Da Capo III Episode 6 Discussion

lastvelociraptor said:
this is like D.C. II where nothing really happens. But whatever, b00bs are g00d
and rikka is so cute

Scheherazade1007 said:
I had a feeling about it before but now i'm pretty much sure about it.

Sakura's lost memories are within Rikka. Actually Rikka's existence might be nothing more than Sakura's wish to have been able to be together with Junichi.
Yoshino is very likely Junichi's descendant and thus the closest thing the tree could do about Sakura's wish was to put her together with his descendant.

Rikka's memory about her last life are memories of her as Sakura living together with Junichi. Obviously she would believe in magic since Sakura herself was a mage, and a very powerful one at that (So technically her bragging wasn't bullshit to begin with).

Rikka also look very similar to what an 'adult Sakura' would look like. This is further emphasized by her black and white ribbon which look very similar to Sakura's clothes in Da capo II.

When Sakura tried to merge with the tree and failed she had no choice but to disappear together with it but it wouldn't be weird for her to have any lingering regret before disappearing and the tree granted her wish.
She loved Junichi but Junichi loved Nemu and she probably thought something along the line of "I wish I had been able to be together with Junichi".

The current Sakura is only a shell, Sakura's old body.

Here's how I think it will eventually go (this season or in the next if there's one planned).
-The tree will go out of control
-Sakura's memory will make Rikka believe that she's the only one that can stop it and she'll go to sacrifice herself for everyone's sake.
-When Rikka will confront the tree Sakura's memories will return to Sakura's body.
-Sakura will seal herself together with the tree, this time for good.

RedDragonTsu said:


It makes perfect sense, the only thing I don't get is essentially why Sakura is roaming around, if Rikka is basically her reincarnation she shouldn't need to be there as well, unless the tree wanted her to witness it as a third party. But we also have a Nemu mk. II mk. III in Himeno as well so who knows how it'll turn out.

Kitsu-nee said:
Arghhh, this series is so annoying, no plot, no interesting characters, nothing but fanservice :( Probably the worst DC series, not counting the 1st one, but even there was some kind of plot and few likeable characters - comparing to those blank harem gals acting like whores, it's still something.
If not my Sakura-chan I wouldn't probably even watch it...
When I'm done with Rewrite, I'm going to play visual novel version, maybe it's at least A BIT more interesting, meh.

Scheherazade1007 said:
I actually believe that so far it's the best Da capo serie.
The early elements feel like they will actually amount to something compared to the first two series.
There's plot element, much more than in Da Capo I and Da Capo II first halves, you simply chose to ignore them.
While the girls this season aren't interesting and not really likable, they aren't any worst than Da Capo I's and Da Capo II's horrible cast.

Da Capo III is definitively an average show at best but it isn't any worst than Da Capo II and Da Capo I

Kitsu-nee said:

I'm able to understand what you mean by that, it's more a matter of taste, I guess. First season of Da Capo was HORRIBLE indeed, especially because of Nemu (one of not many anime girls I really hated) and weird direction (I still remember episodes, where first half contained normal plot, but second half was... other story, without any connection to anything, simple mindfuck). The only good thing about it were Sakura and Kotori, they became one of my favourites in time Aisia in second season wasn't that too, but since Nemu appeared, nothing good happened again.
Da Capo II had quite cute Otome and Sakura was there again, so I fell for this show again - especially for second season, which is so far the best in the D.C. history - last episodes even were kinda tear jerkers.
But now? All I can see is fanservice - I don't hate it in other shows, but I didn't expect new D.C. season to be ecchi. Well, even as the ecchi it's realy cliche and reaaaally dull. And, comparing to other season, I dislike every single heroine, all of them are acting bitchy and selfish imo. Not counting Sakura of course, but she's not in the harem, unfortunately ;)

Scheherazade1007 said:
Imo the only character worth watching the show for is Rikka and that's because of her very likely relation to Sakura which I explained earlier in the thread.
The serie will probably feel rushed, there's not enough episode to cover the backstory of every character so obviously those that do not get much attention will feel bland.

Kitsu-nee said:

Here I have to agree with you, I've read your explanations and it looks pretty valid - but then again, the thing I've been wondering since begining - when does D.C. III take place? After D.C. but before II? Or what, is it what happened to her, after she vanished in the second season of D.C. II?

Scheherazade1007 said:
It takes place after D.C. II, about 20 years later.
Yes this is happening after Sakura "disappeared" together with the tree's power.
It wasn't in the anime but the D.C. II game feature one last scene where we see that Sakura's spirit (without her memories) is still roaming the land which in return hint at the tree being in a 'sealed' state instead of being 'dead'.

In this sequel they awakened the tree once again (and it wouldn't be weird it if was either because of Yoshino or Rikka). This in return awakened Sakura's body that was sealed alongside it but that body is empty of her old memories which somehow were sent to Rikka, probably because Sakura wished for it.

Scheherazade1007 said:


I agree.

rktales said:


Learn to quote :)

Nitro_Eurobeatz said:
This has to be my least favorite ep so far, as Rikka is my least favorite girl. Next ep looks awesome though.