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Old 2012-05-05, 23:43   Link #65
FlareKnight
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A pretty good episode in giving Kiritsugu some background and delving into what molded him into what he is now. I really was wondering about everything that was driving Kiritsugu when he decided to kill his father. In part can believe it was trying not to make the same mistake of not being able to sacrifice something no matter how important. Though to be fair it doesn't seem like he liked his father that much in the first place...Part of it might have been simple revenge. His experiments and research killed Shirley, even if he didn't hand the stuff to her. On top of that his father had an "well things happen" kind of response which probably only fueled Kiritisugu's decision to finish him off. Also maybe part of it was Kiritsugu trying to atone for his mistake. If he had been able to kill Shirley as she asked this situation wouldn't have turned into such a nightmare. Regardless he got the job done and the impact of killing his father and what he saw was clear. There really wasn't anything for him to take. The girl he loved was gone and his dreams at the very least hit hard by reality.

Really is terrible to see how everything went down. Though in this series I'm guessing at almost no happy tales to be told. One day a simple village and then the next a total disaster zone. Sad that the Church was in part right. Sadly Shirley knew enough to have a peak at the possibilities, but not enough to realize what the research was capable of. Sad to see how she ended up and the disaster that was brought. Do wonder about Shirley's fate. Easy enough to suspect she was just killed offscreen by one of the dozens of people wiping out the island. Of course would have thought her 'death' would be more prominent. But maybe all that was needed was seeing Kiritsugu unable to kill her.

Well sorry to see you go out like that Shirley. But was reckless to take that medicine. No matter how much you respect the research don't touch it. Of course entirely possible that Kirtsugu's father would have asked her to take it down the road anyways as a test. So maybe she had little hope of surviving.
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