[Sonhex]

Originally Posted by Trax

I just finished watching Noir, and it was simply amazing. The story did progress slowly, but for some reason it still kept me enthralled and I just couldn't stop watching. There were some things that bothered me like the excessive flashbacks, but in retrospect those were built up very nicely towards the real revelation of what happened. The gunfights are a bit cliche (the bad guys never seem to be able to hit anything), but that didn't really bother me and I did generally like the action especially some of the near superhuman feats of agility and crafty moves by Kirika.

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The ending felt very powerful to me, and Altena's theory of hate being able to save was definately disproved there imo (instead of shooting Altena to save Mirreille, Kirika took the bullet instead).

It's obvious Mirreille and Kirika became very close, but I don't think it's in terms of an actual intimate relationship. Also don't think they were shot at the end, I doubt the Soldats are that dishonorable. Even if they tried it wouldn't have been that easy. I imagine they'd keep an eye on them, but leave it at that if they didn't cause any trouble for Soldats. They certainly earned it. Although I'll have to admit I don't quite understand the purpose of those shots then.

I also thought that headshot from Chloe to Kirika was strange. I can imagine it served to relive those moments where Kirika killed Odette Bouquet, but I suppose she must have missed on purpose then cause I doubt there were any blanks in that gun. One thing still bothering me is, what happened to Kirika before? How did she lose her memory and why was she left in that state?

It's been a while since I watched it, but wasn't it implied that...

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...Kirika after her training, had her memory wiped, was given a new identity and dumped into society as a 'task' to become Noir? Then she and Mirielle were brought together to fight it out for the chance to join Chloe. I don't think it was ever explained, but that's my take on it.

Apart from being utterly heart stopping (I seriously thought she was dead), the headshot has always puzzled me too, it did seem odd considering it was Kirika's gun. Bu I guess the Chloe missed purposefully knowling the 'shock' would trigger Kirika's memories.