Comments on: Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom – Episode 05

By: Karisu

Karisu — Mon, 25 May 2009 17:02:18 +0000

Completely disagree with your assessment that the 2 deaths at the end remove any sympathy for the characters. When it’s you or them, you’d be surprised what you would do. I thought it played out exactly as it should have.

Of course the mother and child shouldn’t have died, but given Zwei’s circumstances, it made perfect sense.

By: Josh

Josh — Tue, 19 May 2009 12:35:06 +0000

Well yeah, I’m sure Zwei would have been killed if he didn’t carry out his mission (and Ein probably would have carried it out in his place). My point is that, on some level, one would have to believe that one’s life isn’t as important as the ones they are assassinating.

Of course, having said that, one doesn’t know how messed up they are from their brainwashing, etc.

By: Son Gohan

Son Gohan — Tue, 19 May 2009 08:52:18 +0000

Well, you could argue that if Zwei refused to fullfil his mission, he would have been targeted by Ein. But it seems that Zwei is slowly abandoning all traces of human emotions to simply become a doll of Inferno, as the imagery from the opening suggests.
It is frustrating to see them treated as emotionless killing machines. I especially dislike when Scythe Master does perverted things to Ein. I hope that Zwei will follow Claudia’s advice and start questioning Inferno’s motives.