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Akira's ending
PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 8:46 pm
by Jeikobu
I just saw Akira, and the ending is confusing. Could someone explain it to me from the last scene and on? Where did Tetsuo, Akira, and the three kids go? Just that whole last scene in general, when Kaneda holds the ball of light that was Tetsuo and on. Thanks.
PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:05 pm
by Arnobius
Because only 2 of the 6 manga volumes were done, and he needed an ending. I recommend the manga over the anime...
PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:08 pm
by Jeikobu
Well could you explain it? I really don't want to have to buy the manga to understand the ending. ^^;
PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:25 pm
by Crossdive
lol, i'll find it at suncoast or somewhere, read the ending, and that way i don't have to buy it but i understand
JK
PostPosted: Mon Apr 04, 2005 9:37 pm
by CDLviking
Beware that the manga is much more graphic, but the story is also good if you can get through it. Fair warning.
My limited understanding is that [spoiler] Tetsuo and the kids converted into an existence of pure energy, not really dieing, but ceasing to be human. [/spoiler]
PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 10:41 am
by Jeikobu
That makes enough sense, thanks.
PostPosted: Tue Apr 05, 2005 2:51 pm
by Arnobius
Soory I left you hanging. CDLViking pretty well got it right.
[spoiler]I saw it as evolving into a higher form[/spoiler]
Also, my comment of the manga should be clarified: Katsuhiro Otomo seems to have felt bound to the anime ending, so he used it in the manga, even though it no longer fit (or seemed so to me). Still, the manga story is amazing and worth getting. If they re-released it unflipped, I'd buy it again.