The main villains goal to destroy japan from the inside was accomplished. And his main objective was never to necessarily kill the main character. So he technically won.
Oh man I finished that series a couple of weeks ago. That was a pretty intense ending.
Interesting, though, because it wasn't just the villain-- pretty much everybody got what they wanted in the end, to some degree at least.
Even if I really loved Suitengu. Even if he lived past the final episode, I doubt he had much longer to live after that.
Yeah, I was pretty happy with it, too.
At first it was kind of jarring, because it didn't go down like I had anticipated it to-- I was expecting a much more typical "happy" ending, where the heroic characters all live happily ever after. As illogical as it sounds, considering the series up to then. I think it's because I'm used to watching series that end like that :q
But then, I realized that while everyone lost something at the end of the series, they all got something good back. I mean, Saiga got to take pictures again, Kagura was able to live freely, heck, even Niihari was able to make off wealthy.
That being said... Now I can't think of another series that fits this topic, really. :
The manga is god awful compared to the anime.
No, I haven't. Good to know, though I was never really intending to... I heard there was a light novel as well, but I don't aspire to read that, either.
Well, off to bed. 'Night.
