RuthisianCodex

Just watched the newest episode & wow, I am SO looking forward to this showdown with the Spade Kingdom! But I'll admit, Luck saying that not even he wanted to fight that demon made my stomach drop a little. And as selfish as this is, I need Noelle to be the one that actually kills him so that she can avenge her mother. She has gone through hell her whole life because of what that devil did to her family.

I haven't watched Perfect Blue yet but now that I've heard this I'm definitely going to check it out.

I've finally gotten around to watching Shield Hero & I'm almost at the end of Season 1. I LOVE this anime & Ralphtalia is my favorite! I think I've decided that she's going to be my 1st cosplay character!

How could I forget one of the best songs I've ever heard from episode 2 of Paranoia Agent? The 1st time I heard a snippet of this in the show, I literally stopped & looked up the full song & then proceeded to dance all over my living room!

You keep taking the words right out my mouth @Ohiotaku and I don't mind at all! Pounding that monster into oblivion won't erase the symbolic monster that he's become in the eyes of his own family. And what's really insidious about this is that now that he is embodying the 'symbol of hope' that everyone needs, think about if he decided to continue being nasty to his family & evidence finally did emerge to the public. It would make it harder for people to believe his family. Think about all the public figures that end up in the news for possessing child pornography or beating the hell out of their spouses. The reason that these people get away with that garbage for so long is because of the image they portray to society in general. There are so many layers of this that just unnerve me to my core.

See what I mean? The guy is a straight up user! If you can't be used as a pawn to get what he wants, then you might as well not even exist to him. Their family is drenched in dysfunction because of his behavior. Just makes me sick.

Well said, @Ohiotaku! There is this underlying 'snake-iness' about him that I just can't overlook. Do I believe that there is a part of him that honestly wants to change? Yeah, I do. But I just can't convince myself that all of his reasons for wanting that change are coming from a pure place. All the examples you outlined are why I feel like his path to redemption needs to be as difficult as possible & that he needs to do a lot more before he can atone for all the terrible things he's done.

This will put a smile on your face: