you have been warned.
Is there some kind of phobia in Japan about having couples freakin’ kiss in the last episode? I mean, really– Zero no Tsukaima has a very high romance factor, and Kaze no Stigma has also been very blatantly building up to a couple. But we got more ZnT action in the first few eps than in the last, when the characters attempt to get married. What gives? And Kaze no Stigma has pretty much no action ever in that regard. Meh!
That said…well, the Zero no Tsukaima final ep made me cry (for real!) but that hardly means anything. I mean, I fucking cried during Mulan, no joke. The whole season felt kind of rushed and a lot of ends were left untied– like the villain in the series. It didn’t feel like she was just mysterious and we’d see her again in some future season…it felt like they just never quite got around to telling us anything about her.
Kaze no Stigma’s end was pretty appropriate for the series, I guess, though I still feel sort of unfulfilled due to a lack of actual Kazuma/Ayano romance (and no, his slapping her butt at the end doesn’t count). A mediocre end to a mediocre series that I can’t quite figure out why I kept wanting to watch.
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September 25th, 2007 at 2:05 pm
Not totally sure why I continued Kaze no Stigma to the end as well. It’s not that great of a series. Oh well.
September 25th, 2007 at 4:47 pm
I watched the end of Kaze last night (have yet to watch ZnT ending) and I also was disappointed in the ending. I will forgive them if they make a second season, but I kept watching to see if Ayano and Kazuma hooked up.
And as for crying, I haven’t been choked up on any of the season as of yet, but I cashed in my man ticket by watching One Piece. The episode was great and I felt a small tear trickle, But then again, most people anymore stay away from it (in the US at least. Have lots of Japanese and Philipino friends that swear by it.
September 25th, 2007 at 4:59 pm
@42073: Oh, I dunno about that– I also know a lot of people in the US who swear by One Piece. The trick is, they like One Piece subbed– it’s the One Piece DUB that’s given the show a bad rep among dubwatchers.
September 25th, 2007 at 5:15 pm
Yeah. I went a long time hating One piece myself. Til I decided to try the subbed version. Been hooked ever since.
And BTW, I agree gia. Seemed like ZnT was a bit rushed. Kinda like, OMG! We are this far in the series! We gotta end it NOW!