DeathfireD said: My thoughts on what happed.
1) Taxi driver is Mr. Outsider or another member with a phone. I'm leaning more towards him being Mr. Outsider. The reason I think this is, as someone pointed out above, they spent to much time focused on him and his grin at the end. There's also the fact that his lower jaw resembles the guy we saw in the shadows before.
He's waiting outside so who knows what's going to happen in the movie. Will he reveal himself right off or not ;).
2) As I mentioned in the last episode, Takizawa could spend all his money without being killed as long as Juiz felt he saved the nation.
Now a few things are gonna happen. Since Takizawa requested something that cant happen instantly, Juiz cant kill him until his prince/king request is fulfilled. She basically has to slice up his big request into millions of little requests that will result in him becoming a prince. I'm guessing that's why the first movie is titles "The King has Come". From her comment "may you be a splendid prince by the time we meet" it's clear they will meet be it as friends or enemy's.
Second she has to determine if his past actions deem him the savior of the country. Which he is, but as member 1 said, this country is far from being saved. So we can assume he didn't win yet.
3) His last request is related to Saki. Right before the static on the phone he says "Damn this merry go round doesn't have a golden ring". Could mean he wanted to have juiz list them as a married couple in Japan (gold rings symbolize marriage). This way when he is King she will continue to be by his side and support him. It's a long stretch but I figured I'd mention it.
4) Theres a problem with everyone's assumption that Takizawa got his memories erased. The problem is there's 5 people (including Saki) that know everything he's done. Not to mention 20K NEETS. There's no stopping them from filling him in on all the details. So I'm having trouble trying to figure out why he would request a memory wipe. If it really was a memory wipe I can only guess he did it as a fresh start to keep himself pure and uninfluenced by everything that's happed. It makes sense but at the same time it seems kind of...cheap.
^This. the explanation is just awesome
TurboShadow said: Just wanted to point out that at the before the opening of the first episode Saki said:
"He had no choice but to become a prince. At least since he realized that without a sacrifice called a "prince", the tomorrow we hoped for would never come. Thus reluctantly, he became one. In this world with no princes. Speaking of which, just how did he become a prince? I still haven't figured out that mystery.|
At first I thought that she was talking about her prince that left her or something before the time of the anime, but this was actually the conclusion of the last episode.
yep, also she already had the pic with akira in the cell, so that scene wasa major forshadow
Taihaku said: On older carousels, you could grab the brass ring to win a free ride. Now in this politically-correct, sue-happy age, the brass rings are mostly gone. Additionally, the brass rings (or wood or plastic later on) would find their way into trash heaps, be flung to break windows, etc., so insurance became a factor in their demise even before political-correctness took hold.
These brass rings were commonly called "Golden Rings". This could very well be the trigger for the memory wipes. A free ride relates to Takizawa starting over and having another chance ergo the mind wipe.
Edit: Upon further analysis Takizawa might have been referring to life as being a carousel and how you don't get free rides or passes as in "Golden Rings" meaning that no matter what you do, you can't change the past through mind wipes or anything because the past will always come back.
Also the lead horse in a carousel is called the "king" horse if that has any merit
wow, that was an amazing explanation for it
also for those asking why he or no one didnt ask to become prince/king/queen in the 1st place. well did anyone bother to try. the objective was to change japan in any way u can. maybe no one bother to try it, since ppl becoming PM hasnt done anything to japan, maybe becoming the king AND having his memory wiped will do somthing. that might have been his plan. |