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Finished rewatching it last night.

The last episode (TV) was pretty terrible. A large amount of it didn't make sense, there were lots of 'nobles' spinning around in circles for no apparent reason and Bones attempted to make the finale of the TV series more dramatic than it really was by throwing some action in at the end. A rushed mess, in all honesty.

On the other hand, the OVA was beautiful. It had flaws, such as the perfect timing for the events that occurred and [spoilerinline]Darcia[/spoilerinline] randomly turning into the grim reaper after he'd appeared to be a decent guy. His actions at the end, which he had no motivations for, struck me as being forced because there wasn't any other villain that could be used. If not for the recap session in the TV series, I don't think the story would've ended like it did in the OVA.

Not that the issues really mattered. What did matter was the character development and seeing what happened to the characters after growing so attached to them, as well as the visuals and music, and all of those aspects were nailed. The good outweighed the bad, in short.

My ratings stay at 8/10 for the TV series and 9/10 for the OVA.

<blockquote data-quote="Aion" data-source="post: 274839" data-attributes="member: 1310">Finished rewatching it last night.The last episode (TV) was pretty terrible. A large amount of it didn't make sense, there were lots of 'nobles' spinning around in circles for no apparent reason and Bones attempted to make the finale of the TV series more dramatic than it really was by throwing some action in at the end. A rushed mess, in all honesty.On the other hand, the OVA was beautiful. It had flaws, such as the perfect timing for the events that occurred and [spoilerinline]Darcia[/spoilerinline] randomly turning into the grim reaper after he'd appeared to be a decent guy. His actions at the end, which he had no motivations for, struck me as being forced because there wasn't any other villain that could be used. If not for the recap session in the TV series, I don't think the story would've ended like it did in the OVA.Not that the issues really mattered. What did matter was the character development and seeing what happened to the characters after growing so attached to them, as well as the visuals and music, and all of those aspects were nailed. The good outweighed the bad, in short.My ratings stay at 8/10 for the TV series and 9/10 for the OVA.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Aion, post: 274839, member: 1310"] Finished rewatching it last night. The last episode (TV) was pretty terrible. A large amount of it didn't make sense, there were lots of 'nobles' spinning around in circles for no apparent reason and Bones attempted to make the finale of the TV series more dramatic than it really was by throwing some action in at the end. A rushed mess, in all honesty. On the other hand, the OVA was beautiful. It had flaws, such as the perfect timing for the events that occurred and [spoilerinline]Darcia[/spoilerinline] randomly turning into the grim reaper after he'd appeared to be a decent guy. His actions at the end, which he had no motivations for, struck me as being forced because there wasn't any other villain that could be used. If not for the recap session in the TV series, I don't think the story would've ended like it did in the OVA. Not that the issues really mattered. What did matter was the character development and seeing what happened to the characters after growing so attached to them, as well as the visuals and music, and all of those aspects were nailed. The good outweighed the bad, in short. My ratings stay at 8/10 for the TV series and 9/10 for the OVA. [/QUOTE]