Review of Haibane Renmei
This is my reply to a discussion but decided to post it her about the ending and the point of the show Who admits his sin isn't a sinner Who does not admit his sin is a sinner But If I admit my sin and think I'm not a sinner. I am a sinner because I don't admit my sin Well the catch you need to be both If you admit your sin and don't see yourself as a non sinner you'll treat your self harshly She chose a hard bath and acted weak for salvation But it's just an excuse and the excuse became part of herYou need to admit you are sinless after you admitted your sin for salvation for forgiveness of the soul that how she how reki overcame her "sin"
But if I am not a sinner I'm not admitted my sin then I am a sinner not quite you are not saying you never did the sin but you are sinless since you admitted the sin.
By admiting it's not saying.oh I did something wrong, now I i admitted it. I am sinless
You are a sinner you are avoiding that you send mere recognition of a sin isn't admitting
But fully realizing that you sinned and think about it's consequences and effects of people and grant salivation to your sin by forgiveness, true forgiveness. Not just going like. Oh i sinned I forgive myself.
No deep down your soul doesn't forgive you. You didn't grant salivation to your sin. Granting it salivation is true forgiveness.
And to grant salivation is to UNDO the sin.
If you hurt somebody apologize and don't hurt them again. Even comoensate them if possible or needed
If you hurt your self. Apologize and Compensate your self by actually helping yourself
That's when your soul will forgive you.
That's where reki failed. She didn't realize this. She thinks she's a sinner and tries to get salvation by choosing a hard path thinking "HARD" is needed for salvation but that's not the case. And acted weak for salivation which is actually a good thing
Being weak to your sin is a positive thing it's gives you an actualization of the Sin that you truely feel it that you can Grant salvation to your sin as I explained
It's not applicable in reki situation on the surface level. Cause her sin isn't really justified "sin" she thinks she's is a sinner just because bad things outside her control happened. She did nothing wrong. That's why choosing a hard path and acting weak doesn't really help her. It's isn't her sin. But she tries to get salvation by suffering she makes suffering her identity suffering defines her. She thinks salvation is only in suffering just because bad thing happens eqauls i must endure bad thing.
The state of outside things define the state of the inside things.
Which made me cry she was just a helpless child who got bad luck. Treated badly because she has a "sin" and people hate her. When no thing explains why bad things happens the human mind jumps to a conclusion I AM BAD THEN. Which isn't really the case people around her never told her it's her mistake. Not her responsibility. She doesn't realize what's her responsibility and what's not. Beacuse she got discriminated of things that wasn't her fault. Thus doing things that's are not her responsibility. The over bearing ness for the children and the other haibane it's not her responsibility but she does this because she thought that's how things go because that's how she's been treated.
That's why it's her sin.
Her sin is actually blaming herself. And not Granting salvation to herself. And the things is she isn't wrong for any lf these idea's. When she says I was afraid to ask for help that's none will help me. And she's Right for having this idea none ever helped her. So she didn't ask for help
And her way of seeking salvation is to be loved by other. By acting like someone she lover kuramori. That's why she became a kuramori did something she isn't really required to do neither her responsibility.
Her sin was this. Her sin was her bad luck that she attached to. That's why I feel sorry for her.
And reki in place of everyone I'm truly sorry. I hope you forgive yourself for your suffering.
And that's the thing you need to admit your sin by granting it salvation. By undoing the sin. That's why when she finally asked for help. She was granted salvation. Her last moments in her dream. When the little reki said can't I even ask for help? And reki said she doesn't deserve it. The little reki broke to parts. That's when she was weak and actually understood her "sin"
Its wasn't a hard thing to do. But sometimes admitting your true sin can be hard.
She was wrong for doing hard things because she never admitting her sin.
But she was right to feel weak.
For without weakness you can't understand the true effects of the sin. Thus you can't admit your sin and be sinnless. By truly forgiving your self of sin