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Guardian Seal

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I noticed something odd when rewatching some of my old SIGN tapes the other day. In episode 5 (Captured), when Tsukasa summons the guardian, his staff is surrounded by a small crest or as I like to call it, a "glowy magic thingy." Any thoughts on what this might be?
And yeah, before anybody says it, I know it's probably just some random eyecandy one of the animators threw in. But if it was something intentional, then what would it be? I like the idea of it being Morganna's personal sigil, giving her power over Tsukasa.
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Post by thedudewhosadude »

you mean when he taps the bottom of his staff on the floor? To me that looks like the whole electon-orbit thingie....(ya know, no definite orbit, so they draw several hundred possible orbits, some of which look like curls and waves.)
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I thought it was just a flash of light (like an atomic bomb going off w/o the mushroom) that fades as it goes further away to summon the dumb-bell monster to symbolize destruction.
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I like to think of it as the "spell" (or whatever you wanna call it) to summon the Guardian, instead of "Come forth, Guardian!" or something really cheesy like that :P
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Post by YashaOokami »

Lol,thats what it looks like to me.It's just a seal or a symbol.I'm sure you have seen it in other animes.Where they show the character and a symbol,seal or a diagram which is representing a spell,after they are doing different hand movements or a chant.And if you notice..in the .hack games,they also have seals to,whenever you cast a spell.
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Post by Cobweb »

The guardian seems different than a normal spell to me ... though of course you're right, they are in other shows (thinking of Cardcaptor Sakura).
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Well, the spell is probably just like those to summon other things. Only instead of summing Yarthkins or Merrows, he has a spell labeled "Guardian."
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Post by Duskino »

I've noticed it too, where Wiseman would use a spell or summon and some symbol thingie would appear below him, and sometimes the monsters use them too. So it's probably just for show.
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Post by FireDraconian »

I don't suppose you get the Guardian as a summon spell when you use Tsukasa's staff, eh? That'd probably be too much to hope. ;)
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Post by Cobweb »

Well, that's the thing ... I don't see the guardian as a "spell." It seems to be an NPC like Macha and the rest, not a special attack. The first and last times we see the guardian, Tsukasa doesn't do anything to summon it - it arrives on its own to defend him. I could accept the seal being a some kind of magical communication, but not just a special-effect like when you cast a summon spell. Those little hobgoblins aren't real AIS, and the guardian is.
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Post by CRtwenty »

Wasn't the Guardian directly controlled by Maha? Or at least partially controlled?
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FireDraconian wrote:I don't suppose you get the Guardian as a summon spell when you use Tsukasa's staff, eh? That'd probably be too much to hope. ;)
... That would rock. (Though, I'm saving that staff for whenever I can get Elk back into my party, so I'm gonna have to wait to see it in action.)

But yeah, Maha controlled the Guardian(s).
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Post by Cobweb »

She controlled the dark guardians Morganna gave to Sora. I'm not so sure about Tsukasa's guardian.
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Post by Duskino »

Eh, I think that one too. Recall episode 14? When Maha appeared, she was like, "Yoo-hoo~! Lookie! *points*" And, well, I don't think a Guardian who attacked the guarded one is much of a Guardian :P
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Actually it was aiming for Mimiru, Tsukasa just pushed her out of the way and got hit...
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