It definitely started quick. We find Naru gets ANOTHER power! I didnʼt play the game so
Iʼm not sure how many Personas he gets to have. Sato is immediately taking the lead
and slicing stuff up with her new found Persona. I donʼt know when but sheʼs got the
glasses now too(the have some rainbow stripes on the side)! Those glasses make
everything better I tell you! The action is a little more action-y, the sexiness a bit more....
sexy. I love it, its like the initiation thing, you know your a bada$s when you got Teddie
giving you some glasses. Now Iʼd like to quickly mention my thinking when they run into
Amagi at the top of the stairs... What was Amagi doing(her Persona version that is)?
Why didnʼt Amagi just send those tongue monsters before and then just wait in her
Persona form for the group? Was she just sitting up there with her back turned JUST so
she could get caught with her pants down(figuratively of course)? I think most people
donʼt think twice but when you have that video game moment where they give a speech
as your hanging off a ledge giving just enough time for the tables to turn...It never made
sense! Just go over there step on there fingers! Albeit, I acknowledge this doesnʼt make
for good entertainment BUT Iʼm just saying......
Well we get some of Amagiʼs back story which was QUITE nice, I must say. I was
REALLY loving that bird cage permutation and how it was a parallel of how Amagi felt
deep down. Hasnʼt everyone at some point felt like they were suffocating from their own
life. Feeling destined to be something you donʼt want. Amagi dinʼt ask to be the
successor of an inn yet here she is, born to here fate. Nobody wants to feel the
constraint of something like that, to feel the pressure and forced burdens of other
people. At the least Amagi could commiserate with the bird she found right?! Well no.
That bird refused to be caged in and went to soar into its OWN sky and horizon, while Amagi was left behind. She was probably angry that she wasnʼt needed like she finally
felt she was(which she is to Sato but a lack of confidence and being misunderstood, you
can see the trouble this can cause). At some point co-dependence can be the death of
someone. Amagi wanted to be saved by someone but that person couldnʼt even save
them selves. Sato and Amagti need each other to stand which is fine as long as it isnʼt
dysfunctional like it was(Satoʼs jealousy and Amagiʼs lack of self worth, bad combo
though their friendship looked good on paper Iʼll admit).
I like the point Naru made. Even though Sato couldnʼt do everything and be Amagiʼs
prince(Idolm@ster episode 17 anyone?), Sato genuinely loved Amagi truly cherishing
her friendship regardless of the jealousy she occasionally walks hand in hand with. Sato
tried too hard to save Amagi instead of letting Amagi save her self! The fisherman, teach
a man to fish he can feed himself for life, proverb comes to mind. It was really a very
touching and morally intricate episode if you were willing to dig deep and glean the
philosophic lessons it subtly provided. I love it!
also liked the implications of needing to accept even the negative, and not leave
anyone behind or forget about them. I think the tortured Persona souls when I think
about this. Sure they seem terrible but think about it. Theyʼre all alone and hated.
Wouldnʼt that warp your sense of morality too? The personas are also very childlike,
they just want to be loved and needed too. And really these Personas are just the
characteristics in yourself that you find undesirable and shove away deep in the
subconscious. How can you love others when you donʼt completely love yourself? And
by loving your Personas and accepting them you can then begin to love and accept
others. It was very cathartic episode and when Amagi hugged her Persona who was like
a child full of superficial problems that just needed a spanking(or round house kick of
fire) and a good talking to, to reform, my heart squirmed(in a good way).
On a lighter note, Narukami got his facial expression all the way to clumsy, hell he even
smiled in this episode! I like the interactive eye catches the show has. As for Amagi,
sheʼs actually quite hilarious, she just had to be comfortable with herself and everyone
else, in fact sheʼs down right dorky(in a good way) and i liked this other side of Amagi
that no one sees too much beside I suppose Sato. With everyone in their quadrio clan
with their own Personas and newfound iron will Iʼm excited for next week! I wonder why
Naru never had to fight his Persona though..... Hmmm? he IS a bada$s I guess!
-Relic
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