Oof can't believe I missed that, thanks for pointing it out! That takes a lot of criticism out of the Ohachiyo inclusion in the ending. I still think Hao's mother is too significant but Mappa-Douji's inclusion does give more reason to enjoy the ending. Thanks Jalekok!

I agree so much

No the shaman king is hao sama

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You mean the brother he got along the way, and Opacho and the cats.

That’s some bullshit I hate this anime for that it led away from most but still kinda made me mad

Bc he was lonely lol He had no friends

It certainly seems like it was a deliberate choice not to include Matamune in the ending. That's interesting because exactly as you say he was important to both characters and the ending pulls in basically everyone else. Perhaps we'll see him again at some point in the sequels

@@SeaGee he wont show even in the last part.

Thanks, I really appreciate it!

Funny thing is it’s sctually like very early Dragon Ball a lot. A lot of classic Shonen despite being inspired by DB is fundamentaly very different. There’s only a few classics that actually are like Dragon Ball . Most are actually like Dragon Ball Z

I totally agree. I do like that the series doesn't pull some anime nonsense from nowhere for the combat finish. Rather, letting Hao be the big all powerful god that he was built up to become

Once you take the great spirit you legitimate become the god, you get one wish and can control thr fate of the world.

@@SeaGee than what was the point of yoh to beging with, i was hopping he will become the shaman king, not hao

@denys vision I think Yoh's journey is more based on learning and growing than it is actually winning. The Shaman Fight itself is even called "an investigation of the heart." While he certainly wanted to win, sometimes you come up against things that won't go your way. Personally, I liked to see that take in a series. Something that bucks the trend of the shonen hero always finding the win

@@SeaGee yeah, i might be, but still, even if Anna still stayed with yoh even thow he din't became thr shaman king it really shows some dedication but i still get pissed of her not even apologising but she is only just tolerable, but that's not why im pissed, im pissed because some of the journey and all that fight was meaningless because think about it, i know that yoh wants to grow as person but he's hole motivation that began stayed meaningless because the hole shaman king was determinate the not just the fate of the humanity but the hole galaxy, and ofc some of the characters that wanted to chage the wold in the better place is now began pointlrss, for example horokeu will never save kororor's kind from extintion, ren now will be haunted by hatred even thow he has peoplr that makes him fell better (i only watch the reboot verson of the series but i still foward to season) The point is that i care about this characters to not exacly achive a happy ending but somehow to be some satisfaction of knowing that you achieve a goan, and i was rooting oh because i know he will do the right thing, but now is pointless because that bastard became the shaman king even thow he change he's heart, hao could just give up the tittle as the shaman king and give it to yoh, like yoh deserved the most of the series, hao din't even had that humanisasion evrn thow he's action was justified but he was possedes by silver, like bruh, i understand that people din't like the mc became a god trop, but it was main gocus on that

Agreed! I would love to see the Horo story from Zero included as well as the Mappa Douji content. Excited to see how they pull it all together next year!

Yeah

for better or worse it can never be shittier than the first adaptation

Boy how badly aged these comments are now.

@@pasijutaulietuviuesas9174 lololol

It's refreshing aye! No anime magic, no climactic kill. Just what the series was building towards and remaining consistent with the themes of the story and still catches you off guard

This literally makes no sense

Exactly! I'm sure Takei had a hell of a time trying to wrap up things his way. Compared to the original ending, I'm really glad he got to come back and finish it fully

I like how the ending goes with the story of shaman king like Hao wasn’t all evil he just was really fucked up

I did not think I would see an All Star Superman quote when looking at the Shaman King finale, I dig it. Love your perspectives Cole, well put mate!

Only those reticent to wield it are truly worthy of obtaining great knowledge/wealth/power/etc.

Thanks so much! Yeah the sequels are definitely a different beast to the original and Hana a vastly different character to Yoh. Will be really interesting to see where they end up going

Thanks Alfonso! Glad you're enjoying the content! Just happy to get SK some much needed more play on YT

Thanks so much, I'm glad you loved Billy! That's one of my favourite series ever and definitely deserves some more love

Thanks so much! I was trying some new things here so glad it worked!!

Thanks so much Kaiji, you're too kind! I don't really have many friends into manga but I'll see what I can do!

@@SeaGee I mean, reddit and discords are the butt of a lot of jokes for a reason but they are really good tools for self-promotion if you make quality content. I'd look into some of those communities if I were you because your shit is really the full package and I don't think you'd be wrong to go somewhere and be like "look what I made"

Cheers man! I'll give it a go with the sequels video once I get that out. Thanks again!

No worries, I hope you liked the series!

Yoh: 😮

100% Really glad Takei got to come back and end it on his terms. I really hope the anime nails those final patch battles. Especially Kalim's battle with Horo!

My pleasure Carmel, I'm glad this helped!

Thanks so much. Always good to hear from you Dusan, hope your keeping well!

Yeah I'd agree with you there. That was something set up that I was waiting to see paid off. Hoping it will show up down the line in the sequels

I hope so too! That's the kind of fan service I can get behind

Thanks Harold! Glad you're enjoying the content!

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Thanks Tyler! I do really like that Yoh stayed true to the saving people's heart style and didn't just anime magic his way to a win. Also yes! That half body shot of Amidamaru near the ending? Holy Moly, Takei nails his art!

"Fixing their heart/spirit" hmmm..sounds ..familiar.....like Talk no Jutsu. I'm sorry but that route isn't much better then a power up. An almighty god swayed by the words and actions of the protagonist. It's just the execution that matters. Preferably, would rather get Hao get beat physically into the ground.

@@UnifiedEntity that’s the first thing I thought talk no jutsu😂

From the look of the sequels, he may have even won a previous Shaman Fight

He did it was in the first chapters

@@SeaGee You don't need the sequels. The original already implied that the great leaders who have changed the world have all been previous Shaman Kings, including Jesus. So yes, he did win the Shaman fight.

Thanks Billy, glad you're enjoying!

That's what I'm so excited to go through the sequels for! To see what other ideas Takei has for the series but didn't have space to do in the original series

Likewise! I think there was also a matter of trying to wrap it all up in a nice clean 300 chapter count

@@SeaGee Yea, i thought the same. I was hoping that the adaptation would leave more room and creative freedom for the creators, but if they wanna adapt the whole manga into 60 episodes (that´s what Ive been seeing so far) I ´m just hopping the finale won´t end up on the chopping block

@ Yeah 60 episodes seems tight for the whole series. Especially considering the 2001 adaptation was 64 episodes using only half the source material. Fingers crossed that the creators can make it work

Yeah the ending does too. Good ending for him but sadly not given a lot of importance in those final chapters. Which is disappointing for a fan favourite

?wait what?

If you're just venting, then I apologize (not trying to be condescending), but if you're looking for the real answer it's because the anime was being produced while the manga was and it caught up to it. The decision was made (according to the director) by Shueisha to have the anime come up with an original ending to continue. Funny enough the director of the original anime is also the director of the original Fullmetal Alchemist anime, so it happened to him twice! He didn't want to change endings, but it wasn't up to him. Thankfully just like FMA got Brotherhood, Shaman King will get it's reboot! And thankfully these days most anime follow the seasonal format so they never get too caught up to the manga and don't have a ton of filler either! But yeah, I agree that a good general rule is if you want the "purest" story, always read the manga! Cheers!

@@tylerdrummond4078 what wait wah? Are you saying there’s gonna be a new Shaman King anime?!!!! WHEN?!

@@QaDri93 U didn’t know? It’s supposed to release in April

@@tylerdrummond4078 i had a vibe it was like fma

His name was silva. That bazooka is the totem pole cannon

Thanks! Definitely getting the sequels video out this week!

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Faust is such a good character that sadly gets a bit shafted in the ending. Besides a short fight with Radim, he is really only there to be a revive machine for the rest of the gang. It makes sense in the story but I'm disappointed too that such a fan favourite character didn't get the chance to do some more

@@SeaGee Pretty Ironic the necromancer of all people was the only character to not get revived.

@@R0-83-RT I'm still hoping he'll show up outta nowhere in one of the sequels to do something rad. Then again he's with Eliza again now so probably won't see him come back

@@SeaGee I'm just hoping the anime gives him a proper fight in the battle against Team: The Ren and Team: Funbari Hotsprings, instead of instant elimination.

Agreed, very in character for Yoh and the vibe of the series.

Ooo apologies, I meant better than average. But some recommendations? For sure Fernando! For an easy start both Billy Bat and The Breaker end really well. There's some intro videos on the channel if you're interested. Besides that, I think the JoJos endings are always good if you haven't gone down that rabbit hole! Assassination classroom also ends quite well if you havent read that either. Or if you're after something more episodic, the first three seasons of DICE the webtoon are really strong. It's in its final season currently which I'm actively not reading until it's done. Early DICE is probably my favourite webtoon so definitely recommended

It's Spiran Scenery from Final Fantasy X. Here's a link if you're keen: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d89oZ5Sp2smogHk.html Final fantasy soundtracks always seem to have some absolute jams on there

Hi Neutral, glad to have you here! I agree that I like SK a lot more than other mainstream shounen. It'll be interesting to see if the new anime pulls in some of the extra content to help support the ending. Hopefully that remake puts in all the right kinds of changes!

So Kanzenban is the full series. The main addition from the original release is Chapter 286 onwards which is the full ending. Originally it stopped at 285. There is a few chapters renumbering as well because the original 285 got moved and redone as chapter 295. Besides that, the content itself is the same so read away!

@@SeaGee Thanks man, I'll check it out.

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It's such a good soundtrack!

I don't think anyone could do anything to him anyways.

In shaman king flowers,he is still the god

Legend, glad to have you here!

Glad this helped let you appreciate the ending more! Shaman King's a great series so I hope you enjoyed the read through

Because the og anime and the manga were running the same time back then, the anime wasn't finished so the og anime took another ending (and another way after the half episodes of the series). 20 years later the reboot is coming to tell us the complete story of the manga, animated. It lacks a bit as far as animations are concerned (it seems like the animations are getting better per episode) BUT it's pretty good and deep. Hope you enjoy it so far 😊

@@PizzaReadsPoetry ohhhh i seee ty! :)

@@PizzaReadsPoetry Basically like FMA and FMA brotherhood.

Not just the fans. He also had creative differences with the editors and the publishing magazine was rushing him. So he ended it abruptly without it having an ending. Later on he would publish the final chapters in another magazine that gave him a limited number of chapters to end his story so he had to rush the final fights to oblivion to fit everything.

@@erois6190 thank you for clearing that up! From what I remember, I specifically read about the fans wanting the ending and basically rushing him to do it.

@@dina-fj6zl There is an amazing interview published on youtube 10 months ago called Hiroyuki Takei The soul of Shaman King where he goes in depth about his creative process, inspirations, troubles with the series and wanting to prove himself as a mangaka

The Soul of Shaman King video is really good. Would definitely recommend if you're interested in the author's perspectives: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/sNZmks6nyKutj2g.html

I'm really curious to see how the remake manages the ending and if they'll include any extra bits (e.g. from zero or mappa Douji.) Guess we'll find out next year!

Correct, though the original anime differs pretty wildly from the manga. The anime came out (and finished) when only about half the manga was out so they did their own ending. In the anime, it ends with Yoh cutting Hao down and kind of glossing over the whole "he can resurrect in 500 years" thing. Hope that clears some confusion 👍

@@SeaGee thank you😁

@@crossfiremage it's simple the real ending hao never defeated .bec no one can't defeat hao

I would have liked to see that too. A few more moments or threads really building towards how this ending goes down. I imagine there was probably some limitations for Takei around coming back to the series and trying to wrap it up by that nice sounding 300th chapter

Correct, flowers ends with Hana and Sakurai still in the Great spirit. the Super Star picks up where that left off and is still being released currently!

If you haven't already, you should check out how the 2001 anime ends too. It has a completely different ending that, in part, runs similar to your latter idea. Personally I'm not a huge fan of that ending but it does do some cool stuff

Just a weird localisation I think. A lot of the 2001 characters get their names changed

I was 100% in that boat too before taking a deeper dive into the ending. I find Shaman King handles it's "power of friendship" much better than other series (like fairy tail) but that may just be my bias from being a big fan of the series. I do really appreciate that the ending doesn't sour the rest of the series though

@@SeaGee I def. agree Shaman King handles it better than Naruto and Fairy Tail, I prefer the series overall to both anyway. I'm very curious about the Flower of Maize too....Dragon Ball is my favorite series and I hated Super, so I'm excited for a better tourney between gods lol

@SaiyanZ3 I'm excited too! At least we're starting with villains more interesting than Jiren was. Hopefully the other gods will get some establishing time too before it all kicks off

Hao Won the shaman fight in the manga but decided to give Yoh and his allies time to fix the world before trying to nuke everything.

That one friend who makes everything awkward: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/e9Ryl6qFvZnaipc.html

@@SeaGee Thanks.

The final fantasy soundtracks are such quality

Enjoy reading through! I hope you enjoy the series

That's fair, I definitely felt the same way for a long time. I get why people don't like the way this series wraps up. To it's credit, I think the series does a good job of setting up Hao as way too strong. He's had 3 lifetimes of learning and fighting which the intense training the main cast get still can't hope to match. So the plan changes to fight his convictions and win. ln the end they don't really "win", just opening Hao enough to buy some time to make a change. It's a hugely different take to how most series like this would wrap up and for me, I think it matches the tone of the rest of the series. Anyways, there'll always be the original anime to see Hao get sliced in half by Yoh!

@@SeaGee Very true.

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You're right, the angels are straight up transformers. To be super accurate they're angel spirits blended with sports cars. Takei really enjoys drawing what he enjoys and the man loves his cars. I think he just wanted a way to bring some cars in

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Well.. There was a GBA Sequel to the anime if memory serves. it was a oddball.

Oh that's my bad, didn't explain myself well. I find that I enjoy endings less than the general consensus. Not intentionally making myself dislike endings but more that my opinions always seem to be lower than where maybe it should be. I included that comment as more of a disclaimer that apparently I'm tougher on endings than I should be so take my opinion with a grain of salt. But you're right, going in with the expectation to dislike an ending is some hot nonsense!