Alright, alright, let’s talk about this Candy Candy anime ending thing. You know, that cartoon, the one with all the crying and whatnot. I watched it, yeah, back in the day. Didn’t understand half of it, but the young’uns, they loved it.
So, this ending, it’s a whole heap of trouble, they tell me. Confusing as a dog chasing its tail. First off, there’s this Candy girl, right? Poor thing, grew up in an orphanage. No momma, no daddy, just a bunch of other kids. Then her best friend, Annie, gets adopted. Poof! Gone. Just like that. Can you imagine? Breaks your heart, it does.
- Candy, all alone.
- Annie, off to a new life.
- A whole lot of sadness, I tell ya.
Now, this Candy, she meets all sorts of folks. Boys, mostly. One’s a bad boy, Terry, they call him. Always causing trouble, that one. Then there’s this other fella, Albert. Quiet type, always lurking in the shadows. And wouldn’t you know it, turns out he’s some kinda prince or somethin’. A prince on a hill, they say. Sounds like a load of hogwash to me, but whatever.
The story, it goes on and on. Candy’s growing up, falling in love, getting her heart broken. Typical girl stuff, you know? She goes to school, becomes a nurse, travels all over the place. England, America, Italy… Lord, I can’t even keep track. It’s more travelin’ than I’ve done in my whole life, and that’s saying somethin’!
But the ending, that’s where it gets tricky. They say in the book, the real story, Candy ends up with Albert. Yeah, the quiet prince fella. They live happily ever after, or so they say. But then there’s this cartoon ending, see? And it’s different. Totally different!
In the cartoon, Candy and Terry, the bad boy, they meet up again. At a train station, of all places. And they decide to stay together. Can you believe it? After all that drama, all that heartache, they just get back together like nothin’ happened. Makes no sense to me, but then again, those cartoons never did.
Now, I hear there was some trouble with this cartoon. “Psychological violence,” they called it. Big words, I tell ya. Big words for a bunch of drawings. But apparently, it was bad enough that they cancelled the whole thing. Stopped it right in its tracks. Didn’t even finish the story properly. A darn shame, if you ask me.
So, which ending is the real ending? Well, that depends on who you ask. Some folks say the book is the truth. Others swear by the cartoon. Me? I don’t rightly know. I just know it’s a whole lotta fuss over a cartoon. But hey, people like what they like, right?
Anyways, the important thing is, Candy, she finds happiness in the end. Whether it’s with the prince or the bad boy, she ends up okay. And that’s all that matters, I reckon. We all want a happy ending, don’t we? Even if it takes a whole lotta cryin’ and carryin’ on to get there. And that’s what this Candy Candy anime ending is all about, as far as I can tell.
There’s even some talk about a final story, somethin’ written down later on. And let me tell you, folks are still readin’ it, still talkin’ about it. They translate it into all sorts of languages, even Spanish, I heard! Imagine that! My neighbor’s boy, he’s good with computers, he showed me some of it online. All this talk about “final parts” and “clarifications”… makes my head spin, it does. But folks, they love a good story, even if it’s a complicated one.
They say Candy, she ends up by a river in England, with the fella she loves. And there’s a war brewin’, a big one. Makes you think, doesn’t it? Even after all that drama with the boys, there’s still more trouble comin’. Life ain’t easy, that’s for sure. Not for Candy, not for nobody. But she keeps on goin’, that Candy girl. She’s tough, I’ll give her that.
So, there you have it. My take on this Candy Candy ending. It’s a mess, it’s confusing, but it’s also kinda sweet, in a strange sort of way. Like a bittersweet candy, I guess. Fitting, ain’t it?
