2007-05-16, 12:10
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Graphic Designer
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: uk, England
Age: 33
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Originally Posted by Telliamed
I don't think the church is that significant. And I don't follow how you think there's a European connection.
The church represents safety. Holy ground is generally considered a place of sanctuary. Takeshi chasing Matsuri away from that safe place forebodes the eventual meeting of Matsuri and Aono, and facing the unresolved conflict between them.
It also looked pretty cool with those high-intensity lights blazing through stained-glass windows.
Since everyone is sharing their crazy theories, I've got one that'll really twist your mind around...
Spoiler for insane speculation:
17 years ago, Aono learns that Yorito has just been reincarnated. 200 years of obsessing over her lost love drives her to track-down the infant Yorito and murder his family, taking the child with her. Childhood friend of Yorito's real older sister Mayuko goes to the house and discovers the corpses ... except one of them isn't a corpse. Mayuko, despite the obviously fatal wounds, appears to be alive. That's when Takeshi sees someone fleeing the house: a woman with long, dark hair wearing a purple dress. Matsuri, who has kept an eye on Aono since she's responsible for her being "alive", revived Mayuko out of pity. Takeshi and his family eventually realize that this was the act of a yaka, and that Mayuko is now cursed. They were going to kill her right away, but Takeshi vows to find Matsuri so Mayuko's curse can be lifted, and also to avenge the murder of her parents. (He doesn't know about Aono, of course.) Aono, meanwhile, has raised Yorito while occasionally moving to another town or manipulating someone's memories to avoid suspicion. Matsuri would try to follow her, but until now was always too far behind.
What did Yorito discover that would allow Matsuri to walk in daylight? The title of this episode is "Blood Sacrifice", which means someone had to die. We saw Aono cut her own throat, but what she said indicates that Yorito had already died. The sacrifice that had to be made is for a mortal who loves a yaka to die. When he is reincarnated, his soul must lead him to the yaka again. If they reunite and he remembers his promise from the previous life, the yaka's soul will be purified and she will become human. (I haven't been reading the spoilers for future episodes, so I don't know what the speculation about episode 9 is.)
Aono wants Yorito to remember her so she'll become mortal again. Matsuri isn't that selfish and hasn't thought about Yorito in a long time. So even if she remembers what Yorito looked like in the past, she might not have recognized him right away. After a couple hundred years, you're likely to see a lot of people who bear a resemblance to someone else. Then she heard his name and remembered, but didn't think it was really him until she heard Aono's name. It may even be that she doesn't know about how becoming human.
... I haven't gotten as far as what's going to happen in the future.
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you need a cookie if that turns out to be the case O.o very well put together even if the "turning back into a human" part seems a bit off ~ but it can work as ive had a similar thought as well as to were yorito's parents are
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