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SirSkyRider:
An ending that fits. If the story is working towards a sad ending, I'll accept it. If the story is working towards a happy ending, I'll accept it. I also accept if the ending isn't entirely clear or can be interpreted in many ways (like NGE). What I detest is when the story is working towards a sad ending then in the last two episodes everything gets turned upside down and you get a happy ending.

erious:
The older I get, the more I like happy endings, but really, anything that fits the series is good.
I definitely have one that I hate though: The supposedly happy ending where only main characters are happy. Happens all the time in harem series(but it's not limited to them), and pisses me off. Those are not intentionally bittersweet endings - they are supposed to be run of the mill happy endings, but they're only happy by conveniently ignoring the characters who are hurt in the chosen outcome. The endings that completely defeat the purpose or spirit of the series are pretty awful too - TTGL, Abenobashi Mahō Shōtengai, or Canaan come to mind.
Oh, now that I think about it, there's one kind of ending I like - where everything goes to hell, but the main characters are together, and there's a chance that they, in some twisted and broken manner, will achieve some form of happiness. Other then in the endings I dislike, this is done intentionally. NGE(End of Evangelion rather), SaiKano or Anne Freaks would be examples.

--- Quote from: Onoz on January 24, 2010, 07:46:30 AM ---I would be dead ashamed of myself if anyone saw me on the last episode of AIR

--- End quote ---
AIR was an example of an ending that tried too hard to be really sad, but in the end just kind of come out pointless and failed to really affect me. I'm aware I'm alone in thinking this, though.

SirSkyRider:
@erious: I personally liked the ending of Air better than the ending of Clannad, since it leaves a little room for speculation about what happened to the characters - or IF it really happened. With Clannad, KyoAni just pressed the reset button to make a happy end in the very last episode.

And if you dislike the endings of harem stories, I suggest you read (READ, NOT WATCH) Love Hina. In my humble opinion, the epilogue was a really good ending.

AceHigh:
Unexpected ending is what I like, otherwise it's boring.

erious:
Who do you think I am? ;D I read Love Hina long time ago(and yeah, anime is really sub par in comparison to the manga) It's not that bad, there are things I really love about it(Keitaro's character development for one) - but it still suffers from the same thing. It's lampshaded in the ending, and it's not that annoying, but still. Keitaro gets together with Naru, but the other girls still have feelings for him, and it's left unresolved whether they'd be able to move on. Yeah, I may be reading a bit too much into it, but that's how I felt. It didn't make me rage like, say, Ai Yori Aoshi, but it spoiled my enjoyment of the series a bit. If Mahou Sensei Negima would treat romance more seriously, it would have even more potential for a broken ending - luckily, it's almost a parody of the harem genre,  and focuses on fighting instead. 
One series that has a perfect ending, imho, is KareKano(speaking about manga again). Not a harem, but there are love triangles, and in the end it manages to have a truly happy ending(ok, that one pairing was a bit creepy, I'll admit) for pretty much everyone involved.

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