I read the pomegranate (like just about every flower in Japan) symbolizes death. Fertility? Well, that sheds some light on Katsura's mention of spring and pomegranate blossoms.
Sekkaku: I get it. It's kind of an expression of frustration over a wasted effort. There may not have been much verbal reference, but judging from the way she was holding the seedling and crying, I'd say it's so.
And the drowned crops could definitely be symbolic of Tomoe and Kiyosato's happiness being drowned in Battousai's bloody rain. It seems like everything in that OVA is symbolic of something. I wish Hollywood could make movies like that.
Well, the Buddha behind Tatsumi had its right hand raised and looked very peaceful. That's about all I can say. Although in the manga, it seems to have both hands raised and its index fingers and thumbs bent toward each other.
Another question: The tree outside Kenshin and Tomoe's house is a persimmon tree, correct? How can it still have ripe fruit in December?
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Re: KenshinxTomoe
on 2007-09-26 09:29 pm (UTC)I read the pomegranate (like just about every flower in Japan) symbolizes death. Fertility? Well, that sheds some light on Katsura's mention of spring and pomegranate blossoms.
Sekkaku: I get it. It's kind of an expression of frustration over a wasted effort. There may not have been much verbal reference, but judging from the way she was holding the seedling and crying, I'd say it's so.
And the drowned crops could definitely be symbolic of Tomoe and Kiyosato's happiness being drowned in Battousai's bloody rain. It seems like everything in that OVA is symbolic of something. I wish Hollywood could make movies like that.
Well, the Buddha behind Tatsumi had its right hand raised and looked very peaceful. That's about all I can say. Although in the manga, it seems to have both hands raised and its index fingers and thumbs bent toward each other.
Another question: The tree outside Kenshin and Tomoe's house is a persimmon tree, correct? How can it still have ripe fruit in December?