[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by Sh Ranger

I disagree. Clotho's arc is about her desire to protect her family bond and her growing desperation to serve any Dark King who offers to help her, even at the cost of her sense of identity. The tragedy is that she's the only one who doesn't want anything to change, but is forced to adapt on her own when the source of her happiness is stolen, which probably makes her the easiest to relate to. Now that Atropos is dead, it means Clotho has failed and we will see how she deals with that loss. You predicted that Clotho would be killed first and honestly, I'm relieved that you were wrong about that. However, I predicted that it would be Lachesis' death to drive a wedge between Clotho and Atropos, so turns out we were both wrong.

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Yeah, I agree that the variable in Rinne's increasingly emotional reactions to loved ones' deaths is her state in character development. When Houtarou tells her about Fuuga's apparent death, she's literally ready to just die, so she doesn't bother with emotions. Apathy is the strongest despair. Throughout the show, Rinne becomes more resolute in her ability to change the future, in contrast to her parallel Gaelijah who accepts the future exactly as she sees it. Gaelijah is the same as the Rinne from Episode 4, so she dies when fate is no longer on her side, since she hasn't the strength of will to oppose it.

I actually really like how both the Sisters and the Kings are dark reflections of the three riders, but created in very different ways. The sisters are related to the riders by their positive qualities, which could not develop due to the discord and tyranny of Geryon. At the same time, Kings are rather the principles that the heroes follow are inverted and brought to the point of ruthless absurdity. It's very clever and shows a lot of care in developing the characters.