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The Obvious/Obscure Realization Thread
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10-31-2020, 06:49 AM
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gashatfreak
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So this caught my attention just now.
Rewatching Gaim again for like the 50th time (man I love this show) and I noticed that (I'll put spoilers for newcomers so that I don't ruin this absolute masterpiece for them)
DJ Sagara aka Helheim says that the Forbidden Fruit must be handed according to that race's myths. In this case the Woman of the Beginning has to hand it to the Man of the Beginning.
While the Forbidden Fruit is an obvious nod to the Bible's forbidden fruit, why on Earth does it have to be a woman who hands it to a man? Seems kind of sexist right? And then I realised that the Woman represents Eve (Mai), who gives the fruit to Adam (Kouta). As a result, both gain something, in Gaim's case power while in the Bible it was the knowledge of evil and shame.
To put the cherry on top (pun intended), Kouta and Mai move to a new planet, a nice allusion to the banishment from the Garden of Eden. Granted in Gaim's case they did so willingly rather than being thrown out of Eden.
This does make me wonder though how the Forbidden Fruit would be handed down by other races. Granted, the Femushinmu also had a Woman of the Beginning who handed it down to a Man of Beginning, but it's entirely possible they had a similar creation story.
While this kind of irks my religious side due to the fact that the show sort of presents this whole allusion as hopeful while the real story is not (well, there was a bit of hope in that story), I only have one thing to say from this grand realisation:
Urobutchi, you magnificent madlad.
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