Earth Maiden Arjuna 25 Years Anniversary Rewatch Episode 7 Discussion
# Episode 7: [The Invisible Words](https://files.catbox.moe/0i1mjv.jpg)
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[MAL](https://myanimelist.net/anime/812/Chikyuu_Shoujo_Arjuna) | [Anilist](https://anilist.co/anime/812/Arjuna/) | [Anidb](https://anidb.net/anime/107) | [Kitsu](https://kitsu.app/anime/chikyuu-shoujo-arjuna) | [Livechart](https://www.livechart.me/anime/5910) | [ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=602) | [AP](https://www.anime-planet.com/anime/arjuna)
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## Streams:
[Tubi](https://tubitv.com/series/1960), but that service is only in certain countries. [Otherwise](#piracy)
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## Questions for the day:
1) Why did Chris' health rapidly deteroriating?
2) Why is he treated in a secret shrine-like building?
3) Why can Juna sense all the words?
4) Why can't she drink the Appare Genki drink? Same reason as the hamburger?
5) Any opinion about the Appare Genki commercial?
6) Why did Chris sealed a Raaja within his body?
7) Does the Raaja within him caused his health deteroriation?
8) How did Chris save Cindy?
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## Highlights from yesterday:
1) There is no such thing as freedom, from yours truly:
> The entire world ecnomy is based on free trade, which is not even free.
> Freedom never comes free
Indeed, people have such a huge weakness towards this word 'free'.
2) It is not just about enviromentalism, but is rather a society critique now, by u/wloff:
> There's an obvious tariff remark to be made about the beginning complaining about free trade, but I'm not gonna make it. (Unless just mentioning that counts!)
> The nature of the Raaja is getting more convoluted by the episode as well. Now seeing students copy the work of a bad teacher spawns Raaja tentacles all around?
> I wonder if these Raaja things are either spawned by Chris to make a point, or all in Juna's head to begin with? Maybe neither the Raaja nor Juna's magical girl form even really exists, what Tokio sees is the actual reality, and Juna is just hallucinating after being brainwashed by S.E.E.D.
> The message of this episode is somewhere along the lines of "wake up sheeple". I liked it a bit more than some of the earlier ones, probably because the message came off less as preaching one supposed truth, and more about making you think for yourself. In the end, though, I find myself agreeing with Tokio a lot. It's easy to say "why, why, why" and complain about how things are, but it's infinitely harder to actually come up with some kind of an alternative.
3) Even u/il887 agrees that this is getting even more confusing:
> It’s getting even more confusing! Just your average classroom full of people studying, not dumping waste, not sprinkling pesticides. Why Raajas?
> Or, does it mean Raajas actual nature isn’t just the pollution, but the whole "it’s easier that way" thing? Like when a person chooses easier short-term, but worse long-term way to do something, a Raaja manifests itself.
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### Other information:
ED: [Teresa (テレサ)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdZECtUet-U) by Yoko Kanno
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## Disclaimer notice:
Dear rewatchers, please be nice to the first-time watchers by simply not spoilering anything. But if you want to discuss spoiler-territory things, use spoiler tags instead. Thank you for your understanding.
For example [this is] >!a spoiler!<
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## Links, useful info:
[MAL](https://myanimelist.net/anime/812/Chikyuu_Shoujo_Arjuna) | [Anilist](https://anilist.co/anime/812/Arjuna/) | [Anidb](https://anidb.net/anime/107) | [Kitsu](https://kitsu.app/anime/chikyuu-shoujo-arjuna) | [Livechart](https://www.livechart.me/anime/5910) | [ANN](https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=602) | [AP](https://www.anime-planet.com/anime/arjuna)
***
## Streams:
[Tubi](https://tubitv.com/series/1960), but that service is only in certain countries. [Otherwise](#piracy)
***
## Questions for the day:
1) Why did Chris' health rapidly deteroriating?
2) Why is he treated in a secret shrine-like building?
3) Why can Juna sense all the words?
4) Why can't she drink the Appare Genki drink? Same reason as the hamburger?
5) Any opinion about the Appare Genki commercial?
6) Why did Chris sealed a Raaja within his body?
7) Does the Raaja within him caused his health deteroriation?
8) How did Chris save Cindy?
***
## Highlights from yesterday:
1) There is no such thing as freedom, from yours truly:
> The entire world ecnomy is based on free trade, which is not even free.
> Freedom never comes free
Indeed, people have such a huge weakness towards this word 'free'.
2) It is not just about enviromentalism, but is rather a society critique now, by u/wloff:
> There's an obvious tariff remark to be made about the beginning complaining about free trade, but I'm not gonna make it. (Unless just mentioning that counts!)
> The nature of the Raaja is getting more convoluted by the episode as well. Now seeing students copy the work of a bad teacher spawns Raaja tentacles all around?
> I wonder if these Raaja things are either spawned by Chris to make a point, or all in Juna's head to begin with? Maybe neither the Raaja nor Juna's magical girl form even really exists, what Tokio sees is the actual reality, and Juna is just hallucinating after being brainwashed by S.E.E.D.
> The message of this episode is somewhere along the lines of "wake up sheeple". I liked it a bit more than some of the earlier ones, probably because the message came off less as preaching one supposed truth, and more about making you think for yourself. In the end, though, I find myself agreeing with Tokio a lot. It's easy to say "why, why, why" and complain about how things are, but it's infinitely harder to actually come up with some kind of an alternative.
3) Even u/il887 agrees that this is getting even more confusing:
> It’s getting even more confusing! Just your average classroom full of people studying, not dumping waste, not sprinkling pesticides. Why Raajas?
> Or, does it mean Raajas actual nature isn’t just the pollution, but the whole "it’s easier that way" thing? Like when a person chooses easier short-term, but worse long-term way to do something, a Raaja manifests itself.
***
### Other information:
ED: [Teresa (テレサ)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OdZECtUet-U) by Yoko Kanno
***
## Disclaimer notice:
Dear rewatchers, please be nice to the first-time watchers by simply not spoilering anything. But if you want to discuss spoiler-territory things, use spoiler tags instead. Thank you for your understanding.
For example [this is] >!a spoiler!<
Commentaires
- [Oh!](https://i.imgur.com/vT2dghh.png) Juna was dreaming of Tokio trying to propose to her?
- [Chris isn’t doing very well…](https://i.imgur.com/ndE4v90.png) [](#emiliaohdear)
- That Engrish section… [](#kotohoops)
- [](#whatamireading) Why the hell would Tokio need to ask *Sayuri* her ring size?
- [What the…](https://i.imgur.com/mCpUTAN.png) [](#spinning)
- [He’s not wrong.](https://i.imgur.com/rDoYUoa.png)
- [Where the hell did *this* come from?](https://i.imgur.com/zqSgMDd.png) [](#blankblink)
- [Oh geez.](https://i.imgur.com/jXD21dm.png) [](#whatdidijustread)
- [So that’s how she ended up so attached to Chris.](https://i.imgur.com/ySENRGA.png)
- [Oh… wow…](https://i.imgur.com/hWGMNDt.png)
- […huh.](https://i.imgur.com/UgMhIH6.png) [](#sakurathink)
- [The ring *was* for Juna!](https://i.imgur.com/bBhphfH.png) [](#urarahype) Kinda weird to ask Sayuri what *her* size was if it was meant for Juna the whole time, but I guess I can see that sort of logic coming from a clueless high schooler.
- [Damn…](https://i.imgur.com/7ceXpov.png) [](#sadholo)
I've slowly come to a realization.
Juna is pretty dumb.
[](#annoyedkirito)
And insensitive. Tokio's been the best, most supportive boyfriend anyone could possibly think of and Juna's been pretty much ignoring him even since the mountain trip. And when confronted by Sayuri about how she's being unfair to Tokio, she just gets jealous like a little child.
[](#kaguyasigh)
Speaking of little children, Chris is apparently dying, and Cindy is being a little child by hiding the fact that Chris is calling for Juna to help. I don't know how much good that would've done, anyway, since I don't recall S.E.E.D. ever calling Juna for anything, or anyone ever giving her any kinds of missions or instructions!
But Cindy somehow gets herself a car anyway, and comes pick up Juna. Somehow. How did she find her? I guess we can give credit to whatever telepathic powers she has.
Why does she have to Jedi-mind-trick the guard into letting her back in, though? What a weird organization this S.E.E.D. is.
Apparently Chris has been harboring a Raaja inside of him all this time, and that's why he's dying. Is it really a net positive if you refuse to kill an enemy, and in exchange let it kill you? It's one death either way, no?
Anyway, Chris is a tentacle monster now.
[](#scaredillya)
And it's another fight-but-no-wait-you're-not-allowed-to-fight kind of a fight. And Arjuna prevails with the power of friendship, or something?
The music is absolutely banging though, once again. Animation was cool too.
[](#listen)
Chris's lesson for the day is "don't use words, because they're misleading". No, Chris, what's misleading is the fact that you DON'T use any words, so no one understands what you want to say!
[](#annoyedkiki)
And through all this, Tokio is still showing how he's by far the best character of the show by wanting to stick with Juna. And Juna is a dumb, insensitive jerk about it.
Maybe that's the thing that's really inherited through these earth powers! Juna is slowly turning into the same kind of a dumb-dumb as Chris and Cindy!
[](#peace)
* Dreaming of a marriage proposal.
* “What is he thinking about?” – maybe not a good thing to wonder when you are a telepath.
* Juna is a tough customer for Tokio. He is really trying.
* Cindy can drive a car? Not legally, I suppose.
* Random drink ad.
[](#blankblink)
* Battle against possessed Chris and sad backstory for Cindy – quite a lot happening here.
* “I don’t want to put you in danger” – Meh.
* The ship is literally not sailing.
A very visually appealing episode and not just in the climactic confrontation. The previous scenes with Juna looked great, too. The music fits, too. This series is so good at making impressions that it is quite sad that it is held back by its preachy writing. So many great visual ideas, so many good character moments (like the scene of the hands). Whenever we get a longer sequence without somebody pushing their worldview on somebody else, it starts working.
This is on the soundtrack and it's a terrible mood breaker.
Also gets stuck in the head.
Edit: didn't help that I eventually forgot what it was and it just comes out of nowhere.
So, what Chris wanted Juna to do was to absorb Raaja into her body the same way he did? How the hell Juna would figure that out without any hints…
Hmm, okay looks like it’s Tokio x Juna after all and not something else I was suspicious about…
Juna doesn’t want to endanger her boyfriend — kinda clichey, but makes sense. This episode ended on a very melancholic note, this new ED song makes it even so.
QotD:
1. He sealed lots of Raajas inside his body!
2. It’s not like regular hospital can treat Raaja-inflicted diseases
3. Magic powers
4. Yes
5. Authors really wanted to show off how quirky and arthouse their anime is.
6. Apparently, it’s the only way he knows how to restrain them without killing them.
7. I think yes? Back to Q1
8. I think it was covered in more detail a while back — he was her only friend after she lost her parents and was turned into SEED subject. Might be forgetting smth, tho.
And we have yet to know why Chris sealed the Raaja inside his body, because it's not solely due to his kindness. Maybe we'd know it in future episodes.
And seems like the rejection kinda make sense in Juna's point of view, she doesn't want to involve Tokio in any of her duty as the Earth Maiden, but I think she definitely needs something to lie on.
Buying a ring, are we doing the love confession thingy, no?
Chris is held in a secret place where he is treated. He is really suffering right now.
Juna is just having ordinary days now. Chilling with Sayuri, then with Tokio, especially what he did to her. And they just talking. Until Cindy arrived asking for help. Probably because only Juna can help him. What is the problem, is that Chris is barely holding a Raaja within in his body. She don't want to kill him, but neutralize the Raaja only, the way how Chris can live more.
And ended in a good way. And the confession scene is now happened again.
> 1) Why did Chris' health rapidly deteroriating?
Maybe the infction from earlier and that Raaja inside.
> 2) Why is he treated in a secret shrine-like building?
Maybe he is being a TI.
> 3) Why can Juna sense all the words?
This is how she can sense the world around her.
> 4) Why can't she drink the Appare Genki drink? Same reason as the hamburger?
Mass industrialization and all the harmful substances, which harmful to the Earth and nature.
> 5) Any opinion about the Appare Genki commercial?
Trying to be catchy.
> 6) Why did Chris sealed a Raaja within his body?
Probably because of he sensed some life within it.
> 7) Does the Raaja within him caused his health deteroriation?
Yes.
> 8) How did Chris save Cindy?
Maybe he sensed her presence somewho.