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Now in Japan
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Written by maehara
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Tuesday, 30 August 2005 00:00 |
 Okay, now I'm really confused. Air
returns from the past with a recap of sorts - the story so far, through
a different pair of eyes and showing some earlier scenes from
different viewpoint. At the end of it all, you'll have to
reconsider what you thought of some people, and if you thought you knew
what was going on up until now, trust me - you don't.
9 - Moon
Kanna's travels have taken her to the place where her mother is kept -
like Kanna, a captive, but only until Ryuuya releases her. She's
quick to warn Kanna, Ryuuya and Uraha not to get to close to her,
though - she's "tainted" in some way and not safe to approach.
The plan is to find a place where they can all live peacefully, but
even before they can leave the mountain they're attacked and Kanna's
mother is fatally wounded - but not before showing the true power of a
winged being. Kanna's own fate is not destined to be a happy one,
either...
10 - Light
Back to the present, almost - the end of the school term and the start
of the summer. Misuzu's making plans for what she's going to do
over the holiday - make new friends, play at the beach and spend time
with her new pet crow - but by the time class is out, it seems Sora the
crow is her best hope of companionship, until she meets Yukito.
Against all the odds, he manages to make a good impression on her
mother, too - but as we already know, Yukito's arrival in the end
brings nothing but pain for Misuzu...
Kanna & Uraha's story gives the grounding for where the 'girl with
wings' that Yukito has been searching for and that the other girls have
been dreaming of has come from - a curse running down through 1000
years. Yukito is the descendant of Uraha and Ryuuya, destined to
break the curse on Kanna. But episode 10 throws a bit of a
spanner in the works, as Yukito appears not to be a 'real'
person. It's quite a strange episode as it's told through the
eyes of Sora the
crow, who Misuzu adopts as a pet at the beginning of the episode - and
by the end of the episode I was left with the distinct impression that
Sora and Yukito were one and the same, although there's as much
evidence to counter that as there is for it. Which is where all
the confusion comes in.
There are still two episodes to go, and I'm figuring they'll have their
work cut out to try and tie this story up in a way that makes sense -
but I've loved this series so far, and I'm very keen to see how it all
ends up. Air remains the best of the recent batch of new shows, by far.
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