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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Wohoo, it's over! What a great ending. As expected of a fairy tale ;) I'd give this series a high rating, if it weren't for a streak of several boring, repetitive episodes in middle. Kind of like I felt for Card Captor Sakura. Very, very well done overall story and characters and OMG-kind-of soundtrack.. but somehow "meh" in some episodes. In any case, the beginning and the ending were really enjoyable, so I'm giving this an overall 7/10! Another plus for the ending.. Tutu is much cuter as duck as she is as human, imo :p Quack~ |
AwesmoeApr 3, 2008 9:38 AM
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| The story took some unexpected turns but the ending was still very nice. Even with the repetative bits in the middle the show overall was very good. |
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| i secretly wanted ahiru to stay human somehow and stay with fakir 4eva. obviously that would never happen - and anyway it was cute at the bottom of the lake when fakir said to just accept who you are. |
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| This was a good ending, despite my dissagreeing of the sudden MythoxRue pairing. Mytho seemed to completely reject Ahiru. He basicly went: "You helped me a hell of a lot more than Rue, but I love her more for no good reason". Even though I adore FakirxAhiru, Mytho sorta went all "igorant". I realy hope there is a sequel. The creator said she would realy like to make one. But unfortunately Princess Tutu isn't very popular in Japan OR America :( Cross your fingers! |
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| I wouldn't call it a complete rejection. While getting all the heart shards, Mytho was always confused about his feelings, so he probably never really understood his feelings for Tutu. I think he came to understand by the end, that it was always Rue who was with him all these years, and that she is truly devoted to him. Mytho and Rue are two tragic characters looking for love, but destined for sacrifice. Fakiru and Duck are just as tragic (with Duck fated to turn into a speck of light), as they were meant to lose from the very beginning. I'd call it good pairings, as each person understands their pair. It may be a fairy tale with a happy ending, but not one with a Disney-style "happily ever after." What do you mean by it not being popular? I would just say that the fanbase isn't huge, rather than not being popular. |
| I wanted Ahiru to stay a human and get together with Fakir. But other than that, I thought it was a satisfying ending. |
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| neko sensei got married! with kids! xD anyway, great great ending. One of the best endings ever. This whole series had been great, it's been a long time since i last seen such unique anime. 10/10!! |
| A very moving ending, and a very unique story from the Magicial Girl genre. An anime you should have watched because of its masterful storytelling, the wonderful use of the music from ballets. And of course the German words are also a good reason! XD But the animation could have been a bit better, some dance scenes would have been much better if they were fully animated. |
| omg... i was so touched... 10/10 and no less from me. and Fakir said that he'd stay with her even if she is a duck, so sweet T__T but deep down i really wanted her to be a girl again, but i guess that would be too perfect. (but hey, if they can still love each other that way, i'm more than happy) |
| Loved it. The ending was great too. Personally really I liked how the pairings ended up :D I wanted Ahiru to stay human though... x3 Fakir is awesome <3 |
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| I didn't mind Mytho ending up with Rue at all because him being with Ahiru always felt wrong somehow. Or maybe I just liked Fakir better. xD Part of me wanted Ahiru to live on as a human but when the message of the finale is to "accept yourself for who you are" that would be inappropriate. Great episode! |
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| Beauutiful. :) Fakir crying while writing and Ahiru dancing...lovely. Very touching ending to a great series! 9/10 <3 |
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| I just finished the princess tutu episode 26 or final becuase on youtube episode 26 is the final..but on myanimelist they are 38..where can i watch the rest of episode? |
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| You did finish it. It really is 26 episodes in a way Anyway, the last episode was AMAZING! for a long time I wasn't sure if I liked this anime or not but the ending made me realize I did like it. I did want Ahiru to stay a girl at first because I'm such a Fakir x Ahiru fangirl but now I realize that the way it ended was best. After all, a duck is what she really is and Fakir doesn't seem to mind that she's a duck. beastality ftw? |
hirahiraMay 17, 2009 12:14 PM
| really enjoied this series. exceptional story telling. |
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| Well, it seems everyone gets a happy ending (even Neko-sensei! Awww!) I'm glad Drosselmeyer didn't turn out to be one of those types of villains, though I am wondering how he's still alive at the end. I kind of wish we got to see a bit more of the characters at the end, especially Mytho since he had just gotten his heart back and his personality had changed for the last time. It was interesting to note that both he and Rue still had the Raven's blood in them, yet now they are both ok. I really liked how Fakir basically said, "Moron; it's okay to love her most." And it's very interesting that Ahiru remained a duck at the end, and Fakir was writing for her the entire time. T his was a very heartwarming story, and I'm glad I watched it. The only thing is, as an author myself, how am I supposed to write stories with unhappy endings after watching this? X) |
KryptoncatJun 27, 2009 4:44 PM
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| This was awesome, a very touching show! :3 I didn't mind the Rue x Mytho pairing at the end at all, since we got to know that she'd been in love with him for so long and I liked that she turned out to be honest after all. Plus, I adored how so many characters had a real depth to them, especially Fakir and Rue's roles developed so much! The ending was very moving (Neko-sensei!! Yaay! :3), and the part about accepting one's true self was fine, too. I just really wanted Fakir and Ahiru to be together as humans ._. But maybe Fakir'll manage to write that bit himself? x3 Mihihi. After all, due to some minor (!) flaws in the story line and animation and some repetitive aspects (especially in the dancing scenes), I won't give this a 10, but apart from that, the story was really unique, the characters were lovable...what to say? :3 This was beautiful!! 9/10. |
| Bravo, most excellent ending! I am actually happy that the Prince ended up with Rue instead, because it actually put a unique twist on the ending, and was totally unexpected. Though I was kind of hoping Ahiru would end up with Fakir in a more romantic manner. Oh well, at least she gets to remain with him as a pet of sorts. 9/10 from me. :) |
KungFuCasie said: This was a good ending, despite my dissagreeing of the sudden MythoxRue pairing. Mytho seemed to completely reject Ahiru. He basicly went: "You helped me a hell of a lot more than Rue, but I love her more for no good reason". Even though I adore FakirxAhiru, Mytho sorta went all "igorant". I realy hope there is a sequel. The creator said she would realy like to make one. But unfortunately Princess Tutu isn't very popular in Japan OR America :( Cross your fingers! Omg, I totally agree with you....That pairing was WAYYY too sudden for my liking...and yeah, Mytho didn't look like he was thankful NOR kind about it....I mean.....he could have been a little bit more considerate about Ahiru...>_>...Well, watever, FakirXAhiru is better anyway. lol..xD |
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| I wanted ahiru to stay as a human! and why is rue mytho's princess? anyway, i didn't really liked it, it was average... and still, until the end, i wonder if mytho knows that "ahiru" was princess tutu. >> |
| Wait a moment, is there any indication that Fakir has lost his power as an author whose works become reality? Because if he still possesses that particular skill, than the ending is much more open and optimistic than at first glance. Who's to say that he isn't writing a story about his duck right then and there? A story about a duck who fights her fate and longs to be a human girl so she could be with her master as an equal? A story of heartache, longing, and hope? I smell a sequel! Or at least a fanfic. |
| Ahiru is a duck. She accepted her true self. She should stay this way. I for one am totally happy with her living out her duck days as the awesome duck companion to a secluded writer. |
| I'm wondering why it still said "Chapter of Chick" in the opening. I was expecting Swan or something. Anyway, this final episode was surprisingly exhilarating. Three things were going on at the same time all working towards one goal, and it gave that feeling of hope. Once again, I love the irony they put into this. Drosselmeyer calling the duck to put in the story, and eventually that's the character that leads to the downfall of his tragedy ending, it's brilliant. I love the end where Drosselmeyer wonders if he is part of a story himself, puts things in a different perspective. Princess Tutu is a very magical anime and one that I thoroughly enjoyed and will enjoy again some day. There couldn't be a better anime to represent Tchaikovsky's work. |
| For me, it's funny that this is what the "happy ending" turned out to be. Honestly, I wanted her to become a human, not only for romance, but it broke my heart that her existence was wiped out. I hated Rue, and how she was the princess. I am attracted to the distraught heroine types, but I felt as if she did not deserve anything because she did nothing to redeem herself at all. Perhaps it was a lovely ending to a fairy tale, but I hated it. Only my personal feelings are making me drop the score. |
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| So magical. I too choose to see the ending as a sort of open-ended situation with Fakir and Ahiru. He has the power to write & he will use it again I imagine- I feel to make her a human again or to make himself a duck so he can truly join her. I think her grand sacrifice of her humanity at the end of this series is enough to support the fact that we should all accept who we are. I too was annoyed and confused by Rue, but it makes much more sense for Mytho to want to be with her; she has undying love for him and has loved him her whole life. Fakir is a much better match. This anime has now joined the high ranks of being one of my absolute favorites: 10/10~~~! |
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| I half expected the prince to transform Ahiru, he obviously had the power. like many other people I'm totally expecting Fakir to write a story that allows him to be with Ahiru in the same form, but I doubt they'll bother with a sequel for that so I wish they'd just shown it in the epilogue. loved Drosselmeyer and Uzura at the end ; ) |
| i don't really understand how that was a happy ending. fitting, yes, but happy? not really. imagine, you finally fall in love, and you get to spend the rest of your life with that person - but there's a catch! for as long as you're together, you'll be a duck, unable to touch him, dance with him, or talk to him, and (despite his love for you) he'll be more interested in writing stories than he will be in you. after all, how much can two lovers do together when one of them is a bird? i really wish there was a sequel, but i'm not holding my breath, considering it's been eight years ^^;; vucubcaquix, if you ever write that fanfic, please let me know! |
| don't like the ending.. i was expecting something else.. the story kept on emphasizing about Ahiru vanishing right on spot if she confessed her feeling to the Prince and it's sad, the ending just made it worst... nevertheless, i love Fakir the most! huh, go away prince, shu shush.. huh.. poor Ahiru, you doesn't belong to this story.. sob sob.. stupid prince SleepingIn2day said: ..and in the end she gets nothing not even fakir and how dare that prince run off and be happy with rue i didnt much care for her T^T.. p/s: SleepingIn2day, i think we can be best friend, hahaha |
| I love this ending; it just fit so well with the all over theme. Really I can't express in words how good this ending is...people really need to see it for them selfs. |
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| I think the ending fits, even though it doesn't necessarily make me happy. I would have liked Ahiru and Fakir to be happy, but at the same time at least she didn't die as I was afraid of midway through the episode. Definitely a great anime. I don't know if I'll give it a 10/10, but for sure a 9/10 |
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| Finally finished this one, what a great and interesting series! I have the same conflicting feelings as most people posted here, and yes it's somehow fitting but not necessarily a very happy ending for me too! elsherl said: huh.. poor Ahiru, you doesn't belong to this story.. sob sob.. stupid prince SleepingIn2day said: ..and in the end she gets nothing not even fakir and how dare that prince run off and be happy with rue i didnt much care for her T^T.. I hope the swans dropped them somewhere dark and gloomy! :P Now I'm ranting too! Sorry! Moving along now... |
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| I waited an entire day to post this response because I needed to mull over the ending for a bit--which by no means is a bad thing, it means that it definitely left me thinking. I thought it was an outstanding ending for an outstanding show-- although, I do admit, while we were watching Neko-sensei and his cats and all the side characters get their endings I couldn't help but mutter "That can't be it, that can't be it, where's Ahiru and Fakir, that can't be it..." So, basically, until the very end, I had hoped relentlessly that there would be some way of Ahiru (Duck for dub watchers) returning to human to be with Fakir. There were so many moments where I thought it could happen that it killed me--especially when Princess Tutu emerged during the final battle while her hope beams were shining. Although I loved the ending, some things did bother me that other people mentioned. I'm not sure if Mytho or Rue really deserved the happy ending they received--to me their ending was more of the Disney brand of fairytale ending, where they can be Prince and Princess together while Ahiru and Fakir (who quickly became my favorite pairing) will have to struggle far more, even though they were definitely the most selfless characters in the story. Ahiru risked her life for both of them, and gave up her humanity for Mytho, and Mytho claimed he loved Rue right after her admission of love saved him. Tutu could never do that without actually sacrificing her own life, Ahiru knew that so she couldn't make the admission herself, and at first Mytho thought it was Tutu who saved him but only when he learned it was Rue did he seem to care about her. I have a feeling that if Tutu could and did admit the same thing he would've run after her as he did from the beginning, which is a bit shallow to me, but what bothers me more is that Rue could be very selfish at times and sacrifice Mytho's happiness for her own, and she didn't really do anything redeeming except take Tutu's role and proclaim her love, which, yes, got her captured and was risky, but I wasn't surprised she would do that, but the risk wasn't as great. Then we see her dancing in the pit of despair (while her love is getting attacked in pursuit of saving her and while Ahiru who owes nothing to her or Mytho except Mytho a little for her chance at humanity) and Rue does nothing to try and escape or anything, she just dances... and then Mytho doesn't even go out of his way to thank Ahiru, the little duck that could, who did everything from the beginning for him just to be outright rejected and left in her true form. I don't know... I almost think they got their Disney ending too easily, and were not entirely deserving of that ending compared to Ahiru and Fakir who risked their lives for Mytho countless times faced with a more difficult future ahead (and returning her to human despite the story would've almost been like a reward!), but c'est la vie... On the other hand, I understand why they couldn't return Ahiru back to being a girl for the show (the whole speech about accepting yourself from the episode kind of destroyed any chance of that) but considering Ahiru took on more qualities than the average duck (she was able to spread enough hope and love in her duck form to nullify the effects of the raven blood--that's pretty potent stuff!) and expressed clear interest in returning to her human form, I hope Fakir will recognize her desire one day and find a way (through his writing most likely, but he can only write based on reality atm so eventually) and return her to a girl so they can have their own happily ever after together. Find it cute nonetheless that he's that committed to stay no matter what species :) I loved how they ended it with Drosselmeyer questioning whether or not he is a character himself, and with him and Uzura looking for another story to inhabit. Who knows what havoc the puppet master who lost control of his puppets could cause when entangled in another story... I wasn't sure what to think of him at first (heck I didn't know what to think of this show) but I came to love how interesting he was. All in all, I loved this show. The ballet, the music, the characters, and the extremely well constructed and amazingly unique story--I am actually very sad it ended and that I had to say goodbye to these characters who grew so much, but I'm buying this for my friend who does ballet so it'll live on :) |
| Weird feeling. I don't know should I personally consider this is as a happy end or not so good end for Tutu/Ahiru. 9/10 (Anyone who vote below this gonna get married with you know who) |
GnowmiFeb 23, 2011 1:31 AM
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id said: neko sensei got married! with kids! xD The most emotional part of the ending for me by far! ^^ MusashiRose said: I feel to make her a human again or to make himself a duck so he can truly join her. I never thought of him becoming a duck! That would make such an awesome ending! All that being said this was a masterpiece of anime. 10/10~! |
| I expect this beautiful unexpected ending. |
| The ending is beautiful especially when Fakir is crying while writing Ahiru's story.. FakirXAhiru!!!... But still, as everybody say, I still want Ahiru to be a human.. The only thing that I hate here is that insensitive prince! It seems like he's taken advantage of Princess Tutu's kindness and just ran off with his princess. I totally hate him. I hate him more than Rue.. I actually like Rue..=) Still Fakir ftw!! |
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| This is so sad, I really wanted Ahiru to be able to change back into a human and stay with Fakir. At least they could have confessed before she turned back! The prince was really just useless right until the end, it was horrible the way he just left with Rue only giving Ahiru a little thanks. The whole concept of it being a story within a story within a story was so captivating, it should really be called "Duck-ception"! |
| When I originally watched this series I kept wanting Fakir to just write Ahiru into a human and I still wish it was that way!! Overall the series was amazing and the last episode was just beautiful except I didn't like Mytho's random reasoning for choosing Rue. This series was so unique, I wish there was more!! |
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| I don't know why some people don't like the fact that Ahiru turned back into a duck, everything returned to how it should be, which means she would turn back into a duck. It makes sense to me. ^^ (And she's alive, thats the most important thing.) 'Sides, Fakir is writing her story and I'm pretty sure the ending hinted that he may be trying to turn Ahiru back into a human. (I don't believe that either one of them would want her to stay a duck. ^_~) So in my mind, it was a very happy and very good ending to a fantastic series. 10/10. |
Ericonator said: By definition, everything is retro since by the time you realize something has happened it's already in the past.  |
| Interesting, it didn't went for the Duck + Prince ending. Though upset because the ending wasn't "tragic". Some repetitive episodes. 7/10 |
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| Awww, such a wonderful and lovely anime! I didn't expect it to be so great. I just loved the ending and the whole story setting. I loved that Ahiru turned back to duck and also that fact that Fakir loves her as she is. Fakir is my favourite character! <3 |
juodidrugiaiJan 10, 2012 11:34 AM
| good ending! i always hoped for FakirXAhiru I never liked Mytho :P |
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