Shakugan no Shana - 19 February 15
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Summary:
Shana confirms to Kazumi that she indeed a Flame Haze, and then is about to abandon her to go look for Yuuji. However, Alastor reminds her that her duty is to bring Kazumi back to Khamsin. Inside the fuuzetsu, Yuuji and Satou tell each other about their situations (i.e. Yuuji is a Misutesu, Satou and Tanaka are under Margery). Yuuji mentions that the real Sakai Yuuji is already dead. The two end up going their separate ways because of their different tasks - Satou is headed to Friagne’s old hideout and Yuuji is going to find Kazumi. At that time, Kazumi is being pulled along by Shana. Kazumi thinks to herself that even though Shana knew about Yuuji being a Torch, Shana still liked him. Kazumi trips, but decides to ditch her one sandal and run along without Shana’s help.
Yuuji finds Khamsin just shortly after Margery does. After confirming that the monocle is indeed Khamsin’s, Yuuji admonishes the Flash Haze for dragging Kazumi into all this. Kazumi and Shana emerge from the bushes where they were overhearing him talking about her. The group’s attention goes back towards the happenings around them, and Khamsin thinks that they need to start tuning soon. But when he and Kazumi try to, the procedure fails because the Jizai Shiki is interfering with the markings. Margery receives a call form Tanaka and Satou. From the map, the two report that there is a concentration of the Jizai Shiki back at the festival. With the intent of destroying the Rinne at that place, Shana and Margery head off.
After Shana attacks it, the professor’s robot transforms the festival’s yagura into a giant robot. With Yuuji’s help, they figure out that the airship high above the city is the final piece of the puzzle. When Shana and Margery fly up to attack it, the professor calls for his robot to combine with the airship. The two Flame Haze hastily make their retreat after getting word that Khamsin is taking the form of a stone beast. It chucks a rock that sends the airship crashing into the water below. On the ground, Yuuji and Kazumi are on the ground from taking cover. When she asks if his situation is irreversible, Yuuji reaffirms that he’s already dead. But Kazumi believes that Yuuji is still human because his body and heart are still warm. And, as she confesses, that’s the Sakai that she likes.
By the time everyone gathers again, morning has arrived. Khamsin uses the image of the town from Kazumi’s mind to correct the distortion. It’s a warm image that causes Yuuji to start crying from feeling that he belongs there and remembering Kazumi saying that he’s human. Shana runs off because she’s feeling more and more distant from Yuuji, but trips on the pavement. When she raises her head, she sees the face of an old friend: Wilhelmina.
Yay for Kazumi-chan finally being able to confess! I’ve been rooting for her since the beginning, so I’m glad that she’s finally able to get closer to Yuuji. She’s going to be overjoyed if or when she learns that Yuuji isn’t going to be disappearing anytime soon because of his Reiji Maigo power. Of course, I expect her ultimately to lose to Shana, but it creates some good drama for now. Shana herself has some great scenes. Shana + Nietono no Shana + yukata + flame wings = awesomeness. On the other hand, Margery and Marchosias are given a rather comedic role this episode in how they comment on the Professor’s giant robot. Oh and there’s also Khamsin, whose rock form is a lot bigger than I thought it’d be. Seems to pack quite a punch too.
But wait, there are now four Flame Haze in this city because Wilhelmina arrives at the end of the episode. It makes me wonder if they’re all going to leave the city together (if they indeed need to leave the city at all). Next week’s episode looks to be more or less devoted to her. And now that I think about it, it’s hard to believe that next week will already be episode 20. Time sure flies…
Rasmiel at 4:07 pm on February 15th, 2006
Great animation quality?
Omni at 4:08 pm on February 15th, 2006
About the same as usual. The faces were drawn pretty well, but there wasn’t anything too stunning. Nothing that stuck out like a sore thumb either.
Psych at 4:30 pm on February 15th, 2006
heyy!! Wilhelmina’s bag size is like mine everyday after school!! XD
nikolai_131 at 4:32 pm on February 15th, 2006
Finaly!!!! ~de arimau-chan is here again
KiraTakuto at 4:43 pm on February 15th, 2006
Naked Kasumi?
JT at 5:07 pm on February 15th, 2006
is that kasumi with blue hair!! -.- …. and finally wihelmina gets to kik ass soon… i hope!
jimi at 5:11 pm on February 15th, 2006
blue hair = Hecate
Rasmiel at 5:17 pm on February 15th, 2006
Lol I just noticed Hecate in yukata. First Shana-tan debuted, we saw Shana in yukata last week, and now we see Hecate in yukata…Past month has been VERY good.
Azbaby at 5:35 pm on February 15th, 2006
Omg Kasumi is she going to die ;_; NOOOOO this ep better not have kasumi dying
mango at 5:53 pm on February 15th, 2006
haha..wilhemina is so cute.
JT at 6:02 pm on February 15th, 2006
im guessing kasumi is gonna end up being a help to the vilians… i duno thats what i think… she is such a piss off..!! =.= i root for shana only …..
Shinji103 at 6:36 pm on February 15th, 2006
Wilhelmina and Shana reunite /already/?! Uh-oh, we’re going off the novel track here…not that this is a bad thing mind you (although it could be, we’ll have to see), but in the novels, a lot of important stuff happened between the end of this fight here and when Wilhelmina showed up, includingShow Spoiler ▼
cyw1988 at 8:10 pm on February 15th, 2006
If you ask me i think Shana may be the one turning sides in the end… Right now her heart is the most messy and maybe the baddies will use this chance to turn shana evil muahahahha!!!!!
Rasmiel at 8:18 pm on February 15th, 2006
A Flamehaze runs on hatred against Tomogaras. With Alastor on her watch, there’s no way Shana will work for them.
That Yuuji and Kazumi scene was pretty nice. Pretty heart warming.
On the other note, is it just me or do people in this anime tend to trip a lot? -_-;
shozo at 8:43 pm on February 15th, 2006
Yuuji is a pain in the ass to me. Why can’t he show how he feels about the two girl in the way they could understand? The two girls have been being tortured by his undecisive attitude. He seems to like Shana better than Kazumi but at the same time he looks trying to make Kazumi believe that he is interested in her. Who does he prefer anyway, Shana or Kazumi? If he likes Shana better than Kazumi, express that in the way they could understand that, then he could stop tormenting them. Shan should hang around with more boys, then she could find a much much better boy than Yuuji and give that whiner to Kazumi.
Shinji103 at 9:00 pm on February 15th, 2006
shozo: Undecisive? Analyze the situation a bit better than that: /we/ may be able to see Kazumi and Shana have a crush on Yuuji, but does /Yuuji/ know that? Unlike Yuuji, the viewers have the luxury of knowig what the characters are seeing and seeing Shana and Kazumi when Yuuji isn’t around. What makes you think that Yuuji knows either of them have feelings for him? Shana’s outburst in 17 about Kazumi not mattering was far from a confession of love, and Kazumi hasn’t exactly been straightforward about her feelings until now either. And who says he actually has feelings for /either/ of them yet? He may have feelings building up, but he’s far from lovestruck.
Okay, I put up with that completely BS crack about Shinji using people as shields that somebody said back in the episode 1 blog, but this is where I draw the line: WHEN THE HELL HAS YUUJI WHINED???!!! (outside of the comical scenes, when whining actually matters)
AznSoulBoy at 9:42 pm on February 15th, 2006
wow xDDD
F.A.I.T.H at 11:25 pm on February 15th, 2006
For once, I gotta agree with the Kazumi-haters. XD Shana really suffered there…But points to Kazumi for being the first to break out of her own shell and confess.
Exciting episode though. Finally get to see the battle form of Khamsin and Wilhelmina! Can’t wait for the next one…
The Crappinometer at 2:09 am on February 16th, 2006
wow. great. yeah, time sure flies fast. just a few weeks from now and then *poof*. this show’s over
Yohko at 4:01 am on February 16th, 2006
I’m still rooting for Shana!!!