Shakugan no Shana 2 – 23
Yuuji obviously doesn’t play enough Mario.
Summary:
Inside the barrier she has created, Hecate holds the Reiji Maigo above a now shocked Yuuji. As Hecate flies into the air, Yuuji collapses from a loss of strength. With the armored suit inside a nearby tower, things are going just as planned for the Bel Masque. When Hecate sends the Reiji Maigo into the suit, the tower begins to glow under an appearing storm cloud. Shana quickly rushes to the barrier she sees, realizing that it is not a fuzetsu. Margery and Wilhelmina arrive shortly after, creating a fuzetsu and learning of Shana’s sense that Yuuji is inside the barrier. As Kazumi rushes to the scene, the hogu around her neck begins to glow. Shana and the others are unable to break through the barrier no matter what they try. Around them, beams appear to connect to the barrier via Hecate’s orders. With Hecate’s actions, the armored suit begins to move even more. Observing the destruction around him, Yuuji realizes that his Reiji Maigo is being used to power something. At this rate, he suspects that he will disappear.
Shana and the others attempt to figure out the Bal Masque’s plans outside, when Kazumi appears to tell them what is happening to Yuuji. They wonder how she knows this, so Kazumi reveals that Johan was able to speak to her through the hogu she holds. Margery makes a call to Keisaku, finding that he is already at the haridan. Knowing that Yuuji may disappear, Shana prepares to enter the barrier as the group searches for ways to get inside. When Kazumi wonders about her reasons for going, Shana replies that it is so that she can fight along side of Yuuji. Realizing the situation everyone must be in, Yuuji runs into the now distorted tower to obtain his Reiji Maigo. Dantalion detects Yuuji’s presence, sending many of his robots to stop him inside. Using the power he still possesses, Yuuji is able to shake his pursuers off. Keisaku finally finds an opening to the barrier, allowing the rest of the group to enter. Margery states that this is the most that Keisaku can do for them, but she praises him before leading the rest of the group inside.
Shana assures Kazumi that she will return with Yuuji, leaving her to wonder again of the possibilities she has. Margery is able to get the group through the small hole in the barrier, but she is taken out by Sydonay soon after reaching the inside. Shana and Wilhelmina send attacks at Sydonay, but they are interrupted by Dantalion’s explanation of the situation. Wilhelmina quickly begins attacking Sydonay, and Hecate begins firing at Shana. Inside the tower, Yuuji falls into a dark hole. As Shana and Wilhelmina continue to battle, they panic at Dantalion’s announcement of the “go no ritsuzo”.
Preview: The finale.
Impression:
Uh oh. With one episode left, Shakugan no Shana has headed into full climax mode. This includes all of the ridiculous, yet so awesome, moments that we should all be used to at this point. I thought it was really funny that Yuuji’s missing core was represented as a black hole with butterflies flying around inside, but I’m also confused as to how he is able to exist while physically separated from the Reiji Maigo. I guess that’s asking too many questions while watching a show about a girl who flies around with wings made of flames. Dantalion was annoying me as much as ever, and I couldn’t help but imagine a video game situation as Yuuji ran through the tunnels. Maybe I was anticipating the climax too much, but some of the scenes in this episode seemed more odd than atmospheric. It could have just been the the blue barrier throwing me off, but I still believe that the Pheles episodes were superior. There are a lot of signs leading to Kazumi using the hogu in the last episode, but I guess we’ll just have to find out next week. With a set up like this, I don’t expect a clear ending at all.
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Urge to spoil…overwhelming.
They’ve deviated from the novel plot a bit, but the setup is still there. Good luck picking your jaw up from the floor next week if they decide to go through with the WHAT A TWIST I mentioned some time ago.
I’m still bitter about being spoiled ;_;
>but I’m also confused as to how he is able to exist while physically separated from the Reiji Maigo
ugh it cut off the bulk of my post -_-, anyway reiji maigo refills his existance every midnight, it dosnt mean that what existance he had at the time would dissapear when it was removed, just that he would burn out eventually like all torches
lol yea, I guess that makes sense. I just can’t get over how Yuuji is walking around with this black hole in his stomach. Also, html tags will cut off posts….:S …..maybe I should go install that comment editing plugin like everyone else…t.t
@Shirukii: *mumble*grumle*king of spoilers*grumble*
Margery! NOOoooooooooo!!!!
Heyy, to be fair I only spoiled the Alicia thing, and I spoiler tagged it properly =P
Shirukii, how many of the books have you read, and how far is the series or the book ahead of the other if you compare them at the end of both book 2 and season 2 (since only the first 2 books have been translated into english so far.)
There are 18 novels, I haven’t read any of them as I cannot read Japanese, lol. But having been spoiled, I keep reading summaries, I suppose I’m a masochist like that.
The anime is taking a slightly different approach, but is around volume 16 in terms of novel material.
We’re almost guaranteed a season 3 at this point! Shana keeps getting better and better! And they aren’t fucking up the novel storyline badly as a certain show with zeros and tsukaimas…
Use the hougu… and begone Kazumi! Then shana and her lolicon can sexx0r each other in peace.
Yuji is a battery… well more like a capacitor. He stores charge, ie sonzai no chikara. Think of the Reiji Maigo as a power supply that fills up the capacitor. Hecate only just unplugged the power. Well… more like removed it. However, Yuuji is still charged. Only this time if he runs out of pawaa he is completely screwed. That is why Yuji is not dead… yet.
What he said. Yuji basically has the existence of a King of Guze now, the Reiji Maigo just refills whatever he uses everyday, so he has -quite- a bit of power to work with still left over. He could probably live normally for years off what he has.
Oh man do I want to see the plot twisty-twist put into animation. This series is just epic.
mmm… lots of shana pantyshots! :3 Pure white pantsu~~ :3
I call a third season if they got many more to cover in the novel
in the subbed they called the metal bulk the stature of pride
wtf?
they should of at least come up with a different name
something like guze knight or super evil mega boss xDD