niko | ...I feel the gravity...

So, I'm having a sleepless night and think hey, I'll cheat a little and watch an episode ahead in Wolf's Rain. I've had the whole series downloaded since shortly before the license was announced, but have been trying to let myself enjoy the show week-to-week, instead of being all spoiled and stuff. As it gets late in the series, the plot has thickened and it's been tough to hold off.

So, long story short, it's now several hours later, I've watched the last six episodes of the series, I have less than four hours left to the night, and I've succeeded only in pushing myself further away from sleep. <sigh>

Anyway, W.R. has been a fantastic series in many ways. The various character arcs have been great and each has a solid payoff (although I'm not to happy with the means to that payoff :( ). Loved the artwork, loved the music, loved the voice talent. I'm a bit lukewarm on the convoluted-ness of the world-building, but it wasn't as bad as some.

Unfortunately, all I can think right now is how depressed I am that it's over (and in such a way.) It's one of those endings that leaves me scurrying for the manga, hoping that that's not the author's original intention, but I don't hold out much hope this time. It all fits, and the series certainly was NEVER building toward a happy-happy-joy-joy ending, but still. I'll be up the rest of the night now dreaming up ways to retcon away most of the last four eps. <sigh>

Oh well...this isn't coherent, but I felt a need to vent, and then realized I couldn't without excessive spoilers, and voila: incoherent ramblings. Alors.