Xebek’s Blog

The group prepares for the final battle and take time to reflect on how far they have come.

Impressions:

Well now we are set up for the final battle. It was a nice job at doing the regular final moments of peace before taking on the end boss. Everyone has gone through a lot so there was clearly a lot for them to think about before taking on Van. I liked the nice little chat between Jade and Anise at the bar. Being the creator of fomicry and having killed your childhood friend would push anyone to start drinking. Though I suppose he was feeling worse about the situation Luke is in. It’s tough since if he hadn’t created fomicry there would be no Luke. Yet having created it caused many lives to be created and cut short. I’m sure also he didn’t want to kill Dist, but if he didn’t the guy would just keep coming back to haunt them. There was no end for Dist since he would just keep trying to use fomicry without thinking about the consequences. Having killed Arietta and losing Ion is the burden that Anise has to carry on. Maybe she feels that she can do some good by taking care of the Ion replica.

It’s actually amazing how Luke and Asch can be so similar and different at the same time. Both of them are suffering and don’t seem to have much time left before their bodies give out. Suspect that doing a hyper resonance by himself has put a lot of strain on Asch’s body. Neither one of them are willing to tell others that they don’t have a lot of time left to live. Think that they both don’t want to be pitied by those around them. Now Luke probably doesn’t want to be treated differently and to enjoy the friendships around him. But it’s good that Tear realized since it now puts her on the opposite side from earlier in the series. This time she is the one that can only watch as the person she cares about is moving slowly toward their end. Give Noelle some credit since she let them have a nice peaceful moment under the moon. Its obvious how they both feel, but they’ll just stick by their old ways for now. They have definitely come a long way considering how they first met.

Asch is just pulling away and this is probably why he’s not trying to get close to Natalia. She has gone through some terrible things, but he probably feels it’s better to not make their attachments any stronger if he isn’t going to survive. He was probably willing to sacrifice himself because he didn’t feel his body would make it much longer. I can’t help but feel really sorry for Natalia. She finds out about her biological father, has to kill him, and now is going to lose two childhood friends. At least she managed to have a comforting moment with her father. The guy finally realized it was the bond they shared that was the most important thing.

At least the world military is trying to work together for the common good. Sadly their weapons are garbage and couldn’t actually do any damage. Kind of tough to draw attention away from the main party if they aren’t perceived as a threat. That was a pretty reckless move by Noelle’s brother to charge in like that. Hopefully everyone made it out of there alright. Obviously Asch is fine since he still has a role to play in this series. But side characters like her brother are more expendable so will see about his fate. Hopefully he’s alright since Noelle has lost a lot during this series as well.

Now that they have made it there are only a few obstacles left. Have to make it past Legretta, Sync, and then finally Van. Doubt it will be too easy, but they can’t take that long either since there isn’t much of the show left. I hope they can give this series a proper conclusion.