are you guys ready> this is Izetta's finale!
Izetta the last which episode 12.
it's been quite a long ride so let's
just get down to it. the big climax for
this was Izetta the verses the former
White Witch Sophie. let me just start by
saying that I found it interesting that
Izetta was still wearing that
white outfit for this final battle. it
was just the last episode that she was
wearing that red dress again. I think
that once in the lot more appropriate
especially given what happened with the
whole white witch situation. but anyway
the final piece of the puzzle got
revealed for Sophie. it turns out that the
former King's wife didn't only betrayed
Sophie out of jealousy.
it was actually a request from the dying
King himself. the king was aware of how
powerful sophie was and what it meant
for the world going forward. i'm pretty
sure this could have been resolved in
some other way but unfortunately they
decided it best to have Sophie taken out.
freaking frack honestly this whole
situation just keeps on getting worse
and worse for Sophie. Sophie is on the
villain side in present date but no one
can really blame her for her actions.
Sophie had just been really screwed over
in life. she would definitely be a
candidate for one of the top backstabbed
characters, as for their magical battle
it turns out that Izetta's priority
was actually to take out that magical
nuke. even with the additional support
that sophie was getting Izetta
was still able to hold her own.
I am pretty happy with what we saw in
this battle. the show definitely was on a
tight budget and a good chunk of it was
spent on this final episode. it was just
filled with a lot of magical bombs. a lot
of magical levitation of things here and
there. one of them flinging around trains.
another one chucking planes and tanks. as
for the ending of this whole battle this
whole build-up of Izetta going up
against a former White Witch, I think
practically all of us watching Izetta
up until now had a good idea where
this show would end. was Izetta really
going to be true to his name and
actually be the last witch? once again
this ending reminded me somewhat of the
ending resolution for code Geass.
Izetta ultimately was ready to give up her
own life in this final fight. Fine was
also hesitant but agreed to her
final decision too. Izetta's
sacrificial plan was actually pretty
logical. how do you resolve this whole
witch situation? well simply just drain
the entire world of this leyline magic.
all of it completely gone. by doing this
sophie was taken out, all the soophie clones
were too and all the magical enchanted
weapons, all gone as well. the thing i was
wondering about this whole situation
just based on some of the things that
i Izetta mentioned, i do wonder if this
was really her last resort plan. their
whole plan ultimately was drained the
leyline magic but what would have
happened if Izetta had succeeded
in disabling the nuke?
as for the actual ending of Izetta
and Fine, there's both good and bad parts
for this. I do in some way like that
Izetta is still alive at the end.
how exactly did she survive? well Izetta
might have used the same trick as
Batman from the dark knight rises movie.
the thing is I really think this ending
would have been much much stronger if
Izetta had died. it would have been
an actual sacrificial ending from the
final witch. it's not like Izetta
is in a good position now. beforehand
it seemed like Izetta had been
paralyzed. that magical stone must have
done something to help her with this but
now it's gone. it's possible now is that
Izetta is at least partially paralyzed.
there's also that issue of having used a
magic stone. we don't know anything about
it except for what we were told about it.
Izetta was physically dying in
those last moments while using it. if
Izetta survived and there's no way she
didn't lose a huge chunk of her life. so
combining all this together it would
have been a much stronger ending if we
didn't get the last few seconds at the
very end.
now despite this I did say that I'm in
some way happy to see Izetta still
breathing. Izetta did find a way to
actually become the last witch. all the
ley-line magic in the world has been
drained. Izetta is now a normal
person. whether Izetta partially
paralyzed and just how much of her remaining
life is left is, it's really just something we're
left to wonder about. now for some of the
other characters. i do have to include
Fine in some of these other characters.
there was a lot of buildup for Fine and
Izetta almost
equally at the beginning of the show.
later on Izetta did end up becoming the
main focus of the anime. Fine was really
only highlighted when they came down to
her relationship with Izetta. not
saying that this is necessarily a bad
thing.
Fine was just clearly second to that the
in the later half of the anime. again not
her fault she was just playing a
different role.
it's not like she had magic anyway. as
for the guy in the black suit Sieg. Sieg
actually did sacrifice himself just to buy
a little bit more time for Fine. Sieg
ultimately ended up dying after seeing
that young soldier. it turns out that he
wasn't a total monster or at least not
completely numb to his previous actions.
deep down inside he was still hurting
over having taken the life of that young
soldier. it seemed like karma kicked in
for him at this last moment. now for
Berkman. Berkman did end up helping them
get inside and quickly just said cya I'm
out. Berkman was really just a type of
character that logically saw himself
doing whatever it took to keep himself
alive.
it does seem like that pilot took him
out that the very end but even Berkman
was still able to slither away. he
managed to get away in the end with only
a missing eye. we could only guess what is
up to in the u.s. years later.
finally let me mention one last thing
that I really enjoyed about the Izetta
anime. Izetta the last witch was
clearly on a tight budget.
I don't know if you guys also noticed
that too if you did let me know. It's
possible that only I did since for a lot
of these episodes i was literally
looking at them frame-by-frame.
The Izetta anime was clearly not animated
almost as well as almost any other anime
of this year. i think this is a great
example where the studio knew its weakness
and got creative with the animation.
there were a lot of unimportant scenes
were the animation heavily tipped but
where it really counting it like the
magical fight scenes that's where they
went all out.
it was definitely something i
appreciated. alright so how do you end up
feeling about this final episode? did
anyone else also feel like Izetta
should have died to make this ending
stronger? if you' did prefer Izetta
being alive in what way do you think
this makes the ending stronger?
oh and how would you guys rate Izetta
the overall? honestly I never
they've been a fan of the number scores
but a lot of people prefer something
concrete.
I'll go ahead and adopt a rating system
from my anime list. Is Izetta a
masterpiece or was a great?
no not really. i really did end up
enjoying the trip over the last 12 weeks.
right now Izetta for me would fall
somewhere between very good and good so
between the seven and eight. if Izetta
had sacrificed yourself i think it would
have been a very good score
no question. I'll personally settle right
now for an in-between. that's not
possible on my anime list so gonna round
my score up to an eight.
so then please be sure to give this
Izetta final review a like if you did
enjoy it especially if you made it all
the way through!
thank you all you guys that been
watching and sticking around for my
Izetta reviews until the very end. this
now completes my very first weekly
review of a full anime.
it was definitely a learning experience.
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