Aquarion MoE Ep 9 Review: A World Of Emotion
Episode 9 of the series show us another world – the Mythical word that we have been wondering about. I must say, the idea of this world is very unique for the franchise. However, the series still fail to build a compelling narrative and a good character arc. Here, characters are forced to feel emotions or have their emotions removed from them, and it feels very inorganic, or maybe that was the creator’s intention.
After passing through the dimensional portal, the team awake in the mythical world. Momohime then encountered strange creatures that speak of flesh and emotion. And we finally learned that the lifeforms in this world are incorporeal, they do not possess a body, yet they are sentient and full of emotion. This remindd me of the Promare in the movie with the same name, where they are essentially living flames. In this world, love means wanting to become one with each other. It is an extreme form of emotion where if you want to be with the one you love, you must kill them and absorb them. That is also the reason why the Mythical beasts ask how can they kill them without even loving them? And that type of emotion is also very similar to Hana’s, which might explain why we see Sayo in this realm.
This world also looks like the world of the winged people 12000 years ago. This is further enforced by having Sakko gaining the emotions of Nanook, which is cowardice. He suddenly became a scaredy cat here. Where as Momohime suddenly develop feelings for him. This is why I said it feels very false because it is just a plot point to keep the characters feeling things. They didn’t develop these feelings by their own and they didn’t lose it on their own will. Their emotional state are being manipulated. depending on which world they are in. I reckon the ultimate goal of the series is to have these characters be able to develop their own feelings and take control of their own emotional state. However, it took nine episodes to get to this point and along the way. It feels like a very disjointed journey.
This world also looks like the world of the winged people 12000 years ago. This is further enforced by having Sakko gaining the emotions of Nanook, which is cowardice. He suddenly became a scaredy cat here. Where as Momohime suddenly develop feelings for him. This is why I said it feels very false because it is just a plot point to keep the characters feeling things. They didn’t develop these feelings by their own and they didn’t lose it on their own will. Their emotional state are being manipulated. depending on which world they are in. I reckon the ultimate goal of the series is to have these characters be able to develop their own feelings and take control of their own emotional state. However, it took nine episodes to get to this point and along the way. It feels like a very disjointed journey.
Afterwards, we see a very crucial flashback about the events that happened 12,000 years ago. The goddess wanted Nanook and Sedona to become one since they love each other. But in their world, loving each other means killing each other. Then we see Nanook trying to rebel against the goddess. But it looks like disaster have already been upon them before that. Then he finally gathered his courage and stand up. This might also explain why the people here don’t have physical bodies anymore. This is quite familiar with Apollonius’s backstory, where he rebelled against his own kind, the Angels. And he was punished as a result. And once again, a god-like being is shown to have some very, very screwed-up definition of love. Kind of like Touma in the original and EVOL. On the other hand, the twins from Earth seems to have some special powers through singing, but at the moment they haven’t been very important to the plot overall.
The fact that Nanook and Sedona’s love is passed on to Sakko and Momohime is basically a carbon copy of the original Aquarion, where two people from previous life who are in love with each other is also drawn to each other in this life as well. However, in the original we have plenty of time to develop their genuine and sincere feelings, where in Myths of Emotions, the feelings are “downloaded” into the characters with very forced development. The majority of times where Sakko and Momohime spend together consists of her babying him and talking about Sakko’s feelings for San instead of themselves.
The fact that Nanook and Sedona’s love is passed on to Sakko and Momohime is basically a carbon copy of the original Aquarion, where two people from previous life who are in love with each other is also drawn to each other in this life as well. However, in the original we have plenty of time to develop their genuine and sincere feelings, where in Myths of Emotions, the feelings are “downloaded” into the characters with very forced development. The majority of times where Sakko and Momohime spend together consists of her babying him and talking about Sakko’s feelings for San instead of themselves.
In the end, the team managed to return to their world regardless. Upon returning to their world. their emotional balance is disturbed once again, because they will lose the emotions that they gain in the other world. However, they are determined to remember those emotions and vowed to discover them again. I think that’s a very cool concept. But the execution just isn’t very good. Maybe if we get another cour, it will be much more balanced and natural.
At this point, it is very clear who is the true enemy. The goddess will be reborn through the Mana collection and the Awakening of everyone. The Holy egg will once again hatch into the goddess and she would once again reigns and impose her sacred duty onto the people. And the cycle might repeat again. We have three episodes left for everyone to discover the true meaning behind San’s existence and the actual plan of the World Awakening Council. However, we still have a bunch of things left unanswered, like the Space Egg Association, as well as the twins. And in the end they threw in another sub plot with the Assault Aquarion and Toshi appearing before them, completed in a Palpatine getup. It is clear that he has awakened and will be working towards the World Awakening Council’s purpose. At this point, I don’t put a lot of hope into them anymore. But we’ll see how this plays out.
=Aaron=
At this point, it is very clear who is the true enemy. The goddess will be reborn through the Mana collection and the Awakening of everyone. The Holy egg will once again hatch into the goddess and she would once again reigns and impose her sacred duty onto the people. And the cycle might repeat again. We have three episodes left for everyone to discover the true meaning behind San’s existence and the actual plan of the World Awakening Council. However, we still have a bunch of things left unanswered, like the Space Egg Association, as well as the twins. And in the end they threw in another sub plot with the Assault Aquarion and Toshi appearing before them, completed in a Palpatine getup. It is clear that he has awakened and will be working towards the World Awakening Council’s purpose. At this point, I don’t put a lot of hope into them anymore. But we’ll see how this plays out.
=Aaron=
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