Empress : Kaiserin: Chrno

Montag, November 21, 2005

Chrno

The last episode wasn't really a conclusion - it was more of an epilogue of a conclusion. The conclusion took place in the last second episode of Chrno Crusade.

Still, while Episode 23 was engaging both in action and emotional tension, tonight's made me wept buckets. Yet, the closing minutes of the last episode was really disappointing - it shows that there's no effort put into ending the series at all. Yes, yes, the third prophecy and whatever. But we don't want it bleakly told. And who wants Aion to be involved tonight? If tonight tells of the death of Chrno and Rosette, we want no trace of Aion in here!

Simply said, I really hate Aion as a result of the recent episodes. Lots of reason. Won't post it here, or all will suffer the length of my endless lamentation.

And yes, lastly, to explain the tears. Half a year after their disappearance, we (the audience) are brought to the scene where Chrno and Rosette are together spending their last moments. And I wept. I wept as freely as Rosette did. I wept for both of them. I wept for their cruel fate, their shortage of time. But most of all, I wept because Rosette is free to weep; she can finally be herself when in front of Chrno - cos he is her other half (that's how I see it) - because there's no one to stop her from doing so. Let's take a brief journey through Chrno Crusade. Our heroine Rosette has been a hyperactive high-spirited girl ever since the first episode. The plot starts to get darker as both the past (and connection) of Rosette and Chrno is revealed. Yet for the sake of her friends (namely Azmaria and the late Satella) Rosette is determined to appear strong. Okay, so the first part of Chrno Crusade depicts a passionate, energetic Rosette. The second part of her characterisation devoids her of any kind of emotions. Constantly under Aion's control, she adorns a plain black dress with a blank look, staring with those empty eyes of hers. Black clothes with black pupils (as in "eyes"). Black of nothingness. Chrno saved her in Episode 23 but we're only rewarded with seconds of the Rosette we know.

And the Rosette we know had never shed a tear. At her last moment, she did. I believe that's because Chrno was with her. Because she's Rosette again.

For that, shed tears did I.