I get what they were doing with that scene - showing children who were denied a childhood enjoy pastoral serenity for the first and last time - but it could have come at a better moment. They run around, laughing, and spraying water on each other, ignoring the fact that they just detonated a nuclear bomb in the skies above Tokyo. The concluding scene of Nine, Twelve, and Lisa playing for a day was so unearned it reminded me of that part at the end of Neon Genesis Evangelion where Shinji hallucinates about what his life would be like in a normal anime. Many people have described its hand at characterization as "cold," and while I didn't feel that for a while, it finally hit me here. It's unfortunate that the show, however, doesn't entirely come together with this ending, which seems to misjudge the emotional and thematic trajectory its been building towards all along. This will probably earn Terror in Resonance a footnote in the history books. Although the details can be picked at, the fact that famous, internationally renowned artists like Hayao Miyazaki (with The Wind Rises) and Shinichiro Watanabe are creating works that sign their names against the attempt to repeal Article 9 of the Japanese constitution - the one that bans war - is important and admirable. The show is important because it's a direct condemnation of a dangerous political trend going on right now in its country of origin. Terror in Resonance is, ultimately, both a muddled and prescient critique of Japanese neo-nationalism. However, they don't forget, reuniting by their graves one year later.
Lisa and Shibazaki live on, altered by the boys and seemingly content that their nation's exploitation of its own citizens has been unearthed.
And they succeed - first with Twelve, who is sniped through the chest, and then Nine, who succumbs to his conditioned illness after having been talked down from destroying the rest of Japan by Shibazaki. They manage to stop the atomic bomb unleashed at the end of last week, but, after one final idyllic day together, United States troops arrive to take the boys out. Although their hands stained Tokyo's skies an apocalyptic red, the judgment days aren't for Nine and Twelve, but Japan's leaders in the public eye. Quote: Original Posted By Gabriella Ekens
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