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!!!SPOILER!!! Wolf's Rain ending question !!!SPOILER!!!

i watch wolf's rain on cartoon network, and just watched the episode where spoiler[hige, tsume, and blue die and at the end of the episode kiba is walking in the city and you see hige, tsume, and toboe appear as if something catches their attention.]

There is no alternate ending to the Wolf's Rain series, which was concluded by a four episode OAV and what CN showed you. So yes, you saw the end, you didn't miss anything.

spoiler[As far as Darcia's eye, which was his wolf's eye, I tend to think this was a suggestion that even though the world was renewed it would eventually sicken and die again, the cycle of life and death and all that. Also, Darcia was destroyed as he tried to reach Paradise, suggesting that he ahd become something so unnatural that he was not allowed to exist any longer. All that remained of him was the eye, which, if you'll remember, Darcia kept insisting was a sign of his true self (and that of many humans), which used to be wolf. If his true self sickened the flower, does that mean the eye, and therefore the wolf, is evil? I prefer to think that Darcia acquired the eye through evil means and that he wasn't innocently reverting to his true wolf form at all. Thus, the eye wasn't of wolf nature and an unnatural thing, which is why it poisoned the flower. This would support my theory that Darcia was destroyed because he had become unnatural and fits with themes in Wolf's Rain that point to human tampering with the earth as the cause of its sickening. And, though the world is reborn, the evil inherent in man remains (as does the eye). You can easily draw many more analogies from the series and the final few minutes of the OAV along these lines.]

Hope that helps. hehe

Wow. You just made it a lot deeper than I took it. Thanks.

Angel Of Death wrote:

Wow. You just made it a lot deeper than I took it. Thanks.

LOL, no problem. On the other hand, when people used to ask me how I did so well in college, I always would reply, "I mastered the art of impressive b.s."

In other words, I can create a lot of fuss and nonsense that sounds intelligent even from the most ridiculous of theories. One reason I love philosophy, you're only a lunatic if what you're saying makes no sense.

On that note, I would like to say that I don't think those final four episodes were anything stupendously brilliant - more like something that can SEEM brilliant from certain angles. I didn't like the ending of the series, I thought it was kind of a cop-out, even if it did wrap things up in a convenient, mostly logical manner. I probably did make it a lot deeper than it actually is.

spoiler[it kinda suprised me that they killed everyone except kiba, but i kinda prefer endings where they kill someone of importance dunno why. also, does anyone think that kiba, toboe, hige, and tsume know each other in the renewed world?]]

spoiler[...also, does anyone think that kiba, toboe, hige, and tsume know each other in the renewed world?]

What I didn't like about the ending was the dark melodrama - it took itself too seriously. If you consider the rest of the series, there were definate messages of hope, conflict resolution, moral values triumphing etc. that clashed with the death and despair of the OAV finale. My opinion of the series as a whole would be higher if the ending had conformed to what (I at least) was being led to believe.

Wolf's Rain is of questionable quality when you start nitpicking it apart. You can overlook a lot of its flaws by focusing on its accomplishments, real or imagined. I prefer not to rip it apart and take it as a whole, including the OAVs, which is why I have a problem with the ending, which just doesn't seem to fit with everything leading up to it. Although a lot of issues were resolved as far as character relationships, which I liked... *shrug* Far be it for me to dictate what I think should have happened instead, all I can do is feel unhappy about the ending as it is. Call it personal preference, opinion, whatever, to each their own.

On that note, I would like to say that I don't think those final four episodes were anything stupendously brilliant - more like something that can SEEM brilliant from certain angles. I didn't like the ending of the series, I thought it was kind of a cop-out, even if it did wrap things up in a convenient, mostly logical manner. I probably did make it a lot deeper than it actually is.