Episode 8: Collapse
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OP note: I'm adding a spoiler toggle. Some of you may just want to see the pictures, but do not want to be tempted by the synopsis of what occurs in this episode. So, there you go!
Recap from last time:
Luke and the group retrieve Ion from Asch, Legretta, Largo, and Sync; four of the six God-Generals. Luke is excessive whiny at the group citing that Van is waiting for them near Akzeriuth. As the group leaves Luke in the dark regarding the truth about the Score which also includes his being, Tear tells him some advice to make up his own decisions before he does something he will later regret. Luke believes that only Van truly understands him.
Key plot points:
Episode thoughts:
Not surprisingly, Van has been deceiving Luke all this time ever since the start. Nor was the fact that Luke is a replica of Asch, seeing as how they look similar and logically it ties together what was conveyed in previous episodes (i.e. Sync's line of revealing Asch is the remnant of the "sacred flame"). Nor was the fact that in the previous episode, Tear basically foreshadowed Luke's actions in this episode to make his own decisions and not have anyone else do it for him. I don't pity Luke when he was left alone by everyone on board the Tartanus when he wouldn't admit it wasn't his fault. This only prompts for Luke to change for the better and move away from his usual whiny and bossy self. Boy, there's a TON of terminology that you have to learn for this anime. Eight episodes so far and I'm still scratching my head over all these terms, it wasn't so bad in Shakugan no Shana.
Ah well, the disadvantage of not playing the game, eh? 
Next episode, The Usurped One, looks like we learn the past of either Luke's supposed childhood or Asch's true childhood at the Fabre residence.
Luke and the group retrieve Ion from Asch, Legretta, Largo, and Sync; four of the six God-Generals. Luke is excessive whiny at the group citing that Van is waiting for them near Akzeriuth. As the group leaves Luke in the dark regarding the truth about the Score which also includes his being, Tear tells him some advice to make up his own decisions before he does something he will later regret. Luke believes that only Van truly understands him.
Key plot points:
- The group arrive at Akzeriuth, everyone except for Luke help the survivors. Tear is asked by an Order Knight to investigate what might be the Seventh Fonstone. Luke decides to look for Van who is located somewhere deep inside the mining tunnels.
- Meanwhile, Tear finishes her investigation and tells a group of Order Knights that it is an imitation Fonstone. At this moment, she is ambushed by more Order Knights, but is saved by Asch.
- Ion catches up with Luke, and at this moment, Asch via telepathy demands Luke not to go any further or he will later regret his decision. Luke tells Asch to stop, and continues on until he meets with Van.
- Van notes how convenient it was for Luke to bring Ion with him, and asks Ion to unseal a Daathic seal. They move inside and see a massive Fon pillar possessing Fon passage rings. Van asks Luke to discharge a hyperresonance at a Fon pillar so he can save Akzeriuth and eliminate the miasma (the "gas") surrounding this mining city.
- Discovering it was a trap set up by Van, the group along with Asch run into the mining tunnels as fast as they can to deal with Van.
- While Luke is concentrating on discharging his hyperresonance, a flashback occurs when Van says the phrase, "foolish replica Luke", depicting the event after Luke discharged his first hyperresonance. This trigger was set up by Van while Luke fainted revealing what truly happened when he blacked out.
- The group arrive a moment too late as they witness Luke discharge a hyperresonance causing the tunnel they are in to collapse. Van escapes on a griffin and takes Asch away on another leaving the Luke and the group in peril. Luckily, Guy saves Luke and Tear casts a Fonic hymn to encase them all in a protective shell. Outside of the tunnels, Akzeriuth rips into pieces and explodes. Thousands of lives are lost instantly.
- On board the Tartanus, the group discover that they are far below the world, or known as the "Outer Lands", they once knew and are situated in a new world known as Quilopth. The Fon machine Luke destroyed was actually a pillar that held Akzeriuth in place, and upon its destruction, it creates a rift that causes the group to come to Quilopth. Hence the reason why miasma seeped into the mining city, because Quilopth is the source of it. Tear, revealing she was born in Quilopth, suggests they set course to Yulia City.
- Denying he did a mistake, Luke tells the group that he is not a fault, that Van told him to do this. Luke's world comes crashing down when he looses the support and trust his fellow group members once had, even Anise and Guy. All that is left is Mieu who tries to cheer Luke up, but is, as always, told to shut up.
- Everything is revealed to Luke as he remembers past conversations about Fonics as soon as Asch is seen at Yulia City and reveals all, despite Tear's pleas not to continue. Luke is a replica of Asch, everything physically about Asch is the same for Luke. Thus, the reason why Luke is unable to remember anything seven years prior. Van actually kidnapped Asch and somehow a replica was made to later become Luke. Delirious, Luke begins slashing out at Asch, but is easily defeated, knocked back with Asch's sword end at the ready to strike.
Episode thoughts:
Not surprisingly, Van has been deceiving Luke all this time ever since the start. Nor was the fact that Luke is a replica of Asch, seeing as how they look similar and logically it ties together what was conveyed in previous episodes (i.e. Sync's line of revealing Asch is the remnant of the "sacred flame"). Nor was the fact that in the previous episode, Tear basically foreshadowed Luke's actions in this episode to make his own decisions and not have anyone else do it for him. I don't pity Luke when he was left alone by everyone on board the Tartanus when he wouldn't admit it wasn't his fault. This only prompts for Luke to change for the better and move away from his usual whiny and bossy self. Boy, there's a TON of terminology that you have to learn for this anime. Eight episodes so far and I'm still scratching my head over all these terms, it wasn't so bad in Shakugan no Shana.
Ah well, the disadvantage of not playing the game, eh? Next episode, The Usurped One, looks like we learn the past of either Luke's supposed childhood or Asch's true childhood at the Fabre residence.
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