[Cosmic Eagle]

Originally Posted by Om Nerabdator

well can you plz start at vol6 i saw a raw of Hakaze talking to that japanese official in a car, it seemed that talk was pretty damn important since it went on for a while, and nobody explained what the hell happened when she went back in time execpt that aika killed herself

Spoiler:

Basically, the researchers were floating the idea that the Trees are alien weaponry, that the aliens used the Genesis Tree to prevent other civilizations from attaining the needed tech level to threaten them. Zetsuen Tree is meant to be a fail-safe counter to that.

Later, while Fraulein's side is agonizing over whether to destroy the Genesis Tree, Mahiro and Yoshino encounter each other at the cemetery while looking at sakura blossoms. Yoshino reveals he's Aika's boyfriend and Mahiro comes to terms with it as well as finally admitting to himself that he really loved Aika all along. I personally find this part pretty poignant.

Hanemura's already shaky resolve is further strained when after too much destruction is caused in the movement of more Zetsuen fruits.

Hakaze decides to use the same way she broke out of the temporal difference on Mt Fuji to go back to before Aika died.


When Hakaze went back in time, she meets Aika who turns out to be the Zetsuen Mage. The full complete one, just as Hakaze is the Genesis Princess. In short, Aika's doing this to protect Yoshino and Mahiro. She doesn't care about anything else and considers her own death worth it for that end.