this is pretty much going to be all encompassing since some here have said they don't play to watch the anime, if you do plan to watch the anime do not read on!!! spoilers to follow
I haven't read the manga, but in the anime shizuru is canon in love (romantically) with natsuki, but natsuki is scared by this and runs away (figuratively and literally). one of the plot devices of this series is that there are girls that are supernatural beings that control spirit beasts, the spirit beast represents your love for your most precious person (whether that love is romantic or familial is purely dependent on the situation). the power and size of your spirit beast represents the power of your love for your most precious person. if your spirit beast is killed so is your most precious person, but you are unharmed.
now, after natsuki runs away from shizuru, shizuru falls into despair and is manipulated by the antagonist (at this point she really isn't herself but a pawn being controlled). in an attempt to stop evil the last good spirit girls rally and natsuki's job is to stop shizuru. during the battle between natsuki and shizuru, natsuki reveals her reborn spirit beast which is much bigger and much more powerful. shizuru thinks the reborn beast represents natsuki's hate for shizuru.
in the final parts of their battle natsuki tricks shizuru (or vice versa, this part is kind of iffy on who tricks who), and they embrace. natsuki tells shizuru that her beast is so powerful because natsuki realized that shizuru is the one she loves (at this point implied in a non-romantic way), at the same time natsuki tells her spirit beast to kill shizuru's spirit beast which kills natsuki's spirit beast as well. shizuru doesn't resist at all, and the beasts die. because each is their own respective precious person, they literally perish in each others arms.
they are later revived from the dead (somehow... ?) and post release (of the anime) there is a small novel released by the creators where natsuki says she "must respond to the feelings that she has given me" (rough quote and translation, not exact words) "she" meaning shizuru and "respond" left completely up to your imagination. since shiznat was so popular post release, I consider this a bone-throw by the creators to the shiznat yuri community
last edited at Aug 5, 2014 11:32PM