Comments on: Angel Sanctuary 20

By: LeBonGrosToutou

LeBonGrosToutou — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 06:11:39 +0000

My all time favourite manga!
I was a tad disappointed in the ending, after all that had happened I was expecting a “bad ending”, something really sad (though, this ending was still a happy tear jerker!). I wonder what that “alternate ending” was that Yuki talked about in one of the side bars?

By: obsidianfactory

obsidianfactory — Thu, 22 Apr 2010 20:20:27 +0000

By Far this is one of the best Shoujo Mangas ever :)

By: fern

fern — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 14:19:34 +0000

Since Lucifer was Kaori Yuki’s favorite angel, I figured that she couldn’t possibly make him a bad guy… especially not when she put in so much effort to make him a bishie among bishies. None of her characters are truly evil anyway, just really twisted. As you’ve noted, AS is very relationship driven and sometimes loses pace with action, but Kaori Yuki has such a talent with weaving her characters’ relationships that it seldom bothers me. Angel Sanctuary isn’t exactly light reading, but I fell in love with the later half of the series because of the complexity. I mean, there’s still the original story of Setsuna’s incestuous yet pure love for Sara but there’re tons of other plotlines involving politics, love and the wars of heaven and hell running parallel. Seeing everything explained and resolved makes the final volume feel very epic indeed…

I enjoyed reading your reflections to see how an unspoiled reader might see the story as it unfolds little by little. If you do re-read (which I hope you do), pay special attention to Lucifer/Kira and Alexiel, especially in volume 11 and 19. There’re lots of interesting details in both the story and art to ponder! But that said, I noticed a couple of mistranslations. For example, one of Lucifel’s line in Vol. 19 reads “If the day comes that you find a way out of this prison…” when a more accurate translation is “Someday, I will let you leave this prison…” And in Alexiel’s flashback in Vol. 20, Lucifer says “Are you saying you want me to get out of here?” when it’s really supposed to be “I said that I would let you leave this place, didn’t I?” This is a very important promise…

Explaining anything AS is a pleasure to me, so really, thank you for giving me the chance!

By: Connie

Connie — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 07:20:40 +0000

Actually, now that you explained that… yes, that makes a lot of sense. I can’t recall if I picked up on it or not while I was reading it, but I’m pretty sure I completely missed the relationship between Lucifer and Alexiel. I thought Lucifer was an antagonist through and through, and the two allied briefly for a common goal that failed. Or, at least, that’s how I remember it. The way you describe it makes a lot more sense in the context of the series, and now I’m sorry I missed those connotations while I was reading it. Wow. And yeah, now that I think about it, you’re right, it does seem like the love goes both ways, which was a sadly rare thing in the series.

Thanks so much for that explanation! I’m glad you took the time to add that on to this old entry, and it kind of makes me want to re-read the series.

By: fern

fern — Thu, 30 Jul 2009 15:26:15 +0000

I spent ages trying to piece together the AS timeline and figuring out how everything happened. Kaori Yuki does have marvelously complicated plotlines but she dumps a lot of info toward the end. Faulty translations here and there in the English Viz publications didn’t help … I know this is kind of an old entry, but if you don’t mind a little contribution from a busybody AS fan, I’ll like to make a slight correction on “Alexiel escaped with Lucifer when he tried to defile her”.

They met in the garden of Eden before his fall, back when he was still Lucifel. Although he went there originally to defile Alexiel, he fell in love with her instead, promising to set her free as he left. Years later, after his fall and after he had set Hell up, Lucifer staged his own capture, secretly returning to Eden to keep his promise. He managed to take Alexiel out of Eden but was caught by the Creator in the process and was sealed into the Nanatsusaya while Alexiel escaped. So yeah.

I’m really surprised that you didn’t consider it once of the more romantics stories of the series considering that it’s one of the few pairings where the love goes both ways! Personally, it’s my favorite in the series. I totally melted when I saw Lucifer’s smile as he went into Alexiel’s arms. At least they get a happy ending. XP

By: jun

jun — Sun, 24 Aug 2008 04:38:50 +0000

Okay, I totally skimmed from ‘It’s explained. All of it.’ To ‘It’s a fantastic comic.’ But even that makes me happy. Just knowing it’s all going to make sense in the end will be such a help.