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it felt very rushed... the final fight was anti climactic, and shido surrounded by a bunch of delicious girls and crying over one he barely knows was weird

7/10 anime

6/10 ending
@Scootboi poll suggest say you are wrong. It already won sugoi and has the highest percentages going on in corner
Jul 3, 1:09 PM
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wonderful mio THE GOAT
Jul 3, 4:24 PM

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Fairwell Date Alive (Kurumi <3) Forever T_T
@NiGhTmArE_Spirit She will be back when there's a season VI announcement :copium:
Jul 4, 2:20 PM

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Not bad, not good. I still enjoy Kurumi scenes far more than any others. And her date OVA was the best Date a Live episode of all.

6/10
Jul 4, 2:50 PM

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I'm baffled that somehow this is not the last season. How do they have more? Either way, not complaining, more Kurumi is always welcome.




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this is the end? after 10+ years if finally ended.. I already forgot most of the story but still satisfied it has happy end.

important things I forgot:

1. why mio was inside of kurumi?
2. is the current mana, shin's sister?
3. why shido has kurumi's power to turn back time?
4. origami's blonde friend got brainwashed by welcott?

I missed the dating selection scenes, glad they still do it for reine.
Jul 5, 11:09 AM

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I admit I was never the biggest of this series but this ending got me good. I'm honestly surprised at how well a lot of things tied together and how emotional I found this ending. I was really sad we didn't get Reine back.

I really do hope we get an epilogue season as I would like to see just a bit more of the aftermath of everything.
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can anyone please tell me if this was the last season 😭
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Finally that Ike is down. He was a nuisance even for my overall enjoyment lol

"Go, Maria! I choose you!" This was probably the most enjoyable scene of the anime xD alongside Kurumi´s kiss.

Also, wait.. so Reine died? Like.. I thought that by this point Reine would live her own life (separately from Mio). Confusing.

In general, this was a weak season and not an enjoyable as the others - except for a very few isolated scenes. I don´t read the main source but this really did feel like a dragged out finally arc.

I usually don´t mind much CGI/3D art and animation as long as they are very good or if the anime is full 3D/CGI, but this 3D/CGI was average and
random.

Sadly disappointing in the end we didn´t get to see a wholesome date between Kurumi and Shido.

My rating for this season is: Kurumi/10

The other girls are cute as well specially the lovely Tohka, but most of them were just there.

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I liked it, but it had too many plot twists.
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@GenesisAria
The way you explain the character of MIO is very superficial. She is not evil or a crazy killer, and this was confirmed in the novel. Every MIO has a broken character. She used to be a really good person, but she changed due to feelings of despair, but on the characters who bury their good side and turn into... Evil, Mio remained preserving part of her previous morals. Yes, she changed, but she remained preserving her morals. This was not included in the anime, but most of the girls who turned into spirits were girls on the verge of suicide, but Mio saved their lives, and her desire to Saving the world is a sincere desire coming from her. After the Shin date, let's say, she regained her true personality and kind nature. We do not use excuses to justify actions. Justification is the nature of the character.
Dydfbcdhb said:
Man, your feelings of hatred for MIO are clear, it is clear that you will never accept her, she literally sacrificed her life to save humanity and yes, for your information, she was remorseful for her actions and this is made clear in the novel.
I don't hate Mio at all. She's just a lunatic.
(tbh if she wasn't cute and depicted as a poor mistreated waifu, people wouldn't be struggling as much with this lol)

If anything i love the fact that she kind of just completely wiped the floor with the prior antagonists, though i would have preferred it happen in a way that was more insulting to Westcott's true powerlessness, by just swatting him like a fly before any atrocities... and the rest of the story being Shido trying to protect the world from her by sealing her.

Dydfbcdhb said:
Also, Mio is not the main antagonist, she is a temporary antagonist like Kurumi or Origami. It cannot be denied that this story exists thanks to her and that everyone lives happily thanks to her as well.
Origami was forced into her position and brainwashed. Kurumi was always chaotic neutral from the start, and that she was behaving her way due to mistreatment/hardship, and this was clear to anyone observant. She detested everything she did but felt it necessary and got somewhat lost along the way (Shido brought her back to reality).

Kurumi is most similar to Mio of all of them, but Kurumi had sensibilities and moral boundaries and enough empathy to restrain herself and be careful of escalation/collateral.


Dydfbcdhb said:
The way you explain the character of MIO is very superficial. She is not evil or a crazy killer, and this was confirmed in the novel. Every MIO has a broken character.
Nobody with a properly functioning mind can murder innocents and not gain severe ptsd and have those people seared into their skull until the day they die. She was very clearly a psychopath that would murder whoever, or even literally everyone, just to get her boyfriend back. The thing you need to understand about psychopaths, they cannot feel remorse. Anybody that kills indiscriminately is demonstrably a psychopath, meaning their "remorse" is not true remorse, but merely an intellectual understanding of error. For example Mio only feels bad about killing others because it hurts Shinji/Shido. That is literally the only reason, and she even said that as she casually uttered "i feel bad for killing them all" (paraphrased).
That's like "i'm sorry for killing your family~" while covered in all of their blood vibes. That shit is scary. The fact people don't see or understand this is alarming.

Raging hate mongers that want to kill everyone are not nearly as scary or dangerous as people that will kill and have no clue what they did wrong.
(because these types of people will never truly understand the weight of life, they're not capable, they do not possess the neurological ability to feel empathy)

She used to be a really good person
This is superficial. Even a mass murderer can have a decent personality and good intentions, that doesn't change what they are.
...pulling the (like what a certian other anime did) "oh they massacred 100,000 people in a stadium, but that's okay because they said they are sorry and they're actually decent people that were just mistreated"... That's not how that works, imagine if your family or loved ones were of the casualties... Rewinding time or other cheat bs doesn't change the fact they still committed that unimaginable atrocity. You are responsible for your actions, your circumstances bay be unfortunate but are irrelevant, you still are to be judged for your actions. In japan that would be immediate and unanimous agreement for sentence to death.

but she changed due to feelings of despair, but on the characters who bury their good side and turn into... Evil, Mio remained preserving part of her previous morals. Yes, she changed, but she remained preserving her morals. This was not included in the anime, but most of the girls who turned into spirits were girls on the verge of suicide, but Mio saved their lives, and her desire to Saving the world is a sincere desire coming from her. After the Shin date, let's say, she regained her true personality and kind nature. We do not use excuses to justify actions. Justification is the nature of the character.
Not possible. You fail to understand that stuff like despair would only come out of indirect connections, like i said before, not wanting to be hated by Shinji/Shido for bad actions. She doesn't care about innocent lives.

... It's really hard to explain character psychoanalysis to people who don't know psychology.
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Dydfbcdhb said:
Man, your feelings of hatred for MIO are clear, it is clear that you will never accept her, she literally sacrificed her life to save humanity and yes, for your information, she was remorseful for her actions and this is made clear in the novel.
I don't hate Mio at all. She's just a lunatic.
(tbh if she wasn't cute and depicted as a poor mistreated waifu, people wouldn't be struggling as much with this lol)

If anything i love the fact that she kind of just completely wiped the floor with the prior antagonists, though i would have preferred it happen in a way that was more insulting to Westcott's true powerlessness, by just swatting him like a fly before any atrocities... and the rest of the story being Shido trying to protect the world from her by sealing her.

Dydfbcdhb said:
Also, Mio is not the main antagonist, she is a temporary antagonist like Kurumi or Origami. It cannot be denied that this story exists thanks to her and that everyone lives happily thanks to her as well.
Origami was forced into her position and brainwashed. Kurumi was always chaotic neutral from the start, and that she was behaving her way due to mistreatment/hardship, and this was clear to anyone observant. She detested everything she did but felt it necessary and got somewhat lost along the way (Shido brought her back to reality).

Kurumi is most similar to Mio of all of them, but Kurumi had sensibilities and moral boundaries and enough empathy to restrain herself and be careful of escalation/collateral.


Dydfbcdhb said:
The way you explain the character of MIO is very superficial. She is not evil or a crazy killer, and this was confirmed in the novel. Every MIO has a broken character.
Nobody with a properly functioning mind can murder innocents and not gain severe ptsd and have those people seared into their skull until the day they die. She was very clearly a psychopath that would murder whoever, or even literally everyone, just to get her boyfriend back. The thing you need to understand about psychopaths, they cannot feel remorse. Anybody that kills indiscriminately is demonstrably a psychopath, meaning their "remorse" is not true remorse, but merely an intellectual understanding of error. For example Mio only feels bad about killing others because it hurts Shinji/Shido. That is literally the only reason, and she even said that as she casually uttered "i feel bad for killing them all" (paraphrased).
That's like "i'm sorry for killing your family~" while covered in all of their blood vibes. That shit is scary. The fact people don't see or understand this is alarming.

Raging hate mongers that want to kill everyone are not nearly as scary or dangerous as people that will kill and have no clue what they did wrong.
(because these types of people will never truly understand the weight of life, they're not capable, they do not possess the neurological ability to feel empathy)

She used to be a really good person
This is superficial. Even a mass murderer can have a decent personality and good intentions, that doesn't change what they are.
...pulling the (like what a certian other anime did) "oh they massacred 100,000 people in a stadium, but that's okay because they said they are sorry and they're actually decent people that were just mistreated"... That's not how that works, imagine if your family or loved ones were of the casualties... Rewinding time or other cheat bs doesn't change the fact they still committed that unimaginable atrocity. You are responsible for your actions, your circumstances bay be unfortunate but are irrelevant, you still are to be judged for your actions. In japan that would be immediate and unanimous agreement for sentence to death.

but she changed due to feelings of despair, but on the characters who bury their good side and turn into... Evil, Mio remained preserving part of her previous morals. Yes, she changed, but she remained preserving her morals. This was not included in the anime, but most of the girls who turned into spirits were girls on the verge of suicide, but Mio saved their lives, and her desire to Saving the world is a sincere desire coming from her. After the Shin date, let's say, she regained her true personality and kind nature. We do not use excuses to justify actions. Justification is the nature of the character.
Not possible. You fail to understand that stuff like despair would only come out of indirect connections, like i said before, not wanting to be hated by Shinji/Shido for bad actions. She doesn't care about innocent lives.

... It's really hard to explain character psychoanalysis to people who don't know psychology.
@GenesisAria Wherever I look, you are a strong hater of Mio. Your analysis of the character is a failure and contains many errors. Firstly, Kurimie literally enjoyed killing her victims, and this is what made me doubt her. This appeared in the first season, and she killed with laughter and madness without any shred of mercy. The anime did not mention this. But Mio in the novel was very sad for her victims, and she is not a crazy killer as she says, and this was confirmed in the novel, and whatever she says does not change the fact that she saved all of humanity with her desire. No evil person does this, while Kurumi did nothing. To atone for her mistakes, she lived happily, forgetting those she killed
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this feels like the final season for the anime, it was a good run.
DaL is one of my earliest anime and one of the few LNs I read throughout the years, it will always have a special place in my heart.
thank you Date A Live!
It wasn't perfect but it was a good adaptation, Im just happy to see the girls in action :)

seeing Kurumi smiling and together with Sawa, makes me /cries

I still hope we get another season for True End or atleast some OVAs to tell the girl's stories.
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seeing Kurumi smiling and together with Sawa, makes me /cries

Did Sawa got revived as a human or what? I'm lost
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seeing Kurumi smiling and together with Sawa, makes me /cries

Did Sawa got revived as a human or what? I'm lost
@kljy
I was thinking that if DaL ended with this season, they probably just pulled a whatever and made Kurumi somehow reunited with Sawa.

but if we get another season, Sawa being there will make sense because of the next part of the story (LN Vol. 20)
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@kljy
I was thinking that if DaL ended with this season, they probably just pulled a whatever and made Kurumi somehow reunited with Sawa.

but if we get another season, Sawa being there will make sense because of the next part of the story (LN Vol. 20)
Aleksu said:
but if we get another season, Sawa being there will make sense because of the next part of the story (LN Vol. 20)

Please give me spoiler, what happened in volume 20? Did Sawa get revived?
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Ain't no way. Date a Live is actually over. 😭This anime was one of the first ever anime that got me into this whole genre of animation :( Gonna miss it
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Oh no, the big bad guy is dying, how sad...

Well it finally ended. Season 4 was definitely the best one thanks to Kurumi, the rest was pretty meh. 3/10
Jul 16, 10:19 PM
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Can someone tell me this is truly ending of date of live right?? Or there will be another sequel
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Can someone tell me this is truly ending of date of live right?? Or there will be another sequel
@Yaqinmalul Well it's not the true ending, even though the last arc of the season is literally named "Mio True End"

I don't know about a sequel, the studio doesn't seem to be making one.
Laplace_kunJul 21, 9:43 PM
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I gotta be honest I am so disappointed with this ending, I'm so unsatisfied with this I'm glad I didn't start watching DAL when it first premiered 11 years ago and only started in 2022 because I wanted stuff to watch to put my Funimation subscription to use.
Because if I was watching this for a decade plus just for this ending I'd be way more pissed.

Now it's not an ending that retroactively ruins my enjoyment of the series and how I liked the previous seasons the way something like Attack on Titan's ending did for me, but still don't like it.

I don't find it tragic or anything that Mio died, I'm just annoyed that half of the episode was like "Mio should move on live life, be happy, and Shinji would want that for her." just for her to sacrifice herself anyway and still somehow end up with Shinji in death.
Like what growth was there, and what lesson was there to be learned here? If anything I just learned that if she did continue on with her goal of having someone kill her she definitely would've gotten what she wanted.

Like what was the point of having Reine go "I actually feel like my own person for once" last episode just to not go anywhere with that?

And Westcott, who actually cares about this dude? He's one of the lamest, boring, most nothing villains I've seen, this season alone he gets his shit kicked in at least three times anytime he's tried to do anything.
Like damn just cut him out and have the final confrontation be with Mio.
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I must say this season really surprised me because I didn´t think it would get so emotional.
The studio really worked in this season and is great!
The last episode was so emotional, finally Mio had the ending she wanted...
and everyone had a great last battle.
Ike was definitly a great villain.
We need a new season announcement or a movie announcement,please.
As soon as possible!!!!!
But judging from the ending,this seems like a closure..
@Laplace_kun I didn´t read the LN, but I know something about it, did they move fastforward some events in the epilogue or it was my imagination?
Or maybe they will end it all in a future movie or season,who knows.
If this is the anime´s end is not a bad one actually.




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@Mione48 The entire montage at the end with different characters is anime only. The actual plot ends with a cliffhanger. The next arc is actually something that does almost end everything, and the one that follows gives the perfect closure.

Adapting only 3 novels in a season was a terrific decision, DAL should have done something similar a long ago. So I am kinda satisfied. Dunno about future adaptations, one can only hope.
Laplace_kunJul 21, 9:44 PM
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It was pretty stupid for the writer to show Shido and Shinji as different person. He has the same body, same soul and after getting the memories, he is both Shinji/Shido. It's like regaining of memories when a person forgets his past due to certain accident. Even their personalities were same. The writer made it unnecessary complicated. Shido only needed to make Mio understand that their is no need to forget his life as Shido as his life is just an extension of Shinji's life and that will be all good.

This gave me a Golden Time vibes, where Banri was only allowed to choose one part of his memories. How does that even work?
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@Mione48 The entire montage at the end with different characters is anime only. The actual plot ends with a cliffhanger. The next arc is actually something that does almost end everything, and the one that follows gives the perfect closure.

Adapting only 3 novels in a season was a terrific decision, DAL should have done something similar a long ago. So I am kinda satisfied. Dunno about future adaptations, one can only hope.
@Laplace_kun They did 3 volumes for season 2 and barely had enough content for 10 episodes. The reason they were able to do 3 for 12 this time is because volume 19 is something like 400 pages (Twice as long as the normal DAL volumes), so aside from this season, 4 volumes per season was probably the best choice since season 2 had only 10 episodes and filler for like 60% of ep1 and season 3 had to squeeze an entire volume in 1 episode.
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@Laplace_kun They did 3 volumes for season 2 and barely had enough content for 10 episodes. The reason they were able to do 3 for 12 this time is because volume 19 is something like 400 pages (Twice as long as the normal DAL volumes), so aside from this season, 4 volumes per season was probably the best choice since season 2 had only 10 episodes and filler for like 60% of ep1 and season 3 had to squeeze an entire volume in 1 episode.

Well the seasons made you believe that 3 episodes max/volume is maximum because they were adapted with mediocrity. Season 1 felt fine pacewise considering the volumes are pretty content-light, although that filler Ep 6 is a total disaster. Season 2 is special case because it has 26-30 minute episodes. Meanwhile very few people learnt about what Nia went through, or have the chance to care about Mukuro's issues; Natsumi got 5 episodes for her which were treated as mid; there are cut Woodman and Westcott parts, or anything related to peripheral world building. SoL to action jump was abruptly done and has been one of the biggest reasons many arcs in DAL aren't even taken seriously. Itsuka Disaster has some good lore, along with Itsuka Parents volume, but they thought they had the freedom to phone it in because it doesn't directly affect whatever comes later. Four volumes a season is just cookie cutter formality for scriptwriters wanting a serviceable adaptation. This season, they did their best, but that's how much their capabilities go. They have actually managed to make this 12 episodes while things like Shido-Westcott fight feel underwhelming. Vol 18 adaptation felt better with 5 episodes, while Vol 19 which is longer got 4 episodes, one of which was filled majorly with name calling. Content adaptation is more complex than simply translating pages to minutes. And those who adapt the LN into an anime script or storyboard need to be competent enough to know what has to be given time into, and what, not.

Who knew 86 first volume had enough content for 10 episodes? Well it's one of the best LN adaptations for good reason. Meanwhile Index perfectly dedicated 6 episodes for it's first volume, but bored many with it's poor exposition techniques and character presentation.

In an ideal world, DAL would be a single show like FMAB or HxH instead of multiple decent seasons trying to fit the episode quota.
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@Laplace_kun They did 3 volumes for season 2 and barely had enough content for 10 episodes. The reason they were able to do 3 for 12 this time is because volume 19 is something like 400 pages (Twice as long as the normal DAL volumes), so aside from this season, 4 volumes per season was probably the best choice since season 2 had only 10 episodes and filler for like 60% of ep1 and season 3 had to squeeze an entire volume in 1 episode.

Well the seasons made you believe that 3 episodes max/volume is maximum because they were adapted with mediocrity. Season 1 felt fine pacewise considering the volumes are pretty content-light, although that filler Ep 6 is a total disaster. Season 2 is special case because it has 26-30 minute episodes. Meanwhile very few people learnt about what Nia went through, or have the chance to care about Mukuro's issues; Natsumi got 5 episodes for her which were treated as mid; there are cut Woodman and Westcott parts, or anything related to peripheral world building. SoL to action jump was abruptly done and has been one of the biggest reasons many arcs in DAL aren't even taken seriously. Itsuka Disaster has some good lore, along with Itsuka Parents volume, but they thought they had the freedom to phone it in because it doesn't directly affect whatever comes later. Four volumes a season is just cookie cutter formality for scriptwriters wanting a serviceable adaptation. This season, they did their best, but that's how much their capabilities go. They have actually managed to make this 12 episodes while things like Shido-Westcott fight feel underwhelming. Vol 18 adaptation felt better with 5 episodes, while Vol 19 which is longer got 4 episodes, one of which was filled majorly with name calling. Content adaptation is more complex than simply translating pages to minutes. And those who adapt the LN into an anime script or storyboard need to be competent enough to know what has to be given time into, and what, not.

Who knew 86 first volume had enough content for 10 episodes? Well it's one of the best LN adaptations for good reason. Meanwhile Index perfectly dedicated 6 episodes for it's first volume, but bored many with it's poor exposition techniques and character presentation.

In an ideal world, DAL would be a single show like FMAB or HxH instead of multiple decent seasons trying to fit the episode quota.
@Laplace_kun From what I’ve seen slow paced Light Novel adaptations are pretty uncommon. Stuff 86 and Eminence in Shadow like seem to be outliers, and most of the time it seems to be the norm to try and fit as much content in as possible without it seeming too rushed. But yeah, you’re probably right, they probably could have done better here. But hey, standards are standards so what can you do.
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Well its finally over
i kept putting this episode off but I finally just watched it
and as expected it wasn't a masterpiece ending or anything but it was still good
11 years after the first season aired this anime has finally ended

date a live was one of my first few animes
I watched it back when I was still in high school
and when I watched it only 2 seasons were out
I was really into ecchi harem anime back then and dal was right up my ally

I mainly watched this for the nostalgia but I'm glad I did
I will miss the cast

The ops of date a live are the best part
everyone of them is a banger and I still listen to them to this day
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The final battle against Westcott at last.

Dude Shidou thought he was spitting game at Mio. No buddy LMAOOOO. Nah but fr, this is the most I've seen Shidou try to get one of the spirits thus far. Though ofc, with Mio finally in Shidou's hands and the big bad defeated, another big bad, an annoying one at that, Westcott just has to come and be the most annoying he's ever been. So it's only right that all the spirits finally come together in the most Avengers shot ever lol, and go an beat this bitch ass Westcott at last.

Maria's also back after so long as well. AND THAT FUCKING SHIDOU PUNCH SENDING WESTCOTT FLYING... my god did it feel good. Wasn't enough ofc, but Mio being a new contender for best girl just goes absolutely bonkers on him and fucking defeating him for good. Making me try to feel sorry and sad for him. Fuck you. Was smiling the entire time during his death scene. I won't sit here and lie and say that the final montage of all the girls didn't make me tear up a bit, because it did. A whole decade we've been with these girls... fuck man.

Ending it off just like how we started, a date between Shidou and the original spirit Tohka.

Pacing was the biggest issue this season, I mean they adapted 200 PAGES in one episode this season, but in the end, they stcuk the landing somehow.

I'll miss you dearly DAL. This past decade has been a ride, to say the least.
@IzanaSolos Bro i tought the same exact thing, they really tryna make you emotional about westcott death in the end but i was smiling his whole death scene like after being an annoying ass bitch for 5 whole seasons they really tried to do that LOL.
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Finally finished watching season 5!
I'm so glad DAL was adapted to volume 19.
I gotta say it all started with Mio. Mio was supposed to be the true first heroine. Shidou's story started because of Mio.
But because Isaac killed Shidou, she ended up being the antagonist, even though she just wanted to be with someone she truly loved. My eyes got watery when I read in the light novel where Mio died. She'll be my favorite spirit of all time.
And as a hardcore fan of DAL, I really hope they adapt volume 20, 21, and 22 (Tohka's last arc).

But I noticed that in season 5 last episode, they didn't show the part where

So maybe Studio Geek Toys or Fujimi Shobo Japanese Publishing Company aren't planning on making season 6.
Fingers crossed maybe it's not a big deal and they can add that in episode 1 of season 6.
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Date A Live V season 5 has ended and I want to cry seeing the end of this anime season 5.

This anime is very good and I really like this anime.

I don't mind Date A Live anime getting a sixth season, if possible.
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@Yaqinmalul Well it's not the true ending, even though the last arc of the season is literally named "Mio True End"

I don't know about a sequel, the studio doesn't seem to be making one.
@Laplace_kun thx bro for info
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I know this series has always been hinting at some real plot, but man, they really took a decade to get here.

And no, I wouldn't say this season was some kind of masterpiece despite the plot's culmination, but it was a cute love story that saw a well-deserved ending. That I can live with.

The way I understand things is there's still LN material to go through, but it seems that they've made the ending to the final episode such that it can be seen as the ending if need be. A bit chicken, but understandable enough given the industry and the economy. Personally, I'd love to see this wrapped in a more fulsome manner myself, but I won't lose any sleep if this were it either, I guess. It's been a decent run at least (lots of series never even get this amount of effort over time), whatever your misgivings about it.
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Ending was only sad for being sad and it's not even accurate to the LN.
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aarrrggg I'm gonna miss this series ona my first ecchi series I watched when I started getting into anime 11 years ago
kurumi will always be the bae of DAL
Muku Comes in 2nd she's so perfect also
But just as the passage of time All things must come to an end ty for the creator and animators of this lovely series
I won't mind if we somehow got a movie showing their lives after and how they are all living it or a series
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What a beautiful ride it was !
I'll miss the characters so much :(
Goodbye Shidou,Kurumi,mio and the others...
Goodbye Date A Live ;)
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Well here is finally the end of this long adventure which will have lasted 11 years as far as I am concerned. Overall it will have been nice to follow thanks to the heroines who were very endearing even if they all more or less pass into the background given the number of characters in the end. My favorites remain Origami, Miku, Natsumi and Kurumi.
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Loved this anime. The story and everything there is. I was kinda disappointed at the beginning but man, everything built up so well. I'm so happy right now.
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Finally got around to finishing this as I put it off ever since the final episode aired. Not a bad ending to a series that lasted this long, but some gripes I have is how some of the characters got sidelined (an expected consequence of a show having a large cast) and the overuse of CGI that ruined important scenes like the battles and when Mio appeared in front of everyone.
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as much as I hate it, DAL actually one of the few I likes back then. but now I know the root problem, they ended in the bad way.
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Okay, that a solid wrap on most of the plot points except for Tohka-san who happens to be alive despite being a spirit too. By the way the final moments were displayed and the ending theme in the background though, the Tohka freeze up seems to suggest there's something there imo. I would love to know what's all about but I've also heard that the series doesn't end in the merriest of ways possible, so I'm not sure xD. I'll leave it to Kadokawa and Studio GEEKTOYS. I heard about the recent merger concerning the Studio and the "anime-original ending" tidbits above which makes me wonder if it's the end of this partnership and we'll be requiring a different set of people involved to further continue with the anime adaption...

Anyways, enough about that. We found ourselves a decent conclusion here and surprisingly a lot of answers to past mysteries that I'd struggle remembering in all honesty so the wiki page came in real clutch. I chuckled a little when Mio-san & Shido didn't have to go for the kiss but hand holding did the trick, but I'm glad that turned out to be the case. Nia-san, that's what a real NTR looks like, lol. Westcott biting the dust was unexpected, I know there's like another cour of content worth in the story. I thought for sure DEM was going to be the main villain but I suppose the dying seconds of the finale feat. Tohka will take centerstage for that.

Mio-san turned out to be my favourite spirit, I think. Might be recency but Natsumi held that title since the airing of S3 which I realise is not a popular opinion. lol. I don't know about Tohka-san (the most popular, last I checked) yet, not going to lie. But there is more of her to come so maybe that'll change my mind? What was my second and now third is Nia, lol. It was good to see her back and with Maria too! Those Chuunibyou poses, she's acting exactly like I thought her AI persona would.

Another highlight for me was the Op & ED. I remember "I swear" from S3, iirc, caught my attention then but boy, both this time was on the mark! In particular, the symphony of the ED visuals and the song was perfect. Melancholic vibe which turned out to be the real deal, that's what gets me going, lmao. I've it on playlist now and the visuals are stuck to my head. RIP Reine-san, Kotori's tears there confirmed it, yikes...

I'd my issues with the series, if I'm to be perfectly honest. It's not the most straight forward show for one but I feel like a lot of things came together here and it just kept getting better from S3 onwards which is always a good sign. Nice to see our MC's confidence going up and maxing out here with the surprise Kurumi-san kiss and flaunting in front of Shin-san, lol. 10/11 success rate in the end, that's not too shabby, am I right? Shimazaki Nobunaga-san's "Oh, pardon me." before hugging Reine-san was hilarious, and definitely left an impression too.

Hoping for more but if this is it, thanks Kadokawa & GEEKTOYS for getting us this far! Would it be too much to ask for Full Metal Panic to get revived and received 3 seasons in relative short time too? I know I'm totally barking at the wrong tree but I can't help it...
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Date a Live fans, the only fandom where they're satisfied with the last 3 season being butchered and looking like shit

I can't count how much they transitioned to 2d to CG for no reason because they're in such a crunch animating the last 2 seasons (or generally everything Geek Toys have done)
@Ronninn This, so much. I haven't read the novels but I've heard praises sung about them so much... and I'd read some spoilers, so I have the general gists of an idea of what was going to happen- and what should happen next.

This was... abysmal, IMO. It looked awful from start to end. So much CGI all over the place, it truly lowered the impact of most scenes. The story is said to have been horribly rushed and it shows, most things happen just because. Deus Ex Machinas for the heroes and villains alike.

Everything just happened on a dime- and sure, light novels might've explained everything in painstaking detail and made it all make perfect sense and be "WOAH, THIS IS GLORIOUS"... but in anime form? Awful.

I don't want to take anything away from who loved this, more power to them, I'm happy for their enjoyment... but I personally stopped liking this a bit before half of the season and it kept getting worse and worse. 4/10 for the season, this episode is a 2/10, nothing's given the time to leave an impact, the final battle takes maybe 3 minutes if you remove the pandering of people talking and explaining their next move, the reasons for things to happen were so lame (did he seriously do all that shit to rewrite things because he didn't get a girl? DaL is filled with dangerous simps-), and I have to stress once more how things just happened because they did. "Oh, guess I'll be good now" just because the plot demanded it.

Hopefully if the last three volumes ever get adapted, they get the time they need to explain everything proper and not just... "THIS, and THAT, and THAT, and THIS, and THAT" so that 950 events happen in the span of 10 seconds and they seem to happen just 'cause.
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Eh it was alright...
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nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo I can't belive it this got end give me more ova YA!!! give me more ova episode pls I beg you waaaaaa ;-; pls pls give a ova i need to see shido and Tohka origami and kurumi's date
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If only westcott turned himself into a spirit from the very begining....
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Final Fight Scene was crazy, loved how it ended.

Some of my last question for the anime are:

Do Spacequakes happen on command bc i remember the singer spirit girl said she could, but like tohka said it happenes whenever she comes into earth from her own world
So can these spirits come through and out of this "other world"

another thing is wut happens to the one kurumi that had her own OVA? Like is she forgotten about or smthing?

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IBasic_YapperI said:
Final Fight Scene was crazy, loved how it ended.

Some of my last question for the anime are:

Do Spacequakes happen on command bc i remember the singer spirit girl said she could, but like tohka said it happenes whenever she comes into earth from her own world
So can these spirits come through and out of this "other world"

another thing is wut happens to the one kurumi that had her own OVA? Like is she forgotten about or smthing?


spacequakes can be both intentional and unintentional (when spirits enter this dimension from theirs)

The OVA Kurumi is supposed to be dead. If you mean what about the DAB Kurumi, I dropped it midway and that entire story is questionable in terms of being canon at all.
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