RG Veda 9
Posted: December 28, 2007 Filed under: RG Veda Leave a comment »For as slowly as the story moves in the volumes leading up to it, the last two volumes of RG Veda are just one big long final battle, which is fine by me. It sort of puts all the relationships in the series to the test, and shows you that the only thing CLAMP’s had on its mind from the beginning is love, destiny, and wish fulfillment. You can almost see Yuko behind Ashura giving the Hitsuzen speech, or, more easily, Fuuma and Kamui or Seishirou and Subaru. Star-crossed lovers is what CLAMP does best, and the stars don’t get more crossed than this.
Kendappa has a part to play here. She’s kind of an evil wench. What’s her deal? Well, she’s a lot tougher than she looks, for starters. She claims that Souma is the one she loves best, but Ashura’s brother the prince proposes to her, and she’s got to deal with that as well. Poor Souma.
Shashi finally gets hers. She’s also an evil wench, but we’ve known that all along. The fact that she struggled til the end was quite satisfying.
Ryuu. Poor Ryuu-oh.
The battle in Zenmei castle commences, as I mentioned earlier, with the God King and the four Generals. Well, three generals. The one Yasha beat last volume isn’t doing much of anything these days.
