The End of the Line
The season finale of Housing Complex C begins with Kimi handing Koba Taka’s journal and visiting Kan to give him a letter. At the same time, Koba reads Taka’s journal to uncover his findings. Kimi hands Koba Taka’s journal to Kan in order to get his opinion on it. Meanwhile, Koba is reading the journal in order to find out more about what happened to Taka. ..
According to Taka, his earlier suspicions concerning the Kuzululu and the Kurosaki people were wrong. He claims that the Kuzululu held rituals to sacrifice humans to bring back their respective gods. He explains that Kurokado holds multiple meanings, including one that refers to rainbows as gates that lead people to sacred spaces.
He discovers that the sacred space it was pointing toward was the base of Housing Complex C. Taka goes on a tangent about the Kurosaki folk song and its ties to moss. He confirms that the land they inhabit should be called Shirokado instead of Kurokado because of the former’s connection to the rainbows. He questions if the name change was a simple mistake or an attempt to hide heretical beliefs by a god-like figure.
In the latest episode of “Toradora!” Taka removes Hideo’s drawings and finds a pathway leading to the scary area Kimi and Yuri stumbled upon in episode three. Somehow, Taka can decipher the text as some prehistoric language. The passages have something to do with the gods the Shirokado followers’ worshiped. According to the text, their god arises from the rainbow gate and holds boundless power.
Some abilities include: manipulating time and space, kick-starting natural disasters, and resurrecting other deities. He learns there was a sea god that served the sky god named Iyoyoloki Soyohosu. Taka claims this deity is the cause of Kurosaki’s current issues and that the descendants of Kuzululu’s followers are responsible for leaving dead fish behind.
Remember, the people of this island used to sacrifice human beings to Iyoyoloki Soyohosu before switching to sacrificing dead fish. They’ve been leaving behind mutilated animal corpses as a sacrilegious act toward this deity because they’ve mistaken Iyoyoloki Soyohosu’s miracles as a sign of the sea god’s rebirth. Taka confirms that Iyoyoloki Soyohosu’s transformed its victim into moss because it wishes to give it a taste of eternity.
Kurosaki’s remains remain in the year 2000 while other areas are farther into the future. Taka wanted Koba to know that Iyoyoloki Soyohosu is still alive and frolicking around Housing Complex C. This is where Taka concurs that Kimi is Iyoyoloki Soyohosu. He argues the ways they’ve treated Kimi like royalty and never mettle with her mother’s affairs led him to this conclusion.
Koba tells Taka that she can charm anyone and keep them away–from discovering her god-like nature like an optical illusion. Despite his words, Taka tells Koba that Kimi’s intentions weren’t hostile as she only wanted everyone to be friends. This is why Kimi preserved Kurosaki in the year 2000 for many years. However, he feels the Koshide family is responsible for shattering her peaceful world.
Koba stands in front of Kimi’s front door, bewildered. He understands now why Yoshimi and her mother were so peculiar - she was pregnant and had been suffering from depression, while Kimi is a monstrous deity. Koba aims to keep her safe, but Mr. Koshide stabs him from behind. ..
Meanwhile, Kan reads Kimi’s letter telling him that he should read the words on this paper if something scary happens. Kimi informs Kan that his god will forgive him and apologizes for getting him involved. Kan enters Koshide’s apartment and gets stabbed by Mrs. Koshide (Keiko). Seichi learns someone warned Koba about their evil intentions.
Seichi drags Koba’s corpse to a nearby corner. When Kimi opens the door, Seichi rushes toward her. He plans to sacrifice her to his god. Yuri tackles her father and tells her to run. Meanwhile, Keiko and Kan fight each other. Kan wins the fight and starts searching to find Kimi. Kan stumbles upon Yuri and Keichi and gets tricked by them. ..
Yuri leaves her father with Kan and chases Kimi. Keiko arrives, and Seichi asks her what’s wrong with her arm. She blames Kan for her injury as Mr. Koshide tells her to return the favor. Although Keiko refuses to murder Kan because of his overwhelming strength, Seichi scolds her. He says she’ll never be able to survive in their deity’s new world. Kan uses Taka’s artifact to deliver a brief sonic wave to immobilize Keiko and Seichi.
Yuri knocks out Kimi and plans to stop Yuri from killing her. We revisit the same chase sequence from episode one between Kan, Kimi, and Yuri. Yuri blocks Kan’s path with the staircase and comforts Kimi. Kimi notices Yuri smiling and catches on that she’s just as devious as her parents.
Yuri chases Kimi to an unknown location, preaching about how much her father loves their god. Yuri is happy that she can drop her kind act because she’s been dying to murder Kimi. Yuri corners Kimi in a strange room. Kimi pours her mother’s fetus on top of Yuri’s head and crushes her. Kimi’s mother transforms into moss, puzzling Yuri. ..
Yuri questions why Kimi’s acting so calm and threatens to bring her mother and father down here to torture her. Kimi summons Yuri’s parents’ body parts and throws them on the ground, scaring Yuri. Kimi creates a swirling vortex on the ceiling that showers Yuri with her parent’s organs and blood.
Yuri is confused as to why the human race is so prone to violence. Kimi tells her that the fish people sought invincibility and the resurrection of one of Kimi’s descendants. Yuri is interested in learning more, but Kimi warns her not to ask too many questions.
Kimi hates how the Shirokado and residents of Housing Complex C are simple-minded individuals. However, she doesn’t blame them too much because they are all innocent people. Kimi’s not against Yuri’s family for slaughtering people for their lesser god. However, she doesn’t like how they allowed their deity to claim Kurosaki as its own.
Kimi tells Yuri that it was foolish for Seichi to believe that he would attain favor from Kimi’s descendants because he used a ceremonial knife. Kimi reveals that she transformed the dead bodies into piles of moss because she wanted to prevent everyone from feeling depressed. Her intent was not to make people believe her brood was returning. ..
Kimi despises the Koshide family for ruining her harmonious world. Kimi forced herself to wait before acting out her plans because she was curious about what the Koshide family was planning. However, it only led to her discovering they wanted to kill things for the thrill and nothing more. It takes Yuri a while to piece together that Kimi is a god. ..
Yuri is in shock when she realizes the truth. She bows before Kimi and apologizes for her actions. Then, Yuri throws up moss as Kimi laughs. She tells Yuri that she only cares about eternity and that she has been observing humans for millennia, judging their worthiness of eternal life. After 20,000 years, Kimi believes that most humans are unfit for eternal life because they always cause the downfall of their own societies. ..
Yuri wakes up to find that she has been erased from history. She is heartbroken and confused as to why her life was taken away from her. Kan looks at the rainbow above Housing Complex C and asks his god for a blessing, so he can survive this event. After Kimi’s rainbow engulfs Kurosaki, Kan wakes up and notices something different about Housing Complex C.
In the episode, Kimi finds a sign that reads, “Welcome to Shirosaki.” This means Kimi had tampered with the surrounding environment in some fashion. Kan gets alerted that a Tsunami is heading his way. The episode concludes with Kimi blowing bubbles atop an abandoned Housing Complex C.
The Episode Review
This final episode of Housing Complex C was a mind-numbing and thought-provoking affair. There were some interesting twists and shocking revelations inserted into this final chapter. From the Koshide family’s psychotic personalities to Kimi’s deity-like presence, this episode amplified the tension to a high extent with its finale. However, this episode didn’t nail a successful landing.
This show’s finale will present several issues for fans. For instance, the episode felt a bit rushed. Some will find that the episode crammed too much information into its finale. Including more chapters of Kimi, Taka, and the others investigating Kurosaki would’ve helped this show succeed in many ways. It would also be helpful to gradually spread out the lore of this show so that viewers can digest it more easily.
This episode also stumbled upon another issue that cropped up in the previous one – the weird personality shift for specific characters. Some viewers will find it strange for the Koshide family to be the enemies in this series. There are never any hints or nods to them being murderous individuals. Despite the unexpected twist, some may argue that the Koshide’s should’ve been involved in some suspicious activity to warrant their antagonistic status.
This was a fun conclusion to his short horror series. While the episode had multiple shortcomings, the characters played off each other well. There was a great mix of mystery, horror, and mythological elements here. The episode addressed some questions but left some unanswered, leaving some fans to wallow in curiosity. While it’s far from a masterpiece, episode four was a decent conclusion with a few noteworthy moments.
