Changes: Episode 22

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Plot

Mana, now completely resurrected, greets Shu, but he shuns her after she speaks ill of Inori, much to her anger. Gai draws out Mana's Void to fight Shu while she triggers the Fourth Apocalypse, spreading the Apocalypse Virus throughout the entire world. Haruka confronts Keido, who commits suicide by injecting the virus into himself while admitting defeat. Meanwhile, Funeral Parlor continue their fight with the group of Endlaves led by Daryl, who believes he changed because of them and wants to go back to his old self. Tsugumi finds that her attempts to hack the based system are being repelled by another hacker as skilled as her, in which Shibungi figures out that Kenji is responsible for this. Shibungi tracks down where Kenji is located and kills him, allowing Tsugumi to operate freely and help Ayase defeat Daryl. Just when Shu is about to be killed by Gai, Shu sees a flower within the crystallization while hearing Inori's voice. He pulls out Inori's Void within the flower with his last strength, using it to defeat Gai with a finishing blow. Before dying, Gai reveals that his actions were needed, so that Mana can start the Fourth Apocalypse so she would finally be able to rest, otherwise she would always be resurrected by Da'ath. Shu recovers the Void Genome that Gai stole from him, using its power to stop the Fourth Apocalypse from happening. Shu uses his Void to draw in all of his friends' Voids to cure them of the virus, slowly being consumed by the virus, but Inori sacrifices herself to save Shu's life. Ayase, Tsugumi, Argo, Shibungi, Arisa, Daryl, Haruka and Kurachi manage to escape GHQ Headquarters before it collapses. Some years later, Tokyo is finally rebuilt and Shu, now visually impaired with a mechanical prosthetic right arm, celebrates Hare's birthday with Ayase, Tsugumi, Yahiro, Souta and Kanon. Shu later sits on a bench beside a lake to hear one of Inori's songs while reminiscing about his days with her.

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+{{Episode Page
-{{Spoiler}}
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-{{Infobox Episode
 |Episode Title = Prayer:Convergence
-|Image = Ep22 End.jpg
+|Image = Thank You!.jpg
 |Story Kanji Title = 祈り:Convergence
 |Story Romaji Title = Inori:Convergence
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 |Opening Song = [[The Everlasting]]
 |Ending Song = [[Kokuhaku]]
+|synopsis=Shu watches in disbelief as [[Mana Ouma|Mana]] awakens and a stream of pink energy starts to spread across Earth. Realizing they're running out of time, [[Arugo Tsukishima|Argo]] and [[Ayase Shinomiya|Ayase]] decide to hold off [[Daryl Yan| Daryl]], allowing [[Haruka]] to advance. Elsewhere, [[Tsugumi]] is having trouble taking control of the building due to someone's interference, and [[Shibungi]] correctly guesses the culprit is [[Kenji Kido|Kenji]].
-|Previous Episode = [[Episode 21]]
-|Next Episode = None
-}}
+Awakened, Mana greets [[Gai Tsutsugami|Gai]] before running blithely to Shu and hugging him. Saying that they can finally be together, Mana gloats that she has fully taken over the body of [[Inori Yuzuriha|Inori]], whom she calls a fake and a monster. Shu angrily shoves Mana away, saying Inori is human and declaring Mana the monster ("You taken her face and voice, but your the real monster!" in English dub). Enraged at having been rejected a second time, Mana threatens to make Shu pay, only to be stopped by Gai, who states ''he'' will kill Shu before drawing Mana's Void: a sword similar to Inori's. The room alters its interior, setting the battlefield for Gai and Shu as Mana begins the Fourth Apocalypse.
-'''Prayer:Convergence''' is the twenty-second and the last episode of the [[Guilty Crown]] anime. It first aired on March 22, 2012.
+Mana's power resonates on a worldwide scale, engulfing most of Earth's life in crystal. As he clashes with Shu, Gai cites the apocalypse as the next step for mankind: perfect consciousness forever preserved in crystal. Due to the large genomic resonance, the [[Endlave|UN Endlave system]] is shut off, neutralizing Ayase's Steiner, which Daryl mocks is due to their old technology. While Argo is able to defeat the ghost units, he is unable to hit Daryl, who is protected due to his Void Genome Emulator, which allows him to use his own Void while piloting. Ayase tries to directly connect to her Endlave with a cable, but is stopped by Daryl.
-==Synopsis==
-As [[Mana Ouma|Mana]] awakes pink energy stream flow around the Earth, and Mana greets [[Gai Tsutsugami|Gai]], and she soon sees [[Shu Ouma|Shu]], and runs to his arms. She gloats that she has taken [[Inori Yuzuriha|Inori's]] body for herself and called her a fake and a monster, and that they can be together this time. Shu angry throws her off himself, saying Inori was human, and Mana is the monster. She attempt to kill him for his second rejection, only to be stopped by Gai, who states he will kill Shu. Gai draws Mana's void which is the same as Inori's. While Mana starts the fourth Apocalypse. Shu uses [[Yahiro Samukawa| Yahiro's]] void to defend, but as time progress, Shu is overpowered by Gai. While Shu asked why his objectives have changed from [[Episode 12| Roppongi]], Gai states Shu can never understand. As he was chosen as Adam but refused to do so. Gai also states the fourth Apocalpse will turn humans into crystals, but they will remain conscious. As Shu is weakened, he notices the flower that Inori's tears made, and Inori's soul still existed in it. That allowed Shu to use his void to extract Inori's void, and lets Inori's soul to disrupt Mana. Shu using Inori's void was able to equal and then overpower Gai, killing him.
+Even with his arsenal of Voids, Shu struggles to keep up with Gai and is quickly overpowered. Shu questions why Gai's objectives have changed from [[Episode 12| Roppongi]], but the former leader of [[Funeral Parlor]] simply states Shu would never understand. Elsewhere, [[Shuichiro Keido]] revels in his achievement, declaring he has finally outshined [[Kurosu Ouma]]. Keido's monologue is interrupted by the arrival of Haruka who holds him at gunpoint.
+Standing over his weakened opponent, Gai criticizes Shu for refusing Mana, stating he is no longer worthy of having her or the role of Adam. Just as he begins losing hope, Shu notices the flower that Inori's tear left behind and sees a vision of Inori, encouraging him not to give up and Shu manages to extract Inori's Void from the flower. Fighting for control, Inori disrupts Mana's power and Daryl, who received some of the feedback, is slowed down. Meanwhile, Kenji's computer suddenly stops just as Shibungi, having tracked his location, kills him.
+Shu, using Inori's Void, is now able to match and then overpower Gai. Meanwhile Inori's interference allows Ayase to connect to her Steiner and have Tsugumi remote control part of the Steiner to defeat Daryl. Keido then commits suicide by injecting himself with the Apocalypse Virus. As he dies, he tells Haruko that in the end neither he nor Kurosu won.
+Dealing him a fatal blow, Shu holds a dying Gai as his former friend tells Shu to never change. Shu then receives a vision of the post-apocolypse world Daath desires as Gai narrates. Gai then takes Shu to the same church where Lost Christmas occurred where he sees a young Mana and Gai still there. Gai reveals the only way for Mana to truly be put to rest is to allow her to fulfill her purpose. Gai, who loved Mana and was afraid of being the second choice to Shu, took it upon himself to save Mana from the Daath who kept reviving her. Gai reveals he wanted Shu to be the one to put himself and Mana to rest.
+Declaring his role complete, Gai embraces Mana and both of them crystallize as he tells Shu to save Inori. Finally at peace, Gai and Mana fade away and, as Shu's vision ends, Gai's Power of the King returns to Shu's hand. Back in reality, Shu sees a weak and blind Inori wandering towards him, almost fully crystallized. She mutters her gratitude to Shu, stating that it was thanks to him that she experienced wonderful emotions. Shu embraces Inori, who immediately recognizes him and Shu tearfully states they will move on together. With Gai's power in addition to his own, Shu activates his Void and absorbs every remaining Void and Apocalypse Virus, removing both from the face of the Earth. The resulting feedback of Shu's power destabilizes the GHQ Headquarters and the tower begins collapsing. Elsewhere, [[Rowan]] drags Daryl to an elevator and throws him in, much to Daryl's surprise. Believing that deep down he has a good heart, Rowan sends Daryl away, but allows himself to be gunned down by the advancing soldiers.
+As Shu completely crystallizes, he has a vision of Inori who once again offers him the 'Guilty Crown' (in the form of Cat's Cradle). This time, Shu accepts it, thus trading fates with her, and screams in anguish as a smiling Inori fades away from his vision. Suddenly, Shu finds himself free of his crystal prison, the crystals, along with Inori, shatter away. The GHQ building collapses and the remaining members of Funeral Parlor evacuate. Ayase hesitates to leave without Shu, but, running out of time, Argo forces the group to evac. The survivors watch in awe as GHQ topples to the ground, their battle finally over, though Ayase can only weep.
+A few years later, peace has returned to a revived Japan and a video of Inori singing "[[Departures]]" is seen playing on an LCD panel of a building. Inside the building, Ayase, Yahiro (who now has a job), Souta, Tsugumi (who is going to take a teacher's licensure exam) and Kanon are having a get-together, honoring the late [[Hare]]'s birthday. Shu is the last one to arrive and is seen with a prosthetic right arm, replacing his missing one and uses a sight cane, having apparently absorbed Inori's blindness. The others warmly welcome Shu who joins his friends as they begin the celebration together.
+Later, Shu is seen resting on a bench facing the river. He puts in an earpiece as he envisions holding Inori.
+|characters=[[Mana Ouma]] {{Pipe}} [[Gai Tsutsugami]] {{Pipe}} [[Shu Ouma]] {{Pipe}} [[Argo Tsukishima]] {{Pipe}} [[Ayase Shinomiya]] {{Pipe}} [[Haruka Ouma]] {{Pipe}} [[Kurachi]] {{Pipe}}[[Shibungi]] {{Pipe}} [[Tsugumi]] {{Pipe}} [[Kenji Kido]] {{Pipe}} [[Shuichiro Keido]] {{Pipe}}[[Arisa Kuhouin]] {{Pipe}} [[Daryl Yan]] {{Pipe}} [[Rowan]] {{Pipe}} [[Inori Yuzuriha]] {{Pipe}} [[Yahiro Samukawa]] {{Pipe}} [[Hare Menjou]] {{Pipe}} [[Souta Tamadate]] {{Pipe}} [[Kanon Kusama]]
+|gallery=<gallery>
+File:Inori's_last_tears.png|The flower from Inori's tears.
+File:1042535.jpg|Inori and Shu
+</gallery>
+|trivia=* In the English dub at the beginning of the episode, Gai only said to Shu that it's too late. The rest with mentions of the Eve has awaken in the previous episode has been omitted.
+* Gai does not scream loudly upon being struck down by Shu in the English dub.
+* In the epilogue, the original Japanese has Shu and his friends say 'Cheers!'. While in the English dub, they said in unison, "To the New Year!".
+}}
+== Plot ==
-==Characters in Order of Appearance==
+Mana, now completely resurrected, greets Shu, but he shuns her after she speaks ill of Inori, much to her anger. Gai draws out Mana's Void to fight Shu while she triggers the Fourth Apocalypse, spreading the Apocalypse Virus throughout the entire world. Haruka confronts Keido, who commits suicide by injecting the virus into himself while admitting defeat. Meanwhile, Funeral Parlor continue their fight with the group of Endlaves led by Daryl, who believes he changed because of them and wants to go back to his old self. Tsugumi finds that her attempts to hack the based system are being repelled by another hacker as skilled as her, in which Shibungi figures out that Kenji is responsible for this. Shibungi tracks down where Kenji is located and kills him, allowing Tsugumi to operate freely and help Ayase defeat Daryl. Just when Shu is about to be killed by Gai, Shu sees a flower within the crystallization while hearing Inori's voice. He pulls out Inori's Void within the flower with his last strength, using it to defeat Gai with a finishing blow. Before dying, Gai reveals that his actions were needed, so that Mana can start the Fourth Apocalypse so she would finally be able to rest, otherwise she would always be resurrected by Da'ath. Shu recovers the Void Genome that Gai stole from him, using its power to stop the Fourth Apocalypse from happening. Shu uses his Void to draw in all of his friends' Voids to cure them of the virus, slowly being consumed by the virus, but Inori sacrifices herself to save Shu's life. Ayase, Tsugumi, Argo, Shibungi, Arisa, Daryl, Haruka and Kurachi manage to escape GHQ Headquarters before it collapses. Some years later, Tokyo is finally rebuilt and Shu, now visually impaired with a mechanical prosthetic right arm, celebrates Hare's birthday with Ayase, Tsugumi, Yahiro, Souta and Kanon. Shu later sits on a bench beside a lake to hear one of Inori's songs while reminiscing about his days with her. [[de:Prayer: Convergence]]
-*[[Shu Ouma]]
-*[[Inori Yuzuriha]]