Chapter 59 is finally here and we have so much to talk about...
- I wonder if it truly was Oz's intention to kill Yura all along. He'd been chanting Yura's demise for several chapters before actually killing him, but when it happened, it wasn't him to do it, it was Jack. And now Oz looks quite traumatized (guilty?) so I have to wonder just how much of all that talk was Oz and how much was Jack. And that would raise more questions about the extent of Jack's influence over Oz...
- The sword protruding from Yura's body on page 3 resembles a grave, doesn't it? How fitting. And his silhouette makes him look almost like he's wearing a crown. Like a king... or maybe a Queen. Of Hearts. You know, from the Disney movie (not the book, in this case). Anyone else see the resemblance?
- The memory on page 6 was from Oz's coming of age ceremony. And Oz says that he "did the same". I assume he is referring to Alice when she fought the Baskervilles. Perhaps he is beginning to realize that he is truly becoming B-Rabbit. The bond between him and Alice is only getting stronger as time passes, after all. And he's never been too comfortable with killing. Remember in Sabrie, he even went out of his way not to kill anyone...
- Or maybe he is remembering something we haven't been made aware of yet. I'm still looking for more information to prove my theory that Oz was alive 100 years ago (I don't have quite enough to back it up yet, but I'll stick with it until I'm proven wrong) and here Oz is seeing flashbacks of the tragedy... He does know what it looks like either way, because he saw Alice's memory of it, but what would that have to do with his guilt over killing...? I wonder~... And the Alice in his memory called his name. Oh, this topic is going to need a separate post.
- Oh man you guys, Rufus knows all. Sensei wouldn't just randomly show him sitting there for no reason. He knows something. We need to talk to him again.
- Ah! Gil's hand is hurting. Meaning that Oz's seal has moved again. It may have something to do with the Glen!seal, but most likely it's Oz's contractor seal. Making it at 6:00 now? Geez, that's a bit too close for comfort...
- And I am more than looking forward to seeing Oz and Gil together again next chapter. I've missed them ):
- That's an absolutely horrid image on page 20. So the chains are going berserk in an attempt to kill B-Rabbit. While they may not know what B-Rabbit looks like, they'll recognize the it's power, which is currently in Oz's possession...
- And the word used was "wish. The wish of The Will. Break was supposed to be after this as well, wasn't he? And if it involves killing Alice, perhaps that was why he never carried it out...?
- This black area that Elliot is lying (floating?) in on page 21 seems to resemble the Abyss. Both when Kevin first entered the Abyss and -- strangely enough -- when Oz, Gil, and Alice were confronted by Alyss' white rabbit in chapter 8.
- Now I'm so curious as to how Elliot became aware of Gilbert and Echo in his semi-conscious, possibly Abysmal state.
- "You are already..." Ah, and Elliot is remembering his own words that he said to Oz. Hopefully so that he can apply them to himself. "A step ahead" is what comes next. "From now on you will do whatever you like! Do you want to keep moving on, or head backwards, or walk a completely different path? Everything... you can decide on your own!" This, by the way, is why Elliot has always been one of my favorites.
- And then he stabs himself in the hand. What is exceptionally touching about this scene is that, through all of this, being manipulated, deceived and everything else, Elliot never lost who he was. <3
- Though I'm not sure what the direct result of stabbing himself was. Or why he did it. I know there was a specific purpose, one that gave him (morally) an advantage over Humpty Dumpty, but I can't figure out what it is. Was he simply trying to reject of Humpty Dumpty?
- "How could I burden that brat with the weight of my life?" You see *smiles through tears* still the same old stubborn, morally upright Elliot :)
- How ironic that Elliot ended up taking his own life. He would have avoided it, of course, had death not been inevitable at this point, but the only way out would go against everything he stood for. And I, personally, rather liked how he died so gallantly.
There's no coming back from this one, guys. I have this gut feeling that Sensei is not pulling our leg here. The fact that he was not just dead but literally gone (as far as we could see, there was no corpse) suggests that he may have gone into the Abyss. Meaning that he also may be able to come back. But let's not get our hopes up.
Now go discuss these new developments while I go cry in a corner...
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oh and I always thought oz was alive then, 100 years b4 the story. but there is the fact that his uncle recalled the strange sequence after his birthday... the fact that he WAS born and has memories contradicts that theory. in a way he was alive. it is like jack could read the future when he mentioned the power of b-rabbit to the peeps who had the first sealing stone thing... the ones who were beheadded?? forgot the name... he said that only b-rabbit would come to save them. EHH?? how the hell did he know, when alice was just alice.
and how did he seal glen's power if he died shortly after he was injured fighting glen
how the hell did he have the time to write in his diary that they should not be calling him a hero?? either things happened fast, or he died VERY VERY slowly...
i cant help feeling like a conspiracy theorist when I write this ^-^ but this is what makes the plotline so AMAZING and mysterious
totally my fav seriese..
wait, so where can I read this ?? :DDDD
I'm pretty sure the part about Jack dying after he was injured fighting Glen was simply the story that they told the public. Can't have everyone know that some evil menace has been dismembered and deposited in various sites around the world. If this is the case, then he simply wrote that diary entry before he sealed Glen. But now I want to know when the sealing took place. And why Jack wasn't plunged into the Abyss with the rest of the city.
Jack mentioned the power of B-Rabbit? Woah. Could you tell me what chapter that is?
Haha, sometimes I feel a little crazy, thinking up all these things. Somewhere near 1/4 of each discussion usually proves to be irrelevant XD
No problem though. It is the best series in the world, after all ;D
The grave thing was a nice observation. I didn't notice that at first. The silhouette reminded me of a clown, though. But I think the Queen of Hearts is more suitable.
I haven't really thought of Oz being alive 100 years ago but the memory Alice calling his name really bothered me. I even checked her clothing just to make sure that the memory Alice was different from the real Alice.
Regarding Elliot being aware of Gilbert and Echo, I think that black space is like the consciousness of Humpty Dumpty? You know, since the black Humpty Dumpties (Is that what you call them?) are also part of the white Humpty Dumpty so the white knows what's going on with the black ones. That's just what I think, though.
And Elliot stabbing his hand is like a wake up call, right? Since he's becoming consumed by Humpty Dumpty.
"How could I burden that brat with the weight of my life?" That line... that line absolutely broke my heart into sub-atomic particles TT___________TT Because of that, Elliot has become my most favorite character in PH.
So, uh, yeah. That's all. Usually, I don't really comment in discussion threads. I just enjoy reading them. But this chapter was an exception :)
Yay for de-lurking! :D
I think it was a way of bringing himself back out of the sleeping/unaware state. Causing pain to himself, made him focus on what it was he had to do.
I'm thinking this isn't the last we've seen of Elliot. I HOPE SO!!! But I think his relationship with Leo was glossed over, if that's the be all and end all, I'd have liked to have seen some kind of reaction from Leo apart from getting himself knocked out. Unless we just get the after reaction... I hope not. I have no idea how though, but I doubt Oz and Leo would just let him disappear like that.
Also, when he became aware of Echo and Gil, perhaps he was seeing through HD's eyes? I guess another assurance that he was the core, plus it provided him a way to figure out what was going on with the two of them fighting off HD.
I'm really heartbroken about his death, but... at the same time, i'm satisfied with it. He was very brave and true to himself until the end. I think coming back later in the story will taint that fact, so neither do I think he'll come back, nor do I want him to.
I half expect Oz to turn out to be his uncle's son. :x so I don't think he's from the 100 years ago, but it's very possible, haha. :'D
As far as Oz and the past and all that... the question of exactly when Jack died has bothered me, too, but I don't know how Oz is connected to that. My "conspiracy theory" is that there isn't just one version of the past, but that's probably just my crazy idea. XD
That would be hardcore! Not impossible, it would explain why some people's memories don't exactly follow the official theory. People whisked from the past retain the memories of what originally happened, while the official explanation follows the changed version. I really like it XD
Oz's flashback my first thought was, was it jack who killed alice? or maybe jack feels responsible for her death (maybe she even killed herself...as he says rejected) it could show oz getting himself confused with jack
i also think page 11 is some very clever panelling I don't think it's past alice calling oz i think it's present alice managing to break threw his memory (as the next panels seem to be in the present)
i think you're right about barma, deffinatly don't think he's told us everything yet
on p7 is vincent about to shoot oz? that would explain "i'm sorry jack" and gil's anger though gil has plenty of reasons to be annoyed at him, or the person about to smash the stone? as he doesn't want anyone knowing about the past
the will of the abyss wishes to destroy the black rabbit (makes me wonder what wish break is trying to grant also) as it seems b-rabbit and alice are becoming more and more separate could it be what the will of the abyss really wants is her twin sister back? and b-rabbit took her away from her
Provided that he is dead, of course.
LIVVVVEEEE, PLEASE, LIVEEEEEEEEI almost don't trust sensei with these things anymore.In other .... whatevers, I'm glad that Oz is no longer yandere because bloody hell does that annoy me.
He did look rather cute before he offed Yura, though.Also, that Echo and Gil are getting some panel time.I have to say, I think that either Leo or Vincent will become the real villain of this arc - it's not totally unimaginable; Vincent, with his fluctuating loyalties, and Leo with the stress of recent events BEING ALL HIS FAULT.
Not that I want this to happen. 'Cause if it does, then they'll both probably end up dead, and I love them both too much for that.
Yup. *Joins the sobbing masses in a corner*
Not enough to proove, but the newest chapter, as far as I'm concerned, makes it a heck of a lot more possible. Espeically with Alice saying his name :D Other points are that the Glen memory fragment in Sabrie knew who he was, there is a third individual in some of the scenes with Jack that hasn't been 100% to be Glen (though it probably is), and that Alice is unaware of all the bad rep. that B-Rabbit seems to have (I think it's possible Oz could be the original B-Rabbit, the one that gave it it's notorious name).
Ok, I'm stopping spouting theories about Oz cause I could go on for a while ^^;
Eliot... Bawwww, his final words were just so... so Eliot it made me cry ;-;
I'm still in denial... There is a very, very slim possibility that he'll live, but I doubt it... Still hoping!
Or hoping that the Abyss as a world of lights where you can meet the dea is somewhat true (it seems to be, considering Jack's response to Yura that it's a tomb). At least that way we can see him again, and he can give Oz a big, angry lecture about quilt or how much of an idiot he is for considering changing things for him or something... Ah, more ideas floating around ^^;
Great chapter, even if it made me very depressed ;A;
I just need one more piece in the puzzle. Just one moooore... and then I'm publishing my theory on the com! :D
I'm not sure what I want out of this series anymore. I'm thinking that maybe I just want more GilxOz time, because this whole Elliot business is depressing me. His death was so perfect for him that I almost don't want him to come back. But at the same time, I WANT HIM TO COME BACK.
And oh my Elliot. E-Elliot...
And if that is the case then I think Vincent placed the scissors there to clear Gil from blame. Something he would do, right?
I thought the lines of "Wish of the Will" was actually to "eat B-rabbit", not two separate contexts. I thought it was one whole sentence put together, so it's like The Will of the Abyss wishes to have B-rabbit consumed. Of course, that may not be the same wish she had told Break... I wish Break'd tell already what it is :|.
As for Elliot seeing what was happening to Gil and Echo, I believe he was seeing it through the eyes of the Humpty clones. I believe that Abyss-like space Elliot was in before he snapped himself back to reality by stabbing his hand is the same place he goes to every time Humpty takes over his consciousness. Think of it as the whole process of it, or something. Only this time, Elliot did not give in to Humpty's brainwashing.
Hrmm, with Elliot seemingly gone, I want to believe that he's in the Abyss now. At least, through that, there's still a slight possibility of him living, even if he doesn't go back to his correct time. (For all we know he suddenly goes to the time Oz already has kids ahahahhahahaa -shot-).
I expect Leo to go batshit crazy once he wakes up. It definitely disappointed me that he just suddenly lost consciousness (I think). DAMMIT LEO YOU NEED TO HAVE SEEN THAT. YOU NEED TO HAVE GONE DRAMATIC AND STOPPED ELLIOT. TAT.
And hello, my first time commenting on a discussion thread. HURP DURP.
And waaaaah for Eliot. He's just so wonderful. And that line, "How could I burden that brat with the weight of my life?", oh gosh, *runs to sob in the corner*
Eeeeeeeee it's so cute!! 8DD <333
...Excuse me, had a little spazz attack there O///O (but I love iiiiiiittttttt!!!!!) XDD
Hmmm, interesting point, I hadn't thought about it but this chapter does raise a suspicion... imo it could have happened in 2 ways:
option a) we know Zai has done something to little Oz, and Oscar suspects it's not the same boy... what if he was actually brought back from Sablier-time with some kind of ritual? Some sort of reincarnation-thing with the sole scope of throwing him in the hands of Alyss at the right time?
option b) we can't be sure of how long Oz stayed in the abyss... what if he first came out in Sablier, only to be brought back to present after the tragedy occurred, and with no memories of it?
option c) (did I say 2? lol) for all we know, Oz might be the product of the tragedy itself and the abyss is just a fragment of his mind rather than Alice's.
*brb sobbing in the corner for elliot*
c) Oz created from the Tragedy? The Abyss itself is a fragment of Oz's mind? Was it ever a fragment of Alice's? Erm, could you explain this one, please? I don't quite get it.
Not only did Rufus sense the breaking of the 3rd seal, it looked like Ada and some of the others did too. But of course, Rufus knows more than he's letting on. Ada probably knows more than we'd guess, too :)
Elliot's death (assuming it was indeed death) was very noble and beautiful. And I just knew he was going to end up sacrificing himself in some way, in contrast to all that vitriol he was spouting at Oz about how lame self-sacrifice is.
I agree that Oz might have lived 100 yrs ago...Glen knew his name and stuff about him, after all, when they met in Sablier.
I just hope nobody else dies.
But that's the thing. Of course Alice's demise is what Alyss wants, but is that THE WISH that she requested of Break? That's what I want to know. And the thing to remember is that she wants Alice dead, regardless of who holds B-Rabbit's power. But the other chains don't know who "Alice" is, so she told them B-Rabbit. If indeed that is her WISH, this could cause some major complications.
Am I the only one who absolutely hated how useless Alice has become? When the Baskervilles came running, I thought she was going to do something. She looked quite peeved at that one panel. But nooo, Oz had to save her. And when he passed out, I thought Alice might take the power of B-Rabbit herself and help Gil protect him and herself or whatever. But nooo, she was only trying to bring Oz round. What. T__T
As for Oz... Uhm... I hope he doesn't realize right away that he half-killed Elliot. Let that skeleton out of the closet later. Right now he has his (Jack's?) bloodlust to process, and his seal most likely advanced. It should be around 8 o'clock now, I think...
I don't want an emo Oz anyway. I'm fed up with protagonists who mope around and want to save everyone, blah blah. It's quite a feat Oz managed to wreak so much havoc without killing more than one person, so unless he feels bad about slaughtering some chains that weren't even separate entities, just clones, he should be more worried about the ease with which he/Jack dealt with that stuff than the fact that Yura kicked the bucket. (I hope he's dead for good.)
That memory of Glen saying Oz's name... For now, I'm thinking that it was either 1) not a memory, but Glen's soul fragment, or 2) Glen back then was aware that "Oz" could exist, aka he knew Jack may end up reincarnated. Glen wasn't human, he could have had the understanding of how the souls / reincarnation worked in PHverse. Who knows, my own crackpot conspiracy theory says he/they (Glen and Jack) could have plotted something together, to ensure Jack's consciousness won't be gone with his death. Perhaps to accompany Glen even after regular human lifetime.
I'm not sure whether it was the memory of Alice saying Oz's name or current Alice. I can't be arsed to check when she was wearing those clothes... Was it at the time of her death? /lazy Hmmm... wouldn't it be a kicker if back at Sablier Oz was the "dark" side of Jack's personality. Like now Oz is influenced by Jack, back at Sablier Jack also wasn't fully his own person. lolwhat
this damages my mental health a little bit /no what bias
does this mean Elliot is Lacie? if Leo is Glen and Oz is Jack, then maybe his death will spur Leo to go completely batshit and maybe we'll get to see some more of those two soon
I wouldn't necessarily say that Elliot IS Lacie (in the same way that Leo is Glen, although it is possible) but he is definitely Leo's "Lacie" <3
I'm still sad about Elliot's death!! It was such a beautiful and tragic death, befitting his character very much. I think his death will bring something different into the plot, especially since Leo won't be so stable anymore...
True. We've never REALLY had to deal with death before. Knowledge of past death, but experiencing it, and coping with the loss of someone close to you... Leo, Gil, and Oz will have a lot to handle. Especially Leo. But I want to see what happens when he wakes up.
I think it will also add a certain depth to the story itself. Most series' cannot kill off an important character like that and still continue with the plotline. Maybe they can't or maybe they just don't want to, but either way, MochiJun-sensei is amazing for doing so.
But I still miss Elliot );
Edited at 2011-03-23 02:33 pm (UTC)
Lets go by order:
-I don't think Yura is dead at all. That botox bastard is a cochroach!
- In Oz topic, oh dear lord, I have lots to think about.
As I said, I agree with the theory that he was alive 100 years ago and killed Alice... but I don't think he was born on that era. I think in some retraces he'll meet the will of the abyss or something, and wish to turn back time. There he'll find himself in the past and kill Alice by accident once more, so that the circle continues. Or maybe he'll break that circle, who knows? And that would explain why Alice erased her memories: that would be betrayal.
-Oz's seal is moving way too fast for my opinion, and I still don't get why he passed out.
- I think Elliot stabbed himself to regain conciousness once more, to avoid being dragged into sleep. Since he had such an advanced contract with the chain, making himself damage would hurt the chain as well and it would release him (sorry if my english goes mad, I'm hyperventilating and grammar dies xD)
- "How could I burden that brat with the weight of my life?" That's now one of my fave PH quotes, if not my total fave.
- I can FEEL Elliot in the abyss right now. It would be really interesting...
BTW, I'm going to send you a conversation I had with Ryoura about this. We were really high so it's really long, but I need more heads thinking about this hehe. Funny how we thought of many similar points.
Shoot! I KNEW why Oz passed out, but I can't remember! And I'm too lazy to go back and reread the whole chapter properly. ^^'
I think Ryoura is in this discussion actually... *looks for her*...
It's been a good 20 chapters since the last time Oz's seal moved, hasn't it... Sabrie...