I need some opinions on the ending. My little gay loving heart can not take this. I must have looked like a ripe twat, crying over the ending like that... guess that is what you call gap moe; a 6'5'' dude weeping like a little girl... I need more doujins of Izetta x Finé. Imma go drown my sorrows in two bottles of rum.

What opinions?
Izetta is alive and fine (well, in a wheelchair). The photo Fine looks have Izetta smiling and it was clearly taken after the last episode since it shows the castle being rebuild or something.

What opinions?
Izetta is alive and fine (well, in a wheelchair). The photo Fine looks have Izetta smiling and it was clearly taken after the last episode since it shows the castle being rebuild or something.

Some have other opinions on the ending, since Izetta's face was not shown. People think that the last fight might have broken her down and turned her into an empty husk

Well, they can have another opinion, and people love to make things more dramatic, but the evidence says otherwise.

http://i.imgur.com/jP6Or9H.jpg

This photo couldn't be taken any other time aside from after the last battle, given the castle's state behind.

There's even a doujin here that points this up.

Edit: Actually, it's not here anymore. It was purged in the event we shouldn't talk about again.

last edited at Feb 25, 2018 8:12PM

It is not so much a question of being an "empty husk", as it is of just how much time Izetta has before dying.

I will copy-paste my opinion from another place:

In the show it is clearly and unambiguously stated that using the crystal shortens the lifespan of the user. It is why Fine is so opposed to Izetta using it. The more you use it, and the more power you release through it, the worse the effect is. Both Sophie and Izetta are aware of this, the former is just so hell-bent on revenge she does not give a fuck, while the latter would do anything to protect Fine.

"To win the battle, she stole a stone of power that the first witch had: the Magic Stone. It devours the life of a witch to overturn the laws of power." (Izetta's grandmother, in a memory, talking about the first Sophie, in episode 10.)

"The White Witch, the real Sophie, once said that the Magic Stone draws out the power of the witch by shortening their life. If you use it too much, you won't have long to live." (Said by Müller to Izetta, based on the diary written by his ancestors who were members of the court in Sophie's time, and were involved in the plot against her, episode 11.)

"If she crystallises all that magic at once, she'll die for sure." (Sophie's internal monologue, episode 12. This also indicates it is not just the duration of the usage, but the intensity as well, that drains the life from the user.)

Sophie unambiguously thought Izetta's move in the finale was suicidal, and given what we know about the Stone, this is indeed correct. Nevertheless, she tried to match it, given all the factors (nature of the Stone, the suicidal levels of energy being used, her previous usage of the Stone, and her cloned body), she ended up dying in the process. Izetta survived, but...

The scene after the credits is set several years (and it could not have been more, given how young Lotte is there) after the last duel, it only tells us that Izetta is still alive, and the main couple is still together, but how much time they have is anyone's guess (personally, given everything, I would say they do not have that long).

Now, I understand why people do not like this, but still, the only way you can give Izetta and Fine a happily-ever-after for a long, long time is if you deliberately disregard canon information. There is just no way around this. And the thing is, Fine knows this, as exemplified by the scene after the broomride, when they were on that mountaintop (episode 12):

F: "What? But that magic stone eats away at your life, right? If you do that..."

I: "It'll be fine."

F: "You're lying. I can tell right away when you're lying! Especially when you're lying because you're about to do something crazy for me."

I:"I'm sorry. It's true that I might die. But there's something I want enough to do it anyway. A world where everyone can choose their tomorrow. A world where you can smile. ... So give me the order to fight as your witch, Archduchess, no, Fine... And to end it all."

F: "No!"

I: "I've given it a lot of thought, but I couldn't think of anything else. So..."

F: "Izetta... Izetta... My witch... I order you... you..."

And the scene cuts to Fine breaking down and yelling at the representatives of the warring powers, from her grief it is obvious she is fully aware of the consequences Izetta's actions will have.

last edited at Mar 1, 2018 9:34AM

Problem is I'm pretty sure all those scenes had a different objective. They were meant to imply Izetta would die in that very fight. The way they build those scenes and the way they had that little hint that Izetta is fine seems to indicate that. I'm pretty sure the "Izetta is still alive" is meant to be some kind of "miracle".

Let's not forget this is the guy who brought everyone back alive in Mai-Hime just because. That made no sense at all. And most of his other stories are full of deus ex machina in the end. Again, the ending is ambiguous enough, but given the writer's record, I'm pretty sure if we ever get a sequel (we won't), Izetta will be fine and will stay like that until the end.