RahXephon RahXephon The Motion Picture ~Pluralitas Concentio~

I knew this dvd which comes with a glorious art box and information booklet came out last week on the 20th, but I totally forgot to hunt for it and I was shocked and very happy to see it in Future Shop, and thus it was quickly snagged by me. YAY!

This movie, which is a around 2 hours, helped me understand things I didn't understand in the tv series. Unless I wasn't paying attention. such as

Spoiler: movie

How Ayato, Asahina, Mamoru, Maya etc. Had red blood, but once their blood turned blue, they then forgot all their past memories and focused solely on the Mu agenda.As well as the fact the Mu must be tied to a Dolem to live.

I then became very confused towards the end of the movie and I'm going to have to think for a while and watch the tv series again all the way through to piece together and work out my confusion. If anyone else has seen the movie maybe you could help me out. lol.
I also thought the ending to be interesting in how it wasn't like the ending of the tv show, but on the same wavelength.. it was interesting. and the very last scene was quite 'cute'.. but still left a bit open considering

Spoiler: ending

Ayato told Haruka she couldn't be with him because she was human.

The animation is very well done, they used a bit of the tv scenes, so it was interesting when it went full screen to wide screen as well.

The main focus of the movie is the love between Ayato and Haruka. I always thought the show to be, but this movie makes it more apparent.

It was very touching. Well, there is so much more I could talk about..

 

I liked it, but, really, only the first 10 and last 10 minutes. Those were the only new things, other than the "activities" which happened when Ayato was put in the brig for the second time.

But, I like how it put a better perspective on things. Not exactly "dumbed down", but "more clear cut". I think that the series had too much inferred meanings, like the reason for the Mu's blue blood, and how it affects the person. They never really explained that, like they did in the movie.

I also thought that the ending fit. It was sad, but happy. THEY couldn't be together, but they DO get together, after a time.

It was bittersweet. And it made me rethink alot of what really happens in the series. Aspecially with Asahina's part in it.

 

Yes, I understood Asahina a whole lot better and the battle between them was just... I know it happened in the series as well, but it was just more touching due to the fact I felt more for her now. 'Ayato' 'Goodbye'

I also understood Maya, Ayato's mother a whole lot more because of the blue blood issue. but the whole thing with the old Mu dude and the stealing bodies thing.. I need to refresh my memory.. since I just really got confused.

I thought as well, that the movie was a refreshing new take on the story, and I was very happy they added things. Quon's appearances were also very interesting.

 

Bahbem tried to artificially create a True Sacred RahXephon. Doing so, he was thrown from his world to ours. And, seeing as how Mu was scientifically advanced, he was able to keep transferring his conciousness into newer bodies, like he did to his daughter.

He did this to finally be able to convene with the Observer, to essentially grant him eternal life.

However, he wasn't ready for the fact that Ayato chose Haruka over the Tuning, and in so doing, actually saved all of Mu AND Earth.

What really interested me was that, in the movie, it seemed as if Quon never woke up from her Sleep. So, a lot of RahXephon's ablities were therefore mysteriously unlocked during the period of the movie/series.

 

thanks Izz, I'm happy I got this limited edition box! At first I only flipped thorugh the art booklet the box came with, but started reading it this morning. It's packed full of information about the Bahbem foundation.. RahXephon etc.! and what's neat and I forgot the fact, Haruka was reading Alice Through the Looking Glass three times in the movie, and it wasn't until after I saw the movie that I recalled Shitow Haruka's code name was in fact 'Alice'. I also wasn't sure if Maya and Quon were infact real sisters, but they are twins and due to the fact Quon was ripped between both worlds she never aged. And that the world was going to fall apart anyways due to the plural time. there's more. I should read more and watch it again. I was also confsued about who Rikudoh was, and the book explained that as well.

 

I believe that Quon and Maya were sisters in terms that they were SUPPOSED to be the pair that summoned the True Sacred RahXephon the first time. But Maya, wanting to keep proof of her love to Kamina Shirow, kept Ayato.

So, although Maya kept her blue blood (and the Mulian drive that comes with it), she wasn't able to resonate with RahXephon anymore. That becomes Ayato's job. It seems that if a Mulian female has a baby, they no longer need a Dolem to be connected to.

As far as Rikudoh, he was just an aspiring scientist who fell into league with Bahbem. He didn't exactly go along with the plans for the Tuning, but he went along with it anyway because his adopted daughter, Maya, slowly turned Mulian. I think, thought, it had something to do with Rikudoh trying to at least get Maya her happiness...which he then slowly focuses on the children from that incident....Shitow Haruka and Kamina Ayato.

As a sidenote: the "Rikudoh's School" was originally a study group concerning Plurality (diverging and irresonant harmonics inherent in the world) and the RahXephon theories, then slowly turned into a private rebellion against the Bahbem foundation.

 

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Anyway, I turned out to be (partially) wrong about Ayato choosing Haruka over the tuning, as I read and watched the movie more carefully.

It seems as if the Observer actually has no connection to the Instrumentalist (that is, Ayato) at all, other than to be summoned back into its post by him. The Observer, though, saw these events as fulfilling and allowed Ayato and Haruka to have each other, though not in a "Super Happily Ever After" way.

Regardless, Ayato's decision (though late) of contacting the Observer JUST to save Haruka, rather bent the Observer to help the two lovers out. =]

It was a bit different in the series, but, I'm more inclined to believe the movie, if only because so many of the people involved explained some of their doings in the fan-book.

Though, I'll probably merge the ideas, if anything.