[Vena]

Originally Posted by miketyson

Vena: also, in re: destiny:

Spoiler for Destinies:

In terms of being born on the wrong side of the tracks, etc., there's definitely not enough in this episode to support that theory, and not having seen the original there might be issues I'm overlooking. That said, I do think something like what I sketched will pan out -- Mykage wants something on Vega, so he disappears Altair's women, thereby motivating Altair to "make contact" () with Vega, while potentially forcing the reincarnations through a "bottleneck" of sots...some mix of that with the "components of people reincarnating independently" is my theory for now, so I'll wait and see.

Zessica saying he's not the hero stood out to me more as a weird line from her, she's seemingly turned into the "negative" woman she used to criticize Mikono for being.

Cards aside.

Spoiler for Simpler:

I think its simpler to say that he removed the women to give himself an excuse to look for the reincarnation that he needed on Vega. Not that there were some sorts of split pairs between the planets. Like I said, there's a recurring theme of Altair/Vega man/woman: Jin/Yunoha, Kagura/Mikono, and I still think Amata's Dad/Alicia.

To fit the role of the destined lovers they need to be separated from start, so what better way for the universe to be a dick than to put them on two different planets where, without external forces, they'd never meet? Remember, they are the destined pair of heartbreak. And, as I said, Mikono saw the same *image* as Kagura had before, so I really don't think its vague anymore.

As for Zess, I think that line was a point of concern as in "You're not the hero of a story, don't push yourself!", it matches well with her panicked state over his getting his ass handed to him later. I honestly don't see negativity in her, she's taken large steps forward this episode with spilling the beans, so to speak, and trying to support Amata. In her position, you'd have little choice but to be sad when the person you care for is on a path (quite literally this episode) of self destruction for a girl that (as far as you as Zessi know) is going to abandon him. That's a lot of depression.