"In every age, every place, the deeds of men remain the same". Since I've always despised politics, I've never really thought I'd get into such a show but I gave it a try because of the hype, and it exceeded my expectations in every single way. This show isn't only about politics but power, ambition, freedom, loyalty, betrayal, leadership and many more things. While it's deep character development, intricate political intrigue, and thought-provoking philosophical themes impressed me, the best thing I liked about this show is how they managed to create emotional depth with its characters, and somehow gave each one of them a meaningful, unique, memorable yet an appropriate conclusion convenient to the storyline. I also liked the names of the episodes such as "The Magician Doesn't Return", "The Beautiful Princess Wants Blood", "Dream I've seen it to the end", "Live by the Sword", "Die by The Sword". Complex and nuanced characters, philosophical depth, moral ambiguity, realistic and strategic space battles I'm going to miss all of this. TOP 10 EPISODES (FAVOURITES) #1 Dream I've seen it to the end (4×24) #2 The Beautiful Princess Wants Blood (4×22) #3 The Magician Doesn't Return (3×28) #4 Schtehibalm Schloss Burns(4×20) #5 The Final Requiem (4×12) #6 Incident at Urvashi (4×6) #7 A Rose at Summer's end (4×3) #8 After the Festival (3×29) #9 Farewell Distant Light (1×26) #10 The Fall of Goldenbaum (1×23) TOP 10 CHARACTERS (FAVOURITES) #1 Yang Wen li #2 Reinhard von Lohengramm #3 Siegfried Kircheis #4 Oskar von Reuenthal #5 Wolfgang Mittermeyer #6 Julian Mintz #7 Oliver Poplan #8 Dusty Attenborough #9 Paul von Oberstein #10 Walter von Schönkopf PERSONAL RANKINGS #1 Story in TV #1 Season in TV (S4) #2 Episode in TV (EW >= Koyomi Reverse 6 / Dream I've seen it to the end) #2 Protagonist in TV (Araragis >= Reinhard) #2 Deutragonist in TV (Shinobu >= Yang) #2 World Building (Monogatari >) #1 Character conclusions (overall) #2 Ending in TV (EW >) “If the war isn’t over, we must fight. If there’s no justice, we must create it.” ~ Reinhard von Lohengramm