Gurren Lagann Episode 27 Early Access

Happy New Year Pablo! I am glad you are excited for Violet Evergarden. I will see you there. Take care!

The Zen Reaction

Great point, definitely makes Simon a very unique and humble protagonists, really enjoyed this series. Thanks for watching, take care!

The Zen Reaction

Oh man oh man... we've finally reached the ending. First I'd like to say thank you Zen for reacting to Gurren Lagann and for providing me and everyone else with hours worth of content every week. This community to me is like my chill/ happy place and I'm so glad to be apart of it. Gurren Lagann is one of my top 3 favorite shows and I've probably rewatched it around 3-4 times. Still, your commentary has made me realize things that I haven’t caught before. This show truly has a special place in my heart and I can't wait for the Violet Evergarden reactions! Happy New Years to you and the rest of the community!

Pablo Solo

I actually have a lot of respect for Simon, he could of went on to do anything with his power and influence, but decided he didn't need too, he completed what he set out to do, and allowed others to achieve something for themselves.

I will definitely always picture an image of a drill whenever I think of Gurren Lagann, it is simple and profound at the same time. Thanks for being on this journey Nick, more to come. Take care!

The Zen Reaction

Thanks for being on this journey Jagi. I will definitely watch the movie. I think I will wait a while to give it a little breathing room, it will be a nice return to Gurren Lagann in the future. I really enjoyed this series a lot, and I will never forget it. Take care!

The Zen Reaction

Hey Pasha, apparently it is! I didn't even realize it, but that just makes it even better. Take care!

The Zen Reaction

Thanks for all the great information Gopu, well said. I didn't realize that it was Old Simon as the narrator, but that just makes it even better. I will definitely check out the Parallel Works 8. It has been an incredible journey. Take care!

The Zen Reaction

That's amazing, what a journey it has been. Thanks Dimitri, take care!

The Zen Reaction

oh man that was hilarious when you looked away and started talking all relieved and then "OH NO!!!". If you can believe it, the movie version of this final fight is even MORE insane somehow. I forgot a lot about gurren lagann, but what I do remember is Kamina's death, and Simon's triumphant determination after, and the insanity that was the galaxy shuriken throwing battle. And like others have already said, the show's message is basically to just keep going, keep turning like a drill. Simon spent all that effort trying to get Nia back, but when he found out by defeating the anti-spiral she would disappear, he remembered that there is more to life than just Nia, and he fought for humanity and the sake of the universe. In a way, I just realized Nia's line where she says "Simon, you came all this way to do what you needed to do." Is her telling Simon that they must both make a sacrifice. Nia's life, and Simon's life with her. If Simon backed down he would have betrayed Nia's sacrifice so he keeps moving forward.

Nick Graves

Good synopsis. The ending upset many because the show just conditioned us for optimism, but I think it had a greater impact and made GL all the more profound and memorable. In a way it was a fitting end given the major theme revolved around moving forward. Thanks for watching TTGL Zen, appreciate you giving this series some love. Hope you get around to watching TTGL movie 2: Lagann-hen, it's a condensed retelling of the 2nd half w/ a decent amount of new content. New perspectives, dialogue, revised scenes...it's well done, satisfying and really completes the TTGL experience imo. Some say it takes place in an alternate reality which was also the prevailing theory as to why the flash forward scene never happened. (Actual reason was they wrote that scene before they finished the story and decided to deviate while in production.) In any case, I enjoyed the ride. TTGL a hard act to follow, but I'll be sticking around ;) HNY and take care Zen.

Jagi

Is very old simon the intro narrator throughout the series? Always wondered about that.

The "Nia dying" thing is unpopular with some people but it was appropriate. The show is optimistic but bittersweet. The real world is bittersweet, isn't it? The real world doesn't have a happy ending in the way some media portrays it. A lot of shows end with a snapshot or a montage of everyone getting what they want. But life continues past that point even if the show doesn't and it doesn't mean everything will be happy forever. There isn't anything wrong with having that kind of ending, it just wasn't an appropriate ending for Gurren Lagann (given its themes). The lyrics of the two songs from Shoko Nakagawa are basically about loss and moving on. It's literally repeated constantly in the theme song and in some of the important moments of the show. As much as some people only watch and appreciate this show for the fighting/craziness, the life lessons are surprisingly grounded and realistic. It's funny that the final battle was so huge in scale and it would have looked silly in some ways had they not spent the entire show desensitising us to the workings of their world. Like when Anti-Spiral threw the two galaxies like shuriken lol. You caught Rossiu having the same voice actor as Father Magin but you perhaps missed that Old Simon is the narrator of the show. You could also watch the Parallel Works 8, if you want to watch a 4 minute OVA type thing of Lord Genome's backstory. Here it is on Youtube but certainly you can find other sources. I don't know how you're watching Gurren Lagann currently but I think the Parallel Works were DVD extras. I don't know if streaming services have them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1e2CiFbmQEg

LordGopu

This battle was truly of epic proportions not sure if you noticed but a nice little detail was when the anti spiral does the infinity Big Bang storm and compares it to the Big Bang you can subtly see new galaxies being born from the blast.