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Originally Posted by Telliamed
Anyone get the sense that, as far as the abilities of a yaka are concerned, the writers are making it up as they go along. It doesn't seem to me that there are any rules to what Matsuri can or can't do. Nor does her ability to fight reflect her physical condition.
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Yeah I sense that too. The show seems to focus exclusively on the character relationships and their dynamics, while the Yaka physiology is offered but never quite elaborated on the details. This also led me to the same suspicion that they were not fully thought out and perhaps made up as the story progress of some convenience.
Spoiler for ep 9 example:
Just this episode, they throws us this bombshell that is probably the biggest one yet... killing a Yaka to let another return to human is a seriously flawed concept if there are no restrictions in place. Assuming that every Yaka can sire a Yaka just by giving their blood, it will be an exploitable flaw to make a new Yaka and then kill it off to return oneself to a human. Restictions such as a ritual, special way of death such as a fatal blow from Takeshi's sword, or an absolute requirement to kill one's "parent" should be present to make it a balanced concept.
At the moment, we still do not have enough information to be sure if this method is just a myth which Takeshi picked up during his travels. We can only deduce that Takeshi had never gotten so close to killing a Yaka before, else Mayuko would have turned back to human, or he would have found out that it's really a myth or Mayuko would have stopped Takeshi in an earlier time and make her wish known to Takeshi. I'm still giving them the benefit of the doubt that they will try to provide some overdued explanations to this and some other mysteries from previous ep. Likely I'll be a little disappointed if the writer choose to smoke out on the details, but it's something I can try to bear with provided they can deliver on other aspects. Well I just think sola can at the least pull off an enjoyable conclusion based on its other strengths. Sorry sounds like I'm ranting off on my own.
That said, ep 9 showed again what sola is good at, though only for the second part. I shed tears during the Takeshi x Mayuko flashback with binkan na fuukei playing in the back. That part was really poignant and well presented, Takeshi's appearance of anguish and desperation in the fight is still etched in my mind as I type, ditto the scene where small fires start to ignite on Mayuko as she steps into the sunlight.
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Originally Posted by JediNight
Good camera direction this episode and such, but overall I can't help but feel that a lot of it didn't need to happen. Why didn't Mayuko say a long time ago that she just wants to be with Takeshi like he used to be.
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The cliche reply to that would be that Mayuko has insecurities and is afraid of changes, that Takeshi might leave her if there isn't a reason for him to fight for. But yeah you have a point there.