Comments on: Twelve Moments 6 — Fate of a God

By: Kaiji: ‘He fell! He fell!’ « The Animanachronism

Kaiji: ‘He fell! He fell!’ « The Animanachronism — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 19:11:25 +0000

[...] have written about Kamina, and rightly so, but I don’t want to talk about him today. Today I want to talk [...]

By: anitations - CCY’s 12 Days of Christmas [Day 7]

anitations - CCY’s 12 Days of Christmas [Day 7] — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:28:39 +0000

[...] Chuchlann: TTGL [...]

By: Cuchlann

Cuchlann — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 01:19:00 +0000

@Pontifus: Yes. I, uh, might have seen it in the draft page and decided to put mine in a day early. It is a possibility that should not be overlooked.

By: Pontifus

Pontifus — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 11:53:01 +0000

This is my fifth moment, actually. Since I'll be writing about it tomorrow, I won't say much here. I'm taking a slightly different angle than you did, but I think our both sticking this in the middle of our countdowns goes to show how crazily potent a moment it was.

By: Cuchlann

Cuchlann — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:02:02 +0000

Yeah, re: crying, it happened to me at the end. It is true, that the ending wouldn’t be possible without Kamina’s death. But I kind of see where your friend’s coming from. Some people watch for the characters more than what’s happening (or what could happen), and seeing the one they’re watching die or otherwise leave can leave the show tasteless.

Though I would say just give your friend a little time. He or she might just need time. I certainly didn’t watch any more episodes that summer night. . .

By: ghostlightning

ghostlightning — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 09:33:49 +0000

Definitely one my favorite moments ever. Watching Gurren Lagann last year started my current resurgence in anime consumption. I had recently re-watched this episode about a month ago when Mechafetish and I were introducing the show to our friend. I was quite taken by our friends’ inability to watch any further episodes after Kamina’s death.

I was/am quite frustrated, and even more so. Since I somehow found myself re-watching the ending last night. And lo, I was stricken with uncontrollable fits of crying. https://twitter.com/ghostlightning/status/1066886754

Such awesomeness would not have been possible without this epic death.