Sometimes you just gotta hug it out after a punch to the face!

The end is finally here! So how are they going to wrap this story up? I guess we will find out and I fully expect there to be tons of complaints, but I hope not…

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Sometimes you just have to knock some sense into your friends. Wow, this has been a series to remember, and I’m glad we got the chance to cover it, Fosh.

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Goodbye Magic

Yunna going all out for one final attack!

Fosh// I know throughout the series I have always talked about the possibility of the girls sacrificing their bodies in order to save everyone from danger through multiple Mankai transformations like Karin in the previous episode, but that was not the case in this final episode because all of the girls were pushed to the limit as they worked together as a team to save Shinju-sama after Toguou and Yuuna worked things out. I totally knew those two girls would use the power of friendship to solve their problems, but after everything was said and done Yunna was left motionless because she ended up losing everything which left her in a coma like state which I guess is due to her physically touching the core of the final Vertex? I think when they are in magical girl form they get some sort of protection, but honestly I have no idea why she was left in worst shape than Karin who took out five Vertex solo with several Mankai transformations or did Yuuna take on all the girls suffering at once? I could see that as possible explanation. Overall that was a tough few scenes to get through because we have always seen Yuuna as the bright happy go lucky girl of the group who often has to rally her friends or pump them up and she always had a smile on her face! So yeah I can definitely feel for her.

This was such a great moment.

While that was depressing to watch for some reason the other girls started to regain what they lost like Itsuki being able to speak again? That moment was more of a happy tears moment and I was a bit shocked that Tougou started to walk again which is probably HUGE for her. I kind of feel that a lot of people watching this series will find that part of the episode to be extremely weak because of them using their get out of jail free card to have the girls magically walking and talking again, but to the creators defence it was a slow time progression of them recovering so it wasn’t like it happened over night or would you have preferred to see them stay somewhat broken? At least they told us why they started to recover instead of shrugging it off as a “miracle” and I almost wonder why Shinju-sama didn’t do that before by creating a new system that allows the girls to use Mankai without giving up part of their bodies? I guess if he did that earlier we wouldn’t have much of an anime series.

Hero time

What a cool shot of Fuu and Karin~

Skylion// If there is one thing I’ve loved about this show from the get go it is how it has played with conventional genres. Lot’s of shows mix it up, but I don’t think I’ve seen one done with such style, and with such grace as this one. It wasn’t afraid to hit hard, but it never once fell into the grimdark territory we were afraid it would go. They had the sense to pull back and let the characters they spent precious time building do the thing that only they could do; not letting despair for the sake of it, or grimdark to garner attention do the job for them, but onto the cool stuff. LIke i said, sometimes you just have to knock some sense into your friends, and yes, Yuuki Yuuna is the Hero for that job as well. Finally, someone is able to get into Tougo’s head and convince her of what they fight for. Always themselves, and always what they stand for. I love that attitude. No, it doesn’t have to be grimdark, we can make a choice to stop that, cause that is what we want. It’s simple really, but kinda needed to be said at that point.

Yuuna-“I’m back suckers! You can’t get rid of me that easily.”

After that it was the trademark action the series has done so well from the beggining. Every hero has to wake up to the call, and shoulder the burden, even it they have to risk the Renge to do so. At first I felt like Karin’s injuries were all on Tougo’s head, but that misses the point. Friends can make mistakes and pick up after each other; be a team. And that was pretty awesome team work. And well paced, after the tremendous effort Ituski, Fuu, Tougo, and Karin put into stopping the mad Vertex, all it took was for Yuuki to touch it lightly. See, not so hard only it is Yuuki took on too much. Which is an odd thing for Karin to say, given how much she sacrificed last episode. But even after the great victory, Yuuki is lost in her sacrifice. She looks a shell of her former self, and the rest of the girls are at wits end at times to deal with it. But as the series has show, belief will pull you through. It got very emotional, with daily offerings to her, and prayers and hopes she would get better. It took the friend that thought she let her down to bring her back in the end. Yuuki had the will, but she had alot to come back to. Including a play that her costumed in a facsimile of her Hero outfit. And udon…

FK YA EXTRA MAGICAL GIRLS

I know right?!

Spinning those fat beats~

Break out the tissues!

I will miss watching Yuuna and the other girls.

End thoughts

Overall this final episode gave me what I wanted in the end! A sort of happy ending and the aftermath of the final battle, but by far the best moment for me was how the animation team used the passing seasons to show us just how long it took Yuuna to recover and OH MY GOD that final emotional scene with Tougou’s breakdown before Yuuna started to talk was amazing! I guess the full credit goes to Suzuko Mimori for showing us that she has what it takes for acting. So yeah Yuuki Yuuna was a rollercoaster of emotional moments from Fuu’s breakdown about her sister never singing again all the way to the end with Tougou and Yuuna sharing a sad yet happy moment together! I am glad that I decided to review this weekly because it was easily the biggest surprise of the season for me, but I will be honest and say that I was really turned off early on when people started comparing this series to Madoka Magcia after seeing just one damn episode or not even seeing the series at all! Yeah I know that is something that will always happen with each passing anime season because  fans tend to compare things out of habit; however I do it to so I can’t really complain all that much. Anyway! What did you like about Yuuki Yuuna and did you have fun watching it weekly?

I had heard some talk about there on the net that the creators did want to take the story down the darker paths. But in the end, they felt the girls had fought the good fight, and wanted to give them the happy ending they fought for. And as I said earlier, that it to their credit. We’ve seen the darker paths, and we need to walk the lighter ones to balance that out. To which they did a fine job. It made for one very happy, and memorable series. Thanks for joining us, I hope you enjoyed it as much as we did. It’s all over for us, but the pancakes….Fosh loves him some pancakes…

THE END

Thanks for joining in on this wild ride.