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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Geriatric hedgehog" data-source="post: 619454" data-attributes="member: 9364">Episode 20.5 - a very good one with some more focus on the very tragic Nao, whose motivations to kill her family were not just for survival's sake, but rather her desire to return to being a whole family with them again. Chizuru had also questioned whether she actually wanted to go back to being human and that none of them really chose this fate. And yet it's not like their victims are offered that choice either... Human adaptability here to cope with the mental strain of snuffing out a life, is to lose your marbles and start singing what sound like nursery rhymes. One nefarious individual takes pleasure in picking on those he hated in normal life - he'd have continued as an upstanding member of society and not sinister at all I'm sure but alas paranoia and fear had him snuffed out as well after he got bit. The poor cafe owner struggled with the whole sorry affair but at last took action to euthanise the Shiki left out to burn in agony. Episode 21 - the Shiki extermination continues and where we once thought the Shiki had easily overrun the village, here they are conclusively finished off. It seems Ritsuko & Toru were still alive and did get staked in the end. More human collateral with the priest's family after being tried, judged & executed by mob life. Yuuki continues his strategy by influencing the Kirishiki dad to deal a deadly blow to another jinrou. Nice enquiry from the priest about jinrou being the superior Shiki with a great retort from Tatsumi about an individual's innate ability not making them superior in society. And we finally get clarity on how the priest's new story relates to his own feeling of being trapped in the role his family and society assigned to him and his attempt to break free. It was indeed! I would've expected a lot more human casualties given the Shiki need not worry about the sunlight in the tunnels though a very human fear & dread likely inhibited the Shiki significantly. The tunnel experience sounds utterly terrifying. Poor Nao was racked with guilt and haunted by the ghosts of her loved ones that she selfishly tried to "remake" in vain. That was pretty funny - cuppa tea love? Don't bother washing those hands, just pat the blood dry on your clothes and grab a handful of rice ball!Me too, I was sure she was done for and what was the point of letting her out but hey she managed with just flesh wounds heheh. He actually showed a bit of spine there for once! But how on earth did he think his sister in law would welcome him with open arms?? Clearly has a short memory on the flowery speeches he has been dishing out to her. Yeah Megumi's fate but revealed but with her life of the big city life, she really should've split once the **** started hitting the fan. The very depths of human behaviour on show here, as much as the Shiki are a threat to human survival, their gruesome fate is very distasteful indeed. Heh in looks & style definitely but in nature, goodness no. Megumi is a spoilt badass whereas Ritsuko was such a kind and gentle soul and the only Shiki shown to resist and refuse to kill a human to stave off the pangs of starvation. On your random thoughts, I too expect the priest to die of his wounds, or need to be turned into a Shiki to survive (he is shown to have Shiki eyes in the opener), and yeah Kaori's or her brother not shown at all whilst who knows what with Wingeula - he's such a wuss that I expect him to be killed in two seconds but then he's also no very sneaky that he could equally trick someone to their death. As for Sunako, whilst she is revered as these Shiki's leader & progenitor, given their nature thus shown I don't think she has any special powers or abilities otherwise I would've expected her to take the fight to the humans earlier. But she has been just petrified with fear in hiding so I don't think things are looking too good for her, or any Shiki, at the moment and the best outcome possible for her would be an escape. Two more episodes to go now and I wonder if mob-life will turn on themselves Lord of the Flies-style to establish a new hierarchy.</blockquote>

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