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I swear, interpreting and speculating about the ending of Angel Beats may as well been more entertaining than the series itself. I've seen some pretty wonky theories about what actually happened; including time moving circularly, a theory about Otonashi becoming the programmer or programmer 2.0, and so forth.

Actually, remind me again, but did Otonashi lose his memories at the moment he died; or when he was in the process of going to/in to heaven/limbo? I've seen one timeline that explained it that after Otonashi died, he went to limbo/heaven; then Kanade receives his heart, is able to live longer, and then finally dies. Then in terms of the Afterlife, Kanade arrived first; and then eventually, her regrets were able to drag him out of limbo/heaven; and then in the process of going to the Afterlife, he lost his memory.

Also, enjoy these while we're at it.

Durarara 24

Some thoughts

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First half of the show... I don't wanna say it looked QUALITY, but it didn't look very good. And then there was Shizzy with "AND MY AXE!" and it made me so happy. I'm gonna miss that polka fight music. And then motorcycle cop guy OUT OF NOWHERE followed later by Simon OUT OF NOWHERE. And then awesome Celty fanservice OUT OF NOWHERE. There will be a breast expansion gif of that on 4chan, calling it now. There will also be an OVA or another season of this. Overall... it was an ending. They had that chat they could have had 5 episodes ago to prevent all their personal drama and give us a boring show. Things are concludedish. No big complaints content-wise. It felt a bit abrupt, but again, expecting more content to come. Or I could just read the source material.... nah.

Durarara 24: Expect a second season, man. These were only the first three novels. Baccano did 5 novels in thirteen episodes. With the way things ended in that its left open for a new adventure and given how popular its been with Japanese viewers, I expect to see a second season. The anime introduced several minor characters who play a big role later in the story; it's not just that we didn't get to learn about some characters such as Simon and Dennis. For an example, in this last episode, Izaya mentions the Awakusu-kai when he gets the gun; and we've heard about them before in the episode with the reporter. Gonna avoid spoiling a more. Also, let's not forget we haven't heard the last of Nebula and Izaya.

Also, I did a marathon of Baccano recently; and Nebula was mentioned in episode 2 with something about the construction of the Flying Pussyfoot. Watching that again so I can pull something more specific. One more thing: where can I find Crazy Eyes plantain Cheney in the commentary? I've heard that in the DVD Commentaries, they gave the old guys with Szilard names; and apparently, one of them looked like plantain Cheney with crazy eyes.