(Previously on anon about him being stupid) Yes, I'm aware she should have ceased to exist the instant he killed Aku, but I'm happy that Jack got to have her for a bit longer. Maybe we didn't like her that much, but he loved her. I actually sent that before watching the finale, I just don't mind spoilers. After watching it I'm happy. I think they were eluding to him feeling suicidal. But that ladybug saved him. It gave him hope and reminded him of all that he saved.
Yea yea, it just felt like a bit of a plot hole, how she didn’t cease to exist in that very moment.
Don’t get me wrong, I like Ashi and wish she’d been kept alive, but on the other hand I understand this could be the only possible finale. Just wish they would have had a meaningful last conversation or something, even Ashi just saying ‘I love you’ back or something.
And yes, I agree with the suicidal thing. There’s a point in which it zooms on one of the fallen leaves of the tree and as far as I’ve read on symbolism:
“In battle, it came all too soon for the samurai. A fallen cherry blossom or petal, it’s believed, symbolized the end of their short lives.”
and the ladybug being a metaphor for luck and happiness sure saved him