by Chaos Angel » Thu Sep 05, 2002 11:03 pm
As I understand it, the manga it was based off of gives into more detail in general (for example, the title "Angel Sanctuary", according to the on-disk extra info, comes from the title of a video game created by Katan to drain energy from humans into Rosiel to awaken him). The ending was very open-ended, but I think it was a good place to end all the same. You can just kind of piece the rest of it together in your head. Although, the kid screaming on the bed makes me wonder how successful Setsuna was in rescuing Sara...
Princess Garnet, where did you hear that they were lovers in a past life? I think I must have missed that detail. That would explain the very strong attraction that Setsuna can't explain.
It's wierd how the incest portion of it just kind of fades out of your mind. Like Flint, I was kind of creeped out by the brother/sister thing at first, but I almost completely forgot about it by the end. I thought the position taken on incestual love (not sex, I.E., not rape, that's VERY different) was an interesting viewpoint: As long as you love each other, who cares what other people think?
Even if you are related by blood...
Not that I agree with it, but it is an interesting view nonetheless.
Is it just me, or did AS have kind of a Romeo and Juliet feel to it? Lovers that are kept apart by means beyond their control (R&J had their families, Se&Sa have their blood bond and social taboos), and when they finally manage to get together, they are taken apart again and both end up sacrificing themselves for the other.