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Oct 24, 2021 2:22 AM

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The show had a lot of potential at the beginning, but sadly, it didn't live up to it. I feel like it could have really benefited the show if it was 2-cour to properly build up all these concepts they introduced in the last few episodes. Better yet, they should have just stuck with the adventure aspect of it and none of the supernatural stuff. But still, I really enjoyed the show.

I loved the last few parts of this final episode, with them going around the places they've been through. Fena and Karin yeeting themselves again because of the recoil was absolutely hilarious. And of course Fena and Yukimaru's ship finally literally sailing. Good to see that some of the Rumble Rose crew are doing fine, especially Mary.

Overall, it kinda got weird halfway through, but I loved the adventures in the early parts and the main characters. Was still an enjoyable ride. 7.5/10
Oct 24, 2021 2:49 AM
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Gee, this certainly ended on a weird note. More than anything, the sudden change in direction and focus in the last 2-3 episodes in particular was far too abrupt and unfitting in many ways.

Fena being the Maiden and having to answer on the immediate state of humanity on the spot there was kind of weird, lol. Should've stuck with the cliche of the princess just finding her romance over the various journeys or whatnot.

Credit scenes were pretty nice though. It's great to see the group being very accepting of Fena despite her 180-degree walloping change. I thought they were supposed to be in some kind of trouble for breaking their orders though, didn't get that at all lol.

Black haired Fena at first got me bewildered but, to be honest, that suits her as well. Great to see that some of her reactions are very similar and the final few moments with Yukimura in particular was a pleasant treat!

Kind of half-half on the ratings right now but I think I'll just drop a tier and put this on my 7/10 list. I really enjoyed most of the journey and watching this + One Piece every Sunday morning became a routine I ended up being quite fond of.

God, the Op though. For 12 consecutive weeks, it was a pleasure to keep up with certainly. Production I.G. taking that extra step with the animation quality was fantastic as well. One of the few genuinely good CR shows imo but again, 2 cours...
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Oct 24, 2021 3:42 AM

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The only disappointing thing about this finale was Shitan handing that sword over to his brother? I believe. And they really did not go into detail what it was or even why it was in the story.

However great episode overall. I kinda teared up when Fena said "Who are you?" Pain.

I was also thinking in the back of my head she would destroy the world which would be cool and sucked at the same time.

OH MAN SEXY PIRATES SURVIVED!!!! I was hoping for that!

We finally got to see our boy Yukimaru smile brightly!

9/10 on mal

8.5 overall
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Oct 24, 2021 3:57 AM

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Uhm.... I don't really know what to say. The show's plot was complete mess, especially in the last few episodes. Like bunch of unrelated people were asked to throw bunch of ideas at the wall and then someone just randomly assembled them together, especially that later half and the ending.

So many great ideas, fun characters with a lot of potential and behind it all a drop dead gorgeous production. Probably the most beautiful TV anime of this year. So a shame it turned out like this.

Anyway, even with all of the bad writing the show managed to remain fun and I was always entertained (which I now feel was mostly due to great production values).

Black haired Fena is nice.

5/10



Lol. Well, in the end it turned out as we feared(that it would be a mess writingwise)

Cramming in a lot of stuff last minute was a given considering it's only 12 episodes. Many shows somehow end up making this mistake.

Still gotta say that I'm pleasantly surprised by how much I ended up enjoying parts of it. This is more than I could say about Jouran.

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Oct 24, 2021 4:03 AM

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"Well, glad that's over." I literally said that as credits began rolling. Many things start great and end poorly, but this one...it flushed itself! Thinly veiled religious bs tanked what could've been a grand adventure. The last few episodes w/Helena and Eden annoying and uninspired. I am so tired of Jean d'Arc allusions in anime.
Oct 24, 2021 4:07 AM

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2/5 vote for this episode. The very last parts were okay. Though they didn't fit with the random/rushed stuff.

Show was 7-ish most of the time Interesting concept/setting - and it could have been 8. But with only 1 cour they wasted too much time on background stories (which acutally were nice) - it lacked action and the "adventure-feeling" also wasn't really there.

Then ending it with a boring ending where not even a big end fight happens - just boring talking (about some generic stuff about choices and ending the world)

6/10 from me only. That already feels gracious. Everything felt pointlass after this ending. Would not recommend it to anyone.
Oct 24, 2021 4:43 AM

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Yukimaru kissed Fena in the ship? After he said to her "I love you" and She said then "I had been waiting for those words for a long time"


I liked this episode so much, Fena and Yukimaru are the best


Season 2 is possible?
Oct 24, 2021 5:10 AM

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Overly pretentious. I'm giving it a 7/10 mainly because of the amazing artwork and animation by Production I.G. This really should've been just a normal pirate adventure instead.
Oct 24, 2021 7:21 AM

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I'm giving it a 8/10 because I liked/loved the 11 episodes before that one, the animation was great overall, interesting characters & universe, plus a scene/song I really enjoyed during the 10th episode.

But honestly, this ending is like... going from a "pirate adventure with a bit of mystery" to a god damn spiritual story with a bit of religious, that was not needed. Also, the title is supposed to be Fena Pirate Princess : the only pirates we could have were Omalley's crew and they disappeared before we reached the 6th episode mile. Abel's side was fine in this adventure considering they were the normal pirates' opponents, so no real problem.

But I still think they wanted to bring a heavy ending, with a lot of messages or hidden significations. However, what made Kaizoku Oujo an enjoyable anime was his characters (by their personalities) and the original universe. I just wanted to have a sort of Pirates of the Caribbean adventure, focused on pirate crews (we can consider the Goblins as pirates afterall) hunting hidden treasures and facing the state's soldiers. Well, that was partially delivered with an extra "unneeded spiritual deep-like ending".

I don't think it'll receive a second season with this ending : I guess they wanted to put an open ending, instead of something either definitive (deaths of characters) or something that would lead to another season.
Oct 24, 2021 7:25 AM

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There are shows that stick the landing, and then there is this, performing an emergency crash landing only to miss by a few miles and land tail first into a giant pile of dung that just happens to be there.

What the heck was that, this show had everything - a great main cast, great side characters that could carry a show on their own (the pirates), interesting premise. Even if the show was episodic it'd be great with the characters' chemistry alone. And of course, the writers' brilliant idea was : Let's focus on the few boring characters while the great ones become either insignificant or killed off and butcher the premise entirely.

Seriously how does something like that even happen, even a 3rd grader would look at you like you dropped your brain cells if you present this show's last part as an idea.

4/10 only because the first part was really good, I haven't seen such a horrible ending since AFTERLOST/Shoumetsu Toshi.
BaronBrixiusOct 24, 2021 7:28 AM
Oct 24, 2021 7:38 AM

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What a disappointing show in general. It started off fantastic. The typical damsel in distress who is clearly gonna go grow out of said damsel role. All to just stay a damsel and then add a bunch of fantasy mumbo jumbo overcomplicating the plot to the point so many plot threads just got ignored.

What started as a 9 ended up a 2 or a 1. Hence the reason I gave it a 5/10 is that at least half the show was pretty great. Sad day.
Oct 24, 2021 7:42 AM
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What I liked the most about this show were definitely the goofy slice of life character interactions, of which there were plenty to go around specially in the first episodes. Seeing Fena failing, the twins going around like monkeys, Karin lecturing Fena, among other moments really conveyed to me that they were buddies and I really wished the series would have focused more around that. I wouldn't have mind in that sense if the show was just a pirate-ninja themed slice of life.

Instead, what the last stretch showed us was that there might have been some constraints in the production as the story suddenly started ramping up without much room for development. Different plot points were either dropped or resolved too quickly, such as the assassins, the pirate, and Cody even. Others just came out of nowhere, which lead to the Evangelion-esche finale not landing that great, even if was pretty wholesome. Maybe a season 2 or and extended cour would have been better for further development on these issues.

Still, credits go where credits are due since the animation and the soundtrack at least lived up to what the show could have been. Even if the style looks different from other shows considering Adult Swim's contribution, it was clean and for the most part I couldn't notice any drops. Some lovely tunes here and there as well, even if they weren't that memorable. Oh, and the surprisingly big amount of well known seiyuus working on the characters certainly didn't go unnoticed.

My final take? I'd sat watch the first 8 episodes and then decide if you wanna continue it.
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Oct 24, 2021 8:02 AM

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Well I didn't think it would happen but this went full Darling in the Franxx. What the hell did I just watch?
Oct 24, 2021 8:30 AM

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I had thought this was going to be a fun pirate adventure, something like a teen girl meets Japanese ninjas version of Pirates of the Caribbean. It ended up trying to be more than that and just made a mess of itself. It was really pretty though, so at least it was a pretty mess. One of the worst parts is that, although her name is in the title, Fena never really had any sense of agency, and even had a weird supernatural plot hammered in to take away even more of her agency. The male lead, Yukimaru wasn't any better, or as I like to call him "Violent Cardboard." The two of them were a really poor match. At first, it seemed like the anime was going to have an interesting group of villain characters (the female pirates), but they were quickly defeated and replaced with a generic creepy stalker villain. And even worse, a creepy stalker the story tried to humanize so we would sympathize with him. After having finished this series, I can't help but think that Crunchyroll is deliberately making their original shows so terrible that no one ever asks them to make anime again. For any future Crunchyroll series, I think I'll wait until they've finished airing and look at the reviews first.
Oct 24, 2021 8:54 AM

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Horrible ending for an anime that went from potential heavy to absolute garbage,


give me back my 4 hours of watching


Watch Takarajima instead of that piece of shit
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Oct 24, 2021 9:17 AM

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What an absolute mess that last episode was it was soo convoluted and confusing. It went full on EVA, such a shame. Fena really needed to be 24 episodes to expand the story. What a let down, the supernatural element really wasn't needed
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Oct 24, 2021 9:43 AM
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Oh boy, I don't even know where to start. The last few minutes tried wrapping everything nicely, and it even kind of felt good seeing the characters back to their normal and lives (minus the Fena amnesia of course). But even that was ruined due to the rest of the episode and how it was done in comparison to the rest of the series.

There are a lot of problems that this finale and this show have. Most of them could have been solved with either an extra cour or with better and tighter writing. Many plot points are unresolved. Many things don't make sense. Many things are never explained. I could make a whole list, but there really isn't a point to list everything, as it would take forever to type.

A couple of small things though, we see a couple of the female pirate group which was blown up at sea still alive. Were they not on board at the time? I don't really feel like checking, but I think they were. So how exactly did they survive that blast? Well, I guess it isn't so important. Also, how did the ninjas have time to plunder all of that treasure when the island was sinking?

What is important though is what the point of all this was. There was nothing gained for Fena and nothing really lost (besides memories), so what was the point of this whole journey? She is back where she started, training and traveling with the ninjas. So what was this entire story even for?

If everything was explained, foreshadowed, resolved, etc. then perhaps this ending could have stuck with major rewrites, but as it is, it's like they saw the Evangelion series and was like, "hey, that series gets a lot of people talking about the ending it doesn't make sense. So let's do the same for Fena." It really feels at times through the finale like they replace the whining Shinji with a useless Fena but kept everything else. Even her choices and the reason for her existence don't make sense.

It's sad that this is the way the series went. I actually expected quite a different finale, with a beautifully elegant twist, but this is the most cliché nonsense ending imaginable.

The animation was great. The music was great. And the original premise was great. However, that premise was just a front. Fena is never a pirate at any point of the series. They just thought the title sounded cool, which it does. I liked the show, especially the first half, but once the magic elements and Joan of Arc nonsense started coming into the forefront, it was a downhill journey. I highly doubt we will get a second season, but if it does, I will still watch it. I wish anime had these types of production values more often. But as we have seen plenty of times, good production values does not equal a good story.

Really, it all comes down to Fena cutting her hair in the first episode. I said all the way back then that it's a terrible way to write a female character as being strong instead of actually making her do things to prove it, and it turns out that really was the case.

Let this be a lesson to anime studios. Leave the main heroine with long hair and don't cut it.

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Oct 24, 2021 10:00 AM

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This was such a hastily composed story with the usual anime tropes and forced romance. An unorganized mishmash of samurai, pirates, and some supernatural magic bs. It was pretty at least, I give it 5/10 for the audiovisuals mostly.
Oct 24, 2021 10:30 AM
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Ufff I am slightly disappointed. I could swear there would be a second season for this anime. I think the last two episodes weren't that good and the quality of the animation dropped as well. I am happy though that it was a happy ending for Yukimaru & Fena and the rest of the crew. But it was sooo rushed. And the plot with Shitan's brother went out the window. I was looking forward to that.
Still, I would rate this show at least 8. It was enjoyable, the artwork was amazing, OP and ED as well very beautiful.
Oct 24, 2021 11:09 AM
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Episode 11 was a major red flag but the ending to this anime is bad. It doesn't ruin the entire experience, that was positive overall, but it deserved better. The production values are as good as ever but plotwise episodes 11 and 12 were disastrous. Nothing was sense and it was a major shift from what the series was building up to. This anime needed a better, more conclusive, less bullshit of and ending. It also needed more episodes to flesh out the mystery and the characters but I digress. At end of the day, it was a show that a had a lot more style than substance, but was still fun after all
Oct 24, 2021 11:11 AM

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Yeah the ending could have been better but at least she was reunited with the crew at the end. Overall I enjoyed this series.
Oct 24, 2021 11:49 AM

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FMmatron said:
Tsarko said:
Uhm.... I don't really know what to say. The show's plot was complete mess, especially in the last few episodes. Like bunch of unrelated people were asked to throw bunch of ideas at the wall and then someone just randomly assembled them together, especially that later half and the ending.

So many great ideas, fun characters with a lot of potential and behind it all a drop dead gorgeous production. Probably the most beautiful TV anime of this year. So a shame it turned out like this.

Anyway, even with all of the bad writing the show managed to remain fun and I was always entertained (which I now feel was mostly due to great production values).

Black haired Fena is nice.

5/10



Lol. Well, in the end it turned out as we feared(that it would be a mess writingwise)

Cramming in a lot of stuff last minute was a given considering it's only 12 episodes. Many shows somehow end up making this mistake.

Still gotta say that I'm pleasantly surprised by how much I ended up enjoying parts of it. This is more than I could say about Jouran.


Haha exactly! Was just thinking after last week's episode how this is turning exactly as expected. In the beginning I thought there was a good chance of me being wrong but alas...
Oct 24, 2021 11:51 AM

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Well, that was a bizarre ending. The first few episodes were really enjoyable and interesting but the last few were pretty average but not average enough to make it boring for me. It was a fun ride and a pretty okay ending. Black Hair Fena >>>> that's what WE WANT!
If this was a bit longer it would have been outstanding. Sadly, it was only one season..
The opening and ending songs were absolutely bangers, animation was pretty solid and the voice acting was good. Yuuki Aoi, my favorite, played a role! Top tier stuff right there.

7/10


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Oct 24, 2021 12:00 PM

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I was really on board for this show at times, i even liked ep 11, but the ending isnt a cherry on top, its the whole cake. This whole 11 episode epic journey was pretty much ruined by the boring finale;

Fena loses her memories and becomes somebody else, Fena wasnt Fena to begin with because she was being lead and essentially forced "decisions" by eden, the future eden predicted is ignored and will cause "Fena" the same amount of pain even if she didnt lose her memories when it eventually happens, the team "trusting" yukimaru to protect fena when he nearly died when he last tried, fena's hair color suddenly changing and the lack of direction overall for the last episode...

This was a huge dissapointment and a letdown.
Oct 24, 2021 12:08 PM
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At least she made up her mind at the end instead of wandering blindly following the clues left by her parents and the keepers of Eden
Oct 24, 2021 12:21 PM

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This show was really really bad in a way that I 100% regret watching it. I think that what really gets to me is that they managed to make 12 episodes without me caring for one single character - forget the abysmal writing, pacing and one of the stupidest plot twists I've seen in a while -. Out of everyone I feel like Abel had the most reasons to get any sympathy from me, and this is telling.
Oct 24, 2021 2:07 PM
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Honestly, after the last half of episode 11 and almost episode 12 as a whole I was pretty pissed on how the ending was going. They changed the tone out of nowhere and it wasn’t thay great. At least the credits scene was pretty damn good and the last line Fena said made it clear she recovered at least parts of her memory, and of course they living happily after all. Could be better, but at least it didn’t destroyed a pretry great original anime.
Oct 24, 2021 2:08 PM

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So basically all this was to find what Fena was up too, like literally. That all of this planned way before just for her to make a choice, ngl this is actually the waste of potential but i get it since it's an original and there is no point in carrying it forward they made a wrap like this. All this fate intertwined and rewind bs in anime is just pretentious way to make it "2deep4u" and it does not always work.

Plot was messy and all but it just had to go it like that, but credit where due- animations and ost were amazing, also the character designs.
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Oct 24, 2021 2:19 PM
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It's so cute when Yukimaru's ears turns red when he tells Fena that he loves her, #Adorable😍😙.
Oct 24, 2021 3:03 PM
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I loved this show and was really excited. The last few episodes ruined it. The last episode was literal trash. I don’t know if I’ve ever been this disappointed in an ending. The animation quality and sound were great, but the last episode is so bad it drops it down to a 3/10 or 4/10 for me. No character development for Fena either. When she started learning how to fight from the others I was like yay, Fena is going to become strong….and then it just didn’t go anywhere. Then she just magically knew things and seemed to be more of a puppet than anything. She lost her memories then got them back in like five minutes. What was the point of that in the first place. Why does there need to be a bloodline of virgin women deciding whether the world ends or not? What about Fena’s mom? Her hair didn’t change colors and she didn’t seem to lose her memories. Also she didn’t really seem to give a shit about Fena at all despite being her mom. Why did Fena’s mom even go along with everything and abandon Abel? Why did Cody/whoever need these virgin women to come along and make a choice each time? Does this mean that not a single woman in the entire bloodline has ever chosen to end the world and wait for it to reform? Fena was literally a damsel in distress the entire time not making many of her own choices ( seems like her mom was the same). They just seemed to be manipulated, so why were they left to make the decision about the world? They seem to be less experienced than most of the population in that regard. I don’t even remember, we learned Abel ‘s backstory, but did Fena? Or did she just randomly see Abel disappear with her mom? This anime really frustrates me. It went rogue and then just seemed to throw a bunch of random things together leaving no emotional attachment to the characters and a ton of plot holes and questions.
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Oct 24, 2021 3:08 PM

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Thought this was a really great ending to the anime. Yes, there are a lot of things that it didn't explore, cause doing that would have made it to complicated. Why explore the second option of recreating the world to much in the anime when in the story she chooses not to reset anyway?

There are a few interesting point, however, that I feel the anime hinted at (or maybe it's just me). A couple of things that kinda shows that the plan to reset would be equally as doomed to fail as continuing in and not do the reset.

First.... She goes through some trial to prove she's worthy to be the maiden and be able to make the choice. Yukimaru is accepted as being the partner, so they would essentially become a new Adam and Eve in that Noah's Ark. But what gives her the right to choose for the entire world that it's bad and needs a reset?

The way I saw it, it wasn't hinted at that she was some kind of angel or anything living among humans for time and only regaining her memories when reaching Eden. If that were the case, there would be no need for a trial, it would just be something that was made sure would happen after a while. She's just a regular human, she's no better then anyone ells in the world.

As we here in the finishing lines right before it's finished, she chooses to let the world continue because she wanted to hear Yuki tell her he loves her. Her choice was purely selfish. In the end, her choice was more about herself then about what's best for the world. To me, that proves she's not worthy of making the choice she was given.

Second..... Yukimaru was accepted to becoming an Adam. Yet when Fena was floating away, there are so many similarities in what he said to her as what Abel said to his love back in the day. And when we got his backstory, he was good, but he himself stated how many he had killed and how stained his hands were with blood. Yet, he was still forgiven for all that when reunited with her in the afterlife, proving that you can be a pretty bad person, yet still be forgiven for your sins.

And keep in mind, how many people have we not seen Yukimaru kill in the series already? He might be a good guy and all that, but he's still a ruthless killer, no doubt about it. So if you compare Yukimaru to Abel. Yuki was already a killer and pirate at age 10, Abel was an artist and a gentle soul as a teen, sure, a bit teen rebellious maybe, but still. And look how Abel turned out, Yuki could easily have turned out the same way.

Lastly..... I don't think it's the same world 100% as the one we left, something changed. Sure, Fena's hair went from white to dark brown. That could easily symbolise her not being the maiden anymore. But what I'm thinking of in particulier is the girl ship crew.

There is no way in hell they would have been able to survive that explosion of their ship we saw midway though the season. It was an incendiary round hitting the powder keg storage of a ship that had just left port. That ship would have been stocked, that explosion leaves nothing alive. Yet there they were, alive and well like nothing had happened. Question is if that was some changes done to the world due to some of the rampage Abel did trying to reach Eden, or, once they woke up on the island, it was Earth version 1.15 rather then 2.0.

This last one is a bit of a stretch, and just a fun little fact I was thinking of, essentially getting Matrix flashbacks. Come to think of it, the last two episodes almost feels like the second Matrix move, in fact, it's exactly the same plotpoint, except it's less dialog and not quite as confusing as that speech was from the Architect dude in that movie. But indeed, the last two episodes of this anime are essentially The Matrix Reloaded.
Oct 24, 2021 3:43 PM
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I DONT CARE WHAT YOU GUYS SAY!

I love it, what a great ending...and Yuki finally smiles and they kissed!

Best solving for a final episode

Get away with loooogic!

Did you saw Abel and Helena reborn? It was so wholesome omg

Music, Animation and Storytelling were def masterpiece level :) Will but the bluray for sure. I feel like people don't think that this is original and also ONLY 12 episodes (where every episode felt technically done like a movie) so some scores and comments really don't make sense. Animation can't be under 9 at all so I can't understand any score under 8 logically if you really score this just through technically perspective

For all haters:


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Well, I don't know how I feel about this show, overall. I did enjoy this show, well, at least for the first 10 episodes. The last 2 episodes felt rushed and just didn't hit my heartstrings. This show would've been great if it was 14 episodes or 2 cours. Well, at least the old hags are back and, the pirates are somehow alive.
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Oct 24, 2021 6:57 PM

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Of course, they'd choose the final episode to get stupid and with no season 2 in sight. They were trying to be deep with the vaguely Christian imagery, and I wish they went another route. But if I don’t think about it too much, the episode works. :/ Welp, this series was still entertaining and heartwarming. There is some seriously beautiful animation in this series, but the pacing is horrendous. Still, 8-9ish for enjoyment for the first 6 episodes, then 5-6 for the latter.



The thing about Fena is it feels like there are no consequences, so there's no weight. For example, these characters were SHOOK about Shitan's brother. They were supposed to come back as fugitives or in body bags, which ever came first. But he's just relegated to a cameo. Makes me think the characters misjudged him.

Why is this called Pirate Princess if Fena never acted as a pirate once? Her dressing up like one is not the same.

The side characters never got a chance to grow. Shitan got the most development of all.


Oct 24, 2021 7:47 PM

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What a flop for an ending. It went all Evangelion on us but didn’t do it as well as Evangelion.

Idk what the whole dilemma was about. Either kill everyone and restart the world with Yukimaru or keep everything the same? Obviously she is taking the later given those circumstances. I don’t understand why when her memories were going to disappear she acted like it was because she was staying in Eden to help them not get killed. When was that ever presented as an option? Maybe I misunderstood, but a lot wasn’t very clear.

The gist is that the end was very rushed and it didn’t deliver on the promise it showed in the early episodes. It built this large world and diverse cast only to realize it didn’t have the time to do it justice. Unfortunately, with in ending like this I doubt this anime will be remembered by many (including myself) in the future.

6/10 closer to a 5 than a 7.
Oct 24, 2021 8:33 PM
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To be completely honest, I'm extremely disappointed with how this series ended. I really think that the creators of this anime had a solid idea as to what they wanted the story to be about, but they lost all of what was built up in the last two-three episodes. I think I'm mostly upset because I was really digging the Joan de Arc thing but it really didn't pan out at all mostly because of the episode count.

The only redeeming quality about the last episode is the last 30 seconds where Yukimaru FINALLY confesses to Fena. Fuckign finally, man!! Glad that they at least had a happy ending (although it still seems super strange that they all ended up surviving Eden, especially those pirate girls from the beginning that I totally did not forget about).

I think others have stated this before me, but I really do think that this show could have greatly benefitted having a higher episode count, maybe 16 episodes to round out the final Eden arc or even a full 24 episodes so we can have more character development and backstories.

Overall Score: 6.25/10. Great initial build up, but came crashing down in the final arc.
Oct 25, 2021 12:04 AM

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The production was stunning and the idea of the ending wasnt that bad by my perspective, like it is consequent with how absurd Fena decisions were and the connection to the past events were there, nothing was out of what can be conceived or out of their asses. The concept fell flat because they didnt have enough fuel to deliver what they tried to deliver, an emotional finale. The character of Fena didnt build up enough because there was too much plot before to deal with (The mystery, then the chasing, then the rescue, then the journey to Eden), and if the main character cant be developed correctly then the crew just got the leftovers of screentime. This end up releasing all the tension that could exist, like who cares if the group dies? Probably nobody, so the decision and the consequence that was proposed to the story didnt really deliver anything because there was no reason to care about it unless you try really hard to put yourself in the skin of a character that was barely developed. The impactful 1 to 1 sequence of Fena with Yukimaru could be 100% tears if they did something better with that relationship, in Madoka the sacrifice scene hit hard as fuck because they actually constructed it correctly, and the elements are almost the same (Including the wonderful OST, the image of Fena distancing herself from Yukimaru and fading into the petals)

Honestly the problem is that they had two storylines going parallel to each other, the Abel one delivered and this one didnt, and the Abel was supposed to be the minor one. They cannibalized the screentime of each other and unfolded an ending with visuals that were way better than the own development of each story



Oct 25, 2021 12:30 AM

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Fena-ngelion: Jesus Princess

Oh my god, this finale was so bad. So much infodump and nonsensical talk about the risks of keeping the world as it is just to have a perfect happy ending for practically everyone in the cast. Fena is okay, Yukimaru is okay despite having been severely injured by Abel last episode, Rumble Rose girls are alive because "reasons", freaking Abel and Helena got reincarnated as kids because "why not?" and seriously, I'm 100% sure Fena also managed to get rid of that Chosen Maiden Prophecy considering how fluffy and pink this whole conclusion ended up being.

So yeah, quite disappointing series overall. Plot got overly pretentious the moment Jeanne d'Arc's figure was introduced, some relevant plot-lines were tossed aside, Fena was a damsel in distress from start to finish and the rest of the crew wasn't any better given they were all pretty forgettable, the romance aspect felt incredibly underdeveloped and lame, etc, etc.

3/10 - Honestly, quite painful to see such good production values and OST being wasted in such mediocre story.
Oct 25, 2021 1:16 AM

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Meh boring ending


ALso, how did the pirate ladies survive that explosion ??
Oct 25, 2021 6:25 AM
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I'm reading too much into this show but it feels like this was all some kind of weird bloodline marriage story. Fena in the end gets black hair which she then just looks Asian like her crew. The stone guided them to lots of treasure much like how the real European royal family was and still is wealthy. But in the case of Fena and Yukimaru, Eden was the bigger goal. Oh yeah, and the father had black hair so the bloodline was tainted already. Her purpose was to lead the other blonde guy to the destination because she looked like her mother. As soon as her "role" was up her disguise went away and she had black hair like her father.

Like, she disappears, loses her blonde hair and memories, the fact that they didn't care for the gold when they found it (well 2 of them anyway)....I dunno man it feels like there was some kind of political "interracial"message but I'll drop it.
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Oct 25, 2021 11:21 AM

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I wish I could say I enjoyed this series, but the last 5 episodes have just been horrid.
Oct 25, 2021 11:54 AM
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Well that was awesome up until this last episode. I was a bit underwhelmed. The previous 11 episodes were so epic and crazy. This last one I felt like it was almost, meh.
Oct 25, 2021 11:56 AM
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Beautiful animation, being an original anime and a promising start... this show had everything to be very good, but a poorly explained plot ruined it. The last 4-5 episodes were a pain to watch. 5/10
Oct 25, 2021 8:09 PM

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I really enjoyed the beginning of the season but the second half was rushed and poorly written, it made no sense imo.
Oct 25, 2021 11:12 PM

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ending turned into a "who really am I?" clichéd storyline with forced non-sensical drama, oh boy...

overall just wanna say Karin is cute (and thick)

Oct 26, 2021 1:14 AM
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For all haters:


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HAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHA, noooo this exact still is all I can think about the last episode.
Did it suddenly turn into a completely different anime? Would Yukimaru ever make that face?!

What happened here? What did they do to this show?!???
Oct 26, 2021 3:26 AM
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Well.. I can't say that ending really gave any plus points in my book

Pretty good show overall but these last two eps were just weird
Oct 26, 2021 12:22 PM

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ACasualViewer said:
The last few episodes were a complete detour from the first few and not in a good way. While I like it when a story goes far from its starting point, it needs to be paced in a decent manner, this just wasn't it.

Ashhk said:
Fena lost her memories and got black hair instead xD they really wanted to do a "psychological" impactful ending but it was just ridiculous and not emotional at all, the beginning (first half) was pretty good and had good vibes, they should have stayed like that, they just thought they were able to create a masterpiece with the final ideas lol.
5/10 still a OK show but mainly because the 1st half was fine


These are such harddcore facts and exactly how i felt.

First 6 episodes 8/9 - the next 4 or so and even when they found the halls of gold, at least a 7 out of 10 still.

But these last two eps with this godly realm and noahs arc and world rebuilding and this whole destiny thing was blehhh...

Almost dropped it to a 5/10 but gonna give it a 6/10 - still shitty compared to what i originally was hoping would be a 8-9/10 at the least...

Biggest issue ill say was the memory wiping, if everything else happened and not the memory issues, still coulda been a 7 - and if it was just treasure at the end or just still a fun pirate adventure, maybe an 8 if it had a good ending for that route...

But this was just sad and a let down.... Why take her memories, and why not hint towards her godlinesssss or something or anything really... This was just sad and random and not looking like it was thattt well planned...
Oct 26, 2021 9:05 PM
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I very good anime that got bogged down by a fine ending. Going to split the difference and give it a 7. I was always worried that this thing wasn't going to be able to stick the landing and it didn't, but at least it had a happy ending...
Oct 26, 2021 9:34 PM

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what!?!?! i didn't get what happen...anywayz i'll just savour the epic OST by Kajiura Yuki!
3/5.
7/10.


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