ONE 18: Self-Titled

[Sillyheadscoop]

The fact that Stone is basically the hero in this show. He knew everything but instead of just not telling anyone he decided to tell everyone and save them all. What a stone.

[yeahcool]

I love how bryce’s voice actor at the start just straight up went insane

[devindoesstuff]

I watched this entire series in one day, probably gonna take me a month to live normally again

[sillymothz]

I’m two years late to watching this, and I just binged the whole series. This is the first object show/series I’ve watched the entirety of (since technically I haven’t watched all the seasons of BFDI/that whole series). I’m still processing this. This was… one hell of a trip to watch in only a few hours time.

[Jmaniac]

Honestly what a guy Airy was. Despite the fact Liam literally tried to murder him he still saved him and put a cast on him. What a guy.

[swatstop]

i honestly feel like the ending is so... poetic. the fact that airy's waiting room was the plane, the fact that airy's waiting room didnt have another person, liam stuck working on the computer, a person having SUCH AN IMPORTANT ROLE DYING SO SUDDENLY, this is just a rollercoaster of emotions.

[DC]

The contrast of Battle For Circle and ONE is crazy to me, from a joke series to *one* of the best animated object shows I've ever seen.

[Rw_rRrX]

6:04 This scene makes this episode even sadder, because firstly, Airy didn't have anything or anyone to "guide" him out of the waiting room, it was just the void, meaning that he was somehow "meaningless" or didn't have something that he had a deep connection with, that made him want to live.

10:12 But then here, his waiting room is the plane, so he didn't have something else to care for since he's been lonely for so long, probaly also during his life and ONE is a way of making him feel important someway, he wasn't a bad guy, he just wanted to feel like he was useful someway.

[asleepidreamer]

The episode is called “Self-Titled” because YOU decide how you feel about it, what it means to you, you’re the ONE to make the decision of what their futures are

[shill]

Personally at first I was on everyone elses page on this ending being disappointing, but as time went on it sort of...grew on me.
In the previous episode, Airy wasnt made out to be this big, evil guy, with godly powers and purely sadistic morals, he was just a normal person who was depraved and isolated for decades.
They were just a guy, and in this episode, the one where everyone expected Liam to be some sort of hero who will dramatically stop ONE and send everyone home, and he may have been equipped with determination and Stones notes.
He was just a normal person, he got to Airys dimension with nothing but the idea of sending everyone back, but Liam isnt a savior, and the world is unbearably apathetic.
Airy died from a simple accident, and Liam was stuck with nothing to pick up the pieces.
It feels fitting, the whole thing that made ONE what it was is that the characters were freakishly human for an object show, and the whole premise was how screwed up and unrealistic putting normal people in the cliches of these shows really was.
And if you think about it, with harsh realities of the situation, it could've only ended in one way.
ONE with a dramatic heartfelt finish where everythings great and Liam sending everyone back and finding a way back home too with some silly shenanigans just wouldnt of worked with the tone of the entire show.
Instead of a story ending, we got a realistic one.
And with ONE's entire gimmick being that it introduces realism into the general mix of the object show concepts, its a perfect ending for the show.

[Murkymaid]

This show blends comedy, drama and horror so well. Hopefully this becomes one of the shows that inspires the next generation of creatives. If it doesnt, then at least it took everyone that saw it on a wild ride.

[aspoopyboi]

7:57 This shot has HAUNTED me ever since I watched it, the ending is unfulfilling, that’s why it’s perfect. It makes you feel similarly to what the contestants do.

[username]

Sad things about the ending:
-Airy died
-Liam is stuck forever until he dies
-Everyone of _The Plane_ is stuck until they all die (which we know at least Charlotte will eventually)
-Bryce is back on _The Plane_
-Liam is forced to either watch his friends all slowly die or figure out how the computer works (which may be implied canon depending on how you interpret the ending scenes)
-Texty died alone in a corner because Liam couldn’t bring himself to tell them they were going to die until it was too late
-Liam can only get back here by brute force
-Everyone but Bryce and Liam will likely not use the UM Radio and will all go to the afterlife without knowing Airy died or that there’s a way to go back
-Texty likely isn’t in _The Waiting Room_ since their computer died before (or at least was implied to) and they didn’t go there then. Plus, when Texty runs the kill command, their laptop comes with them, so they’re not just a floating textbox like they are on _The Plane_ which is… odd
-Folder reappeared on his own laptop right before it got smashed to bits. (Athough, with the two digital contestants, what would’ve happened if their home laptops were already destroyed? Would they just go nowhere? Or would they actually go to _The Waiting Room_ ? Also, why does Texty, a text box on a laptop, have a _Waiting Room_ ? Does this imply they can go to the afterlife?)
-Cheesy Hfj can’t use any of these characters again without changing the ending of ONE (except for Abstracty or Charlie I guess) (Or technically a non-contestant)
-Circle with a Mole is forever trapped back in Circle, and will likely be chased down by Circle and Circle and Circle and Circle and Circle and Circle and Circle and Circle and Circle and Circle and Circle and Circle and Circle and Circle and Circle and Circle and Circle and Circle and Circle and Circle after they notice he’s there (which I’m sure they will suddenly and sporadically do with the clapping sounds suddenly stopping instantaniously)
Happy things anout the ending:
-Julien’s okay
-Charlie’s okay
-Taylor’s okay
That’s it

[Elite_keyboard]

for those who are wondering why airy's glass was broken
in episode six: the plug dream we can hear slipping sounds coming from airy and when he falls we hear a glass breaking sound, so he broke his glass from slipping

[Obngz]

For me personally the saddest part about ONE's ending is the fact that this was the best ending stone, something will all the possible knowledge of every universe, could make. The best possible ending is having Airy dead and 6 people being stuck on the Plane losing everything they have, even if they go back and Liam is stuck having to decide for all of them if a life of nothingness of earth is better than the isolation of the Plane. But despite how sad the ending is, it's the perfect ending for ONE it fits with its subversion of object shows typical happy endings which is a theme carried throughout the entire show. To chessyhfj and everyone that worked on ONE you have created a work of art. I personally would call it perfect, the genre, the themes, the characters and especially the ending.

[JustPineapple]

I love the poetic justice of the waterfall. The waterfall was essentially the place where backpack gives up, he loses the notes, the final thing he had left, forever. Sooner or later, backpack just stops tryin completely (as signaled by his blank stare) so in other words, it’s the death of protagonist backpack. Later, airy dies by the hands of the waterfall. It’s kinda cool to see the death (or birth) of 2 main characters.

[ckiam]

As unsatisfying as ONE's ending is, I actually found it to be quite fitting/ironic. From the start of the season Liam's sole intention was to put an end to ONE once and for all, and while he did achieve that, he also prevented himself and the rest of the characters from ever returning back to the real world again. You could argue that it was all worth it in the end, as Liam's sacrifice will prevent anyone else from being hurt by Airy ever again.

Theoretically, Liam could figure out a way to send the remaining contestants back to their normal lives using the code that Airy created. But there's no way out for himself now that the notes are gone.

[themightypear]

7:57 i like how tray and whippy creamy turn to their inanimate selfs because they want to feel back at home

[adventureswithemberaleena]

4:18 Tysm Airy, Liam is just not in his right mind and is just crushing under the pressure, ty for helping liam

[bernardittoo]

After seeing so much tragedy irl, on media and self experience, I never imagined the most emotional I would ever feel is over animated objects, this just shows how strange I am