Guilty Crown

I enjoyed it but yes the ending was depressing

Anime felt like Gurren Lagan to me *and god i hated THAT ending with passion* First half seemed allright, second half basically felt like a completely different anime.... ending almost put me into a coma lol.

I guess Harem anime are the only things i like

honestly the ending is big disappointment, and the whole show is a total mess, even so it was pretty entertaining.

conclusion

I honestly don't see an issue with the ending. Sad as it was it was still very good. Had me moved to tears when I heard Inori sing those lyrics as he placed that headphone on.

Also for anyone curious. The Cat's Cradle shape Inori FIRST presented to Shu when she told him to "Take it.", is called
'Jacob's Ladder'. I'm still searching for the second.

Ending is depressing, I hate sad endings, seriously.
Inori was a fine girl too.

Ehh was a pretty good show, can't say I disliked it. I found the ending to be pretty damn depressing, and I love sad endings, so props to I.G., also the animation made my eyes cum, yeah that's about it.

Also, I forgot to mention how god-like the soundtrack is. After like 5 episodes I was forced to collect said, OST.

The soundtracks are god-like and I love the character developments. Have to love the shippings as well.

I'm all for ShuXInori and ShuXAyase. Hell, I'll even support ShuXHare. BUT! WHAT.THE.FUCK.IS THAT ENDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I love the action, the story, the MUSIC and the characters BUT I CANNOT FORGIVE THAT ENDING!!!!!!!!!!!! GIVE ME BACK MY HAPPY ENDING!!!!!!!

The ending deserves A MILLION DEATHS!!!!!!!!! WHO THE FUCK WROTE THAT SCRIPT!? Oh, right. Hiroyuki Yoshino, famous for that fucked up ending in My-HiME........WTF!!!!

But the songs were really godly. Inori!! Have to love the voice cast as well.

Kaji Yuki as Ouma Shu is really the most fitting voice. Have to love the voice. His display of emotions in the Hare death scene really struck a chord in me.

Kayano Ai as Yuzuriha Inori/Ouma Mana. Whoever chose her knew what they were doing, that's for sure. Her low voice sounded very convincing. Her singing voice was good as well. Not only are the songs touching, the voice gave me goosebumps! I don't think I mention her splendid role as Mana. I couldn't tell them apart! Didn't even notice the voice was the same.

Hanazawa Kana As Shinomiya Ayase. One of few rare times when she isn't chosen for a loli role. Must say that she pulled it off really well.

Yu Shimamura As Menjou Hare. Perhaps one of the characters that left the biggest impression in me besides the main character. Her voice was probably the most fitting for Hare. That warm and cute voice of Yu totally fit Hare to a T.

Now that I've discussed the actual seiyuu cast, let's discuss the actual characters in more detail. I'll only cover the characters that made an impression to me though.

Ouma Shu
At first I didn't think much of Shu. He was a typical shonen anime protagonist, without any special traits about him. I was all like, "Hey look, it's another cliche MC where he gains superpowers, rejects it, fights for the girl he likes and save the world while he's at it type of story again." The visual and idea behind the whole thing keep me watching so I didn't care much about Shu. I hated his indecisive and sissy nature. But after Jun's death, I felt much more respect for him. He understood his power more and thought about what he should do. Then, later into the 2nd half. The story twisted into a different direction and so did Shu. At first I thought it was gonna be the whole Gurren Lagann thing again but the writer(have to praise him for this, as reluctant as I am) changed the whole concept and instead.....BROKE him. Have to sympathise with Shu as he had to bear the whole burden by himself. Best part was when he stand back up with his own 2 feet and decided to accept his destiny.

Overall, I like Ouma Shu. He's a guy that in the end could pull through after all!

Yuzuriha Inori
Kuudere. I think that she could be categorise as that. However, if you she's just a normal Kuudere, you're wrong. At first, I was really pissed that she acted that way towards Shu all due to "Gai's Orders". I even called her a bitch in my mind but her character development was probably 2nd only to Shu. From the expressionless doll, she turns into a silent flame that would fight for her beloved! I was really touched by the scene in the flower garden where she told Shu she would always be by her side. Not only that, the scene where she went and fought for Shu's sake, even turning into a "monster" to save Shu. Not to mention, she was one who truly understand Shu's pain and agony.

Overall, I can say for certain that Inori is a well-thought out character. Her development was probably the most logical and in the end, she is my favourite character in the whole series. Not to mention she's HOT!

Shinomiya Ayase
Ayase. Now this one actually surprised me. I didn't really think much about her except that she was voiced by Hanazawa Kana at first. Her obsession with Gai was a little irritating to me. I was like "Gai again...? Give me a break...." But after Gai's "death", seeing her different sides and understanding her character more, I must say I fell in love with Ayase as a character. Strong-willed and stubborn, never accepting help but somewhere in her heart, she knew better. She was one of those characters that just needed a push in the right direction.

Conclusion, she's one character that slowly grew on me as I watched on. I have to say that I find her real cute during her little lovey dovey moments with Shu. ^_^

Menjo Hare
Another surprise actually. I was thinking she would just be another side character that had no significance at all. I do think that she was pretty cute with her jealousy over Inori but that was it. Until the scene where she brought Shu out of his depression in the 1st half, of course. That scene made me realize, Hare was the only one, besides Inori, to truly understand Shu. Her death scene truly touched me, although it reminded too much of Shirley from Code Geass, it was really a memorable scene. That scene was worth more than 10 episodes! Seriously, that death scene truly showed me how incredible she was. Understanding Shu and supporting him through her words.

Hare, truly the one worthy to be mentioned. For a side character, she is able to be placed inside my heart besides the main characters. Pretty impressive when she didn't fight 1 single time!!

Music was incredible, animation was incredible, especially in that last Shu/Yuu fight. Best fight-scene I've seen in a long time. Personally, I really liked all the characters except for Inori. She really had no personality and no real depth to her.

Also, I thought the ending fitted perfectly

I thought of the show as a flawed diamond. There were definetly plot holes, and some elements weren't clearly explained and required either some background thinking or re-watching a scene or two to get it. But it still had incredible animation and music, some really solid characters, nice twists through the story, and IMO a very fitting ending. A lot of people might disagree, but this has become one of my favorites.

Edit: the reason Shu was

And I really don't think the ending was tragic.

Made a review:

-_- Inori is a goddess why why why she breaks!!!!!!

the ending made me sad, can we have an alternate ending like in clannad or something.

Lol Make a movement like Mass Effect 3.

GC was already dropping in story quality. so, seeing people complain about the ending, I'm not surprised. All the Inori's won't make me watch this.

This show just loved to screw over the main character too much and the ending is up on top of my most hated list because its depressing lol

That episode made me really liked Guilty Crown.

I kind of forgot in which episode Hare died.

Best comedy all years.

I ROFL'd

kinda disappointed in the ending.

it looks like it was rushed. and there is still a lot of question and plot holes to be answered.
:/

Ending was quite sad. As a whole I still found the series good.