Friday, May 28, 2010

Angel Beats Episode 9


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Exactly. That is exactly what I needed.
Today really sucked. My favorite part was when I asked to go home after 10 hours and 15 minutes my boss told me maybe. My brain might be a little soupy.

But then I came home and it was Angel Beats! time. XO And this episode seems to be a very serious business kind of episode. So while there is still a deep anger inside my heart for my place o business I am happy that Angel Beats! exists if only to brighten up my day.

I will be nice though and let Angel Beats! brighten everyone’s day though XD I am just that giving.

Today’s episode is brought to you by LOST. LOST. The show that has been confusing people since 2004.


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I'm super glad Otonashi didn't blame Yuri.

Episode Summary: Yuri and Otonashi watch over Tenshi as she sleeps. They know the chances of her walking up as the good Tenshi are really slim. Yuri feels very guilty about what has happened but Otonashi tries to convince her that her plan of action was correct at the time. Yuri relays the information to the other SSS members while Otonashi watches over Tenshi. She sends a few people over to try to rewrite Tenshi’s program to buy themselves some time. Then WHOOSH we are back to the day when Otonashi was in a train crash. He survives and he manages to save quite a few people with the help of a new friend despite being critically injuried himself. He tries to find a way out but both ways are blocked. He becomes the leader of their tiny group and tries to take care of them best he can (even though he loses one due to injuries sustained during the crash).

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In the face of utter despair Otonashi does a brave and noble thing.

But their food and water eventually run out and by day 7 everyone is laying on the ground waiting to die. Otonashi is feeling a bit hopeless so he pulls out his ID card and fills out the part where declares him an organ donor. Inspired the rest of the survivors do so too and are ready to die with peace. Just as the wall crumbles (rescue time!) it appears Otonashi has already died. Otonashi then wakes up and sees Tenshi is okay…and is the good Tenshi. She beat the odds. Otonashi explains his feelings and realize that MOG Tenshi was just trying to make me content with my past life so I could move on and be happy. She is really a good guy????!?!?! XO After being special Otonashi realizes he is still here in this world so he can help Tenshi help the others move on. He has a plan to do so but she must pretend to be the “bad” Tenshi so he can research how the others died. He wants them all to move on but is worried about what will happen after the fact and if Yuri will be able to at all. THE END!

XO The first half of this show was amazing. Otonashi’s plan is pretty…special. And Tenshi being okay was okay. But seriously, I really enjoyed the first half of the episode. Even if it destroyed my theory.

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I predict they will be goobery when they are reincarnated too....

I was really trying to hold out hope that these kids weren’t dead. But chances are they are massively splat cakes somewhere. That makes me sad. I wanted them to be somewhere safe, in a hospital until the day where Otonashi’s powers in this world made them all wake up. So I will focus on a new happy ending since that theory probably won’t happen. Otonashi will make everyone find peace with themselves and then they will be reborn close together and become friends that way.

HOWEVER….there is still a slight chance that Otonashi didn’t die and everyone is alive in a hospital somewhere! I mean…Otonashi didn’t have to be dead in that tunnel. He could have been on the brink of death or maybe they were able to resuscitate him or something. It could happen. I WANT TO BELIEVE!!!!

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SUFFER MORE!

However……going with the train of thought that Otonashi is dead…-_- Seriously. It wasn’t enough that he lost his sister and died in a train accident. Now we have to make him suffer from serious infected wound for 7 days while he waits to be rescued? -_- Rather had him die painlessly in his sleep.

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Always saving people, like a doctor.

Of course had he died in the train we wouldn’t have had such an excellent episode. And we wouldn’t have gotten to see the true worth of his character. Otonashi truly is/was a caring person. He didn’t die and suddenly become someone who needed to take care of people. He had changed before he died. The reason he ended up in the place they are now is because he is too nice of a guy. Thus that is why Otonashi is in that place so he can help guide everyone home. He was never really suppose to be there XD

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Otonashi is always very sensitive to the suffering of others.

Otonashi was very impressing during the moments after the train crash. Since I have been on a LOST marathon I had a bit of a moment where I thought all the SSS members were on the train and Otonashi was saving them. Yes I know they all look different now but the past was different and this is how Otonashi saw the world and what not. I blame this on LOST.

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Instant trust.

I do like that no matter what Otonashi has a…special pal to back him up. Granted this was kind of an instant friend but I did enjoy the short interactions that Otonashi had with Igarashi. That is why Otonashi is effective as a “leader”. He has someone to back him up, whether it be Hinata or Igarashi. I think if Otonashi had tried to convince the group that Tenshi was an awesome person without the backing of Hinata things might have gone differently. Otonashi needs a wing man.

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Okay I really like this kid.

I do think it is sad that Otonashi didn’t think enough of his actions in the tunnel as enough to be satisfied with life. Of course…he probably died not knowing he saved the group so it might be understandable why he died feeling like his life meant nothing. But he tried so hard. A senior in high school was able to pull it together and help out all those people and kept them alive for 7 days. That is a big accomplishment but…if you die in the train or 7 days later I guess that is not much to be happy about. But he did give everyone hope before they “almost” died. Dying with a purpose can put people at ease.

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A MIRACLE!

Tenshi wakes up and it’s the good Tenshi. MOG I am shocked at this magical happening. No one saw that coming. Well except everyone. But yay. Yay for Tenshi being good.

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Such innocents...

But MOG for Otonashi being that stupid. Why yes my dead smart boy. Tenshi was trying to send you to a HAPPY place all this time. She wasn’t trying to erase you but send you off to somewhere peaceful/whatever land. She wasn’t trying to make you suffer; she was trying to give you a good high school experience. Silly people not being honest with each other. Of course…it is kinda hard to confirm her side of the story since no one can interview the “disappears” after the fact…

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Poor lonely Tenshi...

Otonashi’s plan after the fact was pretty awesome too. It might cause him some problems later, what with everyone getting mad at him but they probably won’t mind too much. I do feel a bit sad for our heroes who actually wanted Tenshi to wake and be their friend. That shows what good people they are too.

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I'm worried too....

Thoughts on the future: Otonashi will spend the next episode finding out how everyone died. In the last episode Otonashi will plan this super fun day for everyone and they will either disappear at once/one by one until Yuri is left all alone. Otonashi will point out how she helped everyone all this time and what a good person she is and they deserve a second chance. Then Otonashi will take Yuri’s hand and POOF we are in a different high school where our heroes have been reincarnated. Welcome to the wonderful world of Tenchi!

Despite my ramblings and missing of major points (you know, about people trying to stop Tenshi’s program) I hope my post was enjoyable. Because the episode really was pretty great. I wish the series would last longer though :( That is the only part that makes me sad. But I shall enjoy the time we have left with each other. See ya next week!

4 comments:

Unknown said...

This episode was, quite simply, brilliant. I have never felt compelled to post in the past, but this episode deserves as such.

But, tbh, it was pretty obvious that Kanade was a good person all along. Otonashi's reaction annoyed me at that stage, but I'll forgive him because of his plan. But I won't forgive him leaving Kanade alone...poor Kanade =[

I really like the way that Kanade has developed a lot as a character. In the beginning, she seemed cold and distant, but now she's shown to be kind, sweet and caring. This was shown when she caressed Otonashi's head and face as he slept and woke up; that simple gesture established a trust and calmed Otonashi down. She is my favourite character in the series by a long way, and one of my favourite characters in any anime. She is third, behind;

L from Death Note.
Kisuke Urahara from Bleach.

Considering the fact that a lot more is known about these two characters, it shows how much I love Kanade.

However, Yuri hasn't shown any development at all. She's pretty much stayed the same throughout the whole series; a little change but nothing that would be considered note-worthy. Compared to the kind-hearted Kanade, she seems a petulant little girl with a bit of an attitude. But, considering her history, not hard to see why. Help her find her way Kanade!

Also, back to Kanade, even though she is lonely, she must like the fact that all her friends move on. That's what she aims to do as Student Council President, and they all manage to move on. :3

So yes, in all, cracking episode. Finally know the truth about the whole world they are in, which is good. Learnt more about Otonashi's past, which is good. Saw Kanade be lonely again, which is very bad!

Keep up the brilliant blogs :3

Christina said...

Samuel- Otonashi FINALLY getting it was a bit -_-. Like DUH dude. But no matter how DUH we are towards Otonashi the other SSS members should have realized it much sooner. Of course that might be more Yuri's fault but they hold some responsibility too.

But you have a very true viewpoint about Tenshi. She has changed throughout the series and for the better. The reason for her change of course is Otonashi since he was able to reach her AND THEN STAY the minute he found peace. But change is change.

Yuri has basically stayed the same. She did trust Otonashi enough to allow Tenshi to go fishing with them but deep down she probably only did that for surveillance purposes. She has trust issues and since no one questions her authority she has been stuck on constant guard since coming to this world.

Hopefully Otonashi will reach her and Tenshi will be allowed to leave with them all. It would be much too sad to have Tenshi change and stay alone after all is said and done.

Anonymous said...

For me, i find that Yuri's character has been expounded but not explicitly.

This episode we see that she has problem forgiving herself even if others do (the curtained face and voice acting)

From epiode 1, she did not seem smart nor even any from of a leader. I would have tended to wite her off as a Yui style hothead then

However as the series progresses, we see that she thinks a lot and executes plans alone if the plan is exceedingly dangerous, eg Naoi and the timewait event

We can also see she does not fixate onto a single conclusion but adjusts as requred (the mapo doufu episode) but keeps the original possiblity in mind as improbable not impossible, much like the watchers of this anime.

Under unforseen circumstances, she still acts calmly. Eg the fishing episode, which if there was no one left and they really got eaten, there would be no one to execute a rescue plan of their bodies so NOT blindly joining the others in pulling up the fish would be the correct decision (also lead to the unexpected event of her seeing harmonics and chasing the clone).

Overall, from episode 1 where se has absolutely no shown capabilty to lead to the current episode where seriously other than Otonashi (who still lacks combat skills and emotional control), there is no more capable leader in the SSS

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