Guess I'll watch Suikakasen again for Yoshika's true salvation.
Yeah, this isn't what I'd really consider a good end. I enjoyed Yoshika's bittersweet, melancholy journey, but the ending turned me off. I was prepared for something bittersweet like Yoshika dying for good, but this ending sort of makes her whole journey pointless. I wanted her to either reach Higan or find a way to stay alive and free, so this felt like a cop-out. To me, it seemed like the author just cared about preserving the status quo.
Guess I'll watch Suikakasen again for Yoshika's true salvation.
Yeah, the author is point-blank slapping us in the face with this statement. I got the same vibe I did from the 100% ending of FF13-2. But kudos for the recommendation. Anything from the Osana Reimu team is worth watching.
CataquackWarrior said:
To me, it seemed like the author just cared about preserving the status quo.
And it was so obnoxiously ham-fisted, to boot. This story basically amounts to a pointless filler arc. Why bother going to all this trouble just to invalidate everything?
Yeah, the author is point-blank slapping us in the face with this statement. I got the same vibe I did from the 100% ending of FF13-2. But kudos for the recommendation. Anything from the Osana Reimu team is worth watching.
And it was so obnoxiously ham-fisted, to boot. This story basically amounts to a pointless filler arc. Why bother going to all this trouble just to invalidate everything?
From the beginning, the author already set that the ending will be Yoshika going back to Seiga, indicated by "Everything back to official work". They ARE making a filler arc episode (between (few days iirc) when Seiga is in water prison, and her escaping it).
And if they want to stick to the official material, there are 2 things that are set in stone a) Yoshika needs to go back to Seiga b) It needs to be only few days, longer than that then it will deviate from the official timeline and stuff
The good ending referred here is not about Yoshika. The good ending is about that it goes back to official work. Like, literally good end for the artist because they managed to "kinda" pull it off
but still by knowing and accepting this, I also didn't like how the ending turns out, no climax, just a rushed conclusion. This happened (I think) is because the artist wanting the story to be a few days only. But I can appreciate this because the artist is trying really hard to stick to the official without changing much.
I mean, i can be wrong, I'm not the artist, but i feel like this is what the artist did.
What do I think? I think that was a colossal disappointment and I want the last hour back, that's what I think. Since you asked.
What the hell is the point of doing fan works if you're going to be a slave to the canon in the process? It seems to me there is a fundamental pointlessness in such an exercise. It's like going to the trouble of modifying your car, and then undoing everything you did and returning it to stock. Why did you even bother?
(Yes, I know I'm addressing someone who almost certainly isn't here. This answer is as rhetorical as the question was.)
I won't say this was a complete waste of time, as the first and second chapter are rather well done outside of a few hiccups. I also got very cute faces and pages out of it. But this last one didn't just make the story pointless, it dumped a ton of boring exposition (with admittedly good shots of a tall Eiki) and then all of a sudden it jumps to the ending with enough speed to break any immersion or interest, not that what happened would have held up anyway. If pages 34 and 35 weren't numbered I would swear that a whole chapter was missing from the pool betweem them.
I got the impression that the artist simply got tired of the story and tried to wrap it up with a word dump and a quick "battle" scene. I'm sure the ending is the same that was originally thought of, too bad it was executed so sloppily as the other two chapters showed to have a clear structure and hold up even on their own.
I wish more artists took the Zounose approach and just built their own Gensokyo with the framework that ZUN made and left full of holes for the fans to fill in.
Nice story, kinda okay ending. It's like the Hero's journey except without the "gift" being granted near the end of the adventure. The ending climax appeared to be rushed but eh, I'm no artist so I'm not judging. I feel bad for Yoshika... and fuck you Seiga. not just because of your Jiangshi shenanigans but you being a general asshole and all.
