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1. LEGEND OF THE LEGENDARY HEROES LIGHT NOVEL ENDING MOVIE
2. LEGEND OF THE LEGENDARY HEROES LIGHT NOVEL ENDING SERIES

Even the movie ending, while straight-forward, is pretty bizarre by normal standards, and would probably be considered an example by the standards of most of the other things on this page if the TV ending hadn't out-Gainaxed Gainax.Due to the budget effectively being shot, the final two episodes consisted heavily of stock footage, musings on human nature, discussion of the characters' psychological problems, some mention of the Human Instrumentality Project, and a High School AU with a Rei Ayanami on Genki. As mentioned above, Neon Genesis Evangelion, to the point where this trope could be named Evangelion Ending (if there wasn't a movie titled End of Evangelion).Not to be confused with Gainaxing.Īs an Ending Trope, Spoilers ahead may be unmarked. For when the ending does make sense and ends up changing the entire scenario, see The Ending Changes Everything. Compare No Ending, which shares the lack of resolution, and Trippy Finale Syndrome, which has similar imagery but actually makes sense (it's explicitly a Dream Sequence, a Battle in the Center of the Mind, takes place in Another Dimension, etc). Contrast the Sister Trope of the Gainax Ending, Fandom Gank, in which the creators thought the weird ending was something that the audience would "get" and appreciate - but were wrong. The Trope Namer is Studio Gainax, who became associated with this trope after the infamous ending of Neon Genesis Evangelion. Either way, it would have been addressed in the sequel. For an aborted Sequel Hook, you might encounter a Diabolus Ex Vacuus (where a new villain appears from nowhere, does something villainous, and then disappears again) or No Ending in the form of an ambiguous Cliff Hanger.

LEGEND OF THE LEGENDARY HEROES LIGHT NOVEL ENDING SERIES

If you're unlucky, then you'll be left with more questions than when you started with, and the sense that the series as a whole has been voided of the meaning you once read in it.Ī Gainax Ending frequently involves bizarre and nonsensical Genre Shifts, Fauxlosophic Narration, and/or Faux Symbolism, and may very well cause Ending Aversion. If you're lucky, then there will be some kind of emotional or symbolic resolution even if it doesn't actually explain what happened to the characters, and you'll be left with the sense that the series as a whole was more deeply thought out than it seemed before. After rewatching it, rewatching the entire series, discussing it with other fans, looking up the meaning of the symbolism, and subjecting the entire thing to a comprehensive literary analysis, you still might not have any idea what happened. For whatever reason, after watching a Gainax Ending, you won't have any idea what happened. This is usually a deliberate form of Mind Screw or intended as a Sequel Hook to a sequel that was never made.

A Gainax Ending is an ending that doesn't make any sense.