Saikano Episode 7 Discussion

grayrebornnhy said:


I personally believe that the author made him in such a way as he does not know of the war outside at all, being ignorant - or should I say, in self-denial that the war is actually a happening thing in Japan, at least. It is evident since the start that he was trying to deny that Chise is a weapon, thinking that she is the same girl as before, however, the very thing he is trying to deny keeps appearing in front of him, traumatising him which also resulted into the adulterous affair.

Whereas, Chise's actually not the one being ignorant here. She is in fact, in my opinion, the complete opposite. She cares too much about how Shuuji feels, not wanting to hurt him, pretend that the affair did not exist all to care about his feelings, and his face of anguish all the time. That is why she 'broke up' with him, so that she can not hurt him any longer, at the cost of paining her true feelings for him.


He isn't a pacifist - you are right here. However, he isn't actually disgusted, he was just trying to run away from the fact that Chise is a weapon, but the situations and scenarios which just coincidentally happen to them denies the very thing he is trying to avoid, making him traumatised by the fact that the war is real and people die; Chise is a weapon to kill people.

The recurring synopsis of this episode is on human relationships, and it does so pretty well. Through Akemi's hinted confessions; Yukari's situation; and Tetsu's trauma, the main idea conveyed is over the fragility of human lives and the resultant grief from the deaths of people. Humans are social animals, we are born to love and socialise. However, life is cheap in war, where people die. People undergo into a recluse entirely, a selfish method to prevent oneself from being hurt although it passively hurts oneself's subconsciousness. In easy terms: to not hurt oneself with the loss of a comrade, friend, family, or lover.

However, even so, this episode regressed into its minimal development once again. I was expecting a moment of happiness, at least, but the scriptwriters and author just purposely wants to make it totally emo and just screw that. Making a story purely sad does not evoke the sad mood compared to those with an amalgam of emotions, so to speak. Badly done in this episode here, and in the entire of the anime thus far.
4/5