This post contains spoilers for Kekkai Sensen Eps 1-11So, it’s been a few months but the last episode is finally coming on October 3. I know a lot of people have forgotten so much about Kekkai Sensen and really can’t be bothered watching the recap and/or episode 11 again. I don’t expect everyone to read everything so I’ve used headings to separate relevant points if you think you already understand a lot of stuff. I’ve tried my best to fit in all of the relevant plot points while being as succinct as possible but I may have overdone some explanations. If you just want to read about the overarching story start from the “Three years after the collapse” heading.If you’re familiar with the series and notice if I’ve botched any of the details please tell me so I can fix it up right away.SettingThree years ago, the city of New York was drastically changed in an event called the Great Collapse and a giant hole formed which created a connection to the beyond. New York itself became surrounded in fog and is now called Hellsalem’s Lot where many otherworldly beings live in chaos with both superhuman and regular people. (note: superhumans existed before the collapse)On a sightseeing tour with his family, photographer Leonardo Watch and his sister Michella (who is paralysed and can’t walk) were visited by a mysterious entity who offered the power of the All Seeing Eyes of God. Michella gave up her eyesight so that Leo could keep his. Shortly after, Leo moved to Hellsalem’s Lot in an attempt to find any clues to restoring Michella’s eyesight.On one crazy day, Leo is mistaken to be the new recruit of a secret organization Libra who are dedicated to preserving the balance of Hellsalem’s Lot. Klaus, the leader of the group sees value in his eyes and invites him to become a member anyway – as well as a promise to help him to find any leads to help Michella. Libra mostly consists of superhumans who use different blood techniques to fight Blood Breeds (vampires). They also fight the Thirteen Kings – the only known members are Femt, Aligura, and the King of Despair who is possessing Black’s body.Episodic StoriesA lot of the series is disconnected from the overarching plot and is mostly irrelevant. To sum up the first 10 episodes:Libra stops Femt from fucking shit upLeo gets kidnapped by beyondiansKlaus plays Prosfair (super chess)Libra fights Blood BreedsLeo gets kidnapped by AliguraLeo eats burgers with a mushroom and then gets kidnappedZapp pretends to get kidnappedZapp eats too much KFCZed turns up and fucks shit upLeo, Zapp, and Zed eat lunch.tl;dr: Leo gets kidnapped, eats food.Overarching PlotBlack and White BackstoryWilliam (Black) and Mary Macbeth (White) are the children of psychic casters who aided in halting the Great Collapse. Black inherited the Psi powers but White did not and she felt isolated from the rest of her family.Black was weak and childish. When they were only children, the twins were making mudballs but Black was envious of White’s and destroyed it with his psychic powers. Instead of crying, White just went and made another and due to this Black swore to never use his powers again until he was stronger as a person because it felt like he was being left behind with his immaturity. White was frustrated since her brother refused to use his powers even though they were his gift and she didn’t know why he stopped using them. After seeing her parents save the world she took up photography so she too could leave something behind in the world even if she died at that very moment.During an incident where White’s camera gets thrown into a river, Black jumps after it and ends up in hospital. They share a moment when White tells Black: “If you’d really died… Will… if you’d died… I don’t know what I’d do” before they both burst into tears. Sometime afterwards Black reveals why he had stopped using his powers.The Great Collapse saw the entire Macbeth family in New York with Black finally training to become a caster like his parents. As buildings are crashing down and people are dying, White finally finds Black in a clearing. In a moment eerily similar to Leo and Michella’s, an ominous being appears before them and Black gives up his body so long as White doesn’t get hurt. Black now has a split personality between William and the King of Despair, the latter of which can forcibly take over Black’s body whenever he chooses to do so. (note: I’ll refer to the William side as Black for the rest of this). Black and White’s parents died during the collapse.Three years after the collapseLeo meets White for the first time at the end of episode 2 who claims she’s a ghost. It’s revealed that she’s been in the hospital for the past three years and the only person she has been able to talk to is Black. The two quickly become friends and Leo even sneaks White out to watch a movie which ends up reminding her about her family.In the meantime, the King of Despair has been watching Leo and even talked to him on a train in episode 4 which Black has no recollection of. Black meets Leo in White’s hospital room and is surprised when Leo says that they’ve talked before – this stirs some doubt in his mind. Leo and Black get along fine and become friends too.Throughout the entire series the King of Despair has been observing Leo and waiting for the perfect moment to initiate his plan. After the fight against the Blood Breed in episode 9, the King of Despair receives an item from Aligura that has can to take Leo’s eyes. The King quickly goes to White and gives her the device telling her to uphold her part of the deal to give Black his body back. During episode 10 it is noted that one of the barriers that was put in place during the great collapse has been damaged but there is no way that the barriers could be damaged on accident. The King of Despair’s plan is coming together all at once.At the end of the episode on Halloween, White leads Leo into the chapel at the cemetery. Midway through episode 11 the King turns up at the chapel and freezes Leo with his Psi. White puts the device on Leo and he instantly falls unconscious - the King takes him away to an underground room where he has prepared a spooky ritual circle. Leo finally wakes up but his vision is inverted and he can’t see properly and the King is seen using Leo’s vision power.Meanwhile, White has gone back to where she watched the movie with Leo and looks at the pictures in Leo’s camera. Sonic find White and asks her where Leo is. The King initiates his plan. By using Leo’s eyes he is able to destroy the barriers with his Psi. The whole city begins to crumble. White curls over in pain: “…save Leo…” is all she can say.White’s heart had been replaced with a barrier that her parents created in their to keep her alive.Black finds White and takes her unconscious body back to the chapel. After a few words he puts a gun to her ‘heart’ and a gunshot is seen off screen. Her death isn’t confirmed but it is likely. The final scene of the episode is Leo shedding a tear, still in the room where the King of Despair left him (I assume that he could see what the King did because they’re still linked through the device).The second collapse has begun.Again, I’m sorry if I’ve botched some details – please tell me so I can fix them up. http://ift.tt/1KozKE7
