Good episode! 9/10.
The episode felt kind of chaotic at times, but that's logical since there are so many battles going on at the same time. They once again managed to give most characters the screen time they deserved.
I'm glad that Margery arrived. Not only did she manage to snap Wilhelmina out of her despression, but she made the battle against Yuji and Sydonay much more interesting with her unpredictable unrestricted spells. Wilhelmina's and Margery's relationship has really grown to the level of 'buddies' as well. It's nice to see that Margery understands Wilhelmina better than anyone else at the moment.
Seeing how Bel Peol looked at that clock (the time was 23:07 or 23:08) and the fact that the flame haze are expecting the tide of battle to change at midnight, I'm guessing that the tomogara are really waiting for midnight. So the Reiji Maigo really plays a vital role in Yuji's plan. If that's the case, he'll have to continue holding back the flame haze for nearly an hour. It won't be easy, since Yuji and Sydonay are being outmatched by Shana, Wilhelmina and Margery. And now that the Chorde were already fired at the 'egg of the world' everything could happen.
I wonder what kind of data the flame haze put in their piece of the Taimei Shihen. I don't think Shana and co have found a way to completely destroy the spell, since they only had a few days to analyse the Taimei Shihen, using the information they got from Spiral Organ. Spiral Organ wants Xanadu to be created as well (since he's planning to use the power of existence that comes with the creation and the tomogara leaving for the other world for his own goal), so I don't think he would give the flame haze the chance to completely destroy the spell.
I still think that it's an alternation of the Taimei Shihen. Even the flame haze have to realize that the tomogara leaving this world would be a good thing. So I'm guessing that they just forcefully put in some data, which would somehow stop the tomogara from disrupting the balance in the new world.
Since Shana's goals are to be with Yuji and to protect the balance, I think this is indeed a good possibility. She wouldn't have to kill Yuji, she wouldn't even completely stop his plan since the new world would still be created, the balance would be protected, and she would be able to be with Yuji in the end. If this is indeed her plan, then I guess that Shana did believe Yuji/Snh when he said that the creation of Xanadu itself wouldn't damage the balance. Since Yuji is planning to go to Xanadu himself, I'm guessing that Shana is planning to go with him in the end.
As for Rofocale, I was wondering where he went after returning from the rift. He's in the middle of nowhere, but he's still able to watch the battle in Misaki City, because he's able to cast a spell which allows him to look at things from a distance. It seems that he is a follower of neither Alastor nor Sairei no Hebi. There is a third god: The God of Guidance Shaher, the Thunderous Chant of Awakening.
It seems that the Flame Haze, who are not in Misaki City at the moment, are planning to use an oracle from this god to spread Shana's plan to the world, hoping that it would have some kind of effect on the tomogara. The plan seems farfetched, but I guess they're at least trying to do something.
The summoning of this Oracle seems kind of tricky though. If I'm understanding Rofocale's words right I guess the oracle will only be summoned when the God sees something that needs guidance. Something that won't won't become what it's supposed to become without his guidance.
Does this mean that it will have to be something that Shaher didn't think was possible? Something he can't predict the future/consequences of? Something so special that he wants the whole world to know? That's why an oracle is summoned?
Since the oracle wasn't summoned when Yuji/SnH proclaimed their plans to the world, I guess that the creation of Xanadu isn't enough to summon the oracle. Does this mean that Shaher doesn't see the creation of Xanadu as special? Did he already predict that something like this would happen someday? Apparently Shana's plan isn't enough to summon the oracle either.
Now the question is what Pheles and Johan did, since Rofocale starts to act really weird after seeing something strange in the minivan. Will Pheles and Johan be the ones to summon this oracle in the end?
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Originally Posted by alvinkhorfire
Wow, another cliffhanger in the end of the episode! What happens to the core of Xanadu, after Shana manages to fire Chorde loaded with Taimei Shihen towards it?
Is it just me, or SotF Yuji is really becoming so weak that he has to be constantly protected by Sydonay? Maybe, performing the ritual has drained the energy of the Snake of the Festival, until SotF Yuji cannot fight at his full strength?  He is definitely a pale shadow of his former badass self, when he single-handedly defeated Shana, Wilhelmina and Margery in Episode 4. |
It's not that Yuji's grown much weaker. He's losing because of the circumstances:
- Yuji and Sydonay are not fighting to defeat the opponents. They're fighting to protect the 'egg of the world'. You could say that they're stalling for time. While Shana, Wilhelmina and Margery are fighting to fire Chorde at this egg of the world. The flame hazes are much more free in their actions.
While Sydonay and Yuji are both as strong or most likely even stronger than Shana, Wilhelmina and Margery when fighting 1 vs 1, they're being outmatched at the moment. 3 vs 1 is too much for them to handle at the moment. Not because they're too weak, but because their goal is to protect the egg of the world. If they give one of the 3 flame hazes a chance to fire the Chorde at the egg of the world, the flame haze 'win'. And since these aren't flame haze you can easily deal with, especially now that Margery has arrived with her unpredictable spells, they will get these chances as long as it stays 2 vs 3.
- Yuji isn't using the special ability of his Blutsauger (the ability to inflict wounds on anything which would come in contact with the sword), because he doesn't want to hurt Shana too much. He would have defeated Shana quite easily if he had used this ability.
- Yuji just lost his sense of precognition when Johan left him. So he's mostly using his own senses at the moment (sight, hearing, touch), while he's getting used to sensing the flow of power of existence for himself. He says that he never had to use this power himself before, since it used to come naturally to him and that he finds it quite diffcult to control this power by himself.
Now that Yuji learned his own unrestriced spell though, he might be able to turn the tables on them once he learns how to use it properly. It looks like some kind of protective spell. The spell was weaker the second time he used it though. Since he kind of summoned the spell on instinct the first time, I guess he'll have to get used to that feeling.
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Originally Posted by alvinkhorfire
What is the name of the blue spell used by Yuji to protect himself?
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I don't think we got a name from the spell yet. Seeing how surprised everyone was when he used the spell, I'm guessing that it's a completely new spell that was never seen before.
And, he is not using Blutsauger's damaging abilities to prevent excessively injuring Shana. Still, it does not explain that SotF Yuji appears to be less confident during this battle, and requires constant protection from Sydonay.
