Post by Soul on Oct 17, 2004 8:47:08 GMT -5
I've been thinking about this for a while, and I sort of reached an OPINION on the ending (ep. 30, not 26).
I thought of the part of the book of the moon that said "....created wolves, and man became is messenger". So, what was the message? Perhaps man tells the wolves when it's time for the world to begin anew. Man corruption, I thought, was the reason for the world becoming the wasteland that we're introduced to at the beginning of the series. Maybe once all remnants of the paradise-like world has died, and all that remains is a barren, dying world, the wolves begin their search for paradise.
Why would you search for paradise if the world was very much like it anyway? The wolves begin their search when the paradise "new" world is no more. Had corruption not spread and tainted it, the wolves could have led their lives in the perfect world without man's interference. But, once the "evil" and corruption spread throughout the world, and the wolves are able to become man (so says Darcia, in less than perfect quoting), the process of the earth dying begins again.
Darcia, I thought, was like the "ambassador" for man in the new world. In that particular rebirth process it was his eye that allowed the subtle taint in the new world, eventually (after millions of years?) allowing the reappearance of man, technology, greed, deceit, evil, you name it.
Cheza (and probably her numerous counterparts from different rebirths) is what allows the new world to begin (duh). Her creation in itself, is a testament of how corrupted the world was. She was created with the intention of reaching a paradise-like world that was never supposed to exist. It's kind of ironic that man created the being that would open a new world, to which they can never directly go.
At the very end we see Kiba and the gang in a modern city. Just the fact that they're hiding their wolf form gives us the idea that the world may soon begin its rebirth once again. I think the lone Lunar Flower that we see growing by the side of a building is supposed to symboize that Cheza will soon be created once again.
I guess what I'm aiming at is that I don't think paradise was ever a place to be reached, so to speak. It was their all along, but it had long since been destroyed by man. By recreating the world, there comes a new chance for the world to be born without corruption, and without humanity. This time it didn't work (GRRR...DARCIA), and the world, once again, became inhabited by humans, who spread death and destruction throughout it. Perhaps Kiba has to put the world through this process until they're able to do it without "evil" interfering. Only then, will the wolves be born into the REAL eternal paradise.
QUESTION: How LONG do those nobles live? They describe Cheza as being created from an alchemy that had been forgotten ages ago. But wasn't it Darcia's family who created her? I'm a little confused there.
There was my little bit...take it for what it's worth; it's an opinion. Let's be honest, any interpretation of Wolf's Rain's ending is STRICTLY an educated opinion. This ending was really open to personal interpretation. I'd like to hear some others if anyone wants to share.
I thought of the part of the book of the moon that said "....created wolves, and man became is messenger". So, what was the message? Perhaps man tells the wolves when it's time for the world to begin anew. Man corruption, I thought, was the reason for the world becoming the wasteland that we're introduced to at the beginning of the series. Maybe once all remnants of the paradise-like world has died, and all that remains is a barren, dying world, the wolves begin their search for paradise.
Why would you search for paradise if the world was very much like it anyway? The wolves begin their search when the paradise "new" world is no more. Had corruption not spread and tainted it, the wolves could have led their lives in the perfect world without man's interference. But, once the "evil" and corruption spread throughout the world, and the wolves are able to become man (so says Darcia, in less than perfect quoting), the process of the earth dying begins again.
Darcia, I thought, was like the "ambassador" for man in the new world. In that particular rebirth process it was his eye that allowed the subtle taint in the new world, eventually (after millions of years?) allowing the reappearance of man, technology, greed, deceit, evil, you name it.
Cheza (and probably her numerous counterparts from different rebirths) is what allows the new world to begin (duh). Her creation in itself, is a testament of how corrupted the world was. She was created with the intention of reaching a paradise-like world that was never supposed to exist. It's kind of ironic that man created the being that would open a new world, to which they can never directly go.
At the very end we see Kiba and the gang in a modern city. Just the fact that they're hiding their wolf form gives us the idea that the world may soon begin its rebirth once again. I think the lone Lunar Flower that we see growing by the side of a building is supposed to symboize that Cheza will soon be created once again.
I guess what I'm aiming at is that I don't think paradise was ever a place to be reached, so to speak. It was their all along, but it had long since been destroyed by man. By recreating the world, there comes a new chance for the world to be born without corruption, and without humanity. This time it didn't work (GRRR...DARCIA), and the world, once again, became inhabited by humans, who spread death and destruction throughout it. Perhaps Kiba has to put the world through this process until they're able to do it without "evil" interfering. Only then, will the wolves be born into the REAL eternal paradise.
QUESTION: How LONG do those nobles live? They describe Cheza as being created from an alchemy that had been forgotten ages ago. But wasn't it Darcia's family who created her? I'm a little confused there.
There was my little bit...take it for what it's worth; it's an opinion. Let's be honest, any interpretation of Wolf's Rain's ending is STRICTLY an educated opinion. This ending was really open to personal interpretation. I'd like to hear some others if anyone wants to share.