There are many elements that anime fans take into account to like a work, from the story, the animation, the characters, among others. Sometimes all these components exceed the audience’s expectations; however, at the end of the story they end up disappointing the fans for not giving a good closure to stories that have earned the affection of the followers.
This is precisely what some anime fans talked about on Reddit, after a user asked the question about good stories with a bad ending, which generated a wide discussion in the community. We invite you to continue reading to find out the details.
Anime with bad endings according to otakus
User Jayj0171 on Reddit started this forum by asking the question “What anime do you think has amazing storytelling, but a mediocre or bad ending?” Likewise he shared his answer to the question posed by himself, commenting that they had been Guilty Crown and Charlotte, in his opinion both were wonderful series just that they had had mediocre endings, he didn’t consider them to be horrible they just weren’t good. Here he delved a little into the reasons why he thinks this, but take into account that he will have spoilers for each of the stories mentioned.
On Charlotte he comments that they basically rewound everything to undo the events that happened in previous episodes, which by the way just negated every single consequence they established during previous episodes, his sister’s death and him getting over her was over the top, and they killed it off with some time travel stuff. So what was the point of all the character building, and him traveling the world to steal everyone’s powers? This user thinks it was a fun anime, but doesn’t really compare to previous chapters.
About the Guilty Crown anime he mentions that its ending wasn’t that bad, it just felt too rushed, the final battle against Yu and Gai, Inori sacrificing herself felt too sudden that it didn’t really leave a big impact on this person. Think it was sad, it just didn’t give her enough time to process it. After these events, we had a flash forward in time and the show had ended, subsequent to this post, other users on Reddit started commenting their own views with the anime, whose ending had not been to their liking even though they had liked the story.
The first anime mentioned by otaku is Wonder Egg Priorit to which many people agreed, saying that they couldn’t even finish this anime, as it was a total disappointment to them. Someone else added that this anime really didn’t have a very remarkable story, that the direction, animation and overall visual design were what sold this story, as well as that there were potentially very good ideas to explore, but that for the most part, the story was already a bit shaky before it was completely ruined.
Another one that was referenced was Darling in the FranXX, which was said to have a pointless villain arc that had undone all the good work that had been done. This person remarked that it retains a special place in his heart as an anime that brought back good memories as he watched it in the comfort of his home, someone suggested to this user that he read the manga then, if the anime had not been to his liking.
In recent times, an ending that caused a lot of controversy was Attack on Titan, which became a very popular and beloved franchise by otaku, who followed it faithfully for many years. However, upon reaching its conclusion, many people were disappointed with the conclusion that Hajime Isayama, author of this work, decided to give to the story. So much commotion was caused that even petitions were signed to change the ending or fans created initiatives to rewrite their own ending. These were just some of the anime whose ending disappointed the anime community, tell us in the comments what is your opinion about it.
