Gargantua, Hazuki and Lilith all argue over Jill/Hatsumi/Eve who stops their bickering. She consents to Tamamo no Mae returning the Hat to her head and disappears back to the Great Library as a result. It seems that in most of the worlds where she has been, her disappearance has not left any major problem - except for the three who have been pursuing her across worlds. She then tries to set things right.
Gargantua finally realizes that it is Ritsuko that he loves rather than Jill. He rescues her from her cell and reshapes his world into a bright and cheerful one where he and Ritsuko, who seem to have been made immortal by the Door of Eve, can live together happily ever after. Nb: Now that I’ve seen FMA, I was half expecting the resurrected bird to burst into a spray of blood after flying far away enough. :P
It’s not so easy to assauge Hazuki as Eve is unable to return to being Hatsumi. She acquiesces to Hazuki’s desire to die together if they cannot live together but, after an End of Evangelion Komm Susser Todd moment, Hazuki is unable to go through with it. Hatsumi says that they should both live on in the hope of seeing each other again and prophecizes that she will be reborn as Hatsumi’s child. I found this bit to be highly dubious on two counts - firstly, what if Hazuki lusts after the reincarnated Hatsumi again? And wouldn’t it be setting Hazuki up for more heartbreak after the next 16 years? Btw, I wonder if Alastor from Shakugan no Shana also has a cute chibi form like Kogechibi?
Lastly, Eve retrieves a now seemingly powerless Lilith from the Universe Garden while Aaya is caught by Tamamo no Mae to become her drinking (and it seems other activities hur hur) companion.
And thus the ending that launched a thousand angry rants.
Well, one more episode to go!
Doh! For some reason I was thinking this was a 12 episode series. Well, save that comment for then.