i somehow remembered how irritated i was with haruhi before i began to like her a bit and this episode made me compare haruhi with beato. they share a lot of similarities, the most common would be of a bored God who messes people’s lives just to alleviate their boredom. they also like to stuff their own opinions on people in the assumption that it’s what they want. they also command people to do their wishes and are capable of humiliating people beyond the threshold of restraint.
but if you’ll ask me which is the more likable between the two, i’d still go for beato. no, it’s not about the laugh this time. it’s about capability. the reason why beato kills, humiliates, and pisses people around is because she’s a lonely witch. compare that to a high schooler that doesn’t even know she have god-like powers. both of them are bored, it’s a given, but beato’s reason for messing up people is more valid that haruhi. for one, beato can mess with people because SHE CAN and she will impose her powers to others. haruhi on the other hand doesn’t know what she can do but is able to get what she wants because others know and are afraid of what she is capable of. a tyrannical princess is different from a spoiled one and haruhi falls under the spoiled category which is why it irritates me much. ever since i read the translated novels, i can’t bring myself to like her completely.
but if there’s one thing they share in common and that i respect the most, they are willing to ‘move forward’ in their principles of life. sure they value their pride and self worth over anything else but who are we to argue? it’s who they are that makes them haruhi and beato, love it or like it, it’s your call. though i think the concept of ‘moving forward’ would’ve been ok if they didn’t involve people but like i said, who are we to argue?
but if there’s one thing i liked in this episode overall, it’s how deep beato and battler’s relationship are. over the previous episodes we see them bickering at each other yet it hardly displayed the level of respect that they had. though i wonder what comes after this episode. will battler reconcile with beato or will beato have something cruel in store for battler? after all, beato is a sly fox. the emotions she showed here may much as well be an act. but for now, i’ll believe blindly on what developed on this episode.
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