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Episode #26: Faith

I am seriously struggling to think of what to write for this.

It's the grand finale of Heroman. And despite being so words are utterly failing me what angle to go at with this.

While past writings of mine might have you thinking it's because the episode is so horrible that I don't even know where to start, but you'd be wrong in that case. Because this episode? This finale? I think it's absolute perfection.

I'm not exaggerating when I say that this is not only one of my favorite endings, but one of my favorite episodes in all of anime period. There's so much going on here in terms of character development, plot, atmosphere, symbolism, sound design, and action. I just love every aspect of this episode to bits.

And of course, I'm not leaving out the soundtrack.

Leaving "Joey and Heroman" as the last song to highlight was my plan from the very start. Not just because it's my favorite song from the show's' soundtrack, not just because the way it's utilized throughout the anime(and this episode) is done absolutely perfectly, but it, in essence, IS this show. Just as this episode in itself says, Joey alone isn't the lead character.

Joey isn't THE hero. Heroman has been there right by his side from the very beginning, and they together are what make everything work out. The episode is equal parts about stopping stopping the Skrugg once and for all as it is about highlighting just about important the entire cast of characters have been all throughout the show's' runtime. And it's what makes all of the heavy emotions running throughout the episode really, really work.

This episode had me tearing up practically from beginning to end, and it's going to always hold a special place in my heart.