I have just seen the worst ending to any anime ever made. I thought it wasn't possible, not after Mai Otome, Death Note, Monster, Claymore, and The Second Raid gave me such unbelievably bad conclusions.
But Utawarerumono just destroyed every last bit of hope I have for the medium. What takes place from episode 20 to 26 is the definition of contrived. Never have I seen such an inexplicably terrible, nonsensical, convoluted mess in my life. I kept thinking, "there's no ****ing way this can get any worse", and it did. Every minute shocked me with it's appalingly awful twists and situations. It was agony sitting through it, I seriously was going to put an axe through the tv at the very end.
I mean, w-what in God's name were they thinking? How is it possible that the same people made the ending? I don't understand, they had all these awesome characters that were so much fun to watch together, and they go and ruin everything they built to. With all the potential they had, I was just amazed it dropped in quality so much.
What a shame, this right after The Second Raid's horrible ending. I think I'm done with anime for a while. I can't stand the plot contrivances I see in every other show. Maybe now I'll finally have some time to beat FF7 for the first time.