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| Pretty slow yet interesting episode! |
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| Nothing new here really but the cinematography is breathtaking. |
| "Perhaps there is a universal, absolute truth. Perhaps it justifies every question. But that's beyond the reach of these small hands." Mamoru Oshii There is a cult of ignorance (...) nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.” Isaac Asimov |
| Margo, we'll never forget you :( I don't get why people are complaining that the series is formulaic. Its basically similar to Mushishi. Throughout the series, Casshern meets various humans and robots; some resigned to their fate, some still carrying hope. Casshern slowly develops as a character through these experiences. This episode was as good as it gets. Amazing cinematography, soundtrack and a bit of info on Luna.. 5/5 |
Kagami_Hiiragi said: Idc if you think its weird, I have a life and friends and an income of money. |
| It was a great episode, most likely my fav so far. Margo :/ |
| Can't wait to see more of Luna, she has been built up so much. Also wonder how far Casshern has traveled so far. It's been kind of strange how Ouji and Ringo have always been right behind wherever Casshern travels. It can't be a coincidence, it would be nice if it was explained why they are traveling from place to place too. |
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sovaca said: I want to know how Margo painted tops of high buildings. And he looks like Utena. LMAO I had the same question regarding this episode. Nigga couldn't climb stairs but apparently painted the tops of buildings. Wonderful. |
 From artists to dictators, everyone wants to leave their mark upon the world. Dying isn't as scary as being forgotten, so we should live life to its fullest until then. Furthermore, as history moves on, conflicts will forever blemish and scar the pages of time, and all we can do is continuously repaint the present to cover up the past. Maybe not for the future, but at least so we can keep moving on. At least, that's Margo's outlook. This was a particularly optimistic episode, despite how it ended. For some reason, whenever we get artists in anime, they're either eccentric or insane, consumed by their art since apparently all artists are obsessive. I thought we were going to get that when Casshern stepped into Margo's work initially, but thankfully he ended up being a kindred soul. There was a lot of food for thought in this episode, and I liked the notion of different rulers painting over each other before nature would overtake everything at the end. It does sound really futile, trying to leave our marks on the world only for everything to reset to zero. For the world of Casshern Sins, who would remember the remnents of the Ruin after everyone is gone? If memories are preserved in art, architecture, literature and other artifacts, who would be there to learn of them? The next forms of intelligent life? Aliens? It's almost a fatalistic way of thinking, but as far as the episode goes, leaving one's mark upon the world, even if it's ugly and scarred, is better than just wasting away in apathy and despair. Kinda heavy handed in how it was presented by the end, but I think that's still a nice lesson to take from this show. |
| Fine episode, nothing special |
| Wow, I loved this episode's message ! I'm totally agreeing with Margo's philosophy. Speaking of Margo, another wonderful character who didn't get to live long enough... Poor guy. It was so sad to see that ruin had to ruin him too. He seemed to be an eccentric but lively artist with a great view of the world. And I got so anxious when those guys beat him up and started destroying his paintings, though I can't say I truly blame them for giving up on hope. When everything is falling apart, can definitely be hard to have the same mental strength as Margo or Janice in an earlier episode (which makes me realize, while we met a lot of characters who gave up on hope, most of the "main" ones from each episode have been the opposite, that's a beautiful message right there). About the plot, we learned some interesting things, about the Breaking Boss' reign but also about Luna's view of the world. She wanted to let nature take over the city... But I agree with Casshern, what was she really trying to save ? To me it just sounds like she led the world to ruin. |
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| We're halfway there and we've seen about 5 episodes worth of actual content at most. Rushed pacing is annoying, but it's high time forcibly stretching a story for no reason was made illegal. Looking at you, modern trilogy novels... The next episode looks more promising, but I'm guessing we have about 4 more episodes worth of content stretched to 12. It's a shame; they even had Amuro voice Casshern and all he's done so far is mope around. Were the writers held at gunpoint to make the show this bad? |
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