Comments on: Haibane-Renmei: Episode 5 Commentary

By: Author

Author — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:28:31 +0000

Kuu’s wings aren’t hidden, so it’s a different kind of hat, I think.

By: Michael Brazier

Michael Brazier — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 08:47:50 +0000

Author, we got to see all of Rakka’s cocoon dream, but as of this episode Rakka only remembers the last part of it, the falling out of the cloud. The part with the crow hasn’t come back to her yet.

Chris, you can get some big hints to the cosmology of Glie from the bits in Nemu’s “Beginning of the World” that aren’t from Genesis 1. I was particularly taken by her placing the town between the heavens and the earth …

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 01:58:33 +0000

The possibility of a third nest makes me want to gather every screenshot and drawing of the area inside the wall and look for potential nests. I’ve gotta’ make sure I don’t do that now =P

Kuu wearing a hat isn’t something that had occured to me, actually. My thoughts would be along the lines of 1) she bought it during the last winter, and simply likes wearing it; 2) supposing the haibane have past lives as humans, she could have lived somewhere like Alaska and wearing a hat is simply natural to her.

Hyohko seems one to keep an eye on.

By: Michael Brazier

Michael Brazier — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:13:14 +0000

It doesn’t appear in the series, but the director has said that there’s at least one other haibane nest besides Old Home and the Factory.

The original “The Beginning of the World” (as opposed to Nemu’s version) is almost certainly the first chapter of Genesis.

By the way, have you wondered why Kuu started wearing a hat?

By: Author

Author — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 04:57:37 +0000

Regarding Rakka’s dream, the important thing is that she remembered her dream right away, so she’s safe from that direction. We actually saw the whole of it, or the most important parts, in the intro.

[dang I'm aching to spoil thins now]

It’s never explained exactly how Hyoko managed to get into Guille. I have no idea why he attempts to pass for a human. It may be a personality trait… If you find clues (like when you identified Reki’s tendency to run away), it would be interesting.

Indeed, a male-only nest would make sense if ABe were an engineer. But there isn’t one. Maybe ABe thinks that fewer boys deserve the second chance, you know?

Kuu works in a cafe, as a waiter I presume. Busses dishes, and such. Maybe washes plates too.

Why are [Reki and Hyoko] kept separated? I think it’s to prevent a reoccurence of some misbehaviour. Notice that they still can meet in the downtown if they want.

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