[DreamSword]

Gotta say while I respect your analysis and opinion, personally I really disagree about the endgame and Yuuji.

My issue with the end isn't as simple as "The Orphenoch weren't defeated." My issue is that the entire final act basically flies right in the face of the idea of the humans and Orphenoch living in harmony; Something Yuuji was really fighting for.

The twist about the Orphenoch double doesn't make sense in terms of Yuuji given that, unless I'm totally misremembering the beginning, Yuuji evolved into an Orphenoch naturally. So the process of being one becoming a drain on a human's' body really shouldn't apply to him.

Not only that, it really is just mean. "You want peace and harmony? Well screw you, the 'others' are all fated to become dust and their leader is literally evil incarnate. Oh, and at the end of it all, he wins. Every character you grew to know and love fought for literally nothing and they get nothing." It makes the entire story pointless, ontop of screwing over literally everyone but the bad guys.

I still really love Yuuji, but man, I really didn't like that final act.