Compelled to blog today... even if it's because me wanna rant...
[ Shikami's winamp now playing: "Dame" -- Izumi You ]
Sutsume-chan's heard all this but I thought I'd just put it down here anyway.... Got my first look at some translations and scans of the latest Asuka issues containing X...... *cringe* Can we say "ow"????? I swear what Sora-chan went through was bloody painful.... let's not even mention that he's now got internal inujuries and lost the use of his right hand.... *sniffles* Sora-chan...... dun want Sora-chan to get hurt....
[ Shikami's winamp now playing: "Zankoku na Tenshi no Thesis" -- Hayashibara Megumi (Ayanami Rei) ]
But then of course, the interesting thing about that is that after Sora-chan got hurt protecting Arashi, Arashi decides to go pull a TB Subaru.... ie. when Subaru was banging on the doors of the emergency room desperately calling for Sei-kun... I mean, this is ARASHI we're talking about!! Miss "Ice Princess"!! @.@ Somehow, I really can't imagine Arashi reacting violently to anything... ^^;;; and I REALLY can't imagine people calling Sora-chan "Sorata-san".... that just... doesn't sound right... ^^;;; I LOVE "Seishirou-san", "Aoki-san" is pretty fitting, "Yuuto-san" is good too... but "Sorata-san"???!??! *sweatdrops* Dunno... Sora-chan just doesn't strike me as a "-san".... He's too cute! ^_^
[ Shikami's winamp now playing: "Take Off To The Sky" -- Midorikawa Hikaru (Heero Yuy) ]
Anyhoo, here's the weird bit... Arashi and Sorata finally lift their game and basically starts getting cozy... but the last page of the latest Asuka issue has Arashi waking up from Sora-chan's bed (nekkid ^^;;; so it's probably a reasonable indication of what happened) and then we see her looking at her hand -- the one that the sword comes out of -- with this funny expression on her face. Now this leads me to think that something funny's going on, and when you think about the fact that Arashi is meant to be a "miko" and the hidden miko of Ise, how can she still be a miko after what happened?? And if she can't be the miko any more, does that mean that she can no longer make the sword come out of her body??? And if she can't, what other powers does she have?? And if she doesn't have any, then how the Hell is she gonna continue being a Seal?!?!?! @.@ Interesting questions...
[ Shikami's winamp now playing: "Eden" -- To Destination ]
Then, of course, there's the Subaru situation.... ^^;;; of course!! When ISN'T there a Subaru situation? *giggles* But yeah, Fuuma finds him in Sei-kun's old home... (btw, he's got himself a new white coat.... ^^;;; guess he didn't want the old one anymore, what with Sei-kun's blood on it...) and offers him Sei-kun's left eye! *gapes* Basically if Subaru takes the eye, then he also accepts the responsibilities of being the Sakurazukamori... (which he is meant to be already, considering that he just killed the present Sakurazukamori) and if he doesn't, well.... ^^;;; nothing would happen.... But Subaru, of course, poster-boy for Angst that he is, has to take the eye... *rolls eyes*
[ Shikami's winamp now playing: "I Don't Wanna Cry" -- Romantic Mode ]
So when Kakyou's talking about the Angels in his Dreamscape with all the cloaked figures of the Angels, one figure disappears and the cloak falls to the ground, signifying Sei-kun... but then you see a figure rising up under the cloak and finally you can see Subaru's face, BOTH eyes intact *cringe* don't need to try very hard to figure out how that came about.... ^^;;; and with the gloves back on his hands.... So in effect, Subaru defected to the Angels... *pout* In which case it would be extremely unfair to the Seals... I mean, here they are, having killed what was probably THE most powerful Angel aside from Fuuma himself, so you'd think that they had the upper hand... but now, not only have they failed to get rid of the Sakurazukamori power, they've managed to lose what was probably THE most powerful member of their own team -- Subaru -- to the other side... so basically whereas the score should have been Angels 0, Seals 1, the score is now Angels 2, Seals 0 ^^;;;;;; I dunno about you, but I find this extremely unfair...
[ Shikami's winamp now playing: "Finale" -- L'Arc en Ciel ]
Now here's the even more interesting thing... Kakyou's predicted that another Angel will die (there's the figure under the cload disappearing thing again)... but then that a new power will rise to fill the empty place among the DOE -- and this time, we don't get to see the face of the new Angel... just what might be long dark strands of hair... and considering the precident that Subaru's set, could this new Angel be a former Seal?? And if it is a former Seal, then the only Seal with long dark hair is, of course, Arashi.... @.@ And of course, if that happens, then the way Sorata interpreted the Ojiisan's words on Kouyasan was wrong... He will die for the sake of the woman he loves, but not by protecting her... instead, he would most likely die by her hands..... *major sweatdrop* Now allow me to reiterate... poor Sora-chan.....
[ Shikami's winamp now playing: "Bokurachi no Riyuu wa Iranai A to Z" -- E.M.U. ]
Sutsume-chan and I were taking bets on which of the Angels would die... and for some reason ^^;;; both of us managed to pin down the choices to either Satsuki or Yuuto-san, with both of our money on Yuuto-san.... ^^;;; We'll have to see how that turns out.... We are also both of the opinion that Subaru should have died when Sei-kun died.. ^^;;; morbid I know, but he certainly isn't any more alive in the emotional sense now anyway.... *giggles* either that or just die-hard Sei-kun/Subaru fans.... or maybe a little bit of both... *L*
But if Kakyou didn't mean that an Angel disappearing by way of death, then could it also be that Kusanagi would defect to the Seal's side?? o.O;;; They could certainly use the numbers, especially considering the impending doom about to fall upon Aoki-san and Karen, after which very possibly only one of them will be able to walk away with their lives....
*sighs* CLAMP really likes screwing us over on the plotline... and at this rate, they're most likely not going to end up killing everybody in the possibly four tankoubon left if we go according to the major arcana of tarot.... which then leads us to the question of who's gonna live and who's gonna die..... and then what happens to those left AFTER the Promised Day??
Perversely, I reckon that if anyone does survive the Promised Day, Subaru will probably be one of them ^^;;;; if he doesn't take his own life, that is.... *sweatdrops*
^^;;; But, there's no denying that this is CLAMP, so we'll just have to see what happens...... but really... the Angels are now so much more powerful than the Seals -- Subaru's defected, Sora-chan can't use his right hand, Arashi might have just lost her sword, either Karen or Aoki-san may just be dead soon... and Kamui still can't figure out how to make a kekkai... *sweatdrops* Makes me wonder if CLAMP'll just make the Angels win and be done with it.... ^^;;;;
Okies okies... think I've ranted enough about this subject........ we'll see when X finishes, how accurate some of these speculations are.... ^^;;;;;
Ranting by Shikami Yamino @ 1:34 AM
