Mmm, that was a good read. Even down to their differences in body language -- which is really one of those things that might not even matter in another manga, but in AG is huge.
Did I mention that I sort of loved Rind chucking Ikki out the window with his hands in your first threads? Because it was just something that Agito would never have done, it's legs or nothing, where Rind operates in a completely different way.
This is a wonderful, in depth look at a hugely complicated character and was a great read for the insights and analysis. Thanks for putting it together!
I must say, you’ve got me thinking about Air Gear and Agi/Aki/Rind in particular. As an Air Gear expert at least to me:D do you mid me asking if you think there's any further significance of the 'egg of Judas 'thing besides the augmented faculties? The symbol Oh!Great uses for that shows up in a number of different places, including Kilik's book. And do you have any thoughts on why Agi/Aki don’t actually use the Fang Regalia(or am I wrong about this)?
…it's really that whole "Ikki, if there's some serious shit wrong with me, I'm losing, kick my ass before something happens."
Ahahahah I agree that the egg is definitely the metaphor for Rind/possible Ikki portrayal. (gg Oh!Great for transforming Awesome Shonen Plot Device into biblical references for us XD).
You know, just by going on the visual themes with the egg symbol I had also first thought that the egg (ie Rind) had been implanted into Akito. Going back and reviewing those chapters though, I can’t really come up with a solid reason why this may be true, except that the symbol reoccurs on objects through the manga, especially with the Gravity Children. So I somehow came to conclusion that it was a physical object/event that would show up later. Of course this was all speculation; at some point we will probably get Oh!Great’ed by something plot line coming out from left field anyway
( ... )
I can't believe I read "DID" as "damsel in distress" (and was ready to go off about the word "schizophrenic" because of it) before I suddenly realized what that DID was actually supposed to stand for.
(For some reason, I still think of the term MPD first.)
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Did I mention that I sort of loved Rind chucking Ikki out the window with his hands in your first threads? Because it was just something that Agito would never have done, it's legs or nothing, where Rind operates in a completely different way.
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This is a wonderful, in depth look at a hugely complicated character and was a great read for the insights and analysis. Thanks for putting it together!
I must say, you’ve got me thinking about Air Gear and Agi/Aki/Rind in particular. As an Air Gear expert at least to me:D do you mid me asking if you think there's any further significance of the 'egg of Judas 'thing besides the augmented faculties? The symbol Oh!Great uses for that shows up in a number of different places, including Kilik's book. And do you have any thoughts on why Agi/Aki don’t actually use the Fang Regalia(or am I wrong about this)?
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Ahahahah I agree that the egg is definitely the metaphor for Rind/possible Ikki portrayal. (gg Oh!Great for transforming Awesome Shonen Plot Device into biblical references for us XD).
You know, just by going on the visual themes with the egg symbol I had also first thought that the egg (ie Rind) had been implanted into Akito. Going back and reviewing those chapters though, I can’t really come up with a solid reason why this may be true, except that the symbol reoccurs on objects through the manga, especially with the Gravity Children. So I somehow came to conclusion that it was a physical object/event that would show up later. Of course this was all speculation; at some point we will probably get Oh!Great’ed by something plot line coming out from left field anyway ( ... )
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I can't believe I read "DID" as "damsel in distress" (and was ready to go off about the word "schizophrenic" because of it) before I suddenly realized what that DID was actually supposed to stand for.
(For some reason, I still think of the term MPD first.)
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