Kiznaiver 12 END
- Why would scores of people follow Sonozaki's ret ... dumb plan ?
- How would sharing the wounds with thousands more people help the vegetable people when it was precisely that that turned them into what they are ?
- What exactly was she trying to accomplish at the bridge ?
I thought nothing could top previous episode's "You can now feel bad for other people, wow our experiment was such a success" but Sonozaki's reasoning, especially given what it moved her to do, probably takes the cake. There might be just one thing that (how apt) Triggers me more than TnJs that suddenly resolve someone's hmmmm years long resolve or prattling about friendship in anime so having both be combined into an overly long sequence climactic sequence, coupled with a forced attempt to give some of the rest of cast a degree of relevancy was pretty unbearable. It's also a shame that the OST seems to have shot its bolt before this episode and all we were treated to this time were reprises of tracks that were already used for the pivotal moments of earlier episodes.
It pains me really to be so negative about this finale, Kiznaiver is a show I have enjoyed from the very beginning and while throughout, there were elements that threatened the whole, they were mostly kept under the lid till this episode but alas, here we are. To not let this post be negative as fuck, this episode, while rote, stupid, rushed still retained most of its strenghts that weren't related to writing and even in that, it managed to give decent conclusion and send off to its characters. It's still sports some glorious character designs, it's still easily my favorite anime of the season and maybe still, my AOTY, bah visuals+direction wise, this is indeed probably my favorite anime since Kyousougiga (how fitting that they both have
so similar endings
