Chrno Crusade, episodes 13-24
by V.E. on February 25th, 2010
filed under anime/manga, recap/review
I apparently like hugging and hurt/comfort scenes.
I have quite a few more screenshots of the second part of Chrno Crusade, just like I did for the first half. And what a second half it was. Generally more serious than the first half because things have to be wrapped up… or at least *ended* whether they’re “wrapped up” or not.
Yes, she does.
So, in episode 13 of Chrno Crusade (wiki), Rosette manages to off one of the demons (evil spidery woman, she was), but not before she gets sliced up pretty good—and I had to take screenshot of that, of course.
Does this not remind you of Trigun? Doesn’t it?
A… lot of stuff happened from middle to end. First, Chrno goes and gets a fever, which at first I thought could be part of a deeper plot device, but no. It was just a fever, and then Rosette came down with it, too. So an entire episode (I kid you not) was spent in bed—and not in the fun way, either. I was like, “WTF?” and then they were all better, ready to go Joshua-hunting in the next ep. They’re still looking for Rosette’s brother, by the way, all the way up until episode 19.
Joshua and Rosette’s meeting; the thing on Joshua’s arm is Aion’s creepy eagle
…at which point Joshua doesn’t even remember Rosette. The fuck? Way to go, little brother.
Eventually, we find out that Rosette’s part is bigger than just “I want to find my brother, who happens to be an Apostle.” Actually, Aion does this totally uninspiring spell casting ritual thing…
This just cracked me up, for some reason; I was like, “SO TRUE.”
…and we discover that—heavens—Rosette is a Saint, stigmata and everything.
Aion, licking Rosette’s stigmata; I pick the best parts to screencap, don’t I?
We’ve learned through the series that a demon’s horns are her/his/its source of power, and when the horns are broken off, the demon will slowly die unless s/he/it has a human contractor. Chrno’s contractor is Rosette. But I want to know who Aion’s contractor was? This is a loophole I don’t understand. Aion broke off his own horns and yet he seemed fine. Was he living off of the general misery and hatred in the populous? I don’t get it, though I did get a nice cap of Aion and Chrno in their true forms.
Aion, after having just torn off his own horns, and Chrno
Speaking of true forms, I watched this part like five times hoping against hope that maybe they’d kiss this time, but to no avail. Le sad.
Do you? (Chrno and Aion)
Still, it made my little yaoi heart flutter. And, of course, the first thing I did after finishing the series was to search for Aion/Chrno fanfiction. I’m so predictable.
In the end, it really comes down to Rosette and Chrno. She points her gun at him and he says, “If it’s for you, if it’s for you to live, I can die.” He loves her that much. So much that he, a demon, would lay down his life for her, a nun (albeit a nun with a gun—hahaha).
I was definitely in tears by this point.
When Aion attacks Chrno from behind, Rosette realizes what she’s doing and snaps out of it—predictable, but not unsatisfactory. Maybe this would change if I read the manga, but I’m not sure I really understood what Aion was fighting for in the first place? I mean, I know it was the head of Pandemonium and all that—I was paying attention, after all—but why? What freedom was he searching for? I didn’t understand the explanation given. Maybe I should just watch it again.
I wonder where Father Remington is now, hm?
