Eko Will Return One Day

To Your Eternity Season 2 Episode 20 is the final episode of the season. And in this episode, all of Fushi’s allies die. But, remember, they’re immortal. So, it’s not like this is the last time we’re going to see them. Or, is it?

There’s one character we know is going to make a reappearance in Season 3: Eko. Ever since Eko’s introduction into the series, I’ve been wondering what her role is. And she died in Episode 20 without ever really defining a role of her own.

She’s kind of like a daughter to Fushi. And she did fight alongside Kai, Messar, and Hairo during the battle of Renril. So, you could say she’s one of his soldiers, as well. But, it looks like her true role is going to come up later in the series. Fushi says he’ll revive her after he creates a peaceful world.

At the end of the episode, Fushi declares that the peaceful world he wanted is now a reality. So, it only makes sense that he’ll be reviving Eko. And, you know, he’ll probably revive at least some of the others, too.

But, Eko is unique among Fushi’s allies for another reason beyond her not having a defined role. She’s also the only one who was never revived in this season. Fushi’s old allies (March, Gugu, and Tonari) got to come back to life and have a second shot at life.

And Fushi’s newer allies other than Eko (Kai, Hairo, Messar, and Bon) were all revived, too. But, not Eko. By the time Eko died, Fushi already decided that he wasn’t going to revive anyone else. At least, not until he created world peace.

Okay, yes, he did revive Bon after that. But Bon died before Fushi’s decision.

Kahaku’s Sacrifice

I have mixed feelings about Kahaku sacrificing himself for Fushi’s sake. On one hand, it was pretty cool to see Kahaku go out in a fiery explosion. And his sacrifice took out 2 birds with 1 stone.

The main reason Kahaku sacrificed himself was to kill the Nokker living in his body. This is the Nokker that stole a bunch of Fushi’s forms. So, by killing it, Kahaku is able to return those forms back to Fushi. But, why did he also kill himself? It probably has to do with him blaming himself for the Nokker harming Fushi.

What about that second bird Kahaku took out? Well, look at where and how he killed himself. He blew himself up in a giant vat of molten iron in the heart of the Church of Bennett. Why did he do this? To take out the Church, which is one of Fushi’s main enemies.

So, why don’t I like how Kahaku sacrificed himself? Well, it solved everything a bit too easily. For starters, it solved the issue of the Nokker in Kahaku’s body without Fushi doing anything. Fushi didn’t have to work to defeat that Nokker and reclaim his lost forms.

I think it would have been pretty interesting to see that Nokker be the main villain of Season 3. It could have taken on the form of the Boy and served as an opposing force to Fushi. And as Fushi has his immortal soldiers, the Nokker could have the clone soldiers.

The other problem I have is that not only did Kahaku kill the Nokker, but he also destroyed the Church. Without the threat of the Nokkers, who is the main antagonist? The Church of Bennett. But now, even that antagonistic force is gone, as well.

How Fushi’s Allies Met Their Ends

Let’s talk about how Fushi’s allies died. And let’s start with the three immortal soldiers, Messar, Kai, and Hairo. Messar died of an overdose. Kai died of the same disease that killed his father. And an anti-Fushi faction assassinated Hairo.

All three of them didn’t live very long after Fushi set them free. On the opposite side of the spectrum, we have Bon and Tonari. Both of them eventually died of old age. And in Tonari’s case, this means she died of old age about 150 years after she was born.

As far as we know, both Bon and Tonari ended up living good lives. Bon died surrounded by his family, which included a grandchild. And Tonari died surrounded by the descendants of Sandel on Jananda Island.

There are two other followers, though, whose lives ended differently from the rest.

March and Gugu both died by suicide at Fushi’s side. Though, in March’s case, I’m actually going to argue that her death was a homicide. But, regardless of whether their deaths were suicides or homicides, they died the same way. They each drank a bottle of poison.

When March found out Fushi was going to be leaving her, she said she’d rather die than grow up without him. That’s a classic overreaction from a child. But then, Tonari and Hairo decide they’re actually going to make March’s wish a reality. They assisted the suicide of a healthy child. And it’s unclear if they told March what she was drinking.

As for Gugu, he chose to end his own life the same way years later. He fought a lot of battles against anti-Fushi factions and suffered many injuries as a result. So, he chose to end his suffering the same way March did.

Conclusion

What do you think of the final episode of To Your Eternity Season 2? Do you think Eko will be the first ally Fushi will revive in Season 3? Did Kahaku’s sacrifice wrap everything up too easily? And which of Fushi’s allies do you think met the most tragic end? Let me know in the comments.

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Fushi’s Immortal Army

In To Your Eternity Season 2 Episode 19, Fushi finally learns that he can revive people. Of course, he could always revive people and he had done so in the past. He’s been reviving Hairo, Kai, and Messar throughout the battle.

Anyway, after Fushi awakens as Bon, Bon (in ghost form) tells Fushi that he can revive people. And to show him that this is true, Bon has Fushi revive his ghost allies. Fushi revives Gugu, Tonari (and Liggard), Hairo, Kai, Messar, and Oniguma here. This is the first time Fushi’s seen some of them in hundreds of years.

Well, we know it’s been about 200 years since he last saw Oniguma. And I don’t remember how long it’s been since he saw Gugu. So, I’m going to guess 150-125 years. And for Tonari, I believe it’s been like 75 years.

I know it doesn’t feel like it’s been that long since Fushi last saw Tonari. After all, we saw her alive in the present timeline at the start of this season. But, what you need to remember is that it’s been a long time since then. It’s been generations since then.

When Tonari died, Hisame was the reincarnation of Hayase. We then met Hisame’s granddaughter. And, eventually, Kohaku came along. I believe he’s at least 4 generations removed from Hisame. So, it’s safe to say that Tonari died a long time ago. It’s not like it’s only been 10 years.

Oh, and we know the start of Season 2 is 40 years after the end of Season 1. So, that’s how we know that Gugu’s death was likely at least 50 years before Tonari’s. But, they’re back now. And, what’s more, Fushi gets many new immortal allies in Episode 19. It’s an immortal army.

Cleaning Up the Nokkers

With at least some of his friends back, Fushi can refocus on the battle at hand. That’s all he needed to get his head back in the game. Now that he knows he’s not alone and that his friends are back, he has something to fight for again.

Also, he’s able to create even more immortal soldiers out of those who fall in battle. So, Fushi and the people of Renril begin to turn the tide of the war. It’s not long before all the Nokkers within city limits are gone. That is, all except for one.

The final Nokker is the one passed down through generations of the Yanome clan. When we first see it in this episode, it’s still in Eko’s arm after it jumped from Kahaku to her. And it’s using Eko’s body to attempt an escape from Renril.

As we know, Kahaku catches up to Eko and retakes possession of the Nokker. He then leaves the city and returns to Yanome, vowing that his ancestors will come to Fushi’s aid if called upon. But, would Fushi ever actually call upon the Yanome clan? All they’ve ever done is bring him misfortune.

But, the big question here is, why did Fushi allow Kahaku to escape? He could have killed Kahaku and the Nokker within him. So, why didn’t he? To me, the answer is simple. Fushi has no problem killing Nokkers because they’re killing humans. But, Fushi doesn’t want to kill a human — even Kahaku.

Still, it would have been in Fushi’s best interest to kill them both. That Nokker has a number of Fushi’s forms. Fushi doesn’t have all the forms we saw it create to fight Kahaku. Unless he kills that Nokker (and Kahaku), he can’t retrieve them.

Bon’s Body Is the Best Body

Something I wondered while watching this episode is why Fushi wasn’t reviving Bon. But, then I started thinking about the benefits of not reviving him. And toward the end of the episode, Bon himself confirmed what I had been thinking.

The reason Fushi didn’t revive Bon is that he would lose Bon’s form. Why does that matter? Because it’s Bon’s form that allows Fushi to see the dead. And if he can’t see the dead, he can’t revive them (unless he already knows them).

Basically, in order to continue growing his immortal army to defeat the Nokkers, Fushi has “be” Bon. And there aren’t really any downsides to this current state of affairs. Despite his armor, Bon isn’t a warrior. He wouldn’t be of much help on the battlefield. Letting Fushi use his body is how Bon can be of use.

On top of that, Bon being a ghost is different than anyone else being a ghost. Why? Because when Bon is a ghost, Fushi can take on his form and still communicate with him. It’s not like Bon’s sitting on the sidelines and waiting while Fushi uses his body.

He still has a role to play even as a ghost. He can think things through with Fushi and kind of serves as a second brain. If Fushi wasn’t in Bon’s body, anyone else who died would just sit around as a ghost. They wouldn’t be able to communicate with Fushi.

With all that said, I don’t see Bon being a ghost forever. He still has a family that wants to see him again. I mean both his biological family and his new family. Fushi wouldn’t keep him from them even if Bon insisted.

Conclusion

What do you think of To Your Eternity Season 2 Episode 19? Which of Fushi’s immortal allies were you most happy to see make a return? Do you think Fushi should have killed Kahaku? And do you expect Bon to stay a ghost or not? Let me know in the comments.

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The Sacrifice Girl From 200 Years Ago

To Your Eternity Season 2 Episode 18 wasn’t a good episode for Fushi’s allies. I mean, a lot of them died. But, the one who had it worst of all was March. She arrived just in time to see Fushi die.

Something that surprised me about March’s return to the series was Bon’s reaction. Bon knows that Fushi can revive people as long as their spirits haven’t moved on. This is no longer a theory. He proved that it works with Messar, Kai, and Hairo.

Bon also knew that March’s spirit hadn’t moved on yet. And he specifically severed her corpse from Fushi’s body so she could come back to life. And yet, he seemed shocked to see her. It was almost like he didn’t think it would actually work for her, for some reason.

Or, Bon’s reaction could have been in response to the fact that he never met March in the flesh before. With Messar, Hairo, and Kai, Bon knew them during their original lives. But, with March, he first knew her as a ghost. So, I can see how it might be shocking for him to see March alive — even if this was expected.

It was also cool to see March be the one fighting to save Fushi and bring him back. March is Fushi’s first follower. She was the first human he made a connection with as a human himself. And, on top of that, March is Fushi’s self-proclaimed mother.

Something else I found interesting was March’s gaps in knowledge about the present. By that, I mean she doesn’t seem to know what Fushi was doing at all times for the past 200 years. She didn’t know Fushi’s horse is immortal, for example. I guess she just wasn’t following him around that whole time.

Reviving an Immortal

Something I never thought about before was that the Nokkers may not be able to kill Fushi. You could argue that the Nokker in Kahaku’s arm killed him. But, really, all the Nokker did was revert Fushi back to his original form.

As far as I understand it, Fushi’s original form is indestructible. No matter what the Nokkers do, they can’t kill him completely. And, I guess there’s nothing they can do to contain him indefinitely, either. At this point, I have to assume that given enough time, he could escape from anything.

We saw this when he escaped from his molten iron prison. Now, sure, if you revert him back to his original form it would likely take longer for him to escape. But, I assume he’d still be able to do it eventually. In that regard, Fushi is an unstoppable force.

The thing is, Fushi’s allies don’t have time to wait for him to gain sentience by natural means. They need their hero back now. And as soon as Eko entered the picture, I knew how it was going to happen. In order to revive Fushi, someone else has to die.

With that said, I didn’t expect Bon was going to be the one to die. Well, not until he told March to wait outside. At that point, it was obvious. Instead, I thought Eko was going to be the one to die for Fushi’s sake.

And, as it turns out, she did try to do this. Though, I can’t say for certain that she understood her death would save him in that way. My guess is she thought killing herself would also kill the Nokker. And if she killed the Nokker, Fushi would get his forms back.

Eko Is Still a Mystery

So, here’s the thing about Eko. We still don’t know what her role in the series actually is. I’ve shared a few theories ever since her introduction. But, so far, none of those theories have turned out to be correct.

However, one thing we do know is that Eko is going to die and become one of Fushi’s immortal allies. How do we know this? She’s featured in the ED alongside all the other immortal allies. Every person we see in the ED (other than Eko) is a confirmed immortal ally.

It wouldn’t make sense for Eko to be the only one in the ED who doesn’t also become an immortal ally. But, what’s her role going to be? Each of Fushi’s immortal allies has a specific role they fulfill. And they were each the main focus of an arc.

First, we had March’s and Oniguma’s arc. Second, we had Gugu’s arc. Third, we had Tonari’s and Ligard’s arc. Fourth, we had Bon’s arc. And fifth, we had Messar’s, Kai’s, and Hairo’s arc. What about Eko, though? She’s been around longer than those last 3, and yet she hasn’t had an arc of her own.

Sure, we got Eko’s backstory. But that was a single episode. Since then, she hasn’t had a defined role. She spends most of her time wandering around and doing her own thing, as we saw in Episode 14. But, what is she to Fushi?

March is Fushi’s mother. Gugu is Fushi’s brother. Tonari spread the legend of Fushi. Bon worked to realize Fushi’s goal of defeating the Nokkers. And Messar, Kai, and Hairo are Fushi’s immortal knights. Eko is what? His pet? His daughter? Her relationship to Fushi, and therefore her role, is unclear.

Conclusion

What do you think about To Your Eternity Season 2 Episode 18? Why do you think Bon was so surprised to see March? Did you think Eko was going to die in this episode? And what do you think Eko’s role is going to be? Let me know in the comments.

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Losing the Battle

To Your Eternity Season 2 Episode 17 shows us that the tides are turning in the battle for Renril. The humans are losing ground to the Nokkers. And even the safe zones, such as the church, are no longer safe. The Nokkers are everywhere.

But, losing ground isn’t really the issue. There are 2 more pressing problems for Fushi. The first is that he’s losing manpower. No matter how many Nokkers Fushi’s forces kill, more keep flooding into the city. But, every human killed or wounded is a blow to Renril’s fighting force.

The second problem is that morale is plummeting. As more people suffer injuries and die, those remaining lose the will to fight. They’re starting to see that maybe it’s impossible to defeat the Nokkers. Resistance may be futile. And, on top of that, they’re losing trust in each other.

At one point in the episode, we see Hairo allow a thief to go free. That thief then commits a murder a short while later. And when Hairo learns of this, he thinks about how it wouldn’t have happened if he hadn’t let the thief go free.

Is he right? Sure. But, this is a dangerous way to think in the current situation. It’s going to lead him to be less trusting of the Renril citizens going forward. He may even end up killing someone because he believes they’re a bad person. And whether or not they are doesn’t matter. What matters is that Fushi probably won’t like that.

Of course, Fushi is also contributing to the mistrust. The citizens don’t understand that Kai, Hairo, and Messar are immortal. So, when they see Fushi kill Hairo to send him somewhere else, they call him a murderer. This is also going to lower morale.

Those Who Can’t Be Revived

Of course, I can’t talk about people losing trust in others without bringing up Bon. He still hasn’t told Fushi the truth behind Fushi’s ability to revive people. In fact, as far as I remember, Fushi doesn’t even know about Bon’s ability to talk to the dead.

And thanks to Kahaku, Fushi is becoming increasingly wary of Bon. Kahaku kept prodding Fushi and telling him Bon was using him. And it even got to the point where Fushi confronted Bon about his secrets. But, even then, Bon refused to tell him.

It’s Bon’s belief that this knowledge will only burden Fushi. And while he does say he’ll tell Fushi after the battle, he doesn’t want to distract Fushi with that knowledge now. The issue is, this stance only makes Fushi trust Bon less. And that lack of trust leads to Fushi becoming more stressed.

In Episode 17, we saw Fushi attempt to revive 2 people. First, he attempted to revive March after he saw a handprint on a wall resembling hers. But, this failed. He believes it failed because he can’t revive people. However, we know it failed because she’s already alive.

The second person he attempts to revive is Princess Alme. She took her own life after becoming infected by a Nokker. But, he can’t revive Princess Alme because she already moved on to the afterlife. When Messar asks Bon, he confirms this is the case.

Bon also says that she must have moved on because she no longer wanted to live in reality. I thought this was interesting because it could lead to Fushi losing his allies. What if Messar decides he doesn’t want to keep fighting now that he lost Alme? He could choose to move on, as well.

Nokker Sleeper Cell

Continuing on with the theme of mistrust, it’s clear that Fushi and Kai don’t trust Kahaku’s Nokker. Twice in this episode, we see them talking directly to the Nokker and questioning its actions. And, to be clear, they’re questioning its lack of action.

First, Fushi asks the Nokker why it isn’t out fighting for Renril. He knows that the rope which is binding Kahaku isn’t enough to restrain the Nokker. And if the Nokker is on the side of the humans as it claims, why is it wasting its time being “captured?”

Later, Kai is a bit more direct in asking why the Nokker isn’t doing anything. And then, to force it to act, he attacks the Nokker with his power washer. When he does this, the Nokker leaps out of the way and proceeds to kill Kai.

At the end of the episode, we see Kahaku acting strangely. He’s covered in Kai’s blood and acting like nothing’s wrong while making food for Fushi. So, is Kahaku an enemy? I went over this in the previous episode review, and my stance hasn’t changed. Kahaku may sympathize with the Nokkers, but he’s Fushi’s ally.

The episode ends with Kahaku’s Nokker killing the revived Messar, Kai, and Hairo. Then, it attacks a tired Fushi. And this is the important bit when it comes to Kahaku. The fact that the Nokker in his arm is killing Fushi horrifies Kahaku.

Kahaku isn’t a willing participant here. The Nokker has been using him this entire time. It’s been using Kahaku to gain Fushi’s trust. And now that Fushi is tired and has no allies around, the Nokker strikes. This has always been the plan. This is why the Nokkers announced their attack months in advance.

Conclusion

What do you think of To Your Eternity Season 2 Episode 17? How can Fushi increase the morale of the citizens? Will Messar choose to stop being immortal without Alme? And did you expect Kahaku’s Nokker to be a sleeper cell? Let me know in the comments.

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