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Originally Posted by Spags

Spoiler for answer about the plot:

But what is missing is what wishing on this well does for the user. He stated during his fight with shiki that once the user wish was realized then that wish would consume the user. A good example of this is when Ouji was finally confronted with the truth of her situation by Azaka the giant flower thing came to claim her life cause she realized the reality behind her wish.

Originally Posted by Xakanis

Also, thanks to the person who gave more backstory on God's Word, but was there anything in the novels which described WHY the thing that was about to

Spoiler:

consume Ouji, was a plant?

Spoiler for Novel spoiler #1:

Firstly, the problem is that the Azaka-vs-plant part doesn't exist in the novel. It's a purely Azaka-vs-Misaya fight that would have ended very quickly if animated. In the novel, Azaka noted that for someone would had learnt magic for only two months (which is Misaya in this case), there was no way she could control troublesome familiars like fairies as they are notoriously mishievious and hard to control (people well-versed in faeroe lore would understand that this is a gross understatement). In fact, Misaya depended on an entity Kurokiri gave her for her fairies and once you KO that entity, it's game over for her. Which is what happened in the novel. Azaka avoided the attacking fairies and went straight for the kill... and the entity didn't go berserk either. I suspect this scene was changed for the movie in order for the battle to be more spectacular (and also to give Azaka-chan a chance to show off her nice white thighs like Alphard )

Btw, thanks for the link, Xakanis =3

Originally Posted by Spags

Spoiler for answer about the plot:

So right before God's Word was finished off by shiki, he used his magic to tell shiki that she never lost the memory of what happened on that rainy day when male shiki died, and that she would soon discover it. So once she realized the truth behind the magic ie discovers the magic she would be consumed by the after effect. Those lines are basically his spell on shiki. So essentially his way of beating shiki and I think araya's attack plan using God's Word was to have shiki be consumed when she finally remembered her past

This is my take on it, tho may be incorrect I think it seems to fit well.

Actually my understanding is that what he really meant was that some memories are so strong that once recalled, they could engulf the person. For example, a victim of a vicious gang-rape might be able to live on with his/her life after s/he forgets all memories of his/her traumatic experience. But if s/he recovers them (and worse, along with the trauma), the memory of his/her experience would might crush him/her to the point that the person is literally engulfed in darkness. That is, imho, why Shiki got so worked up after hearing Kurokiri talking about her memories possibly drowning her. She probably knows it's true, and is afraid that should he get his way, she will remember what she had tried to forget.

Also, remember that Araya most likely wants Shiki to remember her past. To him, the Shiki before the fifth chapter was incomplete, a precious link to Akasha that has unfortunately gone to sleep, thus the need to awaken her. Fujou and Asagami were pieces he used to that goal; Kurokiri was most likely an insurance to make sure things would go as planned.