2011-01-01, 14:30
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Komrades of Kitamura Kou
Join Date: Jul 2004
Age: 39
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Final summaries before I sleep. This is the entirety of the quiz game sans the actual questions and solutions due to translating problems.
Spoiler for Summaries:
The Fifteen Quizzes
(I'm not going to detail the quizzes because I'm going to answer them in their correct form. It takes too long to ACCURATELY translate them and I'm not good enough to do that for others to read and take as the original form. Some of these are Japanese vocabulary quizzes on Katakana and Hiragana, which needs a degree of language familiarity to even comprehend. The others are abstract/logic pattern recognition quizzes and the rest and analysis questions, which are easier to solve for me.)
- At quiz 1 (Kinzo), we get some background on the memories of Genji and Kinzo's friendship with Beato. She asks Ange to one day recall the smile she shows Kinzo.
- Ange looks around on who will ask next. She has problems choosing the next questioner.
- At quiz 2 and 3 (Hideyoshi and Eva), we get a scene on Eva and Hideyoshi, which shows that they are rather nice people in reality. Eva calls herself a bad mother for the way she acts, but Hideyoshi says she tries her best. She speaks of the horrible way she treated Ange when, after Episode 3, she was the only survivor to take care of Ange. She laments her faultand sin towards her. Rudolph and Kyrie thank her for trying her best to take care of Ange during that time.
- At quiz 4 and 5 (Gohda and Kumasawa), they talk about how Ange is maturing into a fine young lady. She is likened to an egg that is taken cared of to hatch when the time is right. They shouldn't force her to hatch against her will. She can become a good girl not tied to the sadness of the past. She has a future ahead.
- At quiz 6 and 7 (Nanjo and Genji) it is discussed why Genji uses a trick question. They talk about how they would sometimes used cheap tricks when playing chess with Kinzo. We get background on the shared past of Genji and Kinzo. We learn that Genji is from Taiwan and met Kinzo there and they became like brothers. We learn that Kinzo tried to get Genji's family to leave the island due to the war. Due to the debacle it seems only Genji survived and has dedicated his life to Kinzo.
- At quiz 8 and 9 (Natsuhi and Krauss) she is reminded of her own choice to abandon that orphan so many years ago as she seems to speak to Beato. She sort of apologizes for what she had chosen to be done to her at that time, after seeing the way Ange is acting as a little girl. She wonders what would have happened if she never let the child fall down the cliff. Beato harbors no grudge it seems, so Natsuhi should stop carrying the cross on her shoulders. Beato gives Natsuhi a hug (awww....). Hell Beato calls her oka-san (shortcut for mother).
- At quiz 10 and 11 (Kanon and Shannon) both are happy that the games are about to end and closure for their fates are about to come. They acknowledge how this is like a catbox that will not be opened. They talk about their relationships and their beliefs. The box must be opened if they ever hope to get a world that they can be with the ones they love. Both actually call for their "duel" on who becomes the "real person", by coin flip or pistols. They decide to do it by a quiz too.
- At quiz 12 and 13 (Rosa and Maria) Sakutaro (Yay!) wonders why Maria gave such a hard question. They talkabout Battler's desire to use this game and get some sort of happiness for Ange. Ange was the one who understood Maria's magic. They want Ange to believe in one's personal maic again. Even Battler understood magic. She laments that even if the best end cannot be accomplished, at least allow some sort of joy for Ange.
- At quiz 14 and 15 (Kyrie and Rudolph) the quiz game ends. Ange asks what Kinzo would give her. Kyrie and Rudolph talk about Battler. RUDOLPH REVEALS THAT HE SWITCHED THE BASSINETS OF ASUMU AND KYRIE. THUS, BATTLER IS KYRIE'S BIOLOGICAL SON! He did this to prevent the fact that he had an affair secret by making his mistress' son his wife's. He wants to apologize for doing this to them. In this catbox he says the truth must finally come out. Both of them sob.
- For Jessica and George, they have 3 boxes to put the medal in, and not all boxes are correct. A red, blue and a green box. She is to find the box where the medal goes in to. Ange chooses the red box. They ask if this is her final choice. Ange says that all the boxes look the same except for color so there's no reason for her to change her mind. The box makes a surprise sound and Ange starts to rethink her choice.
- At quiz 16 and 17 (George and Jessica, actually only one quiz but you get two medals), they tell that in the cake slice choice the influence of the servants affected her choice and helped narrow down the potentialchoices (?). What was supposed to be a 1/20 chance became a 1/15 chance. George is impressed that Ange understands probabilities at 6 years old.
- Ange is sleepy now so the quiz game ends. George and Jessica talk about the cake and the chances of getting the right slice. Like in reality, the information you get can affect the choices you make, eliminating some options and increases the chances of getting the right answer. It's your choice to accept them or not.
- Ange is too sleepy to continue so Battler and Beato decide to put off their quiz. She falls asleep as the rest of the family quiet down. They enjoyed playing the game with her. Kinzo hopes to change the tyrannical view of him. Nanjo hopes that in the 18 years after she finds a good life (?).
- Krauss says she is the last grandchild of the family and they pray for her good fortune. Natsuhi says happiness isn't only found but made. Hideyoshi and Eva talk about how their lives are inside this catbox.
- THE NARRATOR SUGGESTS THAT THIS PARTY, AS WELL, IS THE FAMILY'S CHANCE TO SAY GOODBYE TO ANGE. EVERYONE SPEAKS LIKE THEY ARE INDEED SAYING GOODBYE.
- The family gives words of wisdom forAnge as she sleeps. They leave after saying goodbyes, and Battlerand Beato approach her. They ask her to remember the good times they had and not be bound. They tell her to live, even without them.
- Beato admits that this is a fantasy made for this visit of Ange. Eva is still apologetic. The adults say she should stop beating herself up over it. She does see Ange as the daughter she never had.
- Genji brings Ange to the drawing room to sleep. Shannon tells Kinzo that Ange got 17 medals. He tells them to put a card beside Ange where she sleeps. A stuffed toy is also placed there. They leave her to sleep.
Yeah. Death flags everywhere. The entire bit is really touching personally and really capitalizes just how much Battler wants Ange to move on and live her life unbound to the past.
Blog page updated as well. More summaries tomorrow.
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