Talk:Episode CI/@comment-26269248-20170521060344

So I am really split on this finale, mainly the last 5 minutes. After a decade of waiting for the story to conclude was tough enough without that finale, and I enjoyed almost everything this season up until the way the writers literally killed off Ashi. While I always knew watching this show as a kid that if Jack returns to the past to kill Aku then the future would change/not exist, but doing what they did to Ashi felt like a "screw you" by the writers. Here's my opinion on what they should have done for the ending instead. As soon as Ashi says "I felt him leave my presence" have here start to disappear then and tell Jack that without Aku she doesn't exist now and have her and him say a final goodbye/kiss then she completely disappears. Afterwards, have Jack return to his home to find his people telling them that Aku was final defeated and we see him reunite with his parents (because I felt we should have gotten that either way). Then, instead of a wedding have it be a coronation of him as the new emperor but he still remembers/sees visions of the people he had encountered including Ashi. Finally, have him ride to that tree again and have the show end as it did. I still liked this show/finale overall, but those last 5 minutes I will forever be split on.