HAHAHAHA so on point specially with Arba.
I loved to hate her, she would have lost half her power against Judar and Hakuryuu, since she did them dirty all their lives, and finally die after her confrontation with Aladdin for what she did to Solomon and Sheba (and everyone) not make her a +1 in David and Sinbad's shitty plans.
Anyway, yeah, I loved MAGI but after vol 33, for me, started to go down, Sinbad and David were good villains but at some point it just "I'm better than you, NO I AM better than you" and repeat
Sinbad was always a morally grey character, people just didn’t notice cause he’s charismatic asf. He’s the type that will do anything to get to his vision of the future, and it’s made clear throughout the story he is willing to manipulate (balbadd), mind control literal children (kougyoku and attempted to make alladin serve him only by becoming his magi), play dirty (making kougyoku a hostage, telling alibaba that he should just marry her to get political gains and act as a spy for sinbad), and ignoring murder when it’s convenient for him (from adventures of sinbad to acquire his kingdom he ignores a lot of horrific experimentation of his own hometown).
He’s also shown to be extremely interested in the Rukh, trying to monopolize Aladdin for knowledge and interveneing in Magnostadt so their technology wasn’t taken over by the kou or riem. He wasn’t doing it purely from an altruistic point. Pair that up with being special his entire life and being shown he definitely believes in his superiority, it’s not a far fetched belief he had such a God complex and would do this kind of thing if he thought it was the right thing to do.
I stumbled on the anime and decided to watch it again, then read here because the manga is already completed..
As expected, most manga, especially these long term ones end up fighting gods and demons or angels and all other higher beings in different dimension.. so it wasnt a shocker.
The ending was deff rushed tho. The 3yrs timeskip and it being a very advanced civilization.. from crystal balls communications to seashell cellphones and airships.. was creative.
The reapperance of David and Sinbad rushing to the magic palace tho.. then all the talks about the dimensions.. then the returning to the Ruhk thing.. it was so unlike Sinbad to do all that, and was too over the top and all over the place.
I think it was pushing it.. at that point, it felt like they were only looking for another villain to beat to wrap up the whole story, and Sinbad was the people's favorite, more than the actual protagonist.. so I felt Sinbad was suddenly turned into a guy who did think things through and ended up almost destroying the whole world.
This happens when side characters become overly popular than the protagonist. They either die, get nerfed, get less airtime or just disappear LMAO. Sinbad was built to be a cunning and clever character and a great leader who loves his people
that leads them to prosperity. No way he'd be suddenly planning to kill everyone and invade other dimensions HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
The Djinns too.. it was so rushed that the djinns didnt even get their final airtime. The king vessels lived with their djiins for years. The were fighting together and were with each other through life and death. You'd think the djinns and their kings would have built some sort of connection at this point, but the djinns just disappeared along with their towers. No justice for them, even after they lent all those powers for these people to survive
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Arba too. What happened girl? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA she was too evil, to fanatic, too strong, too dark, full of hate.. then suddenly she was a small girl, present on all those chaotic events, but not doing anything and was just spectating.. with dead eyes, floating around.. then everyone just kinda forgets all about her LMAO.
I felt like I was Arba after finishing all the chapters tho. Arba was like, so this is it? I felt empty. good job for finishing it up tho and good job for Alibaba and Mor getting married. I was just a bit sad and a bit disappointed it ended like that.. coz this was a childhood anime too. It is what it is tho