Comments on: Mushishi – 24 – Bound for Bonfire Field http://www.bateszi.me/2006/08/03/mushishi-24-bound-for-bonfire-field/ Anime fans forever Tue, 07 Sep 2010 21:31:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Martin http://www.bateszi.me/2006/08/03/mushishi-24-bound-for-bonfire-field/#comment-312 Martin Sat, 05 Aug 2006 10:10:52 +0000 http://localhost/?p=88#comment-312 I found this episode to be a pretty bleak affair but looking at the situation from the villagers' point of view Yahagi was taking the only course of action that appeared open to her. Knowing what Ginko knew this was of course an ill-informed path but I don't think there was any way in which he could have pointed it out to them - that is what I found frustrating about this episode (not to mention frustrating for Ginko too, no doubt). Whether it was arrogance on Yahagi's part or just acting as best she could with pressure from those who depended on her, I can't decide. In some ways it reminds me of the Nasusicaa movie, in which questionable and ultimately destructive actions are carried out by people who ought to know better but due to their circumstances, they don't. Not my favourite episode by any means but it still leaves plenty of food for thought in terms of how people deal with unknown threats. It's a shame there are only two episodes to go! I found this episode to be a pretty bleak affair but looking at the situation from the villagers’ point of view Yahagi was taking the only course of action that appeared open to her. Knowing what Ginko knew this was of course an ill-informed path but I don’t think there was any way in which he could have pointed it out to them – that is what I found frustrating about this episode (not to mention frustrating for Ginko too, no doubt).

Whether it was arrogance on Yahagi’s part or just acting as best she could with pressure from those who depended on her, I can’t decide. In some ways it reminds me of the Nasusicaa movie, in which questionable and ultimately destructive actions are carried out by people who ought to know better but due to their circumstances, they don’t. Not my favourite episode by any means but it still leaves plenty of food for thought in terms of how people deal with unknown threats. It’s a shame there are only two episodes to go!

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