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Originally Posted by Powerman293

What ball?

The characters spend the last part of the show worrying and trying and thinking of ways to keep the Joker from winning in a peaceful way, but they completely ignore the fact that Shima exists. The entire end of the world scenario and conflict could have been avoided if they just got Mutsuki to unseal his card and send him away to live his life. It's the most obvious, most simple solution, and it was absolutely within their ability to do so.

And I could deal with them pretending that wasn't an option if they never acknowledged it, but then they actually do try it...after the world has already gone to shit. Again, it requires that the characters just conveniently forget this just long enough for it to stop mattering. The fact that they have to ignore established parts of the show to make it work makes the plot feel a little fabricated, and that just makes the ending not resonate as much with me as I would have liked. It's a great ending in theory, but it was so easily avoidable that it leaves me feeling pretty mixed.