Girl has some crazy eyes.
Well, first off they changed the opening shot of Casshern and Luna again, so I think from now on we’ll be getting two seconds of different footage each episode. Not sure how the creators expect us to piece anything together from that, but it doesn’t really matter so long as each episode remains as awesome as this.
Those eyes are just so damn freaky!
Everything about this episode was spot on. The music, the dialogue, the animation, the entire storyline, and especially Sophita’s character. Except for the fact that Casshern won’t stop emo-ing( in a good way, though. He’s still learning). And that Friender’s gone (where the hell did he disappear to?)
I think the saying “If you’re gonna go down, go down swinging” would fit this situation well. In a world filled with despair and destruction, Sophita opts not to simply lay down and wait for the ruin to consume her body like other robots but to fight in order to feel more alive and passionate; what joy is their in slowly decaying and feeling yourself grow colder and more distant from the world around you? Though at first she just seemed like a slightly unhinged girl who liked to fight, we learn that it wasn’t the fact she liked fighting, but that she had to learn to like fighting in order not to feel crippling sadness about the fact she was destroying so many opponents.
She felt the most alive when she was most in danger of death (technically, though I doubt many of the robots she went up against could have taken her out). But there seemed to be some sort of wish for an early destruction not only on Casshern’s part but for her as well, though her’s was less full of despair. Rather than waiting for the Ruin and slowly breaking down, why not become ruined with the heart racing motors burning and blood pumping circuits running at full capacity? Ironically, it seemed like this did the complete opposite for her; she’s one of the few robots who don’t seem to be showing any sign of the Ruin (Crying robot? Confusing but effective…).
It seems like Casshern literally can’t die, even if he wanted to. I think the above screenchot is confirmation of that. But what’s most interesting is that he didn’t attack Sophita because she didn’t have any ill intent towards him; she was trying to save him from the endless killing and tortureed life he was leading. This answers my question from before; something within Casshern really does compel him to slaughter those who stand against him.
Hell, even the typical villain of this episode wasn’t that typical. He was a robot who actually had the good sense not to fight the person who was rumored to have caused the apocalyptic state of the current world, as well as killing all who had tried to DEVOUR him.
Sophita represented the simple urge of wanting to feel alive (as opposed to living) that many humans and robots alike must feel in the series. She displayed such a wide range of emotions and was such an inherently likeable cahracter that by the end of this episode I was sure the creators would kill her off just to screw with me. But in contrast to the deaths that seemed to happen in episodes 2 and 3 (Akoes ;_;) this episode seems to demonstrate hope for the state of the world and the survival of humanrobotkind.
Next Time:
The return of pink haired girl and the reveal of Casshern’s Sins?
Vey.Nice.Eyes.
This was an *awesome* episode, and I absolutely *love* Sophita. Damn.
@Kairu Ishimaru
No they’re not.
@Harimau
Everybody loves the Angel of Ruin ^^
sophita is like road from d.gray-man.. only older.. and hotter..