English Dub Review: To the Abandoned Sacred Beasts “The Trigger of Memories”

Overview:

Cain starts another war.

Our Take:

A lot happened. Behind the scenes, Cain manages to get the disgruntled nobility and the dispassionate people into another war, erecting another country that strikes out against the old. Prominently featured in the ranks are the former Incarnates, who hunger for battle once again. It’s not entirely clear why Cain wants this, besides bloodlust, but he certainly is kicking up trouble. And Hank is nowhere to be found.

Schall finally gets her light as the protagonist this time around, having survived the events of last episode. As it turns out, she was saved from Cain’s bullet by her dress, which was woven out of Incarnate spider silk. She eventually returned home, having nowhere else to go now that Hank is on the run, but realizes that there’s a lot more going on once she had left.

A few episodes back, she was frightened with the idea of killing, believing that it’s wrong to take a life. In this sense, she isn’t wrong- she isn’t a soldier. Even though she has to hunt, it’s not a necessity, with markets and such being the way that they are. The thought of her killing another person is one that’s frightening to her, as it should be. Even though media makes it seem easy, it should never be a simple task for an ordinary person to kill. Despite what she’s seen, Nancy is no soldier, she’s still a civilian.

Now, she is able to pull the trigger. She understands what Hank set out to do, finally, and why his work was necessary. The people of her town that once saw her father as a hero now see him only as what he has become– a monster. They are afraid of him, loathe him, hate him, and can no longer see him as who he once was. Hank wants to kill the Incarnates as they’re still human, not just for sentiment, but because he knows what awaits them in the end. The people they fought for will come to revile them, and not only treat them but see them as inhuman. Even if killing the Incarnates is a cruel act, that they die when they still haven’t done any harm means that people will instead remember them as heroes. When she shoots her zombified father, Nancy finally comes to understand that. It’s a tragedy all around, but one that has become necessary.