[Fish Sandwich]

Yeah, I guess when Rintarou and Mei are such clear MVP's of the cast, it's not a surprise, but this was a great conclusion to a surprisingly solid little series. It makes a great pair with the Espada one, and builds to a really nice emotional payoff, where strong writing and some excellent timing with the theme song make a low quality photo from a cheap camera into a moment that mixes sadness and joy in this very particular way that's just perfect for remembering a lost friend. Not bad for a blatant scheme to get people to pay for another subscription service!

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

It's faith.

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Originally Posted by Kamen Rider Die

"the poison of pessimism"

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Originally Posted by Layton13

a sense of nihilistic hopelessness

(I'd also just like to note that I think all three of us are starting to get at the same core idea here. I offered up my own definition, but I don't think the specific word choice is at all the important part. It'll be fun to see if this line of thinking takes Die anywhere down the line.)

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Originally Posted by Layton13

First, on the table of contents, since it kind of feels like you downplay what it is a bit too much. It's a bit more than a map; it's more of a very quick summary of the world's history and every truth unknown to man, which would be rather interesting for both people wanting to remake the world and searching for something unknown.

Oh, and I barely talked about the actual episode, and it didn't come up in my old post, so let me just say -- I *adore* the whole table of contents conceit. The synopsis we got upfront for the show talked about how the world was created from a single book, and this episode starts giving us some wonderful hints to just how literal that might be. A lot of Calibur's dialogue in this one got me really hyped about where the story could eventually be heading.