Bad end is bad. Questions?

Phantom was a great, polished show with plenty to like about it. The characters had “real” personalities, and their struggles were identifiable. The entire cast was excellently written and convincingly voiced. The animation was very well done, surprising because Bee-Train had been on a downward spiral since El Cazador back in 07. I would actually argue they had started sucking since .hack//Roots a year earlier, but I digress… The music was absolutely phenomenal, and ranks as one of the BEST OSTs in recent memory. All in all it was a great package from start to finish… Save for the outstandingly bad ending. Now before we get to the ending, I feel it’s necessary to touch on the characters and story a bit. Spoilers abound, but then again you shouldn’t be reading this anyway if you didn’t finish the show.

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Sproing? Yes. Sproing is the correct response.

Time skips in anime are nothing new. They advance the story a specified period of time and make characters older when necessary. In the case of Phantom though, a certain character somehow time skipped more than everyone else in the show’s alloted two year time skip. This post contains spoilarz (o-em-gee) for Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~ episode 21. Don’t enter if you don’t want to be spoiled.

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