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<\/a>In the decade-plus I\u2019ve been running LiA, I\u2019m not sure I ever covered a series wire-to-wire that got less interaction than Sousei no Aquarion: Myth of Emotions<\/em>. Which is certainly fine \u2013 blogging a series (or not) is a choice I make entirely on my own. It\u2019s not as if I was wowed by this thing, and I do get why it isn\u2019t more popular (I have no idea how Japanese mecha\/Aquarion fans have reacted to it). It has it\u2019s flaws, to be sure. But on the whole I think it brings a lot to the table, and deserves more attention that it\u2019s gotten.<\/p>\n<\/a>Sincerity counts for a lot with me in anime terms. Especially with flat-out genre shows. And even more so with mecha for some reason. To an extent a series being kind of sloppy in terms of writing and production has a certain charm to it in this realm. I also think this is a case where not having the baggage of a serious mecha fan worked to my advantage. I was able to focus on the things MoE<\/em> was (well-written, unpretentious) and not on all the boxes it didn\u2019t check.<\/p>\n<\/a>I certainly didn\u2019t understand everything in the plot, but I kind of defy anybody to do that. And a certain incomprehensibility is part and parcel of the mecha experience. There are a lot of very traditional mecha elements here, and the ending is no exception. We get a reveal that the HAKOBUNE is actually an ark for AI copies of those privileged few who have \u201ctickets\u201d. And the Staff of Zeus will basically \u201cturn the surface of Earth into Hell\u201d, which is a price the ticket-holding illuminati are wiling to pay if it means the whole universe not getting cancelled.<\/p>\n<\/a>From there it gets a little fuzzy to be honest, but the power of love is the ultimate weapon. I think the alternate timelines versions of the main cast are supposedly from \u201cbetween\u201d universes\u201d, existing in their own space. And they keep getting reborn in a sort of Buddhist perpetual cycle of rebirth, always causing the destruction of universes. Until DEAVA brings them all together in this one, which of course winds up blowing up in its face. Momohime is the key \u2013 she has a plan to prevent the universes from combining, with the help of Sakko and Aquarion.<\/p>\n<\/a>On the ground Munetaka-sensei, the vice-principal, Palpatoshi and Kamisama (also reborn from that other timeline) set about shutting down on the terrestrial computers and turning DEAVA back into a normal von Nuemann computer. Which goes well until DEAVA reveals that it saved a local copy of itself, which proceeds to kill Momohime<\/a> right after Sakko had rescued her. But Palpatoshi manages to delete that too, and Sakko prepares for the ultimate gattai \u2013 \u201cSuper Transcendent Infinite Universal Correction Punch<\/a>\u201c. The gattai to stop the gattai. And in the process declares his undying love for Momohime, which she will happily remind him of later when she\u2019s alive again<\/a>.<\/p>\n