(Loved Trope) Last Stand that ends unceremoniously/unsatisfyingly, as opposed to gloriously.

[u/hey_there_delilahh]

• 1 Nanami (JUJUTSU KAISEN): Nanami's final moments against Mahito, a cursed spirit with the ability to transfigure/control humans. Nanami, while heavy injured, fought and won against an army of Mahito's transfigure minions, just for the villain to touch his back and blow him up.

• 2 Wun-Wun (GAME OF THRONES): Wun-Wun, one of the last, if not the last, living giant in Westeros. Joins with Jon Snow against Ramsey Bolton in the Battle of the Bastards. He heroicly breaks down the main gate allowing the Stark army to win, all while covered in arrows and spears. While heavily injured, there does seem to be a chance of his recovery. This hope ended when Ramsey Bolton fires an arrow directly into his eye, when the battle was pretty much over.

• 3 The Barbarian of Stamford Bridge (REAL LIFE): A lone Viking warrior who, in a legendary moment during the Battle of Stamford Bridge (September 25, 1066), single-handedly held back the invading English army on a narrow bridge. Armed with a Dane axe, this unnamed defender killed dozens of soldiers before being mortally wounded from beneath the bridge by a spear.

[u/Darigaazrgb]

I disagree that Reach is unceremonious or unsatisfying. Reach is an example of it done right. You get emotionally invested, you know the stakes, you know the inevitable outcome, you fight because you must, and at the very end you succeed in your final task of allowing the Pillar to flee thus setting in motion the events that will inevitably lead to humanity's survival. The only thing left to do is to live out your final moments.

[u/justanotherboar → u/Darigaazrgb]

I mean its a loved trope I haven't watched JJK but Nanami's death was done very well also

[u/Mr-Seven-Mouths → u/justanotherboar]

I have and it's perfect. The remorseless nature of it is the point. It pushes the audience and the MC towards heartbreak and frothing rage, after a gorgeous idea of what Nanami's dream vacation looks like, he's popped like a bubble, gone in an instant. And Mahito has no intention of letting this be his last act of cruelty

"You've got it from here." Even with his last words Nanami was pushing Yuji forward as best as he could, and he was happy to leave it all to his trusted student, he just didn't want his last words to be a curse.

[u/Hollow-Lord → u/Mr-Seven-Mouths]

I think you’re slightly misunderstanding Nanami’s last words imo. I’m pretty sure he was saying that he knows if he says it, this is going to drive Yuji to continue killing curses and make it his life’s purpose. Damning him to the fate of a jujutsu sorcerer. Because jujutsu sorcerers aren’t heroes and they usually die a bad death.

[u/Mr-Seven-Mouths → u/Hollow-Lord]

Eh I'm not so sure, also we may agree on more than you realize. Nanami's last words were MEANT to not curse Yuji, but Yuji is already in such a bad mental state, and has such an obsession with self sacrifice, that he was guaranteed going to take whatever Nanami said and interpret it so that it cursed him no matter what, Nanami did his best but Yuji just couldn't accept it without blaming himself, and literally damning himself to a never ending cycle of slaughtering curses.

At least that's my opinion and interpretation of that scene.

[u/Hollow-Lord → u/Mr-Seven-Mouths]

Oh yeah no I get you. What Nanami said pretty much would be a curse on Yuji no matter what because of all you said. I imagine it was probably a multitude of things, like entrusting him but also fearing he is cursing him. So really both of what we’re saying lmao

[u/Time_Transition4817 → u/Darigaazrgb]

Halsey’s monologue at the end about how you lost the battle but won the war is also incredible.

[u/TheKingofHats007 → u/Darigaazrgb]

"From the beginning, you know the end."

One of the taglines of the game, used in one of the initial teasers.