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[Chained Prometheus]

I wouldn't call these pairings nonsensical.

Yeah, they really weren't non-sensical. Were they generic? Sure, no arguments there. Poorly written? Again, sure- but that's all Kubo in a nutshell for the past five or six years at the very least.

 

[theSlacker]

Ah.

Wow that's so long ago I don't even dare to try recall.

Well yeah, but there are people that are paying attention to the ending now that haven't paid attention to the series since then. I know I'm one of them, just popping in to see how everyone that was in the story back then ended. Did the same thing with Naruto.

 

[Unspeakable Evil]

The Soul King was inside you all along.

The Soul King was the friends you made along the way.

So the Soul King was the.....
HEART

 

[Sub_Level]

We need to have a list of shounen manga of this type that actually ended well.

The only ones off the top of my head that I can think of are:

-Yu Yu Hakusho

Yu Yu Hakusho had a pretty awkward final arc with pacing that went from 0 to 50000 mph in like 2 episodes. I dunno about calling that a good ending.

 

[Espada]

Joins Hitman Reborn! as another shit ending (Reborn might be worse due to nothing fucking progressing for the protag though)

We need to have a list of shounen manga of this type that actually ended well.

The only ones off the top of my head that I can think of are:

-Yu Yu Hakusho
-Flame of Recca
-Psyren
-Kongou Banchou

I heard Rurouni Kenshin also ends well but I never read the full thing...

Claymore's ending was satisfying as fuck, and I think it qualifies as shounen manga. Goddamn, the difference between that and this is huge. I'm so goddamn happy I stopped following this after they beat weird Butterly Aizen way back when.

 

[The Silver]

They are, though? It's as bad and unjustified as Naruto/Hinata, except the latter got a freakin' movie to explain somewhat why they got together. Ichigo and Orihime have never had chemistry or meaningful interaction since the Arrancar Arc, lmao.

Not trying to argue pairings tho, I don't want to stoop to that level

I mean, Ichigo is practically asexual and hasn't had any meaningful interaction with anyone since FKT. The only thing that made since for him was ending up with no one/Aizen.

 

[grandjedi6]

They are, though? It's as bad and unjustified as Naruto/Hinata, except the latter got a freakin' movie to explain somewhat why they got together. Ichigo and Orihime have never had chemistry or meaningful interaction since the Arrancar Arc, lmao.

Not trying to argue pairings tho, I don't want to stoop to that level

Ichigo took her to the final battle. That's basically a marriage proposal in battle shonen terms.

 

[PR_rambo]

Renji and Rukia lollllllllll

 

[Wazzy]

I dropped Bleach years ago but I'm still disappointed by the ending. I've always hated

Spoiler

Ichi and Ori as a couple(they look related)

and the conclusion sounds even more annoying than Naruto's.

I'm 2 for 2 with the main pairings of Naruto and Bleach.
In 2038 One Piece is gonna end with

Spoiler

Luffy x Hancock

Those two better happen...and

Spoiler

ZoroxNami.

 

[Sandfox]

They are, though? It's as bad and unjustified as Naruto/Hinata, except the latter got a freakin' movie to explain somewhat why they got together. Ichigo and Orihime have never had chemistry or meaningful interaction since the Arrancar Arc, lmao.

Not trying to argue pairings tho, I don't want to stoop to that level

Orihime was in love with Ichigo and he obviously cared for her so it's not that big of a stretch. I felt this was the expected ending.

Joins Hitman Reborn! as another shit ending (Reborn might be worse due to nothing fucking progressing for the protag though)

We need to have a list of shounen manga of this type that actually ended well.

The only ones off the top of my head that I can think of are:

-Yu Yu Hakusho
-Flame of Recca
-Psyren
-Kongou Banchou

I heard Rurouni Kenshin also ends well but I never read the full thing...

Gash Bell had a really good ending.

 

[Yado]

amazing that after hundreds of chapters of bleach being a meaningless battle manga kubo remembered in the last chapter that the story was originally about coping with death

Kekkaishi was beautiful from start to finish.

 

[Jarmel]

Renji and Rukia lollllllllll

Renji got the only W that mattered.

 

[Permanently A]

I'm actually mad Kubo had the gall to name this chapter Death and Strawberry

 

[Chained Prometheus]

Orihime was in love with Ichigo and he obviously cared for her so it's not that big of a stretch. I felt this was the expected ending.

Exactly.

Again, not saying that it's well-written, but the signs have been there for a long time.

 

[cntr]

fun fact: Togashi cancelled his own manga as a protest against his editors, and still gave YYH a good ending.

 

[Dynedom]

Nope that ending is rushed.

Yu Yu Hakusho had a pretty awkward final arc with pacing that went from 0 to 50000 mph in like 2 episodes. I dunno about calling that a good ending.

Haha, you're right. I had to go back to that final arc. I wouldn't call the overall ending of the series terrible though.

Claymore's ending was satisfying as fuck, and I think it qualifies as shounen manga. Goddamn, the difference between that and this is huge. I'm so goddamn happy I stopped following this after they beat weird Butterly Aizen way back when.

I have mixed feelings on Claymore because I feel there was some potential lost but I won't go into that here. For what it was, it was fine.

 

[The Technomancer]

fun fact: Togashi cancelled his own manga as a protest against his editors, and still gave YYH a good ending.

He also wrapped up the major throughline of his next series in an emotionally satisfying way after a decade and a half before launching the next arc so everyone got closure in case, you know, the actual series dies

 

[remz]

Whatever happened to the plush toy lion guy in Bleach?

 

[cntr]

Fullmetal Alchemist had a legendary ending.

 

[SigmasonicX]

Nope that ending is rushed.

Yu Yu Hakusho's final anime arc is rushed, even after being expanded by the anime, but the final episode is still great.

With this ending, seems pretty bad. All I can hope for is good older designs.

 

[super-famicom]

Lol is that spoiler summary real? That's fucking awful.

 

[ValkyrUser]

Whatever happened to the plush toy lion guy in Bleach?

I could of swore Kubo said he forgot about him.

 

[cntr]

He also wrapped up the major throughline of his next series in an emotionally satisfying way after a decade and a half before launching the next arc so everyone got closure in case, you know, the actual series dies

I'm pretty sure the risk isn't the series dying, but Togashi dying from pain.

 

[Chained Prometheus]

Fullmetal Alchemist had a legendary ending.

Yup. That was a phenomenal ending.

 

[Gentleman Jack]

This ending tho

 

[Lulubop]

What was the big news?

 

[MHWilliams]

Fullmetal Alchemist had a legendary ending.

FMA was straight fire the whole way.

 

[illmatic22]

What was the big news?

Live Action Movie

 

[cntr]

FMA was straight fire the whole way.

It really was.

 

[Merc_]

If there's any good news, it's that the bar has been set really low for Oda...

The dude could go with the "it was all a dream..." ending and still come out on top.

What a hilariously shitting ending to Bleach. I'm dying of laughter here.

 

[super-famicom]

Live Action Movie

This is Aizen's Bankai.

 

[Ray Down]

What was the big news?

Live action movie in 2018.

 

[Jarmel]

FMA is the gold standard for endings.

It's too bad though that nobody else is even getting bronze.

 

[Lulubop]

Oh man, the anime isn't even coming back lol

 

[Averon]

I'm just laughing at how terrible those spoilers sound. Wow. I mean, we should have known it would be bad given Kubo terrible writing and having to rush out an ending on top of that.

 

[Nudull]

So, the ending was at least entertainingly bad?

 

[illmatic22]

Naruto and Bleach both let me down. Please don't suck Shokugeki no Soma!

 

[Philippo]

I swear to God these spoilers make Naruto's ending, which i hated, look like fucking Shakespeare.

 

[cntr]

So, the ending was at least entertainingly bad?

the ending isn't even entertainingly bad

All the entertainment comes from the sheer legend of Bleach's mediocrity finally ending.

 

[HypnoDarkrai]

Studio Pierrot BTFO!

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Did anyone really think Ichigo wasn't going to

Spoiler

Marry Orihime

Like

That shit was telegraphed since the first arc

I swear to God these spoilers make Naruto's ending, which i hated, look like fucking Shakespeare.

I'll never forget the utter backlash against Naruto Marrying HInata, even though that was telegraphed since the Chunin exams.

Also it gave us this masterful comic-
http://imgur.com/a/gc6Cc

 

[Moaradin]

Naruto and Bleach both let me down. Please don't suck Shokugeki no Soma!

Shokugeki no Soma has been going downhill for a while now. It can still get back on track, but the direction it's going has been pretty lame imo

 

[Lulubop]

Kenshin's ending is fine

 

[Wazzy]

Did anyone really think Ichigo wasn't going to

Spoiler

Marry Orihime

Like

That shit was telegraphed since the first arc



I'll never forget the utter backlash against Naruto Marrying HInata, even though that was telegraphed since the Chunin exams.

Also it gave us this masterful comic-
http://imgur.com/a/gc6Cc

Now that's some bull. I didn't even like Rukia and Ichigo but they were built up from the beginning. Orihime liking Ichigo was only that and it never felt mutual. Ori had better chemistry with Ishida.

I agree about Naruto and Hinata though. They made sense and were the best couple to come from it all.

 

[MANUELF]

This ending tho

You need the better version

Or the best version

 

[Ray Down]

Shokugeki no Soma has been going downhill for a while now. It can still get back on track, but the direction it's going has been pretty lame imo

Its all Azami fault.

 

[Ninjimbo]

FINAL CHAPTER SPOILERS:
https://www.reddit.com/r/bleach/comments/4y3p6k/bleach_chapter_686_spoilers/

Lol this ending

Seriously? That's it? Fuck you, Kubo.

Spoiler

Ichigo married Orihime? Rukia married Renji? What the hell made him think anyone wanted to see that shit? I'm pissed. FUCK.

 

[Ozigizo]

Wow, what an incredibly uninteresting end.

Also, lol @ shippers. Though, I'd imagine interest died years ago for most.

 

[Nudull]

An entire series later and

Spoiler

Aizen is still fucking alive?!

 

[Dysun]

Well at least its over

Never have to think about Bleach in any other context than its Dexter Season 8 again