Spoiler time! Don’t read any further unless you beat MinDeaD BlooD first! It’s a question about which ending is the “canon” ending.
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'kay… here’s the question: Anyone wanna guess which ending is the “true ending” to this story?
Three of the endings have “theme songs” for them: the Yuka ending, the Shizuru ending, and the Vampire Hunter ending. Obviously this makes them more priority over the others.
Of the three, the Shizuru ending ties up all the loose ends: the entire Sonohara family, minus Yuka, dies. Sadly, so does Shizuru (never let your guard down around Mana). One assumes he and the Hunters killed the “major” spawn during the mansion raid. Saddest ending by far. Shizuru wanted to spare the twins because he really cared for them…
The Yuka ending has her killing all the “major” vampire spawn Shizuru help create, as well as the king and queen (singlehandedly no less; totally bad ass)- but the twins aren’t around, so there’s that nagging issue they’re hanging around somewhere (probably scared and angry at Shizuru). Shizuru gets his old life back, but Yuka has to start anew.
The Vampire Hunter ending - given a little special treatment in the DVD special - has Shizuru and Yuka forming what is probably the most bad ass vampire team in the Black Cyc setting. It’s the “happy ending” I suppose, since it has the lowest body count.
So which of these is canon? That’s my question.
Shizuru’s seems to work best, as it closes everything up. Yuka’s is just as good if you’re willing to ignore the fact that Mana & Mayu are just “dropped out” all of a sudden. Vampire Hunter seems cool and all, but it leaves too much open, as well as not reveal the best plot twists.
Meh… just a minor rant and all… I prefer the twincest endings more - or the evil ending in the Transfusion Box expansion.
But then, if we’re going to consider that one…
The evil ending in Transfusion Box (also with a theme song) has Shizuru going to the dark side and crowning himself King of Vampires. Yuka embraces her vampiric blood, Saki and Arisa have been turned by Shizuru, and the twins are utterly broken to serve Shizuru without question (they aren’t equals anymore). Master and the “Mr. Badass” join forces for one last battle, only to discover that Shizuru has set a trap for them and has amassed the deadliest vampire harem ever.
Cool ending… but it totally throws off everything from the first MinDeaD.
[ 07-31-2006, 09:56 PM: Message edited by: Nargrakhan ]