Any Xenosaga enthusiasts on the premises? Well, despite the fact that the entire scene was tainted by damnable Western censorship tendencies (:frust, the death of Jin Uzuki at the blades of swarming Gnosis (while chaos and KOS-MOS handled affairs of their own, blissfully unaware or unable to assist) was a fairly brutal thing. The fact that Jin seemed to see his demise coming and met his fate regardless certainly does nothing to lessen the impact when that bizarre hook-sword pierces his shoulder and (if memory serves) leg. Freaking MOMO would have been a considerably less difficult lamb to witness being sacrificed , although admittedly it would have little to no dramatic thrust.

Also, for those of you who have completed and enjoyed Chrono Cross, the death of Miguel in the Dead Sea is a considerably more poignant occurrence if you subscribe to the theory that Miguel may in fact be Crono. Mitsuda and his "People Seized With Life" piece lend enough to that kind of mood to make even the plight of the bumbling dwarves in the Hydra Marshes somewhat touching, so even if the Crono theory is incorrect, Miguel's final moments still create a remarkable scene . . .