[FreshToku]

I am shaking with excitement just thinking about the end of episode 34. First time I saw it, I only barely grasped the story stuff, but the sight of Ryuki and Knight facing off with flames all around them before Ryuki used Survive left a permenant image in my mind.

Watching it again later, I realised it really is just a perfect scene that I think encapsulates all of Shinji's best traits. His dramatic (downright heroic) declaration that he simply will not die, and telling Ren there's no going back once you've taken a life, it's like... If I didn't quite get his character before, I definitely got it at this moment. He'll see all these fights to the end, no matter what, for himself and for Ren...

That he says all this while Revolution plays for the first time just makes it especially amazing. For a long time, I forgot Ryuki had insert songs other than that one!

Wow, let's all give our thanks to Kanzaki Shiro for bringing us the medium for all this drama. Maybe I will vote for 'FIGHT' if another poll comes up.