Angel Sanctuary 16

Because Rosiel has not been in most of the series, it’s sort of easy to forget that he’s been hanging out in the background, waiting to summon the real Alexiel.  He is an evil, evil character, much more so than Sevothtarte could ever dream, and now that Sevothtarte has been taken care of, he’s in charge and basically out to hunt the four elemental angels and the savior.  He’s got some dirty tricks up his sleeve to do it.

More importantly, Sevothtarte is finally taken care of.  I was so bummed by his ending.  He certainly got his comeuppance, but none of the characters got to take out their grievances, and his actual end, while quite beautiful, made you feel bad for him.  It also sort of pushed all the blame off Sevothtarte for his actions, and I’m not very fond of being forced to forgive evil characters because of their rotten upbringing.  I can’t believe such an awesome villain went out like that.

Metatron and Sandalphon are a looming threat.  What’s more dangerous, Rosiel or Metalphon?  Rosiel is certainly more evil, I think, but Metalphon poses a more immediate threat to Sara.  Here’s hoping Raphael’s up for a good fight.

Because characters really, REALLY can’t stay dead in this series, we get two resurrections of characters who were certainly dead and the reapperance of a character who was only lost.  The lost character is someone who just… you know, shouldn’t have been in more than one volume, but I’ve grown to like him a lot despite the fact I can’t separate them from minor character status.  The reappearance is pretty awesome and a good save, so I didn’t mind too much.  The other character goes hand in hand with this one.  The fact that he’s back is one thing, but the fact that he sides with Rosiel is just bullshit.  What happened to all that other stuff, like everyone loving Setsuna et al?  And how do you control someone who’s so powerful because you happen to hold a stone?  Huh?

What is there to look forward to now?  Everything looks pretty grim, and there’s two different armies bearing down on the good guys.  I guess we can look forward to Setsuna awakening his actual power and healing that which he’s lost?  He hasn’t been able to use any of his powers since his fight with Rosiel that crammed Heaven and Hell together, so it’s been sort of hard to watch him.  Rosiel says there’s a chance for him to get his power back, so here’s hoping.