I was totally spoiled for the novel's ending so really I was mostly wondering if they were going to be able to fix any of the issues with said ending. (Answer: nope, just create new ones and lampshade certain existing ones!)
I can dig up my original commentary on the anime ending on no6city, but the gist was basically 'welp both endings have the same problems -- pacing, issues with plot resolution/exposition -- just executed differently'. While everyone was frothing about the derpy tornadoes and Shion's death&rebirth; the former of which I felt was thematically appropriate and the latter of which I remain ambivalent about. (Like I was totally AAAAAH while watching but ultimately I feel no need to ~discuss~ Shion's death, Nezumi's reaction, etc, really? And even less need to include it in Topics to Be Addressed in Post-Series Scenarios.)
re: ficcing violently. Before the final ep aired, I was in this holding pattern where I wanted to write post-series fic but didn't know if I should opt for the novel's conclusion or if the anime would present me with a better one haha.
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I can dig up my original commentary on the anime ending on no6city, but the gist was basically 'welp both endings have the same problems -- pacing, issues with plot resolution/exposition -- just executed differently'. While everyone was frothing about the derpy tornadoes and Shion's death&rebirth; the former of which I felt was thematically appropriate and the latter of which I remain ambivalent about. (Like I was totally AAAAAH while watching but ultimately I feel no need to ~discuss~ Shion's death, Nezumi's reaction, etc, really? And even less need to include it in Topics to Be Addressed in Post-Series Scenarios.)
re: ficcing violently. Before the final ep aired, I was in this holding pattern where I wanted to write post-series fic but didn't know if I should opt for the novel's conclusion or if the anime would present me with a better one haha.