I was at hanging at the bookstore waiting for some laundry to finish up at the nearby laundromat, and I got a chance to read the first 6 volumes of Chrno Crusade. WTF, the manga is like 100x better than the anime! I thought the anime was good but flawed, but everything makes soooooo much more sense in the manga. In fact, I would recommend not reading the manga first, or else you’ll realize that the anime is merely a totally crippled version that was rushed at the end, and botched in the beginning. Everything from the art to the story to the dialogue is much improved in the manga. It’s crazy!
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I’ve read the manga to the end, and I agree that the plot makes more sense….
Even when I watched the anime (before I read the manga), I had the feeling that the animators simply did something random for the ending since the manga was not finished, and they didn’t know what to do.
ive got up to like episode 10 or so, where the main evil guy came out in the cemetary/park (not sure) and was all badass. I spotted watchin it cuz the vid quality was bad, not sure if i should continue watching.
heheeh! I see another fan has discovered the awesomeness of the manga!!
It’s just that GONZO did a crappy adaption. ( still don’t know why they did that though)
Yes, the anime totally botched it up and after (like u) read the first 6 volumes i can see why the manga fans were soo upset.
It’s not crazy!
I heard that there is a epilouge at the end of the manga somewhere… But is seem to go against the author’s intention, and people ignore it…
No, the epilogue takes place 7 years after the final battle, written and drawn by daisuke moriyama to ‘finish the story.’ It wasnt sterilized and only appeared in volume 8 (the last volume of the manga) as the proper end. After he finished sterilizing the manga he said he planned to extend the ending so it was better and summed things up more, this extension took the form of an epilogue basically an extended ending of such. But don’t treat as a seperate bit in the series, it is THE END not a new beggining. The creator drew it himself with every intention of it being in that Volume ( it is his series after all). In the end, it’s just another chapter of the CC manga, the last chapter to finish the series completely and it flows very, very well into the rest of the entire volume because of this.
Heh, looks like i over did it ^^;;
Hope that helped!
I don’t unerstand why everyone hates the anime…I think that it’s a really good series. I do think the manga is better, but…The anime is actually very well done.The anime shouldn’t be looked down upon. at least it follows the main story ni the manga, unlike some anime I’ve watched, such as DNAngel….which sucked >
Thought they’ll live happily ever after…
I prefer the part where rosette dives into chrno’s mind. I also like it when chrno froze rosette and kisses her
*sniff* yeah that was beautiful. But I reckon the Daisuke Moriyama was a real
teaser by having the frozen kiss as an reflection (upside down).
I wonder how many people who get the manga will turn it around
I am guilty of turning the page upside down to see the reflection upright!
i think that the manga was wayyyyyyy better than the anime and that the anime should be made again
I watched the series and read the manga at pretty much the same time. I do think the Manga is better, but I don’t think the anime was horrible. I think the anime is more like a alternitive story. I like both of them.
True. Even though GONZO DID do a crappy adaption I still enjoyed the anime. Although I never truly appreciated it until I saw the “Azmarias Extra Classes” on the DVD, which ,to me, proved that GONZO actually did some decent research when it came to its making. However, I wonder if they played with the religious idea for awhile…….I think this because:
Eps 1- 5: Pretty close to manga ( following manga style )
7- 13-14: Only the flashback eps were close to the manga and a li’l of satella’s arrival, also the anime goes all over the place between these episodes without any real steady motion and even though ‘Mary Magdalene’ and other references is mentioned, it too isnt fluid in force ( playing around with religious ideas and whatnot)
15- 24 ( the end) : Eps linked well together. Things actually making sense. Solid story. Very well done ( decided on solid religious idea and keeping to it…with confidence)
I believe if the first half of the anime had the solidness, consitency and confidence the second half did we all would’ve ( although alternate storyline)seen an anime masterpiece. But that being said, it probably would’ve worked better if they adapted the actual manga first THEN decided to make a spin-off of sorts using the same characters.
15- 24 (last ep):
I happen to see the anime, love at first expect for the end, think the studio owns us the public a better ending then one in the anime. Kabitzin, you are right this anime was done in hurry and really did not do a good job one ending. The should have follow the manga to a T and did two different versions of the anime or least the endings. Some people love the anime because it teaches a messages, but again feel the ending could have been much better.
Erm.. I didn’t really understand the ending.. Can someone explain to me?
please someone that tell me the end of the manga of chrono crusade
the ending of manga or the anime
Well, you can read really well-written summaries of most of the Chrno Crusade anime series here. Just go through the archives to read about episodes 10-26.
you can find the first six volumes of chrono crusade in english here
did you seen to aion become in babysister of yoshua in the volume 4?
I am soon to be reading the manga.
omg. i didn’t know that the anime was entirely different from the manga?!?! i don’t remember much from the anime, but i really enjoyed watching it. it’s one of the best animes ever! now i need to read the manga. i hate reading tho -_-
Can anyone OLEASE EXPLAIN what happened in chapter 56?
I have the epilogue,
but I am REALLY frustrated- what WAS pandemonium? Was Fiore alive or was her sould dead when Satella met her?
what was that “visitor” that spoke about Pandaemonium in hmm, I think chapter 54 or 55 ?
and many-many more
‘SPOILER WARNING’
dont read this unless you have finished the manga!!
hmmm… Nats, you theories on the manga are very interesting. I’m a die-hard fan, but I have to admit that some of it was a little fuzzy. I completely agree with your pandemonium theory. I believe that they crashed here and began to colonize on earth. It’s funny how the humans believe that they’re like from Hell or something. Yea, Chrono and Aion really are brother’s in a sense and they were both born straight from a human mother. Notice how more humanistic their features look compared to all the other demons. Not to mention how much Chrono resembles the “mother” featured in the manga. I think that’s why Chrono has more of the ability to love when the other demons don’t. I think there may still be some of his mother’s mortal blood coursing through him, but for the most part he’s a demon.
As for what Aion said to Fiore when he said that he was a distant relative to her mother, I think he might have just said that to cover the matter of why he was there. He needed someone to care for Joshua. And who had a more motherly instinct than Fiore? We saw how she took care of Satella. She was perfect. Aion doesn’t have time to sit there and take care of Joshua. He needed someone else to raise him. But that’s just my opinion.
Your comment about Satella’s father was very interesting! I had never noticed that before. I think you may be right. I’ll have to look into that.
Don’t worry about never watching the anime. Your not missing out on anything. It was horrble. The only good thing about it was that Chrono had a cool voice. lol. But Aion was a player, the elder is hardly in it, father remmington is a total jerk and Chrono gets no credit in the end. The whole ending to the plot was wrong. *sigh* I wish I never would have watched it. It was so disappointing because the manga was AMAZING! I love he whole story about Chrono and Mary. It was so beautiful and the art is breathtaking.
Whoa thanks Nats and Princess Yue for posting that, because all of my questions are answered
Btw, if Chrno is born from a human mother, who is his father? I mean if demons don’t have a heart, how could a demon have a heart to love a human? Chrno got his heart from his human mother right? Or did Chrno and Aion became demons because their mother were already part of the Pandemonium core so they both automatically became demons? I seriously don’t get that part. Though it’ll be nice if they’re human (eyecandy :p). Anyway, where can I get the epilogue scanlation? Just give me the link and I’ll be on my way 
Man, the Chrono Crusade anime sucked… it was totally depressed and perverted. I’m just glad there are other people out there who realize just what a botched job it was in comparison to the manga! It has SO many flaws in the art, and no humor except episode 1. It was so freaking botched.
I haven’t read the end of the manga yet, but I had to find spoilers, just to cleanse my mind and reassure myself that the anime ending was a completely botched, horrible job, and that the manga ending wasn’t THAT depressing and drawn-out.
When they kissed… I thought “WHAT are they doing”, and then I realized that they were kissing…
ChronoXRosette forever!
I personally prefer the manga to the anime. Though I don’t think the anime is bad.
I have 2 questions about the manga which were unclear to me. If you’d be so kind as to answer it would be greatly appreciated:
1) How come Aion cuts off another head of pandemonium, since he had already cut it off before in Chrono’s memory? Are there more than one head?
2) How come they stop pandemonium from collapsing? I know the apostles use their astral powers to stop it somehow, but isn’t that just as a temporary solution. How come it doesn’t collapse any further? Do they send it to space or something simmilair?
Thank you!
I think the Chrono Crusade manga has a very deep and complex story. I like those because it’s not all black and white. There are some others, which are on the same level depending on plot and storyline:
- Death Note (manga)
- Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch (Anime)
- Elfen Lied (Manga & Anime)
- RahXephon (Anime)
- Angel Sanctuary (Manga)
I get the epilogue for the most part, but there was one part that’s confusing me.
Were they able to “live happily ever after”? Or did Rosette die right after they were united again???
I really hope is the second one…
ANYWAYS!!!
This is gotta be the saddest manga I’ve ever read
I cryed like 3 times
Both the plot and the artwork was AMAZING
I’ve never watched the anime before and I don’t think I want to after all you guys said…
hmm……….
i just read after chapter 15
but i can say this is a good manga
i want chrno crusade have seasson 2
Seriously, I’m just still confused about the ending too; when Rossette and Chrno reunite did they both die immediately or what. And what’s with Satella suddenly appearing like in the future or something? :hmm:
I understand that Satella and Fiore were crystallized during the last battle back in the ’20s, and they both mysteriously awakened in the late 1990s.
I’d also like to know the same about Chrono and Rosette at the end of the manga. Maybe I’m forgetting something important from the manga, but would Chrono have also died when Rosette died? He wasn’t mentioned again in the epilogue except for when Satella spoke with that man (who I assumed was Azmaria’s grandson).
He said that Chrono was reported to have been killed, which was referring back to his staged fight with Father Remington at Aion’s beach house. That would have served as a cover up for whatever happened to him after that. I mean, did he live? Did he die?
If he died, I’m sure it would have been like the end of the anime — because he didn’t want to live in a world without Rosette, you know? I’m not sure that Chrono would have just died due to Rosette’s life ending, mostly because he got his horns back before his final battle with Aion.
He doesn’t need Rosette to keep him alive anymore, right?
By the way, the comment at the top is a spoiler for those who haven’t read the manga all the way to the end.
Awesome Nats, that was what I was going for too.
Princess Yue, Fiore was taken by Aion 6 years before he found Joshua. Also I think whatever assosiation her father had with the demons (I’m leaning more toward being a “sinner” himself) led Aion to meet with him after which a fight broke out which resulted in the death of the mother, father and sister, but he brought the sister along with the idea that her powers may later be useful. The line about being a distant relative was most likely just a cover up, but could relate to his human mother.
Aleegeri, pretty sure that the first head was a terminal (the term was used in the manga) and in the manga it is also obvious that it is mechanical as at one point in the flash back it opens up.
Also as far as what happened to the ship pandemonium, it is part of a list of what I see as unaswered questions in the manga:
1.) Obviously Chrno won the fight, but what did he do after? Did he drive the ship out of the atmosphere or something along those lines in order to prevent global destruction?
2.) What took Chrno apporx. 7 years to get back?
3.) If Chrno and Aion where born of a human mother (the manga states that she was pregnate before she arrived in Pandemonium) how did they become demons? Was that simply the result of the “tuning”?
Finally: Why the hell did they use people as an engine? What the hell planet did they come from? They were “Nobels” so they say… but did they become immortal thru the “tuning”? Where they just an undieing species, or was it just the “Nobels”?
And last but not least: Why the hell didn’t they bring a spare “engine”? O.o
So what, Chrno and Aion are aliens? Man, where the heck was I to not realize THAT. But anyway, I do agree with Joe on the point that it is a mystery why it took Chrno so long to get back and I still don’t know if he died when reunited with Rossette or what? Damn, this is confusing!
I’d really, really like to know the answers to all three of your questions, Joe. I’m most curious about your second question though — what was Chrono doing for seven years before he finally returned to Rosette?
And again, like I said to Shanik before, would Chrono have also died when Rosette died? He got his horns back before his final battle with Aion. He doesn’t need Rosette to keep him alive anymore, right? If he died, it would have been because he didn’t want to live without Rosette.
Ok i only watched the anime, and i was soo sad when they…well you know…
But ive been hearing the manga end is wayyyyyy different, but i really dont feel like reading alll of the books, so could someone pleasse explains what happend? Maybe its alot less sadder than the anime.
I just finished reading the manga yesterday. I really enjoyed it! The anime’s ending left me quite confused, and a bit dry. I felt like what the crap just happened, did evil win? The manga though, I felt sad at the end, but I was happy to see everything conclude. Happy endings are the best, especially when you get so attached to the characters. I even got some advice again on life. Who said manga can’t teach you something.
I wish I’d come to this blog six years ago, so that I might have been a part of this conversation! I absolutely love the Chrono Crusade series! Volume 6 of the manga is the best volume I’ve ever read. Of any manga.
It’s been so long since I first watched and read Chrono Crusade. I recall watching the anime before I read the manga, so I like them both. However, I favor the manga over the anime and can see why most people do. It far transcends the anime, but both left a little something to be desired.
I had a lot of questions about the manga’s ending, and some of them were answered already.
MilliSH asked about Fiore, and I’d also like to know what’s going on there. I’m still a bit confused about what happened between her and Satella. I understand that Satella and Fiore were crystallized during the last battle back in the ’20s, and they both mysteriously awakened in the late 1990s. Satella is shown speaking with who I assumed was Azmaria’s grandson. He tells her that Fiore has disappeared, and they’re searching for her. And we see her later watching Satella from a distance as she visits Rosette’s grave.
Who’s the mysterious bicycle girl she’s seen with (who reminds me of Shader. I doubt there’s a connection there, though)? And why is she parting ways with Satella?
I’d also like to know/hear some theories about what happened to Chrono and Rosette at the end of the manga. Did they die instantly? Did they both die? Rosette’s gravestone is shown saying that she died in 1932, which is the date that appears at the beginning of the scene before she reunites with Chrono. She could have gone on living for a few more months before death finally took her, but Dr. Beth said if she had one more attack, she would die. And Rosette has an attack in the church before Chrono appears. It leads one to believe that she would have died in his arms. Maybe after a kiss or two
I could be forgetting something important from the manga. Was it said that Chrono and Rosette would absolutely die together? The epilogue jumps around a little so that we see the conclusion of Rosette’s story and the conclusion of Satella’s, and Satella’s story takes place in 1999. Chrono’s status was never mentioned in the epilogue except for when Satella spoke with that man (who I assumed was Azmaria’s grandson). He said that Chrono was reported to have been executed, which was referring back to his staged fight with Father Remington at Aion’s beach house. I think that would have served as a cover up for whatever happened to him after that. I mean, did he really die, or did he live after all?
If he died, I’m sure it would have been on purpose — because he didn’t want Rosette to die alone. But in any other case, I’m not sure that Chrono would have just died due to Rosette’s life ending and their contract expiring, because he got his horns back before his final battle with Aion.
He doesn’t need Rosette to keep him alive anymore, right? Not to mention, the pocket watch at that point would have been broken for 7 years.