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Devil Survivor 2: The Animation (TV).

Etrien wrote:

That's exactly the terrible realization that was dawning on Hibiki at the end. Plus, spoiler[the episode briefly revealed at the end - and the game much more explicitly - that Japan is the last remaining portion of the Earth not yet erased by the void. And even it is largely destroyed, and most of the characters' loved ones dead.] I think it's supposed to fill you with an overwhelming sense of dread and futility.

That's exactly the point I addressed in the post right above yours. I think that scene wspoiler[ith Hibiki in the bridge watching the Void consume the sky and realizing the world can't be saved] was probably the first time in the series where I felt seriously invested in whatever's happening.

Episode 8

It seems no one actually listens when someone says spoiler[they are going to die. They just say they will be careful and then drop their guard to end up in the situation.]

It's still a gamble trusting him.

Episode 9

Wow, they managed to spoiler[kill a big opponent really quickly with the plan they created, things actually went to plan]. And to think all it required was getting one spoiler[girl to dance], and spoiler[showing a young girl's belly button].

Overall, a bit disappointed with this one. The low episode count really hurt it - this particular sequence probably should have been two episodes, time allowing. As it was, there wasn't enough time to explain much of anything. Not about what the Dragon Stream (Ryumyaku) was, what it had been doing, why Lugh was even necessary, nor about the danger in using up the Stream's energy as an attack (as it had been the only thing protecting Tokyo, Osaka, and Nagoya from the Void). It also failed to show how far Mizer had pushed them into a corner to make them take this course; the anime made it seem like no one really put much thought into any alternatives, and failed to capture how this was the actual last resort.