ClassicDrogn Wrote:I dunno about that, but I remember despising the ending of Vision of Escaflowne as well. Seriously? She could be the queen of a magical kingdom, and instead she goes back to high school, subway molestation, and a glass ceiling as an OL? I"ve never been able to enjoy Escaflowne material since, and I was rabid for it while watching the series.I've always interpreted that ending a bit differently, with the assumption that she could return if she wanted to, but was staying to ease out of her life on Earth. She still has family and friends there, and I doubt she wanted to hurt them by simply vanishing one day. Add that to her choosing to return to help Van when she sent herself back to Earth toward the end, and her being able to see Van in the last scene, and I'm fairly sure she's going to go back once she is a bit older. Heck, the reason she chose to leave, if I recall correctly, was because she had a slightly weaker variant of Haruhi's power there, and her unconscious impulses and jealousies were hurting everyone around her. She was already starting to learn how to control that power towards the end of the series, and once she matures a bit more, so that she thinks she can fully control it, there's no reason she can't decide to go back.
- CD, the only worse reaction I had to an anime was Eva, whiere I microwaved the DVDs
Plus, Hitomi's grandmother crossed over once without the pendant being involved, so it probably isn't completely necessary. (Allen's father saw her the first time before he found Atlantis and acquired the pendant.)
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