Xebek’s Blog

After meeting Asch on top of the tower a difficult decision has to be made by Luke.

Impressions:

Well this was pretty close to being a complete disaster. 10,000 lives were just lost so it was pretty tragic in its own way. Now it’s pretty clear that Asch isn’t in the best of shape due to something we haven’t been told yet. Also Luke is barely holding himself together after that stunt and now is limited in his lifespan. It is ironic that both original and replica seem to be nearing the end. Not surprised Jade knew what was wrong with Luke and probably knows what is up with Asch. Just wish people would stop keeping secrets like this and deciding what is best for others to know. Still I’d like them to find a way to survive this and keep on living. They aren’t bad guys so it’s just my personal feelings getting dragged into this one.

I can’t blame the rulers for making the decisions that they did. They have many lives on the line and can’t just say everyone should die. Funny that Luke and Asch avoided being sacrificed only to find themselves right back into that situation. Really thought they’d start beating each other up to see who would be allowed to die. Neither one of them really wants to die there and yet they can’t allow the other one to kill themselves. It’s a pretty strange situation when you think about it. Too bad for Asch that Luke had backup that could hold him back.

Just sad that Luke had the jewel of Lorelei all the time and had absolutely no clue. Feel bad for Asch who had been running around trying to get the thing into his possession. Would like it if Asch would just work with the others, but he really isn’t much for group action. At least they have the keys to deal with Van once they can get themselves to him. Now the issue is dealing with the God Generals who are still around and getting through the planet storm.

One nice thing was seeing how everyone reacted to the possibility of Luke really dying there. Could feel Anise’s point of view of not wanting Luke to sacrifice himself like Ion did. Respected Tear for trying to let Luke make his own decision even though she really wanted him to live. I’m sure Jade was hurting in knowing how things had to go and yet not wanting another friend to die.

On that note it was a pretty tame farewell for Dist. That was a pretty massive attack, but just seemed pretty quiet of a death for him. Got blasted off the tower and then you had the explosion. It didn’t seem like he had a way to survive that so will classify him as dead for now. Was a sad guy who wanted to bring the Professor back no matter what. But he still did terrible things and hurt a lot of people along the way. He needed to be stopped and sadly it fell to Jade to do it.

I feel for the replicas that got sacrificed in this episode. It wasn’t so clearly shown but they were in a terrible position. They were all replicated from the dead so to anyone that knew them, they are a reminder of loss. Even Guy who knows about replicas got caught up with the one that looked like his sister. For people that don’t understand about replicas they have to be a scary thing. After being told by Dist that they were abandoned they had nowhere to go and no real purpose. If giving up their lives meant other replicas could be given a place to live peacefully then it would be worth it. It’s just sad that they had to die just so the other replicas could be helped. Mohs really has to pay for creating replicas that had to suffer like that.

Now it seems Mohs and Largo are going to be the next to face the group. No doubt the situation around Natalia will come to light in that episode. It’ll be hard for her but better to deal with things than to live completely ignorant of it.