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Noir Season 1 Episode 22

Journey's End

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AIRED: 8/31/01

Kirika and Mireille's partnership has come to an end, and with no place to return to, Kirika finds herself wandering through the wilderness. Found and rescued, she is taken to what seems like a simple country village. Yet when Kirika realises that all the villagers not only recognise her, but have been expecting her arrival, it becomes clear that all is not as it seems.moreless

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Journey’s End definitely qualifies for a “Creepy” rating. Too bad I can’t pick that one.

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By SabotFox, Feb 14, 2006

This is definitely one of the most surreal and spooky episodes in Noir, although it was almost expected as Kirika finally draws close to the Manor. In previous episodes, just seeing the small flashes of Altena and Chloe’s life here, it’s been pretty obvious that the Manor is unlike the rest of the world. In fact, those that refer to it say that it’s a place “forgotten by time.” This becomes more and more apparent once Kirika reaches the outskirts of Altena’s territory. It seems like she arrives in some sort of Puritan, or maybe Amish, village somewhere in the mountains of France. Everyone there seems really nice, but they also act as if they’ve known her for years. “The only one who doesn’t know me . . . is me,” Kirika realizes at one point. While that’s creepy enough, it quickly takes a turn for the surreal when the Soldats show up to sanction Kirika in order to prevent her from reaching the sacred ground of the Manor. Suddenly, the villagers reveal their true purpose and a massive battle begins between the different factions of the Soldats. Despite its utter creepiness, this is a really good episode. It seems to be another one of the dual-sided episodes, where one will focus on Kirika, and then resume in the next episode with Mireille’s side of the story. We’ll see if that holds true in the next installment.moreless
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Kotono Mitsuishi	Mireille Bouquet (Japanese version)
Monica Rial	Kirika Yumura
Houko Kuwashima	Kirika Yumura (Japanese version)
Shelley Calene-Black	Mireille Bouquet

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John Swasey	Tristan	Guest Star
Emily Carter	Margaret	Guest Star
Dean Turner	Village Chief	Guest Star

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- Margaret: Man commits sins- it's our nature. The Soldats commit sins, as all men do, but we will also shed our own blood willingly.
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- Kirika: It's not right. All of those people are dying - for what?
  Margaret: They die, because that's the true nature of man.
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- Tristan: When the Soldats first went underground, two hands were left on the dark surface to carry out its bidding.
  Kirika: Noir.
  Tristan: Yes. The Soldats must regain these hands, which we have lost, for it is the revival of the ritual of accession to Noir, that will truly symbolize the Grand Retour.
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- Tristan: The Soldats are with the truth. We know the true nature of man.
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- Council Member: Blood must always be shed. Even the blood of our brethren Soldats if required.
  Council Member 2: Indeed. That is a truth that the Soldats have always known.
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- Kirika: They all know who I am. The only one who doesn't know is me.
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- Kirika: I don't know where I was, or where I was going, so how could you know I'd be here?
  Tristan: You came because you were meant to come here.
  Kirika: Meant to come? How can you know something I don't know myself?
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- (contemplating her last meeting with Kirika)
  Mireille: I wanted to, but I just couldn't. The flower never turned black, it just withered and died.
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- English Additional Voices:
  Emily Carter, Sasha Paysinger, Robert Anderson, Victor Carsrud, Kevin Charles, John Gremillion, Mark Laskowski, George Manley, John Tyson
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- Mireille only appears briefly at the beginning of this episode.
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