Angel Sanctuary 14

Well, something finally happens to Kira.  I actually really like Kira, but he’s been sort of out of things for a long time.  As important as he has the potential to be, I was expecting him to jump back in with an awesome role.  But I would not have had what actually occurred happen to him, really, I was waiting for him to… change form, again, into that which would be the most help since he is actually insanely powerful, but that doesn’t happen.

Hm.  I’m a bit sad that Zaphikel isn’t sticking around, but I’m glad everything was soeted out in the end and Raziel is back around.  Plus, bonus massive destruction to the prison.  That’s never a bad thing.

There is also an abrupt fight between Rosiel and Setsuna.  So abrupt, actually, that I didn’t understand what was going on at first and was flipping through the book so I could see if maybe the pages were out of sequence.  I had to read the few pages before it a number of times before I finally had the sequence of events straight in my head.  One of the problems is that Setsuna shows up and Rosiel is already randomly there with everything destroyed.  The other problem is that he’s holding the head of one of the main characters, and it was just one of those things I didn’t believe because certainly that person earned themselves a death scene.

The fight itself is actually sort of one-sided and disappointing.  I know this fight will happen, eventually, and it will be spectacular, but this was not the time.  Rosiel actually mutilates Setsuna quite a bit.  It was a shame, because Setsuna has one of his three wings torn off, and that was a design choice I liked quite a bit.  He’s mutilated in other, more immediately visible ways, too.

Michael watches the fight, and afterwards captures Setsuna in the aftermath because… he laid eyes on Kira, basically.  I was disappointed by the link between Michael and Kira, actually.  Reference is made to the relationship way earlier in the series, but Kaori Yuki sort of blows it off in the margins, saying everyone should already know who this relation of Michael’s is.  After being shamed by this, I looked this information up.  It certainly wasn’t Kira.  I don’t mind the backstory the info triggered though, and I certainly don’t mind seeing more of Michael.  Like I said, I like all four of the elemental angels a lot.

Raphael, also among their number, is going to break my heart in a bit, I think.  I hope not.  Someone needs to do something about Sevothtarte right now, though, or very bad things will happen.  He’s still my favorite character, I think, for being the most perfect evil you could possibly hope for, but I just love to hate him.  Somewhat related, Rosiel keeps making mention of taking him out, but at the same time, Rosiel helps him out a lot and does a lot of the same things Sevothtarte is working towards.  It… doesn’t exactly seem like he’s working at some sort of cross purpose to me.  Of course, Rosiel is also very insane, so his ends may not come clear for some time.

But yes, get better Setsuna, and someone needs to stop Raphael before his hand is forced.