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| THIS IS AN ANIME ONLY DISCUSSION POST. DO NOT DISCUSS THE MANGA BEYOND THIS EPISODE. ---------------------------------------- Well, it's been a fun little ride. I loved that performance in this episode in the midst of all the chaos/fire. Tears were well shed in this episode but I think Mimori did fairly well. There's of course some nice action in space that I enjoyed watching as well. The second song in this episode was great too. Pretty lights :>. Idol pride. This finale was enjoyable for me. |
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| Where did you watch last episode? o: |
wishkasMar 30, 2013 10:50 AM
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1idd0kun said: Spoiler (about Acchan the 14th and the Center Nova) The Zodiac fleet was completely banished by the sheer might of the both of them. It's also cool that the Zodiac soldiers just surrender once the idols touch their hands or sing to them. The performance was really nice with all the gunfire and such going on as well. All in all it was a fun series and quite enjoyable, 9/10. |
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1idd0kun said: wishkas said: Where did you watch last episode? o: You can watch the raw here http://www.nosub.tv/watch/41928.html Arigato gozaemasu :D This episode was completely awesome :D But i was expecting see first acchan image next to sensei sensei xD |
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| I FINALLY GOT MY KAZE WA FUITEIRU~~ Tho I like UZA more but w/e FYI this song is actually dedicate to tsunami victims of 3/11 disaster btw. Full eng subbed PV with the hairy Diglett Anyway I guess Nagisa become the center and Chieri become the ace.  Pretty~ |
akbfan said: Anyway I guess Nagisa become the center and Chieri become the ace. No, Chieri became the center. I mean, she was officially named Center Nova. Nagisa didn't get the title. Here's a screenshot of the announcement:  Translation: Center Nova Sono Chieri |
1idd0kunMar 30, 2013 12:58 PM
| Holy shit this finale was the best of the season imo. I never expected to end up liking this show as much as I did. Best of the season for me. 9/10 |
1idd0kun said: akbfan said: Anyway I guess Nagisa become the center and Chieri become the ace. No, Chieri became the center. I mean, she was officially named Center Nova. Nagisa didn't get the title. Here's a screenshot of the announcement: Translation: Center Nova Sono Chieri I know Chieri is the center I'm talking about their function in the group AKB have a center and an ace Nagisa is more like the center, the front girl of the group while Chieri is the ace, the one that group depend on |
| Will re-watch later... once subs come out later on. All I know is that Chieri became Center Nova w/out graduating, while Nagisa became Atsuko the 14th Anyway, this was one of my fave moments of the show besides Nagisa becoming Acchan, could care less about Chieri.  As you can see hater became a lover. Good Job Orine!  Am I the only one disappointed that they didn't kiss? Yeah, I understand that AKB aren't allowed to be in a relationship and all, but come on imma wanna see them smooch! >:U ===(Dont read this if you dont wanna here a rant)============= Anyway, AKB0048 Next Stage gets an 7/10 since I was really pissed most of the time watching the show since it mostly focused on my least favorite AKB member, Chieri, I found her a little to selfish to fit my tastes. Nagisa my favorite AKB member, was treated like crap throughout the whole series only to the point where people called her Acchan during the first half, but then focusing on Cheiri the second half. I now realize that Nagisa was of NO importance to this show whatsoever, for what reason was she the main character when, in the end, she is outshined by Chieri? |
Rayn3698Mar 30, 2013 3:20 PM
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Fortress400 said: Does anyone believes that there will be a season 3 because I think that there might be one since that they left out few key details. I would like to see that, even if it is a special or a movie, i would like to know how nagisa "changes" to becoming acchan, and perharps who chieri is going to succeed... We still dont know who killed chieri's father (from what i understood from raw) and we dont know if the entertainment ban was suspended, who kanata is going to succeed (after all the drama between her and takamina the 5th...) :/ I feel happy because it ended like this but sad because i want see them again. And if they want to make a 3rd season, they should announce it like next stage was announced at the end of first stage... |
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wishkas said: Fortress400 said: Does anyone believes that there will be a season 3 because I think that there might be one since that they left out few key details. I would like to see that, even if it is a special or a movie, i would like to know how nagisa "changes" to becoming acchan, and perharps who chieri is going to succeed... We still dont know who killed chieri's father (from what i understood from raw) and we dont know if the entertainment ban was suspended, who kanata is going to succeed (after all the drama between her and takamina the 5th...) :/ I feel happy because it ended like this but sad because i want see them again. And if they want to make a 3rd season, they should announce it like next stage was announced at the end of first stage... I don't want AKB0048 end until I see one of the other backup girls succeed. |
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| Btw, what happened to yuuko? She graduated or will continue perform as yuuko next to nagisa..(acchan) and chieri? |
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wishkas said: Btw, what happened to yuuko? She graduated or will continue perform as yuuko next to nagisa..(acchan) and chieri? They didn't really say I think, I think she'll just stay in AKB since she didn't become center. |
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| Chieri and Nagisa sure shine most of the time and glad Yuuko is back again. Yeah Chieri used some godlike power and jump like into time and space. I have to agree that they leave some plot holes, who killed Chieri father and will the entertainment ban will be lifted everywhere. Yeah I actually want to see some more, there still some more they can add The final episode was great, didn't disappointing me at all. 9/10 |
Nothing ventured, nothing gained (Girls und Panzer der Film ) / from Nishizumi Miho |
| Now thinking... didnt Chieri fulfill the conditions to disappear as center nova? all the thing about everyone feel the same ... |
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| Oohh~ CM for the PV of the ED this season I like it , oh look Mayuyu jacking all that attention again..what's new.... --- Yeah..i got a feeling this is the end. Karen said she HOPE there will be a sequel mean there isn't one in plan yet...oh poor girl crying like that ^^;...lol  |
akbfanMar 30, 2013 8:58 PM
| Well yeah the conclusion for this is pretty good but I do actually hope for a sequel even thought there is still no plan or something like that but there still a chance they can plan that. It's seem like they made AKB0048 for the purpose to make Nagisa Aachan the 14th. Chieri is just part of the plot. Whatever I do know there is a lot of plot holes, if it's really her true feeling she will do the voice acting again for the next sequel, only if there will be one. |
Nothing ventured, nothing gained (Girls und Panzer der Film ) / from Nishizumi Miho |
| Nagisa finally the 14th Acchan and Chieri the Center Nova. All is well in akibastar. |
| Oh god we need a season 3, I think that's the only way they can flesh out the plot holes and unexplained details. Overall pretty enjoyable series. Finale was awesome, I totally wasn't expecting that succession and centre nova combo. Final rating: 7.5/10 |
| Go ***k yourself. Polite as usual, lightXTC |
| i must say to end the season like that i though there was gonna be a big hole but surprising ly they fit alot of things into it....(yes for season 3) |
| And it happened. The ending felt super rushed with too much crammed into one episode. And this also happened: in the end, Chieri ended up being more important than Nagisa even though she started the show and was the central protagonist for a majority of it. I'm glad to see Nagisa become Acchan though, she deserves being someone important such as her. A little annoyed that they reused 2 songs out of the 4 in the episode. (ending song being used doesn't count) lightXTC said: Oh god we need a season 3, I think that's the only way they can flesh out the plot holes and unexplained details. Agreed. If this doesn't happen, I'm going to miss AKB0048 a whole lot... Oh, and I never got to see my Nagisa in her AKB0048 outfit!!! |
CerisMar 31, 2013 1:16 AM
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| I hope the creators just didn't kill Chieri's father for no reason at all just so Chieri will became a Center Nova. I hope for a 3rd season, but I've a feeling it's gonna be complicated, now that there's a Center Nova, an Achan, and a Yuuko, and a Takamina, and etc. Not to mention, there wasn't any sequel hook like the first season did. Somewhat disappointed that Nagisa was just 1)b, while Chieri, the 2nd main character became 1)a Honestly believed it was gonna be reversed. But that's just the fanboy in me reacting |
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| Very much satisfied with this series! So the battle with DES is still on going, tbh i don't think they need a 3rd season... Unless they're going to talk about Sensei-Sensei... Just what is "he" anyways? So Chieri became Center Nova and Nagisa is Acchan the 14th... I'm really quite curious to know what all the members of No Name will graduate into haha ^^ |
| Chieri becoming center nova just felt weird, like they were just appeasing fans at this point or maybe Kawamori just wanted to troll us. It's disappointing because it felt out of place but the episode was still fun. Honestly there were a lot of flaws with how they developed all the characters and both Chieri and Nagisa in particular. I really wonder why they made Nagisa a main character but didn't do much with that until the end. Also if Chieri was intended to become a main character they did a poor job of it, she felt more like the rival to push Nagisa forward until this episode. But they didn't even do a good job of the rival aspect either so in the end what exactly was she, I have no idea. The idea though that Nagisa wasn't the main character any more or was less important like I'm seeing here I don't agree with at all. If anything they just split the episode 50/50 on each character's importance in winning the battle just the Chieri part is what people remember last. |
| How can anyone, let alone a controversial screenwriter, be able to write a proper plot and closure when they're given a limited number of episodes and timeframe? It's easier when it's slice-of-life talking about a normal world but this isn't SoL. Yes, yes, here comes the expected complaints. Like the "show, not tell" mantra, plotholes, etc, etc. And then cursing Okada for everything. At least it's better than wasting time on shallow things like who's the cutest character. |
| I play, the haters lose. |
| I liked the closure of this anime. It didn't tell us everything (like, who did chieri's dad in, or the mystery about sensei sensei), but it felt like a finished anime and not like something that desperately NEEDS another season (like Haganai NEXT) I loved the "near kiss" sweet and heartbreaking <3 Also, did Chieri channel Basara (Macross 7)? I mean, singing at the enemy while on the offensive is HIS area of expertise ^^ |
| I want Rambo in a mecha-suit with a laser-chainsaw gun that fires nuclear warheads, fighting the love-child of Predator, Alien, a group of Bangladeshi terrorists, and Satan. (Actually that would be a pretty sick show) - StopDropAndBowl |
Wordsmith said: Also, did Chieri channel Basara (Macross 7)? I mean, singing at the enemy while on the offensive is HIS area of expertise ^^ It looks like it. Thanks to the guy who created the whole Macross frianchise. |
| Excellent finale. Of course I want to see more but that ending was very satisfying. Nagisa so radiant!!! :D I dont need a season 3 but im sure it would be awesome. |
| Nice conclusion The performance was good and how Nagisa and Chieri able to comfort those people were cool There are lot of things which still not answered, but it feels like this is the real end of AKB0048 |
| a good finale for great series... while i know this ending is rushed.. with a good script, it can be done nicely.. some question got an answer some haven't.. i think this is play safe.. if next season is planned, there's some question/problem that can be explored and expanded.. and if there's no 3rd season.. i think this ep can wrap this series up.. though about episode: kaze fuiteiru!!! love this song... i didnt really get about yuuko come from nowhere... nagisa succeed acchan and chieri take no name but her name only and become center nova is no surprise here. lol but, chieri power really surprise me. lol. is she still human now? it's heartwarming that chieri can finally persuade DES with her song... solid 5/5 for this finale and 9/10 for the series.. i will really miss this show if there's no FINAL STAGE.. TT and about main protagonist in this anime.. i see a lot wondering about it... and my though is: |
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| That was one heck of a finale. Even though it was littered with plot holes, unanswered questions, and deus ex machinas, yet it still made me feel all the emotional highs and lows, and for that I'm more than satisfied with this season finale. Now I’m hoping against hope that a third season will materialize. I don’t know how popular the anime is amongst the Japanese fans, but I do know that the real world AKB48 has been hit with a lot of scandals recently, so the producers might find it a bit hard to finance a continuation. Anyone know anything that would substantiate or dispel my conjectures on this issue? On a side note, I really hope that the continuation won’t turn out to be a series of movies that retells the tv series while adding an extended ending ala Macross Frontier. I don’t think all the unanswered questions left over like Chieri’s dad’s assassination, the reason DES and Zodiac wanted to capture a Center Novae, and who Kanata will finally succeed as can be fully addressed in a movie format. Hopefully, if a season 3 does get made, they’ll make it about how AKB0048 goes from planet to planet, freeing the populace from the entertainment ban, while moving closer towards DES’s home planet, and end it with an epic space battle-cum-concert. And we’ll have the DES forces with their big battleships and innumerable unmanned LAS craft pitted against the hugely outnumbered idols with their mic-sabers and a few LAS plus KIRARA POWER lol. Well, one can dream, right… |
| Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to give out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. |
-Ceris said: Oh, and I never got to see my Nagisa in her AKB0048 outfit!!! I was expecting to see that T.T Yuuka and Orine appear in it in the first episode of first stage, Chieri appears countless times... Nagisa never : ( So many promises were done... Kanata promising to mariko that she would become a successor till christmas, nagisa wanting to be elected... I want to see it all :/ Btw Someday we surely come to see you ... An aleatory phrase or... something more? |
wishkasMar 31, 2013 5:59 AM
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