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** On the very first page of the manga, Ed is [http://img836.imageshack.us/img836/1935/82954664.jpg shown] in a train station with a suitcase and his red coat. On the very last page of the manga, [http://img849.imageshack.us/img849/4918/112oo.jpg he is shown] like this again, but is this time {{spoiler|leaving instead of arriving}} as he gives a speech summarizing the message of the series.
** The [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|2003 anime version]] does this as well, when Alphonse starts reciting the "Humankind cannot gain..." speech from the first episode; after the first two sentences, the speech is changed to reflect what they've learned from the events in the series.
* The first and last episode of ''[[Michiko to Hatchin]]'' begin in the same way with Hana cooking omelettes.
* The series finale of ''[[The Big O]]'' repeats the first part of the driving scene and opening narration from the first episode. The difference is that {{spoiler|Angel and Dorothy are standing nearby}} and the road is smoother. It is open to interpretation, but this might indicate that {{spoiler|[[Here We Go Again|this iteration]] of Paradigm City's reality may go more smoothly than last time.}}
* In the beginning of the first episode of ''[[Sayonara, Zetsubou-sensei]]'', a short black-and-white clip is shown where Nozomu is hanged, with all the students grabbing on to him and each other to form some sort of human pyramid and it turns out that the rope is attached to a giant Meru's cellphone. This clip is played again at the end of the very last episode of the second series.
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* In the prologue of ''[[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]'', a character on the bridge of what appears to be Super Galaxy Dai-Gurren remarks "All the lights in the sky are our enemy now, huh?" In the epilogue, old Simon says, "All the lights in the sky are stars." <ref>"...the stars where our Spiral friends await."</ref>
** Also, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6xozBWZr_68 the first song] that you hear in the series (after the opening sequence) is also the [[Last Episode Theme Reprise|last song played and the very end]] of ''Lagann-hen''. Both of the lines above are also said when this song plays in the background.
** The phrase "who the hell do you think I am!?", although it gets said so often that it's also a [[Catch Phrase]] and [[Arc Words]].
* ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'' does this subtly. The first episode, "Asteroid Blues" begins with just Spike and Jet as the crew of the Bebop, along with Chief Laughing Bull making one of his trademark cryptic predictions, as well as Spike commenting on how he died once before because of a woman. {{spoiler|At the end of "Hard Luck Woman", Faye, Ed and Ein leave, leaving Jet and Spike alone on the Bebop and completing one book end. The final episode, "The Real Folk Blues (part 2)" ends with Chief Laughing Bull making a cryptic prediction on Spike... who attacks his old syndicate and dies because of a woman.}}
** Also happens in [[The Movie]], with Spike calling a criminal out on their threats to hurt people.
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* ''[[Somedays Dreamers]]'' begins and ends with Yume at Shibuya in Tokyo, one of the most crowded crossings in the world--with the marked difference that {{spoiler|in the end she has gained courage to cross it by herself}}.
* The final scene of ''[[Now and Then Here and There]]'' takes place at the twin smoke stacks where Shu first met Lala Ru.
* ''[[Darker
* The second arc (and the first major storyline) of ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' is about Goku training for and competing in the Budokai. Several later arcs revolve around the Budokai. The anime is renamed ''Dragon Ball Z'' after Goku finally wins the Budokai and the story changes tone, and the manga ends right in the middle of a new Budokai.
* ''[[Macross Frontier]]'' introduces us to the main protagonist, Alto Saotome, while he's training in his EX-Gear and flying within Island One's domed city, with him wishing to fly in an endless sky. The series ends with him ejecting from his [[Transforming Mecha|Valkyrie]] and flying in his EX-Gear, in the endless skies of their new planet.
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* In the anime version of ''[[Welcome to The NHK]]'', one of the first scenes shown is a nightmare of Satou's. At the end of it, he runs along a snowy cliff towards a physical manifestation of the "conspiracy" with a "bomb" in hand, and leaps off of the cliff towards it. In the final episode, {{spoiler|Satou is once again at that snowy cliff, this time in reality. He once again runs towards a physical manifestation of the "conspiracy", or the NHK, with a "revolution bomb" in his hand. However this time, Misaki is running after him, trying to stop him from jumping over the cliff.}}
* In ''[[Toradora!]]'', one of the first scenes when Ryuuji meets Taiga is through a locker. At the end, Taiga and Ryuuji meet again. Guess where.
* ''[[Gun X Sword]]'' begins with Van walking into a church looking for food. He finds a young girl in trouble and rescues her. She buys him lunch. The series ends with him walking into a house looking for food. He finds the girl [[She's All Grown Up|a few years older]] and ready to cook him a meal just the way he likes it. In both episodes, he comes in looking for food and finds Wendy instead.
* ''[[Pokémon: The First Movie|Pokémon the First Movie]]'' begins and ends with a shot of Mew flying away into the sky.
* In ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'', the last episode of the first season can be taken as a book end in two ways. The episode features Ash encountering a Fearow that evolved from the Spearow which he hit with a rock in the first episode- both episodes feature the same Pokemon being defeated as their climax (albeit evolved). However, the fight featured in the last episode specifically takes place between Ash's newly evolved Pidgeot and the wild Fearow- a battle shown in the show's opening credits in every episode of the season, and, as the opening changed the following episode, that battle would not be shown in animation again.
** An example played straight if you span out to include the entire original series: Ash seeing Ho-Oh before leaving for Hoenn, presumably the same Ho-Oh he saw in the very first episode.
** ''[[Pokémon Zensho]]'' has the second chapter start with Satoshi waking up the day he starts his journey. The last chapter of the manga starts this way too, the exact same page until the last few panels.
** The first and last episode of the ''Diamond and Pearl'' arc both begin with Dawn waking up in her bedroom.
* In ''[[Fairy Tail]]'', the first and last fights of the {{spoiler|Laxus}} arc end the same way: {{spoiler|with Gajeel [[Taking the Bullet]] to save someone from a fatal attack from Laxus.}}
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* This trope is used in ''[[Hayate the Combat Butler]]: [[The Movie|Heaven is a Place on Earth]]''. It opens with Nagi getting her hands sticky, causing Hayate wet a handkerchief to wipe them off. It ends with Nagi getting her hands sticky, causing Hayate to wet a handkerchief to wipe them off.
* ''[[Yu-Gi-Oh!]]'' has Yugi's winning card in the last duel of the series is the Golden Sarcophagus, which has been [[Lampshade Hanging|pointed out]] that the card resembles the box the Millennium Puzzle was in. {{spoiler|The box that brought Yugi and Atem together would be the very thing that would bring them apart.}}
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** The scene in the first episode where Kaede gives Rin his lunch while forgetting her own is replicated in the last episode, where {{spoiler|Rin is replaced by Primula}}.
** The first and last episodes both show Kaede wrapped in a green towel after a bath.
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