Reasons to be MAD?

Sigmar-Unberogen said:
I just finished watching the special and oh boy was I scared to click "play" button; thanks to the low score and abundance of "WTF?" threads on MAL. I thought this would be a disaster! But, is it?

1) Half of the episode is a recap.
2) We waited so long for this?

Both of these are understandable reasons to why people are pissed. It really is baffling why it took them this long to give us a 15 minute long original episode. Did they run out of money or perhaps plot?

Now the big one:

3) This is the end?

This question seems to be the top reason why people are raging so profoundly, therefor, my question is...

Is this really THE end?

To me, the last shot in particular (with Ai smiling), seemed like an obvious tease... It's a "to be continued" ending.

Am I missing something? Was it confirmed that there will definitely be no continuation, ever???

If there is no such info, this special doesn't deserve the hate and bashing it currently receives. I personally wasn't too pissed with the recap as quite some time passed since I've finished the original so it helped me remember things.

I would kindly ask for any source that confirms that there won't be any continuations. Are there any?

This was an anime original with no source material so they can continue if they want. I think that IS the end. Though it would be cool to get a movie or OVA and see how she brings back Neiru and beats Frill (because you know she will).

Xix_ryan said:
It felt like nothing happened

kataggaki said:
was it the end or Nah

pandemonium91 said:
I appreciated the recap as it's been a long time since episode 12 and I didn't remember a lot of the series.

I think this was the end not only because of the end card, but due to how the group broke apart one by one at the end. Everyone's story is solved to some degree, except for Ai's. Momo is sad about her friend but not close enough with Neiru to go back in and suffer more PTSD for her. Likewise for Rika, who's also too afraid to go back even if she wants the "old" Chiemi back. Ai is the only one who goes back, since she's found a new goal and another girl to fight for.

I'm unsure what was implied for Neiru at the end. Did Ai make a parallel between the rat and Neiru, with both being used as test subjects? Was Neiru "not human" in a metaphorical sense, in that she felt hollow inside? I assume she was lured in by Frill, either as a plaything, sacrifice, or bait for Ai. And I wonder if it's just a coincidence that Kotobuki and Ai both had heterochromia.