My turn this week, heh.
The group of wolves continues on their journey, following the faint smell of Lunar Flowers. Following it, they arrive at the ocean and, thanks to a well placed train track, arrive at a run down city. Here we meet a surprisingly large pack of wolves, all masquerading as human. The wolves live a rather meager life, doing a dog's work to get food. Yet while some of them call it a dog's work, they seem very testy about being called one, don't they? Why do you think that is?
This new pack also shows us the first sight of new wolves after our meeting Kiba, Hige, Tsume, and Toboe. Aside from the differences in pack size, what other differences do you note among the other group? Not just in mentality, but in their membership. What would you say that shows about the surviving wolves in this world?
Prior to arriving at the city, our boys could hardly be called a Pack, and yet, as they leave, its obvious something has changed. They look out for one another. They're a true pack now. Would you say this is a good thing for them?
And finally, there's the mystery about that book. Destruction of the moon, seemingly eternal winter, at least from what we've seen. Any thoughts on any of that?
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I think as far as being called a dog, the insult lies in the idea of servitude, of not being an independent creature but deferring to someone else. I actually thought at first that this was a major reason for a wolf like Tsume, very proud, to sneer at a pup like Toboe who was willing to become someone's pet. Indicating that they are not their own masters would grate on the pride of any self-respecting wolf. As far as the pack, aside from size it would seem the difference is in the attitude. This larger pack is filled with individuals more concerned with their best interests than with the interest of the pack as a whole. There are also very few female wolves, it would seem, since everyone's attention was immediately grabbed by the one in this pack. These wolves are so downtrodden and world-weary that they think only of survival, while Kiba and the others still look to something bigger and better. Their own pack mentality is forming and showing in their interactions with each other (Tsume admitting to Toboe that he's tired, Kiba and Tsume talking levelly without trying to assert dominance, and Hige feeling comfortable enough to banter) and will probably be a great help to them in seeking paradise, since they will be unified in their goal.
As far as the book, my attention was mostly on the wolves these two eps, but the moon seems to link a lot of things together: the wolves can bask in its light and heal, they are drawn to the scent of lunar flowers that seem to be pretty rare at this point, destruction of it being linked to the world falling into a pretty bad state, and so forth. So much is based in legend, and yet it's still in front of us.
thank you for getting the discussion up this week, maenos. this week has been a heck of a week so i haven't had a chance to watch, but i should be able to post by the end of the weekend!
Our pack is all looking for paradise. We couldn't say that until Tsume suddenly announced that they were going to be the pack to find it. Why did he change his opinion? He's been the most skeptical. Was it because of Kiba's description of the burning of the lunar flowers?
I think hearing from Kiba that he didn't really have anywhere else to go, that it wasn't just an idealistic whim but what kept him going from day to day struck a chord for Tsume. I almost wonder if he felt like it was just a little game and then Kiba would go home and he, Tsume, would be alone again. Realizing that Kiba was a loner like him, and that they could really become a pack, kind of pushed him to make the choice to commit. He also started to open up a bit to Toboe.
I wanted to ask if anyone else feels like this is going kind of slow. I'm semi-enjoying watching this show again, but it's slow-paced enough that I do feel it dragging, and I was going to ask if it might be possible to watch more eps per week, perhaps four instead of two. Thoughts?
Four would be more than I have time for.
Since I'm just barely caught up and a few days late as it is, I agree that four might be stretching it for me as well to watch each week. As much as I'd like to move on to other series, maybe slow and steady will win the race. :)
that is a really long bridge that they crossed to get to that town.
brian and i laughed when they all perked up when they saw the female in the other pack.
calling a wolf a dog appears to be a pretty derogatory term. that the wolves actually behave as dogs adds insult to injury because the term aptly applies and they know it.
my interest lies more in the mythology, so am curious to learn more about that book and how it ties everything together, including paradise.
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