The final episode doesn't cease the please me. It's full of happiness, sadness, light heart comedy (that Fido catching running away Fredrica was golden lol) and the reunion was very emotional as I hope it would. Well done A1 studio for not butchered this and keeps delivering the top quality until the very end.

10/10 I can't find fault in this one. I can't express enough how much I love this show. It might be delayed for 3 months but I can say it now: This is my 2021's anime of the year. And yeah, I definitely want a season 3. No matter how long it will take. Doesn't matter.

And in case you don't know, LilaS -- the ending theme of this episode -- has been uploaded in Hiroyuki Sawano's official Youtube channel before the episode airing. You can go listen it now.

Idk but when she called Shin, "Shin," sounded so intimating to me. Love the way they showed both Shin and Lena as they were reaching their hands to each other at the end.

Anyways this episode is 10/10 for me too.

Yesss and their hands form 86 too before it cut to the title. The symbolisms are so good

I literally jumped from my seat.....after the previous episode i thought it was the end but NO! A1 just made it even better.

I can't explain just how perfect these last 2 episodes were. The wait was worth it. Now i want season 3(or morelike season 2 cuz this was part 2)

Lena saying "Shin" was *chef's kiss*

I honestly instinctively slammed the wall beside me when the reunion got c*ckblocked xD
But this ending? God, I was grinning like a maniac, and the tears formed was out of happiness, what a perfect end for it's season!

The moment she said Shin moments of season 1 came back rushing into my memories T_T

The way Lena cried seeing shin and the 86 it felt good I did not expected for them meet again after the previous episode shin cried seeing Lena and now Lena is the one crying now they're all happy together. Lena and shin was about to hold hands in that last episode

Yeah, the 86 hand shape at the end symbolisms all in one.

oh F you're right! Eagle Eyes Cesar!

man i had to rewind to see that, it's such a tiny window to spot it.
Kudos for noticing.

Shin and Lena was about to held hands but got cut and instead we get to see the group picture of 86, Lena and Frederica I'm just glad nobody left shin behind

Well spottted

nice catch comrade , I didnt even noticed that until you said

their hands forming the 86 number was the craziest thing i seen in my life the symbolism and everything was crazyyyyy that on its own made this anime a 9.9/10 in my book

that's amazing, I just noticed wow

This has been what I was waiting for all along. Made my day and restored my will to live. 10/10

Honestly everything about this episode feels like I'm satisfied shin visited Eugene's grave and made a conversation about that guy and shin meeting Lena was so satisfying in the previous episode it felt like it wasn't enough and now in this episode I'm satisfied

literally laughed out loud from your comment

I actually like how it is like an internet love lol

It feels ''quality'' and ''love'' for the show all through this episode

Animator: how much more drama can we put into this show?
Director: YES!

YESSS SO WHOLESOME

10/10 too here, though I really wish they added Shin's sarcastic line "I Failed to Die again" after Lena called out his name.

In episode 11 shin was ready to die and was happy but Lena saved him and the guy said No one left you behind that line is so good that it makes me wanna cry

That made my whole day. As you said, a whole lot of emotions in this episode and I’m so happy for this. And when they were about to hold hands before it ended had me wanting to flip a table lol

Gotta keep that tension for season 3

Classic cliffhanger for us to stay tuned for season 3 and wanna know what happens next

86 has become my all time favorite I honestly don't think anything can top it for me, I fell hard for it looool

I'm not crying, you're crying

Yeah what's with this ending it's so sweet and satisfying that it makes me wanna cry and that background music is just so good but they didn't added the ending song that's my favorite

ahahha I don't think I'm alone when I saw Frederica has grown on me! Now they have a cat again!

After watching both season within a week I have to say it really is a good series, don't know if the story continues but if it does I'd love to get more of it, the world building is quite unique and the characters are all special and have their place, lots of loss and lots of character development for everyone with lots of deeper meaning in the meaning of the 86 and everything they have experienced and been through and want to do. - A great masterpiece considering all of the 23 episodes are all volume 1, wow just wow.

200% agree 10/10.

Man, thanks for company us with all those essays so far, what a great ride! God, I cant express enough how good this series is, and safe to say tho, after aot reaching its end this season, this would be the next one to take its place as the new humanity survivalism anime hype for us to look forward to!!
But one thing Im worried tho, is that with great hype, comes a problematic fanbase.....
Lets hope this anime wouldnt have that xD

Idk but for a moment I could see Fido crying.

Trash anime until the end, see you at season 3.

Shin visiting Eugene's grave hits hard man (╥﹏╥) Theo made the greatest fanart.Theo man of culture and he teaching Fido about culture xD

What a beautiful reunion. I was squealing when they finally met ≧ω≦
The scene where Lena finally meets the 86 that she didn't think would survive, almost had me crying.

You can tell that Shin harbors some guilt over Eugene. But the ending was something else. Their reunion though just spiked the emotions up.

I thought Eugene was just some guy we will forget and he was one of shin's first friend in this city

ahah loved Theo's drawings of Lena

i had tears in my eyes , damn this episode was so good !

I was SO ready for their meet up but they took so much time T_T, Lena has to be the best girl in anime from last season and in just 2 episode of release she's being the best of this season too LOL. Shin didn't have to do her like that in the end LMAO(;-;).

That was so worth it tho omg i cant keep smiling

what do u mean "shin didnt have to do her like that"? what did he do

He changed the names so that she wouldn't notice it's them, not to mention last week they didn't say a thing T_T but it's all good lol.

The studio know how to keep the hype until last episode even the 3 months break is 86 days

Rather than changed the names they blacked them out,in other words she knew nothing ekcept that there are 5 ppl from who she doesnt even know names in her squad

oh i didnt realize it lol. nice catch

Best of this szn? Nah...too far

She could have if it was the whole season released now

You are based Jack