WOW, now THIS is what I call the BEST episode of Zetsuen no Tempest so far. So now we have new theory, Tree of Genesis is a weapon to reset human civilization. After it appears, humans are given a period of time to destroy it. If humans fail, then civilization will be reset back to zero, and new civilization will born, until one day they must face the same test. That’s why Tree of Genesis did not make any action when mage of Exodus (Megumu) destroyed few of its branches for his little “show”. In ancient history, humans have stories about dragons or other mystical creature. It is believed that those “dragons” are actually branches of Tree of Genesis. Tree of Exodus is the only weapon capable of destroying Tree of Genesis. But it seems that the “reset” process has happened several times in the past due to humans failed the “test”.
I had a good laugh watching that “unique” conversation between Aika and Hakaze. So Hakaze ended up telling Aika about the future, and… Aika decided that she must die as the first trigger for all others to happen (Mahiro and Yoshino meet Hakaze and make Hakaze to decide to destroy Tree of Genesis). Since Aika is the true mage of Exodus, no ordinary people would be able to kill her. So the one who kills Aika is… Aika herself! After hearing Hakaze’s story, she decides that she needs to commit suicide (and make it looks like a robbery using her own power).
I got the same shocked reaction as you probably did. Though I did consider that as one possibility, I didn’t thought the story will proceed like this. I always knew Aika is an unusual person, but not to this extend. Calmly accept that she must die to trigger bigger things, and only regret that she doesn’t get to fulfill her date promise with Yoshino the next day (plus not being able to eat the pudding in her fridge).
Then, we get to see the best fight scenes in this anime. Aika vs Hakaze full showdown. Hakaze is trying to stop Aika killing herself. And Aika is actually much much stronger than Hakaze to the point she can defeat Hakaze like a child’s play, knocks her unconscious and executes her suicide plan.
The fight is EPIC and flashy. Aika’s extraordinary character makes it even better! Truly worth the strongest character in this anime!
Few episodes ago, I wrote my speculation that Aika is the real “evil” mastermind behind all these. Now we see that Aika actually triggers them with her own death. So even she does her suicide with full knowledge of what’s going to happen, she doesn’t plan them, she just hear it from Hakaze. So I guess I owe her my apology.
Epic