The door swings both ways. We could reverse the polarity…
So, we pick up with the show having its world-line mashup climax. As Kuon makes off with Kobayashi’s sister, the goddess contacts and blesses them, guiding them to where Kuon so that she can swoop in and extract her trouble-making other half. The fantasy characters, particularly Lise, pray for the figures that have been guiding them given this hour of need.
Kuon, of course, does not make things easy, and when Endo and Kobayashi get close, uses most of what power is left to him to establish a barrier, hedging the goddess out. He goes after Kobayashi’s mind similar to how the Witch of Yore worked on Lise, trying to drag her down as “the same as him” given that she evidently envies her big sister.
This is an… interesting character moment in that it shows how tenuous setup can be and still work. We were never told there was any real bad blood between Kobayashi and her sister, and her self-worth issues are new in terms of text… but it was clear that Sis was pretty successful, and Kobayashi did try to shoo her away, particularly from Endo, more than once. That she interpreted that as and took as fact that the guy she likes would surely fall for her better big sister instead lines up with what we saw.
Before she’s completely overwhelmed, though, a voice reaches Kobayashi: Lise, her prayers having gotten through enough that she can astrally project into a doll of herself that Kobayashi made. She gives Kobayashi a pep talk (in her typical manner), Kuon a tongue lashing, and Endo a kick in the rear to actually tell Kobayashi how he feels about her. The high school students have their love confession to which Kuon reminds everyone that he’s still here and, ya know, a dark god. He rants a bit, and then gathers his power to try to smite the couple.
This was a bad move on his part though as, in his rage, he stopped maintaining the barrier keeping his other self out, so the goddess is able to shield the pair and extract Kuon, sealing him away inside her and then saying her goodbyes to, with Lise’s mind, make an exit.
Later, Endo and Kobayashi boot up Magikoi and say their goodbyes to the cast as a whole, as the magic save file fades and finally fizzles out.
Some time later, though, it’s time for Lise and Seig’s wedding in the fantasy world. It’s a happy day already, when the goddess pops in and, more than that, brings a couple of extra wedding guests: Endo and Kobayashi, who get to visit, actually meet their distant friends in person, and have what seems like a good time at the event. Thus we reach our “Happy Ending to end all Happy Endings.”
So, this show… it was good. Surprisingly good, but the bar for that was moderately low. The premise is reasonably creative and well-used, the ending is about what you’d want to actually cap the whole story off, and while there is a ton of fluff filling up the episodes, more of it is well-used than you might think. The characters aren’t the most special, but they are distinct and dimensional and reasonably charming, particularly Lise (as befits her status as true main character). I don’t think it’s a masterpiece but… I have trouble asking for more out of it, or pointing out anywhere that the show really went wrong. It did its thing exactly as it meant tom indulging in what it finds enjoyable about Lise (which usually is) as much as Kobayashi would. And that’s okay.
At the end of it all, the show earns a B. It’s worth watching. I laughed a few times and enjoyed myself otherwise.