>>6413016It was an excuse to continue a good thing that was more popular than expected and get more money, not resolve the love triangle. They had that all wrapped up as is and just dragged it out for another while to try and keep it relevent in the post war episodes.
Honestly though, they're my favorite part of the show. I love the fact that killing the big bad didn't magically solve everything, and it gave them the oppurtunity to show humanity and the Zentradi working together to rebuild and humans starting to colonise the universe.
Plus, as I always point out: it had Kamjin ride a destroid like a cowboy after asking his ho if she wanted to go out and kill shit then come back and fuck like bunnies. It's worth it for that alone.
It was a great extended epilogue and could only have been improved by having Hikaru choose Misa from the start of the epilogue and just show their developing relationship instead of having him waffle between Misa and Minmay for most of it.