[nanatotempole]

Okay, so if you haven't read to the very end of the manga, please don't post or read posts because there will probably be a ridiculous amount of spoilers.

There aren't any real gaps i think until the last volume. I think because they had to finish the series in a rush.

Please post any ideas of theories to fill the gaps!

1. What happened to Lucifer/Kira at the end? Is he just in 'hell'?
2. The people in the background in the last chapter, one had wings, the other didn't. It looked like Katan and Rociel. Is it just Setsuna's imagination? Since they're dead?
3. What happened to Setsuna's wings? I mean, they just disappeared because he was tired? And all of his powers? Where did they go?
4. Setsuna just 'drops' Sara on the ground in the last chapter and says somthing like "i'll follow you soon," then stumbles a little bit then... nothing. i have no idea what happens next. Did Katan and Rociel (though dead) save them?
5. How the hell can you organize a government when people are killing everyone constantly in the end (Kurai)?
6. Did Sara die or something and wind up on earth where she died first?
7. What will become of Alexiel's body and Gabriel's body?
8. So After Kira died, the body of Lucifer died. But then he reincarnated as Lucifer who has four wings (why four? why not just two? it makes the twin seem less powerful?) and regains all of his memories. Then he pretends he's under complete control of Rociel and kills people for him. But he doesn't kill Katou b/c that's his friend and he still has his human memories and emotions but he pretends he doesn't. Stuff happens, yada yada yada. He kills 'God', then stuff happens. Then, not as Setsuna's sempai, but as Lucifer (?) he asks Setsuna to kill the computer thing (Heaven's Tablet) which is now possessed by 'God'. So 'God' dies twice. Is that right? That doesn't seem right? Wouldn't Lucifer still want to consider himself as Kira? Or b/c that life is over and lived it as much as he could he can no longer be Setsuna's sempai? Goodness this is confusing.

BUT HELLA INTERESTING!
okay, theories anybody?

[xiaoxuanz]

My thoughts exactly! I had to re-read the whole thing a few times to actually understand it a little.

1. On page 51, black feathers suddenly started falling. The old guy is the father of the real "Kira Sakuya". I suppose Lucifer/Kira brought the soul of the real Kira Sakuya to see his father. And the thought "..so are you happy now?" was probably said by Lucifer/Kira in hopes that the old man finally achieves peace of the mind.

2. I think they ARE Katan and Rociel. Just that those are probably their souls. They were probably there to try and help out Setsuna with the last bit of their power.

3. As for Setsuna's wings, I think he exhausted his power and Alexiel left his body. Alexiel was seen embracing Lucifer at the end and that was definitely not Setsuna's body. Setsuna was originally a soul created and modified by Alexiel to be the perfect being. Thus, they were both seperate beings from the start. When Alexiel left, his wings *or rather Alexiel's wings* would be gone and he would have no more powers. He would return to being a normal human.

4. On page 32, it didn't really seem like Setsuna was talking alone. I think it was a conversation between Rociel and Setsuna. Rociel probably helped return Sara to Earth knowing that Setsuna could escape on his own safely.

5. Well.. Adam Kadamon did say that the Heaven and Hell thing was there only because they thought of it that way. If they thought of it as one big barren land, it would be just like another place for them to develop. I think Kurai meant she would create her own Empire of Evils along with Noise. And Belial did say "Oh, Now he tells us." and stopped fighting.

6. From the scene, she did end up where she died.

7. Alexiel's body is under the guard of Uriel until her soul returns to her body. As for Gabriel, her body was left back in the garden *or something* a long time ago after Sara went back to her own body.

8. Frankly, I have no idea why Lucifer has 4 wings either. But the first "God" he killed was not "God". It was explained in the 2nd last chapter - "No one has ever seen the true form of God. That was a form that the people have perceived as how 'God' would look like." So, only the 2nd "God" he killed was the real "God".
I think Lucifer didn't want to consider himself as Kira so that Setsuna would not hesitate to put the sword through "God" while risking his (Lucifer's/Kira's) life. Another alternatif would be Lucifer wanted Setsuna to live with the fact that he (Lucifer/Kira) cannot be with him (Setsuna) anymore.

Oh well.. That's what I think. I think the most confusing part is the part where Rociel and Katan are seen in the background. Either way I look at it, it doesn't really seem to make much sense. haha.

[lalamesilly]

I didn't even bother finishing this manga the plot was too twisted for me.

[crystalmoonshine]

What the hecK!!! I watched the OAV a few years back and I fell in love with Angel Sanctuary so I decided to read the manga and yeah!!! IT WAS SO DARN CONFUSING!!! I started to read it a year ago and I STILL HAVEN"T FINISHED IT!!! I wish they'd make it into an anime and revise the story a little to avoid confusing stuff...

[naffion]

I first read this manga when I was 12. My brother bought them. I totally digged the art, but I was a bit horrified by the plot. I didn't really get it then, but i still totally fell in love with this manga. Anyway, i just kept going til the end. It was great. The parts that i didn't get, I just assume that they are "mysteries'', and build my own fantasy to solve it. Worked well for me.My brother stopped reading it a long time before that though. lol. .

Anyway, I thought I was confused because of my age then. That's why I'm re-reading it, but reading you guys' makes me think that, given the nature of this manga, it must have made more sense then than it would now. I always find that when reading a manga this confusing, I always end up composing your own plot on top of it, you know, to fill the gap. I guess most of times, it ends up being something different from what the author intends, but, what the heck, right? Guess, that didn't help much.lol

[nanatotempole777]

Who cares if it doesn't make sense!!! It's my all time favorite action manga. I love angel sanctuary so much with all of its dilemmas and twists and pain and happiness and whatnot. i forgive the strangeness. omg, i read it within a week. and i spent and entire weekend reading it and trying to finish it. Perhaps in my rush i missed details that would've explained things. but it's sooo good!