#i won't shut up about this episode until the next one airs so buckle up

[yocalio]

Crimson Sky. I'm still reeling. To know what was going to happen and still be so blown away by it all. I have nothing but praise for Anna and Cosmo and really everyone in this episode. They all brought it. But ANNA. Give her all the damn awards.

Mariko, my baby, she just did it all. She did that. She accomplished what she set out to do and she was finally free before, during and after she made the ultimate sacrifice for the cause. And she just didn't give a fuck the whole time. We got to see her secret heart. All that pain and anger culminate and pay off.

John finally understood after all the pleading with him to understand her motivations. When he offered to be her second after Lord Kiyama no showed. It was like the ultimate declaration of love. It is significant that he, not being Catholic, didn't want her to go to death fearing eternal damnation for taking her own life. He would rather do the one thing he'd least like to do in the world than have her think she was going to hell because he loves her.