Oki, I just saw episode 15, and much like everyone previously said.., it was indeed amazing
Unlike the previous episode, this thankfully went back to the original animation style.., and like many I was kind of afraid that what happened with Fate-Stay was starting to happen with Uta-mono in this department aswell..
But.., lets just hope they keep it steady from now on in
The content of the episode itself however, to me is where this particular one has its strong points.
We would finaly see if Hakuoro's plan & race against time would prove him victorious over Niwe and his army.., and despite Yue having a Tremendously amount of troops.., I belive we all saw his fate comming.., just.., not in the way I expected
The great fight scenes where also amazing in this episode, altough in some I could see that they where used in previous episodes (ex : Hakuoro fightning the first guards at Yue's gate), needless to say that Karura's scenes definitly made an impact
From taking out a Gate with just 1 swing, to pulling that Huge blade to her with just a string to even taking 2 blows in both arms and then acting just as nothing happened.., it clearly demonstrates how POWERFUL Karura realy is
This not to mencione her skills at dodgeing while fightning those 3 soldiers.
And in the end she clearly saved Hakuoro and the rest from those "enchanced" soldiers.., Touka seems like a great swordfigther.., but honestly.., in this episode Karuka surpassed her once again by a REALY long advantage.
Hakuoro's fight scenes vs Yue where pretty nice aswell, and by the end it clearly showed us that something inside Hakuoro drives him to battle, for as he himself said.. he was enjoying fighting Yue altough he did not know why.
Clearly this is what Eruruu most fears I belive.., and why she always wants to acompany him as in to see what is the "choice" he makes.., either he will by the end of time be compleatly consumed by the urge to battle, or if he will have the strenght to stop.
Unfortunaly as Eruruu witnessed in the Throne room.., Hakuoro is more and more starting to fall into the path of war & destruction.., the awakening of his "inner-self" through the entire fight vs Yue, and by the end of this one possibily indicates that he will sooner or later lose control; and Eruruu deep down inside knows that this is slowly happening.
Never the less though in my opinion it was outstanding to finaly see Hakuoro Awaken.., and he compleatly devastated Yue to shreads.., which compleatly shows us how REALY powerfull he is..., so powerfull in fact that I belive not even Karura would stand her ground vs him in that form.
Not to mencione that he looked simply awsome
, along with all the gore and such, realy wonderfully made.
Taking on
Lost's words now regarding Yue beeing insane, I too have to dissagree on that..
Yue was simply a war driven person, who I belive had a personal desire to find the "ultimate beast" which lies inside men.., that which drives everyone into hatred, anger and strenght beyond measures, what realy lies inside the ever so earning desire of men.., even if it was at the cost of his own life.
On some previous episodes he clearly saw something "diferent" on Hakuoro as a person.., if he did already expected him to be as "strong" I do not belive.., which is where our mysterious winged fellow comes into the picture.
Possibly he gaved Yue's a better in-sight on how realy powerful Hakuoro was.., decision this that lead Yue to take so much drastic measures such as burning down his own country just to act as a catalyst for Hakuoro's true self to be awakened.
In the end though even he was surprised that Hakuoro was beyond his imagination the true "ultimate beast"; and such discovery made him so content that he would have nothing else but to be honored in beeing compleatly cut down and eaten by such a beast.
In the end though.. Yue was just a pawn used to bring Hakuoro's inner-self out.., leads me to belive now.., if our Winged fellow was pulling the strings behind the curtains.., how is it that he had this knolodge regarding him.., and what realy are his intentions...
All and all, this was in fact a great episode.., and more questions now rise towards the up-comming ones.
Too bad though there will not be more "KYA YA YA YA !".., lets face it.., we all came to learn to love that laught
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