Scrapped Princess DVD 5 — Episodes 17-20
Another long wait ahead of me… not as long as last time, but still quite long. The cliffhanger at the end of this disc was absolutely killer, one of the worst cliffhangers I’ve ever experienced on an anime DVD. Of course, this is one of the first times I’m buying a show completely blind and watching as it comes out, which is certainly interesting…
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I cried twice in this episode, once when Furet died, and once when Pacifica’s mother died. Furet… well, I’d been spoiled by the soundtrack song titles, so I knew he would die, but I didn’t know how or the circumstances. The way that he died, remembering Pacifica, made his death really poignant and sad. And how Pacifica found out, with Leo crying… that whole episode was very well done. I didn’t know about Pacifica’s mother’s death, though. The worst part about that was how she died and Pacifica didn’t realize that it was her mother, and wouldn’t call her okaasan before she died. It was pretty in character for Pacifica, so I can’t really fault her for it, but it was really heartbreaking nonetheless. I hope that she realizes the situation in the last disc now that she has her memory back and gets to deal with it in her own way, although I doubt that there will be much time for even further character development among all the craziness that’s going on.
And boy is there a lot of craziness. The Peacemakers wanting to pwn the world pretty much sucks, but the Peacemakers pretty much suck anyway. No big surprise that Shannon and Zefiris are merged completely now, although episode 20 ended before we could really see how that would affect everything. This is all coming to a head in really interesting and unexpected ways, which is why I can’t wait for that last disc. I’m kind of thinking that the prince is going to come back and do something awesome, or at least I hope so. I’d like to see more of his character, at any rate.
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January 24th is the street date for the last disc. Here’s hoping I can find it sooner.
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