Scott Pilgrim 6: Scott Pilgrim Spends Most of the Book Depressed and Then There's a Very Weird and Emo Final Fight, OR Just See the Movie--It's Better Than the Final Volume of the Book. ( )

Very enjoyable overall although I was never very interested in the plot (not after evil boyfriend number 3 or 4). Even in volume 6(?) where Scott has to accept all the things that he'd done wrong it felt less consequential than it should of done. And apart from that it mostly felt a bit well repetitive.

What I did really like, though, was the incorporation of gaming tropes (Level Up, New T-shirt Accessed) were genuinely innovative and felt entirely natural. Some of the meta-fiction throwaway lines are great too (Scott's mother saying "dont't you remember Scott got a 1-Up in volume 3?").The characters are well defined and quirky. And finally, O'Malley's art matches the story fantastically. From the kinetic action sequences, through the pixellated video-game graphics, to the judicious use of sudden ultrasimplistic line-art (normally to illustrate a bathetic punchline). It all communicates the plot and the emotional state of the characters really well.

Great use of the comics medium, innovatiove use of gaming tropes, nicely defined characters and heaps and heaps of fun. If the plot had been a bit more involved it would have been a little masterpiece. ( )

Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour , the sixth and final volume in Bryan Lee O’Malley’s Scott Pilgrim series, begins with Scott struggling with depression after Ramona left. He ends up crashing on Wallace’s couch, moping around all day, and tries – unsuccessfully – to initiate a series of rebound hook-ups. On the advice of his friends, he travels to the wilderness and visits Kim and her family. There, he confronts his darker impulses in the form of Nega-Scott and regains his self-confidence. Scott returns to Toronto where he goes to Gideon’s club to do battle. Meanwhile, Envy is back in town and set to open her solo act at Gideon’s club. Knives has grown up and made a plan to spend some time getting to know herself without all the relationship drama. Scott confronts Gideon at the club, doing battle with the Seventh Evil Ex and learning just how depraved Gideon is when it comes to women. The final battle takes place inside Ramona’s head, where both she and Scott work together to win the ability to decide their own future. O’Malley concludes with a series of epilogues that tie up each character’s story. Scott, Kim, and Stephen Stills form a new band but need a lot of practice. Neil and Knives are still their primary audience, but no longer fawn over them. Stephen Stills realized he was gay. Scott and Ramona decide to give things another chance free from all the earlier drama and baggage. This final volume nicely concludes the Scott Pilgrim series. As much as I enjoyed the 2010 film, there’s a lot more detail, secondary narratives, and character development across the six-volume manga and the ending is solid. ( )

something about the way this all wrapped up made this my favorite installment, but i temper my four star rating with the warning that this is only outside of the context of the movie. i really tried to read this volume with an open mind, and judge it on its own merit, as i noticeably had trouble doing that while reading the others. something about this one resonated with me, and i actually enjoyed seeing a different take on the ending/themes/even the characters.

that being said, i really do recommend the movie over the books, which is a rare thing for me to do. the biggest change, and the thing that had the biggest effect on each version, was the timeline. the movie has a much shorter timeline, so scott does things with only his feelings and instinct to tell them they are right; he has to. the books are more about personal growth, long-term change. the former is romantic, the latter allows closure, provides time to make amends. but that longer timeline is also its downfall, as the biggest problem i have with the series is how loooooonnnnngggg it takes some things to happen. it drags, while the movie version doesn't waste a second.

so, if you're curious, these are worth a read. if not, just watch the movie. ( )

Compared to the movie, this ending of the Scott Pilgrim story is vastly superior. It maintains its off-beat humor and appropriate levels of seriousness to the end - and tops it all off with a spectacular Scott vs Gideon battle royale with some wonderful plot twists and character revelations. Nice to see a series of quality end on a high note. (Side note: I read this while at Archon!) ( )

A perfectly solid conclusion to the what may be (to me) the greatest young adult series of the last decade. The majority of the charm is retained from the overall series style, I unfortunately find this concluding book to be in somewhere in the middle when compared against its series siblings.

While the ending message is a good one, and manages to wrap its real-world import around some rather fantasy/video-game constructs, the revelation we knew Scott Pilgrim must eventually encounter feels a little thin. As charmed as I am by the man and his failings, his ultimate overcoming of them does not feel deserved, instead merely bestowed in an injected epiphany. I'd love to find myself wrong on subsequent readings but we'll see.

I also feel for Kim Pine, who is both underrated in this chapter and, in many ways, the most important contributor to this series. As her background unfolds, one cannot help but consider her the true hero and enabler. I only wish more was bestowed upon her at the conclusion. ( )

oh, SCOTT. i can't say i have any idea what actually happened, but i'm cool with the way it all ended. ( )

The final installment concludes with hefty emotional closure for all of its main characters. ( )

The final chapter of the Scott Pilgrim saga includes the most epic battle with Ramona's most evil Evil-Ex yet, Gideon Gordon Graves. We also get to see both Scott and Ramona work out their issues with the world. Seeing Scott have conversations with all of his exes before the climax is really cathartic, and it makes you think about how you may have acted in past relationships, often making you want to call one or two people when you're done reading. At least, that's what it does to me.

This entire series is magnificent! It holds true throughout and really develops its characters over the course of its six volumes. Bryan O'Malley is fantastic both as an artist and as a writer, and I wish there were more works of his I could read (still need to read Seconds, but I've read Lost at Sea several times).

I've said it before, but I'd recommend this series to anyone. It's just so freakin' good! ( )

The conclusion!

Oka, here's a movie before books problem. This book was really irritating and disappointing me. I was suddenly scowling at it and having a hard time reading it without judging it as sorely inferior to the movie until I realized what I was doing. As soon as I stopped and acknowledged that this was a different work and of course not building to the same conclusion and let go of that, then I really enjoyed this. Even more than the movie, as the conclusion in the books resolved some of the more fantastical elements (subspace highways, Gideon's powers, etc.) in a way that made sense, and made them relatable metaphors to everyday relationship angst. And gave Scott Pilgrim some more meaningful character growth. (As well as growth for Knives, Stephen Stills, Ramona, Kim...) Wat. Even Natalie/Envy got to grow. Pretty impressive.

Very recommended. ( )

This series was a pleasure to re-read. Vol. 6 is the final piece of the story. We find out various things about the characters, and the story ends without too many loose ends. People who have seen the movie and have read the comics, may have issues with the vastly different endings. After some research, I found out that O'Malley was not finished with the series when the movie was made- thus some of the big differences. All in all I think older teens would really enjoy the series. ( Adults too) There are some sexual scenes throughout the series, but not explicit.
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Contrary to what the whole Internet seems to think, this book is called Scott Pilgrim in his Finest Hour according to the title page, not Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour. (Worldcat gets it right, of course. Go librarians.) This is the complicatedest of the Scott Pilgrim books, and though I can't quite parse the metaphorical significance of what happens as well as I could in the previous volumes, everything explodes nicely in the end. There's a lot of good stuff here; "IT WAS HORRIBLE FOR EVERYONE AND THAT INCLUDES YOU" is probably one of the best medium-based gags the series does, and those last few pages are great.

Good stupid fun. ( )

What an amazing series with a fitting ending. I won't say much because I don't want to spoil it but it worked. Looking forward to the movie now. ( )

It seems to me, the negative reviews seem to all be by people who take Scott Pilgrim, WAY TOO SERIOUSLY! I mean it is a dude who uses a subspace portal, and fights evil ex-boyfriends video game style. What about that says serious?

If I could I would give this edition, 4.5 stars but I rounded up to 5. This final volume stays true to the series. The usual action, quirky characters, and awesomeness. ( )

I delightfully finished up this pop culture infused series, which has all the love for the fun and humor contained within its pages. One of the things I love about the series is how many characters are awesome because they are fabulously flawed. Scott himself, for example, is both a nice guy and an idiot jerkwad. As one who grew up with Nintendo and Sega games, the psuedo-reality in these books that incorporates game culture and manga culture is all the love. So I'm quite happy with how it all ended, and I'm looking for some more fun from Brian Lee O'Malley. ( )

Nooo, è finito ç________ç

Quanto vorrei essere di carta e far parte di questo gruppo di cazzoni ç_ç

Scott, quanto mi sono appassionato alle tue avventure ç___ç mi mancherai, siate felici ç__ç

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Note sul film:

Innanzitutto, complimenti a Allison Jones, Robin D. Cook e Jennifer Euston, responsabili del casting. I personaggi live-action sono identici agli originali cartacei, è assurdo quanto sono uguali!

Il film l'ho visto prima di leggere la serie. Mi è piaciuto ed è lì che mi sono appassionato u_u
Ovviamente è un adattamento, quindi vale 1/100 della graphic novel u_u ( )

Okay, so this volume is probably the best one. And maybe it even makes some of the rest of the story make sense. So that I'd almost be tempted to start reading it all over again to see if that's the case. Almost tempted.And in the end, it wasn't even all about Scott. Ramona played a large role.So, yea, all-in-all, I guess it was worth reading the whole thing. ( )

http://andalittlewine.blogspot.com/2012/04/review-of-scott-pilgrim-by-bryan-lee....

There are spoilers here.

From here
Reading Bryan Lee O'Malley's six Scott Pilgrim books (Precious Little Life, vs. the World, & the Infinite Sadness, Gets It Together, vs. the Universe, Finest Hour) has been on my to-do list for a number of years, and they moved into my "read very soon" stack when I read and enjoyed Lost at Sea back in January.

Scott Pilgrim and his friends inhabit a world of magic realism, where their otherwise normal lives are occasionally interrupted by video game style fighting, 1-ups, and intrusions into their dreams. I think of it as a digital-age twist on Watchmen. Where Moore asks, "what would superheroes be like in real life," O'Malley pushes at "what would happen if a 23-year-old slacker handled his problems like a character from Street Fighter 2?"

I really enjoyed watching Scott struggle to grow up. He doesn't know what to do with his life, he doesn't know how to be a reliable friend, and he certainly doesn't know how to behave in a relationship. This, of course, doesn't stop him from believing that he is awesome. I especially the moment in the 6th book when he realizes that the way he remembers himself is not how others remember him, when he's forced to confront the fact that his creation myth (how he learned to fight, how he became friends with Kim by beating up a bully and rescuing her) is a lie he's told himself so many times that he believes it. Kim forces him to remember that the kid he beat up was just another nerd, and more importantly, was a person. The world is not divided into friends and enemies; that approach only works in video games and (some lesser) comic books.

O'Malley's artwork is a real treat. Simple, clean lined characters inhabit a richly detailed world. The fullness of the world was reiterated over and over again. Pop-up balloons frequently appear with notes on who's who, what items are laying in the background, what action a character is in the midst of performing. Again, this emphasized the video game spirit of the books, playing to our expectation of unlockable tools and skills, while also serving as a way to make the world more textured (and more dork-tastic).

The framing of the panels was another tastefully handled reminder of just how big Scott Pilgrim's world really is. In comics, framing works just like the framing of a shot on television; it tells us where our attention should focus. Throughout Scott Pilgrim, O'Malley's framing skewed off center, so that the characters (and sometimes even their speech bubbles) would spill off the frame and off the page. What we are given is truly a "window on the world" in the classic sense, allowing us to see but also limiting what we can see. O'Malley's deft framing was one of the first things that stood out to me in Scott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life, and I was thrilled and rewarded to see it continued throughout the series. ( )

Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour is the sixth and final volume in the Scott Pilgrim series. The books end on a high with the final showdown between Scott and Gideon, Ramona's seventh evil ex. The whole series has built up to this moment and it doesn't disappoint. Lots of surprises and plenty of resolution for all the characters. I still wish we could have had even more of the hilarious Wallace Wells, but I'll take what I can get. I still think that Scott Pilgrim and the Infinite Sadness is the best volume of the series, but Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour comes pretty close to perfect. I mean, any graphic novel that makes a reference to "The Tribe" is pretty awesome in my book!

As with the others, I recommend the Scott Pilgrim series to graphic novel fans and video game nerds alike. There is a little something in there for everyone! I give it four stars. ( )

The final conclusion. Yeah! Yes, it is satisfying. It speaks to the 20 year old version of me. #6 is even more fun, witty, and self-deprecating. Good job Bryan Lee O'Malley. I look forward to seeing new stuff by you in the future. Ps. I also like your playlist. ( )

Scott Pilgrim's life had been gaining ground in the first four books. He'd found a job, fallen in love, conquered his fears of his ex, and his band seemed to be going places. In book 5, this all fell apart. (What is it with books five? See also: Harry Potter.) His band was "recording", his friends were all angry and having their own problems, Ramona was acting even weirder than normal, and finally she left. Everything fell apart and Scott fell back into the almost catatonic state he'd fallen into when NV left him (not quite as bad, though, which shows some important personal growth). So where does that leave us to start book 6? There's no reason for Scott to fight Gideon (which leads to a hilarious moment in the book), there's not much for Scott to do, but we see the moving-on or at least trudging-along process.

And now I'm going to include spoilers for this book, so you are warned. I realized I can't review this book without talking about how I feel about the ending, as much as I've tried, so don't read further if you don't want spoilers. HERE WE GO!

On the one hand, we totally expect some epic battle showdown royale between Scott and Gideon. Fighting! Seven evil exes! What it says on the box! On the other hand, this end was totally presaged in the earlier books - not just by the off-panel battles in Book 5, but more importantly when in Book 3 Ramona shows Scott how stupid the whole conceit is by saying "why go spend an afternoon doing things made up by people who hate us?" and, well, exactly. Why indeed, but the end of Book 6 is all about Ramona turning that in on herself and realizing she has been doing this all along. She's been acting in stupid ways because she felt like she had to, because she did once or twice and no one thought she'd ever change and because she believed them. That sick Gideon-chain-Ramona-whatever fantasy from the earlier book wasn't about Gideon at all, it was all about Ramona and what was left in her head. And come on, which of us hasn't done that? Which of us hasn't internalized stupid shit and then acted in even stupider ways? Who hasn't let someone else live in your head and tell you you're worthless, you can't change, you can't be who you want to be?

If you say it hasn't happened to you, you just haven't realized it yet.

And that is why this end is so, so lovely. Fuck epic battles and fuck exes who come around or never leave who tell you who you are. Fuck the parts of ourselves that tell us we're not good enough. Learning how to live your own life IS the epic battle of the 20s, and it's nice to see that shown. ( )

** spoiler alert ** Four stars for fear that Envy's solo hair will eat me. And for Gideon coming across as a closeted gay man while fighting for possession of the "doll" who got away. I liked Gideon; he was appropriately evil. More sword fights, throw backs to moments from previous books, and Stephen Stills coming out! His comment about coming out in book five, but Scott being too busy for Stephen to bother him still makes me giggle a little. The meta parts of this series were the best parts, I think...moreFour stars for fear that Envy's solo hair will eat me. And for Gideon coming across as a closeted gay man while fighting for possession of the "doll" who got away. I liked Gideon; he was appropriately evil. More sword fights, throw backs to moments from previous books, and Stephen Stills coming out! His comment about coming out in book five, but Scott being too busy for Stephen to bother him still makes me giggle a little. The meta parts of this series were the best parts, I think.

Overall, I think the series is a little overhyped and I love the movie so much more, but I can see how a certain type of people might relate to Scott and his troubles. The concept is fun and there were definitely moments were I laughed out loud, but I don't think these are going to be comics I come back to regularly ( )

I LOVED the movie and couldn't wait to read the graphic novels. BLM is a great artist. His dialogue is sometimes strained or awkward but it's quickly forgiven. I loved a lot of the back-story for the secondary characters that you didn't get to see much of in the film. I have to admit I was at times impatient to complete each installment and felt the plot dragged occasionally, but I know that was mostly my own feeling because I knew the film better - a sort of parallel universe version, if you will.

I wish I could write a better review about the books themselves but in my mind I can't separate the cannon story from the film because I hearted it so much! I highly recommend these to anyone who feels the same. ( )

Though I like the way the movie end, I think I like the ending in the last book better. I loved the whole Scott Pilgrim series, the storylines were fun and I spent a lot of time laughing. I plan to eventually by all six of these books (and the movie). ( )