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| So God has all the power needed to help people but doesn't care at all about their misery and prayers, but when someone does care about it - he sends his servant to "restore order", because when he doesn't care - no one else with magical powers should care either. Seems like quite an arrogant and malevolent God (which is funny, because in Christianity God is supposedly absolutely good). In the end we get a guy that realizes that we should stop counting on God intervention and start acting ourselves if we want anything to be done - quite a commendable stance if you ask me - and this guy gets killed. The one person that cared about the people and went as far as trying using her powers to help them, even if she just wasn't powerful enough to ever do it on a scale she'd want to - gets forced by emotional blackmail to be a mother and gets her powers taken from her, and she's quite alright with it. She gets "forgiven" but she still gets to be punished. The archangel - ridden of free will robot-servant of God - learns nothing, and Ezekiel - having actually learned something - gets punished/demoted to a human. Nothing changes for God, he still doesn't give a poo about anybody's misery and prayers, Michael still will try to stop any magic user from doing what a "omni-benevolent God" should probably do, and wars will still go on. And they lived happily ever after? Completely underwhelming, anticlimactic, and disappointing ending. I don't remember the last time I watched or read an ending to anything that was this botched. |
| It was okay. 6/10 |
| One question what happened to Bernard it look like he was turned to dust ? |
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| What the heck happened to Bernard? |
| More like he was turned to salt. ;) A bit like Lot's wife, when she disobeyed God's command. Because, you know, when you disobey the G man - you get punished. Even though he gave you the free will to disobey him. Makes complete sense. ;) |
| The happy ending was pretty boring. Kinda wish it ended a little bit darker. Nothing changed from what she was doing in the beginning, so all the reasons Micheal gave for why she had to stop, he just threw it out the window. Kinda thought Ezekiel would've been casted into hell for a moment, but sadly no twists. Might just be me but, I was kinda wanted Garfa to succeed with what he tried to do to Maria and then Joseph kills him for it. Very pretty anime imo, but I'm sure I'll forget about it in no time. Good voice acting for both the Japanese and English audio(with the exception of Vivi in English). 7/10 |
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| ^ Your ending is the worst ending to be a good ending. |
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| Uh that was way too much of a happy ending for me :! Felt like a Disney movie actually with that ending song. Ok, series started out great. Interesting setting, characters but the last 2 episodes were too happy?? All the conflict and pain just vanished, forgive and forget. Didn't like that it didn't have any consequence. Also to me the characters were way too underdeveloped, hardly any background info about them. All we saw was that little flashback for Maria. And it introduced a rather intriguing world but it was left unexplored. Rather disappointed tbh. AND Priapos never got his MANHOOD!!!! 6/10 |
| It was good an pleasant ending. It did not leave anything hanging behind. 7/10 |
| Meh series, and overrated if you consider it's reception on MAL, among the vocal ones. "Joseph, what do you think of Maria?" "She is the girl I will be taking her first from." Just kidding, but I never liked the guy, and I never really felt the attraction from both Joseph and Maria, which make it impossible for me to like and even accept the pairing. Terrible match. The story and characters are meh as well, I agree with some people that nothing has changed about Maria since day 1, it felt like the whole series was pointless. She never learned from any of her experiences. Don't get me wrong, she doesn't have to change her ways or whatever, but I didn't even feel that she had learned something from all these. The final episode was just terrible. "Love conquers all", talk about cheesiness. At least it has a proper ending, so whatever. |
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| So basically Ezekiel will be reborn as Maria's daughter but will she be able to keep her memories once reborn? I'm not sure if the anime explained this or not but I kinda wanted a clarification from the Junketsu no Maria Exhibition readers |
 "If I don't have to do it, I won't. If I have to do it, I'll make it quick." -Oreki Houtarou |
| Aaaaaand Priapus still doesnt have a penis. lol |
"Be the change you wish to see in the world."  |
Toarujisuru said: Aaaaaand Priapus still doesnt have a penis. lol Will he even need it? When she loses her powers they probably (they didn't know themselves iirc) will just remain owls :( |
| Well this was a fun ride, didn't expect much from this new series but I'm glad I watched it. Short but sweet, nice ending too. Biggest surprise has to be how accurate the weapons, armor, mannerism where. Production I.G. really did their research. Kudos. |
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| Marathoned this today and I honestly really liked most of it... until the ending. It was a fairly decent way to wrap things up, but what exactly is Maria supposed to do about wars now? She told Michael "Whether I have my magic or not, I'm going to stop battles the same as always!". Just because England returned home and there's momentary peace doesn't mean that people have changed in general. The fighting is definitely going to continue eventually, and when it does she can't stop it without magic. No amount of determination is going to change that fact. Putting that aside, it was enjoyable experience and I don't regret watching it so I'll give it a 7. |
| Pretty bad anime imo. Fortunately i'll forget Maria & cie in no time, but if people enjoy the show i'm glad for them. 3/10 |
BrunechildDec 17, 2015 1:11 PM
| From episode 08, I started to didn't like it: -Plot conviniences (that shit guy knew all the other 3 would leave the house so Maria would be alone..? I guess not. Then take that violence fanservice against a woman to call your attention); -Started to get 'common', with no good ideas; -Started to get boring; -Annoying and cliche romance; -Lack of relationship with some side characters; -Although it was a happy ending (which I always apreciate), it was really a 'meh' (happy) ending. Well, and what about Ezekiel? I know she will (probably, it was what was told) born as Maria's daughter, but and then...? Because she dissapeared and the end? They showed an epilogue but didn't care to show a tip about Ezekiel. Whatever, 5/10 |
TechOtakuMar 31, 2016 9:00 PM
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| That was fine. The show started out interestingly enough and had some humor. However, the concept is very childish and silly for a show based around war and historical events just like the characters. Maria's unworldly desire and persistence to end war started to get annoying and felt idiotic. Joseph on the other hand was an average wuss with not redeeming qualities. It feels like the writer read too many fantasy stories in his childhood to come up with such a gullible concept. Furthermore, he seems to mix up war with religion but in reality war is the natural way of life. Overall 6/10 |
| Seriously underrated series and another indication of how absolutely flawed MAL's ratings are. The thematic overtones were great, and the fantastic use of insert songs during some scenes was absolutely amazing. |
| Not really enjoying this seires that much cause i always related it with real life without realizing it. from watching this series, in my eyes, it looked like christian was being abused (?) maybe is the right word for that ? the way they picture the christianity, is just wrong. well maybe it's just because character problem not the religion itself, but not only that which is bother me, even tho it's a fiction, the reason why god never help people when they are in a live-death situation....i just can't accept that, even it bother my enjoyment. there are some few things that i just can't accept in this anime but overall, watching how the story went on with maria and her surrounding, it's pretty interesting and entertaining in other way. i enjoyed it. well, it's basically like, 50% of the story, i dislike it and i like 50% of the story. something like that. so i give this show 7/10 or more spesifically 6.8/10 well, i know that this show is maybe trying to say that witch isn't all about evil. but relgion ended up being a scapegoat. that's the part which is just bother my enjoyment a lot even tho this is just a fiction. but at least i enjoy watching the story xD pretty entertaining in some way. maria is obvious my fav character from this anime xD and one more thing "War is the way to make money" i think that's messed up. fantasy-like world, for example like hai to gensou no grimgar is still better. |
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| Nice ending to a good show |
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| And everyone lived happily ever after... except Priapus who never got the ... lol That was such a sweet ending :p I'm glad it ended on such a positive note. Overall one of the more interesting, fun and unique series to watch. |
| I enjoyed this series a lot and was happy with the ending. |
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| Worst anime ever to watch. Anime pacifists sicken me to my stomach and this takes the whole cake. Why most of them are usually blonde like this annoying maria, Naruto and Vash. If I dropped anime this one would have been one, I hated every character and it was cringing to watch ( I swear I cried from how bad it is). I felt like the anime bashed Christianity and everything it stood for. The ending was worthless and illogic, like didn't the villagers hated her or why did father in heaven forgave her if those people spoke those things. Was also this a some kind of a twisted story of Mary and Joseph ( they did a bad job at that). I felt also the plot had a pattern and boring ( France and England battle then Maria interferes). Most of these Pacifists like Maria are predictable and Joseph was the second worst shitty character with his useless presence( never know what maria saw in him). I want to say to the writer PLEASE BRING BACK MY TIME , MONEY AND MEMORY!!! Worst shit I have watched this year so far, what a bad start to my year 3/10. Thanks a lot shitty writer( I would have like to tell you in Japanese). |
How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb --- Dr Strangelove  |
| This was terrible. The story was the joke and the characters can't even be called characters. 1/10 |
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| Very satisfied with the finale and pleasantly surprised with the anime as a whole. Came in expecting an ecchi anime with a sorry excuse of an anti-war plot, but got a heartwarming coming of age story with a well implemented metaphor instead. Sure there were some bits I wasn't quite fond of and admittedly, I was disappointed at first due to the lack ecchi xD but overall a very nice package that managed to be funny, dramatic, delightful and most importantly engaging. And compared to other subject matter, I know a bit more about the story of Maria and Josef or about christianity in general, so that contributed to my enjoyment. 7,5/8 almost an 8 for me. Kinda buffled that I never saw someone mentioning this show, but then again, most seasonals, despite being good or even great in some cases end up getting forgotten. |
One Piece episode 914 & 915 & 1027 were a mistake and 957 brought the salvation - FMmatron |
| i love this anime because of its smart jabs to the religious fanbois. |
| 9/10 When mere mortals and lesser beings were confronted by an actual Archangel they spoke with their hearts and the truth about Maria. Sadly it's easier to lie and be agreeable when your peers ask you to say and do things you really don't want to. |
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| I guess I'd like to say the phrase All's well that ends well but seriously, that was rather anticlimactic. I am happy for Maria and Joseph's relationship coming into fruition though. The ending narration made me realize that this series really tried to make another version of that... read the spoilers for more details. (I didn't really realized it at first only at the end of this episode, lol!) |
| It's not that I dislike this genre but... to add unnecessary fan services to/in/for heroines and ultimately destroys her character and personality; their purity tarnished because of it, is the only thing I hope to not happen to them. For that sole purity is my fan service. |
| So there was no goal, risk or even meaning and out of the all the characters, they chose to kill Bernard? xD It was enjoyable at times but went down hill after episode 9 and didn't stop until it hit rock-bottom and go beyond that a few |
| When I watched it, everything was a chore to get through. Holy heck... Maria is one of my least favorite characters in anime of all time. I hardly remember what happened in this episode, other than Michael asking people what they though of Maria. Overall rating: 2/10 |
| My 230th completed series chronologically. For the record, I extended it a 7/10 rating. |
| The story of this seems to be all over the place, very incoherent. So is Maria going to have a virgin birth to Ezekiel? Still going to lose her powers? Talking about stopping wars even with no powers and how the world is vast but will be living in that nearby village? Ehhhh. Was a passable show, will give a 6. |
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