Angel Sanctuary 15

Honestly?  This feels like one of the last things that will happen in the series.  I know it’s not, because there are five volumes after this one, but several things we’ve been waiting for all happen at once here, and really, the only unresolved issue other than the melee that will happen after this event is what happened to hell.

So of course we’re watching Sara’s trial all the way through this volume.  Sevothtarte is in rare form, and he’s basically sent Michael away and made sure that Raphael is blackmailed and forced away from the trial.  With Uriel gone, that takes care of the other three elemental angels.  Before the trial, Sara is given something to make it so she can’t speak, so basically Sevothtarte is able to accuse her of anything he wants, and that’s it.  Oh, also?  He’s judging the trial.  Of course Uriel is nowhere to be found, and the person that’s supposed to take his place is conveniently ill.  This is Sevothtarte’s show, and it is a mighty evil one.

Rosiel’s around, and despite the fact Michael and Setsuna team up after a brief scuffle at the beginning, Rosiel keeps Setsuna from appearing.  That doesn’t stop everything else from happening, and he’s basically allowed just enough to happen so that Sevothtarte is disgraced in front of the entire Heavenly Host.  Barbiel has a job to do, Raphael has something he wants to say, somehow Uriel can speak now, and even Sara has a few well-placed verbal jabs for Sevothtarte.  Setsuna takes a rather extreme and permanent action in order to make it to the trial with Michael, too.  The final scene is the beginning of the face-off between him and Sevothtarte, and I’m ready.

Other things are happening while Sevothtarte is occupied.  Remember our friend Metatron and how he’s supposedly the most powerful angel in heaven?  Well, he’s not been taking whatever it was that Sevothtarte has been giving him, and now Sandalphon’s out helping him.  They unlock what appears to be some sort of apocalyptic beast, and I’m ready to see what that does, too.

Remember how I said back when Nidhogg asked Setsuna to find his girlfriend that I didn’t have much hope for her after what happened to Tialiel?  Yeah.  That was Lailah.  Her random significance in this story is of a Lucy Monostone level of ridiculousness.

So, five volumes and what has to be wrapped up?  Well, I figure Setsuna will mop the floor with Sevothtarte next time, but whatever it is that Sandalphon and Metatron have done, it will take all four elemental angels and the two angels with the key to God/Adam Kadamon to stop it.  I figure Setsuna will still have to fight Rosiel at some point too.  Also, some resolution to the whole God and Adam Kadamon thing that’s been hanging over the entire series.  Also, also, Hell, like I said before.  Totally unresolved.  Mad Hatter hasn’t appeared in forever, and what’s an ending to this series without the Mad Hatter?