The Man in the High Castle: Was the ending for the characters fitting?

Kido and the Japanese

The Japanese were forced out of the country. The Crown Princess wanted peace, and that’s something that happened after turmoil. After the BCR destroyed the pipeline, there was no option but to pull out.

In a way, it was fitting. Why should the oppressors get a happy ending? The problem is that a lot of the Japanese people were innocent. They had benefitted from the oppression, yes, but they weren’t the ones who fought and killed. Not all of them. There were many who would have been born in the country, but they weren’t allowed to stay.

Childen’s wife had that sort of storyline. She didn’t really belong in Japan, but it wasn’t safe for her to stay in America. Nor was it really that safe for Childen. In a way, the writers could have just avoided any hassle of Childen getting across to Japan. It would have been better just to let him on board since he’s headed that way anyway.

It is a fitting ending for Childen. There wasn’t much more he could do in America, especially when the BCR believed he was dead. He couldn’t have gone to the Nazis. So, he married the woman he loved and he’s on his way back to her.

As for Kido, he did get a fitting ending. He was forced into working for someone he can’t stand just to pay off his son’s debts. While he’s going to continue to cause trouble in the country, he’s not a free man. Everything he does goes through his new boss. There is no happiness for Kido after everything that he has done.

I will say the touch of him being placed in the gas chamber room was a poetic touch. The BCR had no idea what it was used for, but we knew this was where it all started for Frank, with the death of his sister, niece, and nephew.