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Old 2010-05-02, 21:53   Link #70
Xellos-_^
Not Enough Sleep
 
 
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: R'lyeh
Age: 48
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Originally Posted by Himeji View Post
That coma idea isn't half bad... there's something to it. I totally disagree with the disappearance reason however.
When they're disappearing, it means that they've finally given up on life and are finally and ultimately *dying*

Take Iwasawa in ep.3 - in her recollection we see her lying in a hospital with a heavily bandaged head. A coma wouldn't be far off there.
Iwasawa's singing and guitar playing kept her will to live going. However, when they were taking that away from her and even wanted to take away her guitar, her most precious possession, that made her finally give up her will to live. After a last song showing her hopelessness, she gave up and disappeared, because she *died*

Yuri probably got to know this, that you need to keep fighting to keep living, because if you stop fighting and give up, you'll die - *really* die.

Angel is helping the people die - perhaps she views this as a form of euthanasia.
This makes Angel a very specific angel, the Angel of Death.
it not showing hopelessness it is reaching the state of nirvana. Iwasawa finally found what she was looking for, which is why she pass on.
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