Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann – Let's Go, My Friends
24 September 2007
What am I supposed to say? I have no idea…but twenty six has got to be one of my favorite episodes, ever. Essentially, they’re all my favorite episodes, but this one just stands out. I don’t know, but I loved seeing Kamina again, just seeing him, sword, cape and all, I cried just seeing him. There was something wonderful in seeing the Gurren Lagann cutting across the sky, everyone finding themselves again and following after. There was enough abstract weirdness, too, with the sketchy outline of the Anti-Spiral guy and Boota suddenly turning human.
It was epic. It was just epic, not quite the epic we’re use to, but there’s something so nice and so touching and so indecently sweet, like sugar and bittersweet happiness. It was like someone giving that last push right when you need it, telling you to go on. It was like the ultimate inspirational speech. It was the bit in a story where everyone comes together. Guess that’s what this episode was about, the very last moment before the end, going forward regardless of what happens.
“Let’s go, my friends.”
This episode left me crying for more reasons than one. It was nice to see Kamina-sama in all is glory again. And let’s face it, it wouldn’t be Gainax without a little head-fucking.
27 is out…
It is the end…
It is good…
that’s all for now…