Buddy Complex: Kanketsu-hen - Ano Sora ni Kaeru Mirai de

There goes the much-awaited final episodes, only to tell me that I shouldn't have expected too much... I have been a Gundam fan ever since I saw Wing on the television way back in my childhood. From then, I tried to follow every mecha anime Sunrise did. Buddy Complex spells zero Gundam, their mecha inclusion was something more advance or let's just say, it's more robot-ic than gundam-ic. I saw Buddy Complex back in April. After I completed it, I was kinda looking forward as to how they will wrap the title. With early news of a sequel, my hype went up hoping it will have another1 cour however... it turned out to be a 2 part OVA. But still, it wasn't enough to lower my anticipation. Now, the judgment begins and I hope I can be as clear and transparent to how I saw the series. The story was indeed a direct sequel. Straight from the final episode's twist, Hina changed sides and deflect to the Confed. Hoping to find her lost memories, she sided to the good side without any good reason, but to be with the main protagonist. Could it be love? Of course it is. Buddy Complex is that kind of show, mate. Then, apparently, news of having an ultra-mega-hyper JUNON canon was detected up space. A realm buddy complex failed to introduced in the prequel or should I say, saved for this 2 part OVA. Now, the usual Sunrise robot action is finally revealed. Going against the ultra-mega-hyper JUNON canon, like the usual Sunrise formula, the good side was ambushed, despaired and nearly obliterated only for the heroes to find another miracle. I've been already liberated from this type of hero-prevails-everything type of show and sad to say, I find Buddy Complex Final Act, a mediocre finale. Sound and art is fine as it is. It's still the same old songs and the usual art consistency. I didn't bother taking a quick peek to its prequel to compare the robot designs. So I guess, art and sound gets a good rating, eh? For characters... 2 episodes... Well, since the prequel shows a direct relation to this, it's just safe to include the judgment for characters in a 15 episode criteria. Sad to say, I've grown tired of goody-two-shoes type of heroes. But I wouldn't say I dislike Aoba. He's okay, alright. Dio's the same as well. Hina's cute, but she's not really a good watch. The supporting cast, (excluding the magnificent villain professor and main villain) is dull as well. Now, as far as I'm concerned, the reason I kept enduring the bland 2 episodes was because of the villains, most especially the villain professor. This will be quite a biased point of view since I really like Koyasu Takehito so much, that I have most of his shows on my hard-drive. Whether it be a hero role or a villain role, I always try to be enthusiastic and always look forward to his character realization. Same goes to Sakurai Takahiro. With all honesty, I don't like Sakurai Takahiro as a protagonist. His talents are all for the bad and weird lots or for girly shows. Never did I like most of his characters especially his Kururugi Suzaku, in fact, I hate the guts of this character. Well back to the character, Bizon, who is driven by revenge due to Hina choosing another boyfriend rather than him, poses the ultimate threat to the world by posing as a high-political figure or something like that. As the story goes, he conspired again, with the mad scientist on the bad side faction and alas, they almost turned the battlefield according to their scenarios. But that could be well proven wrong by the good side. With terminologies like nanoseconds and whatever scientific related, I frankly giggled since I find it too funny. Now, with regards to the fight, we already know how Sunrise finishes the bad guys. Formula states that the bad guys will be beaten in a robot fight and boom... justice prevails. Excluding the fact that the main heroes coupling are overpowered. I don't really find anything worth noticing. Now, it all ends with Aoba and Hina going back to their own time. Leaving Dio and the other goody-two-shoes characters. Concluding, BuddyCom Final Act might sound a little cool at first but don't get deceived. All it features was additional running time and nothing else. The twist they included to explain Hina's involvement was far from clever and it's one that you can just ignore in exchange for the special effects. Hey, hey, I'm not trying to discourage everyone though but I felt I should at least, warn that never expect anything grand or even good in the first place. Adios...

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