Tales of the Abyss 23 & 24; These boss battles suck, should turn on Hard Modo.
March 26th, 2009 by Jay
WORST. MOTHER/GRANDMOTHER. EVAR.
That settles it, Natalia, hands down, has the most fucked up past out of all the cast in Abyss.
Exactly one episode later, Mohs suffers an arguably lamer death than Dist did, what with Tear finding the time to RESOLVE and pull a hi-level Mystic Arte out of her of her ass. And what’s this crap that he was “trying to save the world in his own way?” The guy’s ugly face just screams villain, let alone the fact that he manipulated Ion(s) and on few occasions has tried to kill/harm the party. Some severely half-assed attempt to redeem him, or Tear just being incredibly naive again? You decide.
And TWO rushed deaths (solved by Natalia’s own RESOLVE) in the same episode? Largo’s backstory at least made him pitiable unlike someone like Dist who’s past isn’t much to sympathize over: the guy has his wife and kid taken from him for retarded reasons, so yeah, I’d be pretty pissed off too. Still, during his fight, him breaking the circle (you can do that?) confused me, was he just going to break it so Luke and Co. would fall, then just decided “Fuck it, I’ll try stabbing him instead,” without at least aim for Guy? Or even Natalia, since he just stated he didn’t think of her as his daughter? Then, he praises her right after she kills him…nope, don’t get it.
(Insert QUALITY joke here).
Asch has another hissy fit with Luke, though he also mentions that Luke IS him (weird, considering I’ve seen him state the exact opposite in the game’s version of the Yulia City fight) and is pissed how Luke says they’re two different people (I’m sensing Len/White Len or Shirou/Archer vibes here, though that’s not really in the same contet). Again, both don’t have very much time, Asch is probably expecting to die before Lorelei is freed.
Personally, I’d love to hear George Nakata sing. o_o
Van’s now pulled a Dr. Manhatten, as did Sync, and has been able to reform himself. Now, if Van is holding Lorelei hostage or captured him in some way, why is it that Van explains that Lorelei answered his pact and gave him the power to live in the first place? What’s more, his hand is shown to disappear in the same way Luke’s does, so he must not have much time either unless he somehow learns to control it.
Even with the amount of moments these two have had, Luke’s attempt to confess just seemed laughable, since said moments haven’t really progressed their own personal relationship so much as deal in plot advancement with Van or Luke’s post-Akzeriuth emotional problems. Not exactly the greatest romantic pair, and I’ll probably still think that right up until the end hits.
Oh, and remember how I praised the use of more Mystic Artes? Recycled Animation =/= More. Fuckin Sunrise.
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There are still Legretta and Sync left on Van’s side, and I don’t think they’re deaths are going to be any greater, especially with only two episodes left. The inside of Eldrant has some sort of broken world inside of it, and I’m going to go out on a limb here and say it’s Hod. And it looks like Asch and Luke are finally going to have their rematch. I pray that they’ll at least use some techniques. >_<
No Anise, they’re the reason why the first Ion died. o.o
-Jay
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i said the exact same thing about Anise taking care of Ion the third XD
Tear being all dramatic about Mohs death was stupid and very unbelievable. considering all the crap he has pulled i don’t see why he is so redeemable.
Asch makes me smile. He has spent the entire series calling Luke a moron then wonders why Luke doesn’t believe in himself. Such specialness. XD
It’s kinda sad how the fight against the random soldier Luke killed quite a few episodes ago was longer and more visually impressive than any of the boss battles against plot-related characters so far. Sure, there weren’t any pretty lights, but at least it had some actual swordplay.
(Sorry for not commenting immediately, stupid firefox won’t load the live bookmark)
Van is on Yulia’s lineage, which is why the pact with Lorelei responded to him. However, with Lorelei being the aggregate sentient of the 7th fonon, it should be easy to understand that even Van doesn’t have absolute control over a being that doesn’t want to be stuck in his body.
I’d also say that your limb is correct, I think they mentioned that it was Hod the episode that Eldrant rose from the ocean.
Also, with Anise’s parents giving away everything, I don’t think poor Florian’s going to get fed. DX
@christina: Luke has to get his “smarts” from somewhere. XD;;
Random chime in: It always brings a tear to my eye when fansubbers find and comment on the blog ;_;
@christina: Meh, now that I think about it, Tear’s always been kinda dumb regarding people she thinks is on her side. Probably why her melons are so big. ^_^ …I don’t see Anise faring much better in the future…
@Erilex: I think I already claimed the Van fight to be the best one but…damn you’re right. >_<
@miken-chan: Right back at you, I haven’t really commented back on here OR Clannad. I guess the Yulia-descandant theories work out, but they probably could’ve taken another second or so to elaborate on it a little. Also, you failed to mention if George Nakata sings in the game. O_O
@Shirukii: Enjoy it, she’ll probably leave us once I cover Abyss 25 & 26. ;A; Maybe I should go ahead and take a look at those Tales of Symponia OVAs…or do another Game Break segment on the UNDUB version of the game…
By the way, you just found this out now? We’ve been doing this since like…Episode 6-9 (To be fair, I’ve done so many multiple episode entries, especially the one right before this one)
Ah, sorry for not mentioning that — There’s no singing from Van in the game, though he does speak some of the lyrics.
I’ll try to return…My problem would be that I didn’t watch Clannad (to be honest, I fell asleep the 3 times I tried starting it), so a good portion of the posts flew over my head. I’m heading into the Spring season with 9 series on my “to watch” list. I’m sure there’ll be something that’ll bring me back. :D
This are the anime i want to see next so thanks for the info :)