Eden of the East Final Episode

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Or maybe a forced smile too....

The many faces of Tenchi and her reaction to the ending of Eden of the East. The only thing keeping the X_x face from turning into -_________________- face is the promise of two movies in the works. If and only if these movies pick up where episode 11 ends and doesn’t go before the series started or flat out just repeats the entire series my X_x will turn into a XD face. But until then the x_x faces remain and for good reason.

:( This does not make me think yaoi thoughts.

So I came into this last episode waiting for certain things to happen. Akira was going to make himself the bad guy and warn the country of the bombs. He would appear as the villain but people would be warned of the impending doom. He would use the last of his money to save all of Japan. He is somehow killed through his heroic actions and Saki is one of the few people who knows the truth. Japan reforms after this horrible event and Akira “wins” the game so to speak.

If they had pants on they would be totally reasonable!

So the club members make it to a safe place in the mall and get in contact with Saki and Micchon. The club members warn the two girls to not come to this dangerous place but they insist on it. And Ohsugi keeps on being a brat about the whole Akira is a bad guy thing.

People are so ungrateful!

Then the moment of truth. Saki decides to tell us exactly what Mononobe told Akira last episode. And what she says is pretty much exactly what is to be expected. Back when Akira had his memories he found out about Yuki’s lame plan to get back at THE MAN. Akira gathered up all those 20k NEETS and they are the ones who saved the day. The NEETS used all their nerdy info to get supplies together and help coordinate a rescue effort. However the rescuees started to question why these saviors had prior information on said attacks. Also his fellow rescuers started to loot the would be bombed areas and started to suspect that Akira was up to no good. So he decided to convince these NEETS that he was bomber and they went WTF! Akira sends them to Dubai for three months and Akira erased his memories because he is so sad that everyone hates him.

Man down! MAN DOWN!

Exactly what we expected! So now Akira saves the day again and this time dies and there is significant change in Japan and we find out who Mr. Outside is! But not yet. First we have to see Ohsugi, club president, and the pudgy kid run around naked. But they are have good reason to. See, they left the laptop in the lounge and they must be among the naked masses that are the NEETS. Sissy doesn’t get to join in this fun as all the NEETS are boys. Sadness fills my heart.

He gave the laptop cooties!

So after they get the laptop Akira saves the day and Mr. Outside reveals who he is and we all go MOG right? Well not yet. We have to have some comedy scenes with the boys running around naked and poor Saki and Micchon have to cover their virgin eyes to not see any tan Johnnies. Oh and there is some more symbolic subtle not so subtle stuff about cell phones. After all is said and done club president and chubby are lost to the NEET crowd and Ohsugi gets the laptop back safely.

Ring tones are scary!

Before the dramatic ending can occur they analyze the information Panties left for our gang to find. Oh and Ohsugi puts on a jacket to cover his nakedness…instead of pants. But everyone ignores that as they realize they are boned. Before they can boo hoo about their impending doom everyone gets a phone call. And by everyone I mean all those NEETS and their broken down phones in that huge pile. It is Akira trying to convince everyone he is the bad guy again and that he is sending bombs all over Japan.

Can't he find a way to blame...someone else? Like oh..Mr. Outside?!

YES! Things are going according to plan. Saki starts being OH SADNESS about the situation as the NEETS get angry. Akira works everyone up into a frenzy and tells them all to go to the roof. We get a brief look at the three Selecao dudes. Mononobe leaves in a helicopter saying that he is going to find out where Mr. Outside is. Tsuji taunts Yuki, saying that he was totally played by Mononobe who could have been the Supporter and he leaves. Yuki is pissed off. The club members make it to an elevator but the naked NEETS try to break in. Akira has to come and kick a few in their faces.

This screenie looks more like abuse but I swear it was romantic!

Everyone is GASP it is Akira and I sense the ending better happen soon as time is ticking. There is a dramatic moment where Saki refuses to leave Akira’s side and yells at him for placing him in the villain role again. Instead of leaving her alone like he did on the train he takes her hand and they make it too the roof together. All of which is very dramatic as all the NEETs and club members make it up there.

Sit right there and watch my awesome plan!

THE MOMENT IS UPON US! Akira is going to unleash his mighty plan to stop the missiles and save Japan. Okay, he talks to the NEETS and gets them all upset again. Here comes the plan!!!! X_X Wait….his plan is to ask everyone else how to stop the missiles? X_X That is his mighty plan?

Err...okay.

Okay…so that really wasn’t what I was expecting. And the fact that all the NEETS came back to Japan seems like a plan after 3 months, not some new calculation that Akira came up with on the train. But okay. Sometimes great leaders have to rely on others to make it through. I mean, the president of a company is not always the smartest, just the one with a vision and seeks out those who can make his vision possible. So while it is not MOG amazing it’s fine. With all these NEETS around I am sure they will come up with a spectacular plan and Akira will run off to find Mr. Outside and all will be revealed!

That was expected....

….The plan is getting some jets to shoot down the missiles? Something that makes total sense and was expected? Something that even I could think of the top of my head? X_X Really, were all the NEETS needed for that idea? And WTF is up with this horrible song choice? It is making what is supposed to be a dramatic moment really lame. Okay so these NEETS aren’t really amazing. But now Akira can run and destroy Mr. Outside and punch him in the face!!!

Boys are special.

Or..or he can stand on top of the carousel and pretend to be the one firing the missiles like the dead detective did. Yeah and there is about 3 minutes left. Me thinks this is not going to end well. At least not end well for me.

Even Juiz is surprised.

WTF! King of Japan?! What the hell is going on?! He is going to use all his money up to become King of Japan since being a terrorist won’t be enough to cover this up. Forgetting the fact that those 20k NEETS know who he is…won’t he die? If he has used all this money up and he has yet to save Japan the Supporter is supposed to come and kill him. And just because you are elected (self appointed) King of a nation does not mean you automatically save it. Change takes time and well the Supporter isn’t really a kind person. So this plan is kinda made of fail. And random.

DO NOT LIKE!

MOG!!!! He made Juiz wipe his memories AGAIN?! And he gave Saki his phone? What the hell is going on?! Wouldn’t it be better if he had his memories from the…last week (X_X) so he knows what the hell he is up against and can better run a nation? Or better yet NOT DIE! Now he has a limited supply of people who really know what the Selecaos are. X_X And why would he put the phone in Saki’s pocket? Won’t that put her in danger? We need more answers.

This is seriously the end?!

THE SHOW IS OVER! Saki says some stuff about how now Akira is a Prince and it is on to the crazy ass theme song. That is all we get!

*takes a moment to gather her angry thoughts*

Considering how much this show has put us through with all the secrets, the Supporter, Mr. Outside, and all this Selecao crap you would think that we would be getting a more dramatic ending. I guess they think that letting Panties live is enough of a gift for us loyal viewers but I am not so sure about that.

Yay for not being dead XD

This show ends without any significant closure to any plots. Unless you count the dramatic ending of Saki and Akira’s relationship. That has been a huge let down for me in this series. I was expecting more out of those two and we really didn’t see much progress with their attraction to one another. The first few episodes were great with the blushy faces and Saki wanted to follow Akira around. But then her club members got involved and Akira began chasing down his past. Saki just became cute side dressing and I guess a reason for Akira to want to live.

Since we didn't get a kiss this will have to suffice.

But now he has pushed her away again and this time she might not be so forgiving. She was standing right there and he couldn’t tell her what was going on? He is a typical guy who feels that he has to protect the helpless girl so it is inevitable I suppose. But he really should have thrown that phone away instead of slipping it in her pocket. Unless he is giving her the burden to figure out this whole mess. In which case Akira sucks even more.

I think the Eden website was also a big letdown. I think the concept behind it was pretty amazing and I thought that it was going to play a big role in the last episode. Instead it was just used to have the NEETS spew ideas all over a forum so Juiz could pick the best one. They could have used any forum in the world so using the Eden one wasn’t really a big deal. But it did play a big part in the club members finding out that Akira was not really Akira. So while it wasn’t totally amazing it wasn’t a giant failure either.

WTF is on his head?!

The club members never really got to shine much either. I especially liked how the president was the least knowledgeable out of all of them. But since I just got done saying that a president of a company is one who can bring the best people together and doesn’t have to be the best one….I will just nod my head and smile. Sissy was useless most of the series as was the pudgy guy. But I really thought Micchon was cute and brought something special to the show. Ohsugi got on my nerves but I understand the thinking behind his madness. He made the most sense and I guess you have to have at least one friend who is a rational thinker and skeptic. But I am surprised he didn’t die.

What if INDEED!!!

The fate of the other Selecaos is left unknown that that leaves a bad taste in my mouth. We didn’t even get to meet most of them for goodness sake. Akira better be careful to not win the game too fast or all the other Selecaos will be hamburger meat really soon. Mononobe seem to expect Akira to be able to stop the missiles, as if it was a part of his plan. Yuki is pissed off he didn’t get to blow up Japan and get his revenge on people who made him…work for a living. Tsuji didn’t do anything interesting at all except point out that Yuki was a fool to trust Mononobe. And prostitute Selecao was…doing nothing. I think the show would have been better if all the Selecaos had be mentioned, even if it was revealed some had died before the start of the show. Too many things are left unanswered with this mysterious crew.

I often take pictures of impending doom.

I thought that with all the focus on cell phones we were going to get a massive lesson in how technology is running our lives. I think how cell phones were portrayed in this series is very accurate on how the youth of today depend on them. I was just expecting a moral message at the end about how we need to interact with our fellow man and not rely on such impersonal means of communication. But the last episode had cell phones saving the day so to speak with the NEETS texting in their ideas. So…lesson not learned.

No one knows what Mr. Outside looks like so have a picture of Akira being a cop instead.

Mr. Outside is still out there. We did have Mononobe explaining to Akira Mr. Outside’s reasons for all this mess but I wanted to hear it from that man himself. Or at least see the guy's dead body/grave. I wanted to see Akira punch him in the face. I wanted to see what kind of man thought blackmailing 12 people would help save Japan. I don’t think motivating people out of fear really works all that well but what do I know. I am not Mr. Outside and nor do I know him.

It is hard to write my final thoughts about this series as it might not be over. There are two scheduled movies coming out for this series and I can only hope all the things that I have voiced complaints about are explained then and there. It all depends on the kind of movies they are of course.

And I don’t want to end my blogging of Eden of the East on a sour note. Besides the last episode this series was really, really good. Saki and Akira had potential. The plot was complicated yet in a simple way. The art was great. The entire thing flowed well together. It just fell apart for me in this final episode. I rather see it as a cliffhanger for the movies to come instead of THE END. Because if this was the end..I would call this a fail. So I will wait and see if the movies make this series truly spectacular instead of WTF kind of ending was that?!

And wtf was up with the Johnnies?!?!?!?!

Still do not understand AT ALL!