CANAAN - 11 September 13
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
Summary:
Maria and Yunyun are saved from Natsume by Alphard, and Alphard lets them go. Alphard knows everything about Natsume, including the fact that she’s after the Borner research data, and Alphard decides to hand it over. Even though Alphard herself has no interest in continuing the research, she doesn’t mind if someone else does because the only group who would be able to stop those weapons would be her own. Natsume then leaves, and Alphard does too after setting the place on fire. Minoru meanwhile wakes back up outside with Canaan, and although Hakko has disappeared again, they’re soon reunited with Maria and Yunyun. Canaan senses however that there are Black Hawk helicopters coming, which are the special forces that Natsume called, so she sends everyone back to the car while she alone goes to look for Hakko and for the medicine for Yunyun. Since Maria isn’t content with just waiting, Minoru suggests that her goal should be to take Canaan’s picture when she returns.
Inside the facility, Liang Qi has been arming herself to defend against the assault, but she’s paid a visit first by Alphard and Cummings. Alphard wants to see Cummings’ love, so Cummings tries to appeal to Liang Qi to go back together with them, but Liang Qi doesn’t want to hear it and smacks him around instead. After Cummings gets knocked down, Alphard decides to attack Liang Qi with a knife, and this time it’s Liang Qi who gets beat up. She enjoys it and wants more, however Alphard doesn’t finish her off and leaves it to Cummings. It drives Liang Qi nuts that Alphard is still more concerned about Canaan - who is at the moment running through the place fighting the special forces troops - and that prompts Liang Qi to run to a back room to do something desperate. Alphard and Cummings follow her there and realize that Liang Qi has actually consumed some of the experimental medicine that would make her similar to Canaan.
The transformation bleaches Liang Qi’s hair and turns her eyes bloodshot while causing her much pain. Alphard takes this opportunity to bring out the letter from Siam that she got, which she knows is actually from Liang Qi. Liang Qi’s plan had been to let Alphard get captured by the CIA by using Siam’s name so that she could then go save Alphard. What really drives Liang Qi crazy now is Alphard revealing that Siam didn’t call her Alphard, he called her Canaan. Liang Qi then looks into the mirror and sees Canaan, and she tries to get Cummings to kill this Canaan. He agrees only on the condition that she loves him, and after she agrees, he shoots her in the chest. She dies in his arms, and Alphard leaves Cummings to cry by himself, feeling that love is troublesome. Alphard does acknowledge though that she’s caught up in the ghosts of her own past, which is not her true self. Elsewhere in the facility, Canaan finds Hakko naked with Santana’s corpse, telling him that she loves him. Hakko gives Canaan the medicine that she’s looking for, but she wants to stay there with Santana’s corpse, and Canaan has no choice but to leave her since the building has started to collapse.
When Canaan returns to the car, she gives Yunyun the medicine, and Maria takes her picture. Maria then hugs Canaan and welcomes her back.
Preview
 |
 |
 |
Well I think it’s pretty safe to say that Liang Qi was the star of this episode. The crazy, batshit insane star, but the star nonetheless. It was fun watching her masochistic attitude, and I was almost sad to see her go like that…almost. It was a fitting end regardless for someone who hated Canaan so much, and that entire scene was pretty intense. Maybe not the same kind of intensity as episode seven, but it was like watching a Liang Qi trainwreck that you just can’t turn away from. I do wonder now though if Cummings survived (since obviously Alphard got away) or if he died there with her after the building collapsed.
I’m also appreciating Alphard more as the story goes on because there’s a lot of complexity to her character, and she’s not the typical villain. Maria, on the other hand, is getting more and more annoying. As the plot has progressed, her role in it has dwindled, and her character is pretty useless at this point. I mean, I can see that they’re heavily focusing on the themes of love and friendship and that Maria is essentially Canaan’s love, but that’s not where most of the recent plot development has been. I can only hope and assume that they’re going to work her in more in the final two episodes.
Meery at 4:08 am on September 13th, 2009
Aw, Liang Qi. The moment I saw the bloody mouth pic on the front page I knew I must see. Poor Cummings as well; they’re little love thing was a nice little sub-plot.
kokweng at 4:11 am on September 13th, 2009
CANAAN 13epi only?
: ( ,
beeboobeeboo at 4:12 am on September 13th, 2009
with hakko and liang qi dead, i don’t really have a point in watching this anymore…
i agree that all the canaanxmaria crap is really annoying, and frankly, i’m sure nobody cares about them.
Jubserz at 4:30 am on September 13th, 2009
well i guess i can be the first one to bring it up in a comment
can you say “necrophilia”… good
Burnt Toast at 4:44 am on September 13th, 2009
lol, Jubserz. That’s the first thing that came to my mind when I saw this pic:
http://randomc.animeblogger.net:8000/image/CANAAN/CANAAN%20-%2011%20-%20Large%2030.jpg
I have not seen the episode yet, but wtf? really?
beeboobeeboo at 4:55 am on September 13th, 2009
The necrophilia wasn’t that bad… at least we didn’t see anything >_>
…kind of.
2DT at 5:13 am on September 13th, 2009
Based on the opening, I was really looking forward to seeing Liang Qi fight at her best, with qipao and everything. Instead I got the pathetic death throes of a pervert, abandoned and shot like a rabid dog.
It was appropriate, I guess. But I’m still kind of sad about it.
to at 5:24 am on September 13th, 2009
best of this season, i would say
I will miss hakko
Omni at 6:35 am on September 13th, 2009
kokweng: Yes, 13 episodes total.
Nyx at 7:22 am on September 13th, 2009
Er, 2DT, she was up against -Alphard-. What else did you expect, a grand battle royale?
Splash at 10:53 am on September 13th, 2009
Hakko was my favorite character in this series. I’m sad to see her end up like that (crazy and boning a dead guy). Then the roof falls on her and ….
ssj4jw at 11:06 am on September 13th, 2009
Funny how the comic relief Yunyun and the goofy photographer Minoru came out more useful than Maria. Hopfully Cummings died too. He was just as useless as Hakko. Maria can’t die because of plot protection otherwise she be dead too.
Nyx at 12:33 pm on September 13th, 2009
Not really, SSJ- Cummings fulfilled his and her subplot by killing Liang, and provided decent comic relief, not to mention his brief yet notable chats with Alphard.
TJ at 12:56 pm on September 13th, 2009
Liang was definitely the star of this episode. It was an appropriately insane ending for her character.
As for Hakkoo, I was hoping she could be redeemed, but she decided to pick a dead body over Minoru…
Putang at 2:08 pm on September 13th, 2009
hmm… I can’t wait to marathon this :3…
if only it was a 26 epper or 24… or even the weird 15
Anonymous at 2:08 pm on September 13th, 2009
Liang Qi was indeed the star this episode but a lot of interesting people died and that is something I don’t find amuzing. Hakko,cummings and Liang Qi, who’s left? the canaans,Maria,YunYun and Minoru. I wonder what importans Minoru and yunyun have now that hakko died and yunyun having her medicine. that leaves canaan and canaan. I guess that can fill 2 episodes.
BROOKLYN otaku at 2:14 pm on September 13th, 2009
@splash hehe i doubt actual “boning” was taking place, unless they was some serious rigor mortis going on. but yeah that was yucko! i mean “to lay on a COLD corpse naked” EEEEEEWWWWWWW ,gives me the shivers. and lets be real, how long is one bottle of meds gonna last yun-yun?
sean at 2:45 pm on September 13th, 2009
im pretty sure maria is going to play a very important role later on, because alphard asked her in one of the last few episodes if she truly forgot everything which to me seems like a hint towards her true role and also her father is the inventor of the cure to the ua virus so it could have something to do with that
Charlo at 4:45 pm on September 13th, 2009
To Maria’s credit, at least she didn’t go back (even if it needed some persuasion from Mino). You can’t really expect much from a photographer without any combat experience/training.
Liang Qi was crazy. Fun crazy. I hoped for more craziness, but her last moments were gold. Major props to the voice actress. No one will probably ever look at that woman the same ever again.
Definitely an episode for the side characters. Now to see what’ll be done with the main cast.
Raiju at 5:09 pm on September 13th, 2009
Poor Liang Qi, turning herself into some weird albino freak. All she wanted was some rabu! DX Hakko choosing to stay with Santana’s body in the end was very sad and bittersweet (necrophilia notwithstanding). I always figured she’d end up with the reporter guy, though, so I guess she forgave Santana for his role in what happened to her family and village.