Talk:Episode 23/@comment-38094676-20200228060738/@comment-26567684-20200228122637

I only anticipated this episode when it came out solely because of MitsuKoko.

I disliked the true Apus appearance because it seemed out of place and HiroZero’s reunion could have be done differently with them reconnecting with just Strelizia or Strelizia Agath Apus because it wouldn’t have been a giant 02.

Even if they couldn’t have stopped the warp gate, the choice to sacrifice themselves, from my opinion, was theirs alone. They did promise to return to their friends but when the climax against VIRM came and things almost failed for them to win, they must have realized there was no other option but to die defeating VIRM in order to save their friends and give their friends the chance to live their lives and rebuild the planet they way they envisioned.

I think VIRM being left alive was the writers way of leaving the door open for any new additions, like an ova or movie.