Anime Discussion Thread - Page 1914

I think she'll tell Saito for sure. Are you thinking that alone is betraying the pope, or do you think she'll do something more pro-active (like try and forbid him from every using the powers again, or run away with him)?

something along the lines of not letting him use his powers

While completely predictable, at the same time I am disappointed by the lack of fanservice of yours truly. Haru-kun is obviously far more adorable than Fumi cameos.

Also it seems for now it's just more filler. Still waiting on the next arc. Wtb Aika arc.

most of the story revolves around Asahi (his mother) and the "sin" she committed 10 years ago, when she activated the ShinraBanshou and erased the memories of that war from everyone. The main thing she erased from everyone (save for two) was that there was a skill that had been created to eradicate the Shinra Banshou, but as they were preparing to do it, they were attacked by the Kairoushuu ninja.

1) Ironically, when she inherited the Shinra Banshou, Asahi and her husband Akatsuki had already left the ninja clans. They'd moved to the outskirts of Ireland with Grandpa Durandal (his name is never listed I think) and a young Toby Durandal (who'd rename himself to "Tobari" when he moved to Japan) and their son Miharu, and when she'd inherited it, Grandpa Durandal set about using the five forbidden skills to construct the anti-Shinra Banshou.
2) The forbidden skill Tobari protects is actually just a simple recorder - back in the ninja era "recording" was a forbidden practice due to it essentially leaving a record as well as undermining pretty much every counter-intelligence measure. Akatsuki (Miharu's dad) just left like a 5 minute family video, basically.

Durandal and Asahi tried to trigger the anti skill, and almost succeeded (Akatsuki died covering Miharu and later Toby, Durandal was slain finishing the ritual), but the main villain shows up at the end and blows off Miharu's face in front of Asahi, which prompts Asahi to declare "what's the use of this if I don't use it now?" and revives Miharu - the effect of Shinra Banshou makes her unable to remember his face, so she basically plasters her own face on him ("What did he look like? Someone tell me what he looked like... he must have looked like me..."), and then the anti-skill triggers, but because of her unwillingness to let go of the power, it sort of seeps out and moves to Miharu. At this point she knows what's coming, so she casts a spell on him to be as "indifferent" as possible - in an effort to prevent him from ever being interested in the power - and dies, having essentially been vampire'd by Miharu.

So much to go over, where to start?...

Jin exploring the new world of "women" was hilarious. To him checking out their boobs, and to him referring to their tears as "powerful weapons". The hints of Jin falling in love with Yunoha was done perfectly. Very subtle and romantic.

I was not expecting much, knowing that this episode was gonna be about Jin. But I was really surprised with how they went with this, totally unpredictable imo. Being a new "transer student", he was going to be naturally shy in an environment surrounded by people he doesnt know. He starts to shut off people and isolate himself (this part hit home with me). Yunoha sees this and sympathizes with him, and in turn, we get to learn more about the two of them. Very nice development imo. Definitely not another love-sappy story here, but very legit true feelings.

The music that queued when he was outside her window, just wow... Best fcking soundtrack Ive heard in an anime yet. Really really fitting for the scene and situation.

Then of course, he develops an elemental power. Fucking... YESSS. Just, that part was the icing on the cake.

And Fudo being the usual bad-ass that he is knew what was going on the entire time. And only Cayenne and Shrade were partically aware of what was really going on.

Which starts to make me wonder, what is Fudou's elemental power, assuming he has one? Im gonna guess its something along the lines of being able to see people's true inner self (elemental power). Thats why hes able to decide what unions to form for Aquarion. The more and more you think about this, its kinda like how GC has their inner voids and shit. But I wont even get to that, GC is in no way comparable to EVOL.