SnowQueen

I wanted to talk about this while it’s in my mind and I’ll back track to my other thoughts but I wanted to discuss first what bothered me about the ending of novel. Don’t get my wrong I LOVED like I said so above in my last reply but what I DIDN’T like about it was the die and come back to life trope. I think it’s such a cop out and having it in stories always bothered me when it’s in a story. That being said I also hate it when the character’s go through traumatic events that are life changing to the character and it end’s up all for naught because they don’t remember it happening. Going from point A to point B and then just going all the way back to Point A. So what was the Point spending all this time going to Point B when none of the characters remember. I wouldn’t be so moody about this if at least Tenchi remembered it all but I can understand that someone of his character probably couldn’t handle it but even so I would have liked SOMEONE beside’s maybe Sasami and Washu(because they are goddess) to remember but I guess that would have made it to dark of a story for the Tenchi-verse and Tenchi is more of a episodic series so even though I’m complaining about this I understand why it ended the way it did . So yes I know I’m contradicting myself in a way.

Now that being said yes it would be horrible to remembered that you died and in quite a painful and terrible way. Now I want to talk about Ryoko and Ayeka more in detail. Ryoko first of all seeing here respond to death a couple of times throughout the story see seemed rather calm about it like it didn’t faze her because she was going to loose her freedom but right when she was going to disappear her responds to death changed instantly and that to me actually made it seem very real. After she is saved however she lay’s her life on the line for Tenchi and thus dies and seeing that make’s me just like Ryoko even more because she’s not afraid to die I don’t think but to die for nothing seemed worse than dying for a purpose. Now as Ayeka goes it was sad to see her so heartbroken and to see her a victim of a demon because Ayeka is usually so strong mental. That being said before she became the perfect victim of the demon (evil life-form) I liked how she felt more free even though she was heartbroken. She wearing a outfit that is a taboo to her royal name and she is going off her own way without someone else telling her what to do. So this is why I am upset with the ending being on for not because Ryoko and Ayeka and Tenchi really change throughout all this but I guess I can see they weren’t going to be the same people anymore for sure but even so. Seeing Ryoko being more deep and sensitive and Ayeka taking charge of her own life was something I really liked seeing. It broke my heart when Ryoko could hear Ayeka’s screams of pain in fear while being controlled by the demon which makes me want to say one more thing.

Now for this last part of my opinion if you haven’t seen Puella Magi Madoka Magica (yes I am going there) then just ignore this last part.

The last scene right when Ryoko’s gem shatters and she gives her life to save Tenchi’s so that way he can save Ayeka really reminded me of the fight scene in Madoka Magica with Sayaka in her witch form no longer a human but just a being with nothing to live for and Kyoko who gives up her life by shattering her gem to save Sayaka form herself (and so also so Sayaka didn’t have to be alone in death) and to save Homura and Madoka. For second I compared Ryoko as Kyoko and Ayeka as Sayaka and Tenchi as Madoka and Pete as Homura. Yes this might sound quite silly but the way it is described in the novel really reminded me of that episode and how Kyoko in a way died the same way as Kyoko and Ayeka in a way died the same way as Sayaka which really got my brain going and think really deeply about all of this. Also one more thing…that last fight scene while they are surrounded by darkness for some reason my mind imagined it as a witches labyrinth in a way. I would show a picture but I’m not sure how to post a picture within a spoiler.

Anyway I’m done now. Sorry for the long ramble and hopefully it make sense. hopefully I didn’t have a million weird typo’s going on. Lol