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Angel Beats
SeventyX7:
I'm starting to wonder if this is going to end with anything that WOULDN'T be controversial by western standards. Either they're going to have to say there is no god, god doesn't do jack shit, or they're going to have to show some depiction of god.
acalewin:
No one has ever said Angel was evil that I recall. Consider that their patches say "Rebels Against God", they don't really care for anything she does regardless of her reasons. Honestly, I kind of felt bad for her when she was taking down those signs. The SSS kind of pushes her into that position.
(click to show/hide)The main character explains it right as the band goes back to practice. They're not fighting because they're afraid of being reborn, they're fighting because they want to confront the injustices they saw in their own existences.
Also, Yurippe says something in the first episode when asked that she's not even sure of God's existence. I think it's when the main character asked if they can infer that God exists because Angel is there. IIRC, she says "If he does exists, I haven't seen him." Also, Angel won't explain anything. It was told that Angel won't answer any questions regarding the nature of the world.
Edit: Thanks Havoc. That's what I get for not previewing.
Havoc10K:
fix your spoliers,
l don't really care how the western audience will take it, l'm from central europe and l'm an atheist, much like most of my friends are, l personally don't see anything wrong with it, as some of my catholic friends are watching a lot of religious anime in wich the religion is the bad guys, conversly ppl tend to give the church too much credit, if you belive in a god then youre free to it, church is an institution "working" in gods name, you can belive in god without alligning with the church, and if the church doesn't like this it's their problems.
Stsin:
Enjoyed episode 3, with the drama expected from KEY.
This show is far from being anti-religious.
If you ask me, they are in purgatory.
Angel is as forgiving as an Angel.
Haruhi is very worried that there is no God.
(click to show/hide)It appears that having tragic pasts is what brought them together here. And it's by coming to terms with it that they are able to move on. Like Haruhi is trying to do what she feels she failed at in the past. To protect.
Noticed the last scene at the end with them together?
It's missing the person that disappeared, but also adds the new one (Christ). I expect as we continue this season, the group becoming much smaller, as they disappear by accepting the fate given to them and realizing what they are meant do in life.
Ha ha, those that just choose to disappear to escape are the ones that become barnacles ;)
bobjoe:
--- Quote from: Stsin on April 19, 2010, 12:47:25 AM --- (click to show/hide)Noticed the last scene at the end with them together?
It's missing the person that disappeared, but also adds the new one (Christ). I expect as we continue this season, the group becoming much smaller, as they disappear by accepting the fate given to them and realizing what they are meant do in life.
Ha ha, those that just choose to disappear to escape are the ones that become barnacles ;)
--- End quote ---
(click to show/hide)Yeah, exactly. As it stands, there are way too many members of the SSS, especially when you think about all the people in the guild. At some point in the series, Tenshi is gonna start "winning," and bringing more and more of them over to her "side," and out of this world. The last arc will just be Yuri and Otonashi and maybe a few other key characters, doubting what they are even fighting for anymore.
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