LogFAQs > #968756787

So, I mentioned awhile ago, that you were 'on the right track' with thinking about why you're being shown scenes that are 'clearly unnecessary', but you weren't really completing that thought. I didn't elaborate, because Episode 5 kind of brings it up as a plot point toward the end.

Basically, it's not "Why am I being shown this if it's pointless" but rather the inverse- "If I'm being shown this, it's important, so why is this seemingly unimportant thing being shown?". It all stems from trust, essentially, as the Dlanor and Battler scene in the ??? Tea party discussed.

Without love, it can't be seen isn't just a repeated catch phrase in the story for no reason, imo it's also one of the most important hints in the entire story, as you should understand now that you've gotten to the big twist at the end of Ep5 with Battler fully on the Witch side for some reason after coming to trust Beatrice.

Give some thought to what that means.

Also, as a related personal note, I doubly love the end of Episode 5 because it proved a theory I came up with in Episode 4 that Beato wanted Battler to beat her. I was pretty adamant about it after Episode 4 was first translated and people thought I was crazy, lol. Code Geass spoilers: A lot of what she was doing reminded me about how Lelouch intentionally became a villain to unite people at the end of Code Geass R2, and once I thought about it through that lense, I couldn't unsee it and was pretty well convinced that was what was happening.

I also love that it turns the twist at the end of Episode 3 into a DOUBLE twist where actually, Beato WAS helping Battler. She then intentionally threw the game by making it seem like she was tricking him because she realized it was too effective. If you pay attention during that scene, she actually cycles through some pained expressions when she sees Battler's trust in her destroyed before going full trollface cackle mode. It's pretty easy to dismiss that or pass it off as just her flexing her acting skills, but no, it's legit.