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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Geriatric hedgehog" data-source="post: 619501" data-attributes="member: 9364">So the show comes to a very fitting end. The penultimate episode gave an interesting perspective of a relative outsider's view as the events we now know well are shown to unfold. The previous extra episode focused on a tragic Shiki mother and in this one we have a tragic human mother. For someone already so mentally fragile, I can completely see the loss of a child resulting in a complete and total mental breakdown, poor thing. I wouldn't, however, have expected her to develop the superpower of omnipresence with the dogged determination to find the old man for her vengeance. Her tragic tale ends with the start of the end for the cursed village. I enjoyed the final episode and especially how the whole bloody, irredeemable place went to hell! It also reminded me of one real strength of this show - it portrays visceral terror incredibly effectively. In particular in previous episodes this was so with Kyoko, Kaori & Chizuru's portrayals. In the final episode it was with Sunako and Megumi, though the latter I'd say is again more tragic than terrifying. Megumi, as caustic as she was to those she despised, I don't feel deserved that end, it was pretty cruel. [USER=14000]@Eternal chibi[/USER] called it with Tractor-kun early on heheh (there was even a hip hop tractor!). Sunako definitely did not have any special abilities and was as helpless as her child body portrayed, especially against the scariest human in the village. Priest Shiki to the rescue though. I had a very Duh! moment when I remembered that the Shiki had been feeding on him, so of course when he died he would rise as a Shiki (I'd forgotten he became a Shiki from my first watch and thought he had remained human and therefore had been finding his Shiki eyes in the second opening confusing heh). Very "let the right one" at the end those two eh. I did enjoy it quite a lot but yes, the first extra was even better. And on that, especially in relation to the fire, I find it odd that these two episodes are extras, as they flow perfectly in the story and feel very required. I can't imagine watching the show without them. She may be Makoto's father-in-law's (ie commando vamp!) love child!This "kid" has the best lines in this show, that tirade in the church was heartbreaking and actually it's important to give credit to all the VAs in this show, it wouldn't be the same without their excellent performances. He works out!! But Yuuki shows him brains will always outdo brawn. I was thinking that if in the unlikely event either of these two survived the explosion itself, that would be a pretty horrific existence being buried alive so deep within the resulting landslide into that pit.  I still maintain my opinion that that was a result of his empathy for one that is forsaken by all others, or the underdog for short heh. If it wasn't for him the Shiki in that village would have been completely wiped out. I do wonder how he will justify the human deaths that will now result from his actions to secure the survival of the Shiki. I can't exactly see him being like Ritsuko who refused to harm a human for her own survival's sake. I know, we were robbed!! But I got the feeling with the huge roster of characters and how the individual stories felt curtailed, that it was down to limitations of adapting from a significantly more extensive source perhaps. No, you didn't, but I believe he was about to get attacked at the same time we were shown Yuuki jinrou running like mad at the end of the episode, so maybe Yuuki ran to save him?Heheh true dat. But this one we were actually shown for the briefest of seconds in a montage - he had been staked, presumably by his sister-in-law, outside his home. Ah I quite like open endings and I thought this was very apt. As per a great line delivered by an Attenborough lost: life (or in this case shall I say undeath heh) will always find a way.On second watch, I still hold this show in high regard. For me it took age-old lore, re-presented it at times in a great classical horror style and at other times with humour, and not forgetting the wacky hairstyles. Music was generally great, one very good OP and one good ED. On the latter, now that I think about it, what was Kaori doing in the Shiki Onsen?? She wasn't part of the club! Overall this will remain amongst my favourite horror series with some very nice discourses and portrayals on humanity, morality & ethical dilemmas.</blockquote>

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