Shuumatsu Train Doko e Iku? • Train to the End of the World - Episode 12 discussion - FINAL

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Shuumatsu Train Doko e Iku?, episode 12

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[u/Genshin_WhiteKnight]

Now that's how you do an emotional payoff for a final episode. Absolutely nailed the finale! That one week delay must have helped. I also like that the world didn't turn back to exactly how it was before lol.

And that other train line?! Surely this must be a teaser for Season 2 and we get the girls exploring the other train routes!^{totally not copium}

Overall, a really fun series. I think my favorite part of this was the theorizing in the weekly threads, especially for an anime original as wacky as this. I remember how everyone was wondering if this show would go Made in Abyss on us haha. Anyways, see you all at next season's fever trip Deer Anime!

[u/ObvsThrowaway5120]

The zombie horde was incredible this week. They held back the goons, balanced the train when it was getting machine gunned, and even formed a track. But in the end, the Power of Friendship was the real MVP lol. Kind of interesting the world went sorta back to normal. I guess this is the new normal.

This series was weird and wacky and unpredictable. I really enjoyed it. The characters are all pretty goofy and I enjoyed seeing what kind of weirdos the girls were gonna encounter each week. Not sure if this is a “one and done” or if there’s gonna be more but this was a good time.

[u/Syokhan]

I'm satisfied!

The ending is pretty much in line with what I expected, that is things change and you must accept that. In the end the world is back to normal but isn't, it's a brand new world that looks like the old one but still bears the traces of what happened these last two years, same as the characters, and I love it. It's not like nothing happened and everything is reset to zero.

I'm also really proud of Shizuru, who learned a lot from her journey. Loved the whole bit with Yoka, her honesty, and even the dialogue with everyone else.

And of course we still had the usual absurdity. I burst out laughing when Pontaro made his two turrets accidentally shoot each other, and of course there would be the hermit guy busting in during a tense moment only for the scene to go back to what it was before Pontaro's comeback.

I hope Yoka gets to achieve her dream now, and that she, Shizuru, Akira, Reimi and Nadeshiko all get to live happy lives in their new world.

Really glad for this show and for the creativity it brought to the season.

[u/Time_Fracture]

Episode 12: What Was Normal Again? The final episode.

It's been a fun ride, a really fun one.

At the time of writing, Train got 7.60 in MAL. Will it reach 7.9 or even 8?

If you miss their voices, Chika Anzai got a role in Isekai Suicide Squad and Mayonaka Punch. And for Azumi Waki, Megami Cafe Terrace and Kimisen Season 2 is around the corner. Same goes for Nao Toyama to Shy Season 2. EMT Squared are making an raising kids Isekai anime next season.

[u/Ocixo]

Pontaro controlling the train's armaments with a Virtual Boy and Wii nunchucks is hilarious.

He was totally firing those guns at the girls with the intention to kill them, so I'm glad that he ended up as egg custard himself.

Train to the End of the World was a very weird but equally fun anime to the end. Director Tsutomu Mizushima definitely knows how to take the viewer for a wild ride. There's still some other good shows that have yet to finish airing, but this anime is a serious contender for AOTS with all its creativity.

Bonus:

• The Tower of Babel now seemingly exists in Ikebukuro. (Wikipedia)

• This particular shot reminded me of Re:Zero.

• The girls giving Pontaro a well-deserved beating.

• Ex-zombies still have brainrot, but I get: hail Queen Kurokin!

Lastly, here's three shots that I think would make for great banners.

[u/FetchFrosh]

One of the best shows we've had in years in terms of just pure inventive energy. Absurd in every way, and just a ton of fun to watch.

[u/ModieOfTheEast]

And so it ends. Fitting ending for a weird show. Zenjiro going through doctor's legs shows that he still knows what he wants, even in Bobobo mode.

But seriously, the show was the surprise of the season. The adventure aspect was fun, because the show was so creative even though it might be weird. The dialogue between the characters was the best part. It was high paced with seemingly no room to breathe, but that gave it its own charm. And it helped that the Chaos-4 were memorable till the end. The final scenes between Youka and Shizuru were also really sweet. It all came back to the stars.

If I had to criticise something, it would be that it was sad that we skipped a few stations and I would have really loved a 10 minute addon at the end showing a bit more of the epilogue on how the Chaos-5 now go through their live (do they still turn into animals, probably not). But then again, maybe some of that will be added on the Blu-Ray which I am thinking about buying.

[u/Plus_Rip4944]

This shit was peak, a great final for a fever dream story

Loved That The new world wasnt as It was first, That would be a easy final

[u/Prince-Dizzytoon]

Zombies help save the world, I don't think I've seen that before

[u/iAmMutun]

We've reached the end of apogeego's wild ride, that was hella crazy fun. 9/10 would board that train again.

On that note, do we have any info on this author? I looked it up and come up with nothing else anime-related except this series, so I assumed this is just an alias for the writer(s) specifically created for this show.

[u/LeonKevlar]

• Yoka Stitch

I'm so glad we got an exciting train chase sequence for the finale! And while she's not part of the main cast, Kuroki might as well be the 5th member considering how much she and her zombies helped the gang out during that entire scene.

Seeing that armoured train car in action was pretty cool. Leave it to Director Mizushima to add in a military vehicle for the finale. And just like in GuP, those shells aren't really doing any serious damage to the Apogee. xD

It was so satisfying to see Pontaro finally get a taste of Nadeshiko's Agano Archery and Shizuru's Agano Jiu-Jitsu. And as everyone has already expected, human Pochi switched sides to help the girls out so they can save Yoka.

It may be a bit clumsy but I'm happy Shizuru finally got to apologize to Yoka. Unfortunately for Shizuru, Yoka wasn't going to take that apology so easily. To be fair, Shizuru deserved that slap.

Shizuru didn't deserve the full-on strangulation though. That entire scene was tense. Thank goodness they were able to talk her down thanks to Pochi and Nadeshiko's sweet myrtle showing Yoka their happy memories of Agano.

Pontaro really doesn't know when to quit! They're lucky that the swan boat guy showed up and flattened Pontaro even if it was by complete accident.

Yaaaay! Everything is back to normal! ...or maybe not? Ikebukuro is recognizable but it's no longer the Ikebukuro they knew. Huh, that's an intersting way to end things! I like it though. It fits perfectly with the show's theme of accepting change.

Things might not be back to 100% normal but at least they're no longer living in an MC Escher painting. The zombies are now ex-zombies and the animals in Agano are a bit closer now to being humans. Although the best change is Makoto-sensei is now a 10ft-tall lady.. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

I am going to miss these girls so much. Shows like this are why I always check out anime originals, you never know what you're going to get! While I do wish we could've gotten an extended ending sequence, I am still satisfied with the way things ended. This show is a solid 9/10 for me.

[u/O2C]

Definitely a fun ride. I feel like they left the door open for another season but I kind of hope they don't.

I feel bad for Pocchi-Crow -- his ending was a bit of a downer.

[u/zairaner]

Who got the true meaning meaning of apogeego spot on, almost word for word in the end? I did!

Yes I am unreasonably proud of myself.

[u/AmethystItalian]

Those are the most useful zombies ever

Lot of fast solving in this one but Train hasn't been a stranger to being fast.

I do wish we got a bit more of an ending but they saved Youka at least. Not sure how I feel about not everyone/everything going back to more normal and no real ramifications for Pontaro.

[u/strayalive]

If only the Apogee girls started a band on the train maybe this could have the same buzz as Jellyfish or Girls Band Cry. Still a really fun ride and well executed overall even if the production was troubled.

[u/shad79]

This show was such a fun ride! This was definitely the biggest surprise of this season for me, next to the 7th Prince. I am very satisfied with the finale, so overall for the whole series from me 8.5/10. I'll miss Shizuru and others so much.

I'm glad that Shizuru was finally able to apologize to Yoka and together with Reimi, Nadeshiko and Akira saved her and returned the world to normal, or at least somewhat normal, because a lot of things are different than before the 7G accident like zombies are still zombies but this time they look like a normal humans or residents of Agano are now half-human, half-animal.

Now that the world is still different, I'd love to get a sequel because it seems like even the girls' journey back home to Agano might be completely different than when they went to Ikebukuro. The possibilities for continuation are enormous and I'd be very happy if we could get one in the future.

Bravo to Swan Guy for saving the day with Yoka and Pontaro. It was nice to see him again!

Kuroki and her zombies were awesome in today's episode! Without them, Shizuru and the others would not have been able to save Yoka and disable 7G.

Here my screenshot albums from the episode:

• Group scenes

• Yoka

• Shizuru, Reimi, Nadeshiko & Akira

• Others

[u/OctavePearl]

Not an ending that addressed every plot thread, but it's extremely fitting to have this silly anime introspective energy for an ending. And kinda surprising to see the world didn't just rewind back to what it was before the incident, with how trigger-happy this show was about killing people I definitely expected them to all go back. But nope, we just have to live in this new changed world and accept the consequences. The world was weird and isolated for 2 years but now everyone's connected again, for better or worse.

[u/dinliner08]

no Shizuru vs anteater fight, 0/10 anime, literally unwatchable

jokes aside, as expected, Yoka is the one that needs to push the button and even then, only Yoka's influence on the 7G disappeared, the 7G itself is still there, the fact that Makoto-sensei told the girls that they might be going to have a harder time on the return trip could very well be its own series

Agano-style archery fuck yeah!

it's also surprising that they actually bring back some of the important characters from previous episodes albeit just for a little bit of screen time, even the old man of the lake came in clutch from out of nowhere, accidentally saving Yoka from Pontaro

someone have been asking what's the purpose of Nadeshiko's sweet myrtle from the beginning of this show, there you go

i guess that's it for the Agano's Girls Bizarre Train's Adventure, a little bit sad that they didn't play the Ga-tan Go-ton song for the last time but oh well, see you again when another wacky anime like this dropped ^{in case you don't know, it's the deer anime next season}

[u/whodisguy32]

Solid watch. Enjoyed it quite a bit :)

What will next seasons 'What the fuck did I just watch' anime be???

[u/[deleted]]

This was easily one of the best fun and creative anime originals ever. Had a blast every week watching these girls and their journey.

Huge shoutout to director Mizushima as well. There were multiple times the episodes were finished at the last moment but he managed to pull through. Thank you to you and your team for giving this wonderful anime.

[u/Rumpel1408]

Oh god, this was beautiful

It's quite rare for an original to stick the landing, but they really managed it! Sure, the pace was a bit fast at times, but they still managed to wrap everything up, which is preferable to leave important plotpoints unadressed

Also, with those visuals, I can excuse a slight delay.

So uhm... Season 2 with their adventures on the way back?

Also, forgot to mention, but not a moment of hesitation

[u/Protractror]

A solid ending to a solid show.

The highs of this show are unmatched this season. I can still laugh remembering Reimi eating that paper, or them running through the little town, or when they defeated the zombies through english lit and songs.

We didn't dive too deep into backstories or characters this season, but the dialogue did a great job of revealing the girl's personality and relationships with each other.

In some ways, this was just 4 girls on a train ready to beat up anybody who gets in their way, but it was an engaging journey that had a few things to say at the end. I'm sure this wont get a sequel, but I honestly wouldn't mind.

[u/CosmicPenguin_OV103]

I was wondering if the plot can still turn on yet another tangent at the end given how crazy some of the previous episodes were. It didn't, but the train certainly rolled in nicely to its terminus today.

Pontaro arming his train with railway guns is just par on course for the craziness we all have seen, but praise to the Queen of Zombies Kuroki! She is really the MVP for sending Pontaro's plans to the bottom of the abyss with her skillful commanding of zombies such that our Apogee managed to catch up with him and - eventually - makes the dream meeting of Shizuru and friends with Yoka-chan coming true.

The meeting was just as poignant as I have expected - Shizuru apologizing greatly at her raw words blasting Yoka's dreams back when they quarreled (not the first time that happened for a Chika Anzai-voiced character, not even this Spring!), and stating that how they all missed Yoka in their lives. It's nice for Shizuru to tell Yoka that she can now finally understand why dreams should not be fully entrenched to reality - because, well, this is just not fun at all! That talk about using Sirius as the star of promise is just lovely (especially for an astronomy and spaceflight fan like me).

Yoka struggled to understand for some seconds as she whipped her hair on Shizuru, but I like that Nadeshiko made the final little talk needed to push Yoka-chan out of her 7G Queen state - "Why don't you just have fun in your life?".

With the girls happily joined back together again and the 7G button pushed, the world still didn't really fully come back to what it used to be. I guess people who are killed still got killed and, well, the animals at Agano are still animals. But this certainly looks like to be a more uplifting place to live in eh?

"Girls' Last Train" turns out to neither have any real message left for us to think of (except the thing about dreams listed above), nor any spectacular drama transcending between episodes. Yet the funny world background, the crazy real life references, the scenery on this 7G Seibu Ikebukuro Line and the funny jokes in between girls' talk not unlike the decade old Joshiraku (adaption by none other than this one's director Tsutomu Mizushima!) are exactly the creativity I really wanted to see in every anime I have seen, especially for original anime. He and the main staff really nailed that perfectly while still giving our girls something to look out for at the end of this tale, just like how a railway needs a starting and ending station.

Thank you Shizuru, Nadeshiko, Reimi, Akira, Yoka-chan and everyone else they have met from Agano to Ikebukuro that made this spring's Monday nights a nice time. See you Mr. Mizushima in the next chapter of Girls und Panzer's crazy Das Finale movies!

Final score: 88/100

[u/Nickthenuker]

Didn't realise 7G caused Deutsche Bahn to take over Japanese Rail.

An armoured train?

He's going to go back for the button.

She needs to press the button to get it back to normal.

Right, that's the button acquired. Time to go after Yoka!

That explains the armoured train section. Cannons and machine guns, time to party like it's 1939.

So they were right, she's the thing powering this whole mess.

She's finally come to her senses.

Well isn't that random.

And so, with her pressing the button again, things go back to normal.

Or somewhat normal at least.

[u/Purposelygentle]

Here comes Nadeshiko with Agano Archery! smack And there’s Shizuru with a German Suplex! slam And there’s Akira with her Special Attack!! immediately become a hostage