Basara Vol 25
Feb. 29th, 2008 06:47 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
meganbmooreOk, seriously, how do you pull a happy ending out of this story?
Not, mind you, that I'm complaining. I'm all for happy endings. But still...dozens of arrows completely missing Shuri and Sarasa? Who aren't even moving? Random people deciding to play human shield? (Zaki, ChaCha, Nakijin, etc. are, of course, all excused from the "random people" comment, as I wouldn't expect them to be anywhere else.)
The ending, of course, is blatantly catered to anyone who was ever 13 and assumed the prince and princess lived happily ever after after after slaying the dragon, but I don't care. The whole thing is about the journey getting there. Happy ending and achieving goals=worthwhile journey. Everyone dies and the country sinks into chaos(hey, the only one left who could take over was Asagi, and I think he'd hurt anyone who suggested it at this point)=man, that was a LOT of suffering for nothing.
Meanwhile, Ageha was one amazingly busy ghost. Guiding Sarasa out of the castle and zipping off to get Senju to come to the battlefield with Motomichi at the same time? Good multitasking. Especially after singlehandedyl taking on an army. (Ok, fine, a squadron, who cares.) *mind is deliberately avoiding the "Ageha died" part.* (is also firmly of the belief that any daughter of Shuri and Sarasa's will grow up to marry Motomichi*
The backstories were...odd. Interesting, but odd. Ginko and Hiiragi already had the award for the most messed up relationship, romantic or otherwise, in the series, this just helped. And was oddly touching, in it's twisted way. Ageha already had enough angst to power up the galaxy. This just helped.
Not, mind you, that I'm complaining. I'm all for happy endings. But still...dozens of arrows completely missing Shuri and Sarasa? Who aren't even moving? Random people deciding to play human shield? (Zaki, ChaCha, Nakijin, etc. are, of course, all excused from the "random people" comment, as I wouldn't expect them to be anywhere else.)
The ending, of course, is blatantly catered to anyone who was ever 13 and assumed the prince and princess lived happily ever after after after slaying the dragon, but I don't care. The whole thing is about the journey getting there. Happy ending and achieving goals=worthwhile journey. Everyone dies and the country sinks into chaos(hey, the only one left who could take over was Asagi, and I think he'd hurt anyone who suggested it at this point)=man, that was a LOT of suffering for nothing.
Meanwhile, Ageha was one amazingly busy ghost. Guiding Sarasa out of the castle and zipping off to get Senju to come to the battlefield with Motomichi at the same time? Good multitasking. Especially after singlehandedyl taking on an army. (Ok, fine, a squadron, who cares.) *mind is deliberately avoiding the "Ageha died" part.* (is also firmly of the belief that any daughter of Shuri and Sarasa's will grow up to marry Motomichi*
The backstories were...odd. Interesting, but odd. Ginko and Hiiragi already had the award for the most messed up relationship, romantic or otherwise, in the series, this just helped. And was oddly touching, in it's twisted way. Ageha already had enough angst to power up the galaxy. This just helped.
and now, only 2 volumes of side stories left...
ETA; Implausible because you don't expect that kind of ending from this kind of story. Not remotely because it was bad(because it wasn't.)