Not only do the shades break because he's justified his friends' deaths, but it's also his goggles breaking because he has fulfilled his destiny and doesn't need them anymore. So, also taking into account his statement that somebody else is meant to go down the tunnels he dug, the phrase "my drill is the drill that creates the heavens," and the fact that the Anti-Spiral gets a big ol' drill through him, it basically means that Simon has dug his last hole. But also consider, what were the shades originally? That's right, his digging goggles. The shades are like that to remind him of the people who gave everything to get him that far, and when they shatter, it means he's won. This symbolizes him fulfilling his promises to Kamina and Kittan and carrying on their fight, to make their deaths worthwhile. At the end of the final battle, when delivering the final blow, the star-shaped shades break. It's not just there, it's a tribute to another fallen hero. Then it hit me: approximately what shape was the King Kittan? A star.
#Tengen toppa gurren lagann anti spiral series#
Such a world, where no-one would ever die and leave the world to the next generation, is exactly against the ideals of "moving forward" and "evolution" that the series portrays. If Simon had resurrected Nia, then it would have opened up a whole can of worms as people would have demanded the use of Spiral Power to resurrect their loved ones too.But Team Dai-Gurren was able to move past Kamina's death and fight and stand on their own two feet because of his memory. When Lordgenome betrayed humanity, everything went to hell, because they didn't know what to do without their leader. It seemed as if everything rested on Lordgenome as their leader-whereas in Team Dai-Gurren, everyone was inspired by Kamina. It's rather telling that Lordgenome's is able to so easily slaughter the rest of humanity once he betrays them. Just consider Parallel Works 8 and Lordgenome's attempt at defeating the Anti-Spirals. All the other groups had their own Simon as seen by all the Laganns, they probably had their own Kittan and Yoko and everyone else, but they didn't have someone to properly inspire them. What made the heroes unique, compared to every other team of Spiral Warriors? Something that showed up in the infinite labyrinth: Kamina.He tried to destroy the Anti-Spiral with strategic, decisive attacks rather than whittle away at it slowly, and was defeated for it. Because his is a drill that pierced through the heavens! And in contrast, Lordgenome's drills are narrow and flexible. Upon understanding the true nature of the power he was using, on a complex level we outside of that universe would never understand, he could charge forward, little by little, whittling away at the Big Bad, and he won. And that led to an increased understanding of Spiral Energy, far beyond that of a normal person. But Simon's drill is one large spiral, and is an allegory for his soul, as Kamina stated in the first episode. Other species must have been foolish in the past, creating such distracting things as strategies, never really understanding the nature of Spiral Energy. Since Simon's main weapon is a drill, he can really only move forwards, and head-on.Beastmen operating Gunmen without Spiral Power: the majority of them were solar powered, thus explaining why Beastmen only attacked during the day unless they had other power sources like the one from the Hot Springs Episode (geothermal) and coming out of Teppelin (Lordgenome's Spiral Power).This also brings new meaning to Simon's adjustment of the Arc Words in the finale that "My drill is the drill that creates the heavens!"- He didn't say anything about commanding them, now did he? Thus he can instead live a humble life with his closest friend (Boota), which is pretty much all he ever really wanted. That's why he gave the Core Drill and Gurren Lagann to Gimmy. Additionally, by this point he was creating so much spiral power that he would have a hard time using only a comparatively little, and since the only threat that would require so much Spiral Power was gone him remaining a pilot would be more of a liability than an asset.
It's pretty much telling us that his role was to lead the way to a new life of freedom to all races, but leading the people after freeing them isn't something he's suited for or would even enjoy. I shouldn't be the one to traverse those tunnels that I make". The part of the ending where Simon gave up the Gurren Lagann and became a wanderer is even more fitting after watching it again and noticing a specific line: " I'm just Simon the Digger.
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