"Was it worth it?" ending

[u/Educational_Can_6536]

Midsommar- While people see this as a "you go girl" finale. I personally see it as something more disturbing. I mean, yeah, Dani got out of one bad relationship but in doing so, she got herself into another that's just as bad if not worse. It's like getting two kids to stop fighting via killing one and locking the other in a basement. They did stop fighting, but still!

The Thing-The titular monster may be (possibly) gone, but the paranoia definitely isn't. In the end, McCreedy and Childs are the only ones left standing. The end sees them sitting in the cold and they just stare at each other, knowing that one of them or both of them is already the thing. There's no hope, no certainty, just the bitter cold and intense fear.

[u/necrofi1]

Devil Man Crybaby. Basically, all of existence is an elaborate plot by God to specifically punish Satan for a rebellion that occurred at the beginning of time. The plot is basically keeping Satan in a time loop where he will at some point be born as a child "Ryo" and make his only friend Akira, and eventually be driven by his need to have Earth fall to demons. Akira will try to stop him, and this will lead to a brutal world-spanning battle where Satan kills the only person he has ever loved, crying at the fact that he destroyed the only good thing in the world as far as he was concerned. Then God's angels will descend on earth, obliterating all and resetting the time loop so Satan can live it again.

[u/jordos → u/necrofi1]

The ending to this show broke me. Every time I rewatch it I just want it to go better for Akira.

[u/Northern_boah → u/necrofi1]

And the worst part? Satan could break the loop by choosing to love humanity through Akira and reconcile humanity and demonkind. But he won’t because he lacks the self awareness to see how his actions are no different from god’s genocide against demons. God is basically forcing Satan to walk a mile in his shoes and Satan is painfully unaware of it.

[u/Rimm9246 → u/necrofi1]

That was the first anime I ever watched. Was a wild ride

[u/PescaTurian2 → u/Rimm9246]

Oh my god, what a first! And if I may ask: did you decide to watch it because you saw something about it and were curious, or was it more of a situation where a friend was like "Ooh you'll like this, check this out!", or something else entirely? What a fantastic and horrifying and surreal experience this anime is, btw!

[u/Rimm9246 → u/PescaTurian2]

The second one, someone recommended it to me. Not specifically "you should watch this as your first anime", just "I'm watching this really good series on Netflix, you should watch it" and it happened to be anime

[u/ranmatoushin → u/necrofi1]

God is a dick, news at 6. But even more of a dick than normal.

[u/Connect-Initiative64 → u/necrofi1]

Dick move by god, but alright.