[octoberasian]

Originally Posted by xat

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Yorito is a bit negative about himself in this scene; he goes on about how he's not human; how he's not the real Yorito. Matsuri brings him to his senses in that regard by affirming that he is himself, and despite not being human, he definitely still exists. He can still kiss her and hold her hand. As far as Matsuri knows, he's the Yorito she loves.

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Yorito is a recreation of the original's (and more likely Aono's) memories. Even with that, he is also his own self. The base is there, but this Yorito has manifested into something almost completely sentient (something not entirely to Aono's liking).

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She's not returning the sword; she's asking Takeshi to teach her to use it. This is the last twist of the episode, and will probably be a key factor in the next episode.

We're just waiting for a good raw.

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Thank you for clearing that up.

Now... I wonder... Why must Matsuri learn how to use the sword?

EDIT @Kct: The sword is unaffected by Yaka powers. Even Matsuri couldn't disintegrate it. It managed to "disassemble" Yorito as well since the origami is Aono's Yaka power. Therefore, who would she use this on?

Is it to fight against Aono one last time? In Ep.9, it looked like they somewhat reconciled indirectly with Aono not killing Matsuri. It wouldn't make sense then for both of them to fight again unless there is another reason that's not obvious at the moment. And, it looks like Matsuri will be avoiding Aono from now on.

Unless, there is still that surprise character that someone else brought up in the Ep.9 Discussion Thread. One, it made me wonder who revived Mayuko? I'm still wondering that after Ep.9. I'm sure Mayuko would remember who revived her. But, she didn't recognize either Matsuri or Aono. It's kind of weird.

Well, this series is getting well known for its twists and turns, and especially surprises. It'd be interesting and unexpcted if the biggest twist the creators/writers could throw out is Mana being the "trump card" in this series. What would happen if that was true.

By the way, if anyone watched it on NicoNico, has anyone noticed how good the RAW looked on that website? O.o It looked so much better than any RAW I see on YouTube.