DAISUKE AND HIKARU: AN ANALYSIS BY GERDHA

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    EPISODE 30

    But a new big turning point of the anime is soon coming – what I personally consider the biggest of all: episode 30 and the discover of the poisoning injury. Like ep23 ("Destroy the dam", in which Daisuke reveals himself to Hikaru), this episode would have deserved, in my opinion, Araki’s design skills, but nevermind (the sakkan, or artist, was Toshio Mori). Keeping the attention focused on Hikaru, we can see in this episode an indirect prove of her strong personality and her ongoing lovestory with Daisuke. Umon asks her to assist him in the first tentative to lower Daisuke's pain, and she is not scared or embarrassed, even if she is, of course, worried.

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    For more, she is able to block Daisuke’s unconscious movements by herself, showing an incredible physical strengthens (I repeat, unrelated to the blood transfusion), which explains why later she won’t need any particular training to drive the Spacers (personal note: these are the original “crossed references” between episodes...). (Gerdha here refers to discussions on the French forum).

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    Episode 30 ends with Daisuke driving his motorbike just after knowing his death sentence.

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    We are not shown the moment when he communicates the terrible news to Hikaru, but, for sure, it happens immediately after, as she knows already the truth in the following real episode - ep32 (in my opinion, ep31 is only a trick to pay the due tribute to Toei money which was intended to be used for the “third chapter of Mazinger saga”, plus to let Banta character exiting in silence in order to cancel the last reference to the “anime for kids” still around). The poisoning injury is what stays behind whole Daisuke’s character evolution throughout all episodes from now to the end, but in reality it is going to affect also Hikaru’s personality and their relationship as well. The new deal is still there alive and kicking, but now it should need a “little” further re-negotiation...

    Edited by joe 7 - 10/11/2019, 19:48
     
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