Angel Sanctuary 9

Oh, Arachne.  I didn’t think you had it in you.  How sad that it had to come down to that.  I like Arachne significantly less now.

I was kind of right about Kurai, but I don’t think things will work out as well as I had imagined.  Apparently Belial lied (of course he did, I believe he is the lord of lies), and Kurai didn’t get what she wanted, and Lucifer winning a battle doesn’t seem like it will help anybody out, if what the seven satans say is true.  Every being in hell thinks only of itself, so if hell won against the angels, that doesn’t mean that everyone would be free.  That doesn’t even mean that remotely.

Apparently I got my wish about Boyz, too.  I… wouldn’t have wished that on him, but… yeah.  Noyz is still around, and apparently things will move from Gehenna to the lower levels of Hell now.  I don’t mind Noyz so much as long as she’s no longer possessed by a demon.

Kira was on his way out, and then was saved.  At first, I thought Rosiel did it, and even though I couldn’t figure out why, it would make sense that Rosiel could since it’s his blood keeping Kira around.  But… if the panels follow in sequence (which isn’t necessarily true, things jump around a lot abruptly), it was… Belial?  Which doesn’t make sense to me at all.  And for a second, I had this wild idea that Belial was the one who appears to Metatron.  I don’t think that’s the case, either, because there is absolutely nothing sane-looking about Belial, and the one who appears to Metatron looks at least a little serene.

Up in heaven, Sara’s wandering around, and now she’s with Raphael.  I’m not sure what Raphael wants with her, other than to annoy Sevothtarte.  He says he doesn’t do anything that doesn’t benefit him, so even keeping Sara away from Sevothtarte for her safety isn’t something he would do.  He propositions her later, of course, because that’s what he does, but I don’t think that’s why he kept her either.  Maybe he just wants to see what happens to her body?  It explained things better in that regard, too, because now I understand what they mean when they said Sara made up for the lack of Archangel.  I guess that’s the same situation as Setsuna?  Except I’m under the impression Setsuna and Alexiel are separate souls.  Maybe that’s not necessarily the case.  Yeah, because I don’t think Setsuna and Alexiel’s consciousnesses can exist apart.

Sara also has a run-in with Michael, which is very funny.  I like Michael a lot.  I like everything about him.  The fact that he randomly shows up and makes up with Raphael and brings him a whole bunch of random weird crap was good enough, but then he gets reamed by Sara, who he doesn’t recognize.  Excellent.  I’m under the impression that next volume, things won’t go so well between Sara and Michael, though.

Now that Sara’s back in things, it’s just killing me that her and Setsuna are being kept apart.  I know that’s the whole point of the story, but now that she’s back, it’s like they’re so close and yet so far.  Sara’s campaigning in Heaven to bring Setsuna back so she can see him, but now Setsuna’s off on this side quest in Hell to save Kurai.  Oh Kurai, if only your love weren’t so cute and pure.