The UNFORTUNATE Ending of Made in Abyss's Sixth Layer | Made in Abyss Season 2 Finale Review 

anybody else cry when vueko got curse of the 6th layer?

Remember how the villagers consumed the babies that the girl birthed? It came full cycle when Faputa consumed them. I thought that was poetic.

8:54 Vueko stopped transforming into a hollow not because she descended but because she went somewhere where the forcefield literally wasn't present. No forcefield, no curse.

Majikaja was an absolute break-out character for me. Glad he got to, even if briefly, achieve his dream of having an actual body. He looked so happy at the end. Pouring one out for mah boi Majikaja.

...I'm surprised, Faputa instantly realised, that Riko's Soul isn't.... "normal". Maybe it's because Riko was stillborn on the 5th (or was it the 4th?) Layer, or because she was revived by the Course-Warding Cage... But DAMN IT, Vueko getting hit by the Curse of the 6th Layer AND Pakkoyan's Sacrifice to save her made my really REALLY sad... poor Girl. Aside from Irumyuui, she's the one with the worst Pasts in the second Season... But it was the Scene where Faputa gave her a "proper" Burial, where I broke down Crying... I love this Anime.

The village was stagnant, unlike Faputa. The villagers couldn't leave their village. They were dead people walking and understood that. Faputa's legacy and freedom after being born in the village no one could leave made her precious to them. And they were happy to let her carry on in their place

Vueko actually assumed that her humanity was lost just like everyone else and was surprised that she still had it after all that time

As Nanachi explained it in s1, the curse affects you as you ascend. Stop ascending, it won't affect you further. Vueko was thrown by Pakkoyan down into the village, where the force field could not reach. But the damage was already done, and while she didn't change any further, it still ultimately killed her. It's not explored, but I reckon Pakkoyan and Vueko were lovers previously. There's one single panel in the manga showing them, um, cuddling to say. I think it might have been discussed further elsewhere, but I haven't seen any of that. Another thing to remember with Wazukyan: Again, it's not paid too much attention, but everything came as a result of him. When Riko is attacked by the villagers and saved by Maa, Wazukyan asks if it was tough for her or something like that, implying he knew and maybe had something to do with it. It's also noted later that he planned to have Riko use a cradle of desire, the very thing that caused Irumyuui to changed this way, in order to allow the villagers to continue to roam the Abyss once more and no longer be trapped. Wazukyan was the secret villain, the whole way along.

Vueko and Irumyuui were far and away my favorite Season 2 characters and I remember on the first video I said I wanted to see Vueko and Irumyuui have happy endings. Honestly, despite the bittersweetness of it I'm satisfied with what they got. Vueko getting hit by the curse seemed like a lame way to end it on the surface, but dig a bit deeper and it's fitting. By that point Vueko was questioning whether or not she was even still human and getting hit by the curse proved to her that despite everything she was still human, which I got the impression brought her at least some comfort in her final moments. But the thing that really got me in the feels was her last conversation with Faputa and that Faputa had no memories of Vueko because Irumyuui treasured her memories of Vueko so much that she wanted to keep them for herself. Vueko didn't die in misery; she died knowing just how much she truly meant to Irumyuui. She had been beating herself up thinking that she had let Irumyuui down by eating her kids (even under protest), not stopping the others from eating her kids and getting locked away, effectively abandoning her (even if she was inside Irumyuui's 'head'); so for her to learn that Irumyuui held none of that against her and still loved her more than anything brought her peace in her final moment and showed her that she actually had been there for Irumyuui all along and that through each other they both had in fact found what they had been looking for since Vueko escaped her fat bastard abuser and Irumyuui left the abusive natives all those years ago. That coupled with the shot of Vueko and Irumyuui's gravestones side-by-side, together forever counts as a happy ending in my book and was basically the 'Mitty Dies' of Season 2 for me in terms of emotional impact even though there was an actual Mitty Dies scene a few episodes earlier. I mean sure, they could have both not died, somehow reverted back to their pre-Mockwater human forms and lived happily ever after growing old together, but this is Made in Abyss we're watching here, that's not how it works. Peace and happiness in death along with burials symbolic of the two being together forever are as close as you're going to get. Pakkoyan's death also hit pretty hard, but the anime screwed it up pretty damn hard by not doing anything to show that they were an item prior to that scene, so when you see Pakkoyan crying for Vueko you might get the vague inkling that she loves her, but by that time the scene is already happening and some of the impact is lost. Luckily I knew they were a thing already due to people talking about a certain missing sex scene panel, but if you're an anime-only who doesn't know that then you're going to miss out on some of the impact the scene is supposed to have. Much though I love Season 2 I do feel it was an objective narrative flaw for there not to be anything showing their relationship in episode 7 or 8, even if it wasn't that specific panel. Pakkoyan threw Vueko out of range of the curse, which caused it to stop taking effect, leaving Vueko with some of her humanity still intact for her final scene.

I think that Wazukyan may have made the bridge to kill everyone inside the village because what he saw up ahead for Riko and her friends is much worse than death... a scary thing to think about.

I’m calling it. Lyza somehow transferred her soul/spirit into Riko. That’s why she constantly wants to go back to the abyss since Lyza’s physical form can’t leave until Riko returns. It’s the reason the whole 7th layer being the darkest part is because everything Riko believes about her mom is going to be a lie and find out she’s super evil now. And the reason Reg had his name in the first place is because Lyza named him Reg, and when Riko named Reg it’s actually Lyza remembering what she named him. The whole reason Reg went to the surface in the first place, to return Riko to Lyza so Reg can have Lyza back. But he forgot. I swear I think something is gonna happen along those lines. Not Riko being a reincarnation, but kinda like a vessel like how Bondrewd uses his umbra hands.

I think the game and season 1 actually explain how the curse works. You can weaken the effeckt of the curse by decending or stop moving! We know the curse is a living beeing that actual does this as a selfdefense mechanismen against creatures that threat to penetrate it's organismen from below. Therefore it stops poisoning you if you stop "attacking" it or fall back! Thats also the reason their are some places were you can accent without worries. As the curse just didn't grow/life everywhere.

Great review! Wazukyan made the bridge because that was what was in his prophecy to do. All his decisions he made was due to his prophecy and he thought it would lead him to his dreams and desires or exploring the Abyss as a true adventurer but the prophecies weren't for his goals they were for the creation of Faputa. We dont know what gave him these visions but whatever it was it was to create Faputa who has a greater purpose in the story than she does now

My favorite character of Made in Abyss S2 is Maaa. This dude became the protector of Riko from a stuffed animal obsessed creepy dude. I wanted him to join Riko's crew.

If the episode was around 45 minutes long not counting the OP/ED, I think I cried for like 30 of them lmao. I'll just say I'm gonna miss Majikaja for the rest of my life. Did I accidentally find my HAKU, I wonder... HADImae...

I can't stop crying, Vuekoooooo. This arc is really about Vueko and how she got a family (Irumyuui and Fafuta), and she learned to value herself. It really made me cry once you delve deeper into each episode.

12:34 but in this moment she actually does know Vueko because now she has Belaf memories, but she don't know what to do because this is information she never knew for all those years this her mom left hidden from her, this is a shock for her because she thinked she had all her mother's knowledge.

Pakkoyan sacrificing herself for vueko... Such a powerful scene

I don't think the fall killed Wazukyan i think his abilities had a limit, when he was projecting the village from the rain of iron he says that he almost has no more of those branches, and when they found him he said he was empty. I think he used all his value and his body in those weird branches and then he died. Edit: actually all the villagers died by using all of his value, Belaf used his value to give Nanachi and Faputa the memories and other things, the other villagers give his value to Faputa by feeding her their bodies, even Magikajiya gave all his value to use Faputa's body and btw his was his most precious desire, to have a body and not only a recipient, and as Vueko once said: when you found your most valuable treasure then you lose your own value and your adventure stops. (But I don't think this is necessarily true for all characters, but I think it was true for all the villagers)

irumyuui was so far my fav character in the whole series, her story was most painful like how she was most loved person in her old home, just to be hated, when again when she found her happiness it was taken by people she truly loved and replaced with infinitely long period of misery and pain

thanks for the recap this was a confusing episode tbh, a confusing season to me, but i enjoy the anime quite a bit, despite the oddness, i think it's the oddness of it that i find most intriguing. what is at the bottom of this abyss!? ugh!

after watching one of your made in abyss videos, I went to go watch everything from season1 and the movie up till season 2, pretty good anime. I really like Reg in the anime.

Faputa has to be my favorite character of MIA s2 because of how complex the character was. She was born with revenge in mind yet also was innocent and playful with Reg. She is very temperamental, only dealing with the extremes of her emotions. But the character became much more complex when Belaf gave her all of his memories. She starts to regret what she did but at the same time not because she still has a purpose. On top of all this, she has to deal with her friend who gave her a promise and a gift but doesn't remember her. In my eyes, Fabuta is an emotionally immature little girl who gets thrown all these different emotions simultaneously and doesn't know what to do with them. I enjoyed seeing how she wrestled with her goals and the new memories she got. Finally, I really enjoyed how Faputa pushed aside any feelings and focused on ask Veuko about her Mom. At the end of the day, Faputa is a girl who never got to meet her mom.

Man I had all this trauma tucked away and this just dragged all of it out again. I forgot how brutal this anime is overall but you got to admit it was a wild ride 🥲 I loved this anime when it first came out !

9:00 - as far as I can tell those that were made in the village can't exists outside of it. The copy of Mitty was an earlier example of this.

about the girl that saved vueko and died. if the villagers leave the village and touch the curse they die thats why she died it was even explained in the anime. altho a little hidden i manage to grasp it.

Great review. Faputa MVP of this season the best and cutest Digimon ever 😂. RIP Ma too 😭. One of the top anime of this year

I think others are corrupted by the Abyss and she’s immune to the corruption because her soul is of the Abyss. There’s a reason that the floor of the Abyss pursued her while everyone else is pursuing the floor. I think that’s because she embodies the soul of the Abyss.

As long as Faputa stays with the main party, that's all that matters to me.

Did anyone notice the guardian has Vueko step dad name and that had a pole that glowed red hot. 😱

I am surprised more of those villagers weren’t killed off, poisoned, and eaten by monsters before getting sick by that water. That giant spiny thing that almost killed Riko should have gotten one at least.

I like to think that the villagers are willing to listen to Faputa because on some level they feel guilty for what they had done and that they deserve retribution. That or release in death...

he did not made the bridge, the bridge already existed it just got reforced bacause wazukyan usedhis body to PROTECT the city from the iron rain the and that was also what killed him not falling down but using his body to cover the whole city.

my favorite character ez Faputa i know its a basic answer but she's way to cute and cool i also love how she used to be with Reg

I cried watching this video when Faputa felt sad about Vueko man :(

Really enjoy these made in abyss vids man, and i don’t want it to end 😭😭😭 any interest in playing the game?

Fullmetal alchemist episode with the chimera, father merged his daughter with the dog, turned into a series with dantes inferno levels of hell as motif.... jeez...bet they end up abruptly with more questions than answers left behind...like the promised neverland...

Faputa is my favorite character

Faputa and ren are my favorite duo

It's not that the villagers don't mind dying, it's that they're part of a whole and Faputa is "collecting" their value. They become a part of her. e: my fav is Faputa, she's just wonderful. I mean, I wish Vueko had some happy resolution but I just love Faputa, especially after we got to see more of her in the last episodes.

I really thought that vueko having a human body despite supposedly being a hollow is just some fan service from the series lol. Also, i feel like cooking some iru kids.

you should make a recap of this season

4:28 what's going on with Maa-san proportions xd

If she join, the team is going to be Op af

Oh to answer your question: although Reg is still the my favorite character in the show and I loved finally learning [a little] more about his backstory, my favorite of this season is Faputa. I just love that a creature seemingly born with the sole purpose of revenge and destined to a life of hate and misery could find greater meaning in even their lives. This ties back to Reg as it is mainly him that makes her see that. In such a dark story it seems to be a cool ray of hope in the midst of all that dispair. While she doesn't skirt her fate the resolution isn't nihilistic but surprisingly hopeful, and I hope she does in fact truly join their party.

There some clues about Riko's soul in that episode that's what I want know about and hearing the other girl's voice from the white whistle was like hearing her voice once again I do feel bad for Vueroeruko because of the curse got to her and turning her or deforming her into a hollow.

I don't really see the ending as unfortunate. The village lived past its natural end by taking from Irumyuui. They survived over a hundred years in their unnatural bodies and the end of their little bubble was inevitable, even deserved.

I cry so loudly every time I rewatch Made In Abyss that my roommate shouts at me for watching it😭

I still can't get over how the mfs always wanted to touch vomit or diarrhea

I can’t get over how overly the top this series was with how dark and gory it got. I always liked Mitty I felt so bad for her to not only for her having to go through that horrific transformation but to then have some part of her humanity alive trapped inside her monster form.

A lovely bittersweet ending of season 2.

i really enjoyed the narahate characters and i wish there was more info on why they look so different from nanachi and bondrewd's blobs. i love moogie, kaja, the innkeeper, and pakkoyan, they're all so cute, but them and the other villagers don't really look humanoid, do they? and pakkoyan had a ~LEWD HISTORY~ with vueko when they were part of ganja, i want to know what was up with that

A few of your thoughts on the season are incorrect, but still a good review.

Honestly I think Wazukyan is my favorite character in season 2.

What causes this curse? Why do people either melt or turn into monsters?!?

i would have loved to see belaf in a fight either against the creatures from the abyss or faputa even tho it would not make much sense to fight her from a narrative perspectivve

This is not the end of the 6th layer. They still have to go hang out with the cursed fleet

Rikos Mother went to the bottom to get Riko soul which is why riko has to met her at the bottom . 😅

I don't think she just "passby" there, she wanna suicide ... again since the guy also hold her to not let her going suicide again with her despair, that's why that dude(forgot the name) cage her in with the roots IMO

I wonder where are all those viilagers came from before residing in the village.

I wonder why Lyza sent Reg to get Riko

Yeeeea if you haven't figured out by now that every arc is probably going to have traumatic ending..... you haven't been paying attention. 😕

How did Bondwred get a whole of Mitty? Did she come to him after she was torched by Reg? Did he have extras after Reg destroyed his basement?

I'm already getting sad again while watching this.

Im pretty sure Riko's mom used her as a fetus to get her whistle, and then resurrected the babe...which is why her soul is odd to others.

Reg develop backstory-lore hype

great anime tho

HERESY /// ACT 2 CRECENDO AESTHETIC OF HATE

Faputa is my haku

Honestly, I don't understand why Vueko should die. I mean, why not just let her get into crew? It feels just wrong like the author decided to kill her just because all her previous crewmates died. Such a shame, now there will be this yet another loli moth-like creature that will work essentially as a tool for more pedo scenes. For fuck sakes, why it should be like this?...

Imagine Pixar makes adult animation. This would be epic. I feel this is a perfect story for Pixar with all the sadness and brutality.

is irruyumi dead? never understood what happened to her after she moved.

This was a recap, not a review.

This could be called a recap video. And just a bit explanatory.

I refuse to watch the show but I enjoy your reviews :)

Vueko ?

I wanted to watch this, but the weirdo factor (Mostly Reiko being nude and Dick jokes about Reg) makes it impossible to enjoy normally. I appreciate your commentary.

Pretty sure, Maa is a dude😂 nice recap.

I’m also like is she 100% truly Irumyuuis will that is probably what he is going for but I just can’t truly buy it. Sure Vueko and Faputa are certain of it but they are both so unreliable. Broken characters and broken mechanics sort of bug me in that way.

This anime just seems like a constant ripping of the watchers feels. I've never watched this anime an I don't think I want to. Its like they introduce a character and make you get attached to them only to force you to watch them die in the most painful and excruciating fashion possible and I'm not down for that. If anyone feels like they can persuade me otherwise, feel free.

This season was a let down. I was very excited for the weird, corrupt village rules showing a child like innocence coupled with adult depravity. I wanted more despair and I only got a slight taste of it in the middle and then everything turned into standard fare by the end and I was forcing myself to finish the last 3 episodes.

omg such a bad analisis and recount of the events jesus christ

My boy is one punch man for real one hand fights everybody

There is no good or bad experience its just experience

People who have not read the manga and try and make analyses on what is happening annoy the shit out of me.

This is why I read the manga years ago for this arc, I knew the anime will simply censure shit and sure enough, they made it woke friendly. People die and melt, that's ok, violence is ok. But show 2 girls under a blanket with a boob pressed by a finger and aww hellll naw. Y'all screwed in the head