Keys of Jurai

Digging through GXP, I found Kiriko’s ring highlighted in episode 21.

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As to Dual, I forget the use of the bonding plate since I haven’t seen the series in some time. Do you have a reference to when Sanada explained this, as he so often did?

I don’t think any one of the series states which key was created first, though one can speculate that in the creation of OVA series 1, Tenchiken and Ayeka’s tiara were likely designed by the artists first. mmhmm1

Wasn’t the plate brought up about midway through the series too? I seem to remember it being shown twice.

I will freely admit that my recollection of Dual is lackluster, but I have an issue here. Where in Dual does it state the Kazuki bonded via the plate, particularly if it is never mentioned again in the series? My understanding that Kazuki’s father found the plate and had a choice: keep it or toss it. In one universe, he tossed it, and the ancient technology was forgotten. In the other, he kept it, and the ancient technology was studied, yielding the core robots among other finds. How exactly does the plate connect to Zinv, and where is this fact stated?

Once I return from vacation, I will see to rewatching Dual to search for these answers myself. Any references you can give would be a great help.

I dug through a lot of the stuff I have, the two guides and even whipped out the translator… didn’t find much to back up the bonding plate. It’s called “the bronze plate” on the line art on DVD 1. I still think I saw somewhere that explained what it was for though. If not, I have to chalk it up to old memories, maybe it was covered in one of the fanfics. I know I’ve been calling it that since around 05 at least.

Taking the assumption that the plate and Zinv are connected through more than mere origin, I can see your point that the plate could be regarded as a key. However, that still leaves problems. The plate has, by your own admission, had very little screentime and, as such, not demonstrated abilities attributed to the keys. Thus, without the properties generally associated with a key, can it be called a “key” as per our understanding of a “key”?

Moreover, Seina was able to activate, bond with, and control the Zinv-like idol in GXP episode 24 without such a device. This renders the plate’s relevance rather moot. Indeed, Seina’s bonding to the tree seed also seems to render the key’s relevance moot as well. To say I have a problem with episodes 24 and 25 of GXP is an understatement. wtfisthis1

Perhaps we should make a hard definition of what a “key” is, even if it has to be different for each continuity.

As far as Asuza’s eye…

That’s evidently an error on the wiki. There’s another citation of the story differently on the FAQ that’s repeated.

As such, Azusa was allowed to proceed to the floor where the 1st-generation trees resided. Only Mitsuki followed him here. She told him everything, then told him to take her as yet unnamed tree. He protested saying he it was hers and that he couldn’t hear the tree’s voice. She told him he was hearing the trees voice even now and revealed that her right eye was in fact made from the sap of the tree and thus the key to the tree.

So that’d be Mitsuki’s eye…

Considering the wiki and FAQ have been known to have erroneous information, I would rather go back to the source. What does the novel Jurai actually say? Do we have a full, legitimate translation of the passage you are referencing?