There was no way that Twelve could have rode off into the sunset with Lisa, though we’ll likely never know whether he suffered the same brain disease as Nine and Five. It certainly invokes the same shock in both the characters and the viewer, despite knowing that it couldn’t have possibly ended any other way. Paired with Yoko Kanno’s haunting score, Twelve’s slow motion fall feels almost like a reprise of Julia’s death in Shinichiro Watanabe’s magnum opus Cowboy Bebop. There’s no doubt that their playfulness precedes tragedy, but it’s the most upbeat moment in the entire series.Įven knowing that the fun can’t last, Twelve’s death at the hands of US agents comes as a brutal shock following the semi-hopeful nature of Shibasaki’s arrest of Sphinx. The brief respite from the repercussions of their actions reveal the kind of people Nine and Twelve might have been under regular circumstances, and Nine’s friendliness toward Lisa feels like a hard earned reward. The celebratory moment between Nine, Lisa, and Twelve is heartbreaking in it’s positivity. As Tokyo is plunged into darkness, the glow of the explosion becomes a ghostly aurora borealis, perhaps relating to the Icelandic theme present throughout the series. The secrets of Sphinx are officially out. The bomb’s detonation is oddly beautiful, a thought likely shared by those there to watch it.
I’m not crying, my eyes are watering because the light from the bomb is so bright…Q_Q It’s a bittersweet preemptive final moment for them, though it’s not clear how their end comes about until later. It’s a powerful scene.Īs they wait for the bomb to detonate, Twelve tells Lisa about how happy he is to have met her. Despite the relatively low stakes (if you don’t count the millions of dollars in damages, of course), the panic that spreads throughout Tokyo invokes an image that’s all too familiar to Japan as the citizens attempt to leave the city despite the would-be futility of the situation. Shibasaki figures out Nine’s intentions pretty quickly, which eventually leads to his ultimate understanding of Sphinx’s motives. Zankyou no Terror isn’t the game changing anime I wanted it to be, but it manages to invoke strong feelings with it’s sympathetic characters and melancholy tone.Īs expected, the bomb that Nine sends into the air is far enough into the stratosphere by the time it detonates that it only knocks out the power. While all of the plot points play out exactly as I expect, the impact they leave is raw and devastating. Zankyou no Terror‘s ending is predictable, but that doesn’t mean it’s not effective.
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