Quite an interesting episode this time, it centres on Jean and Cosette, trying to leave the safe but heavily guarded monastery-ground. It was really meant to bring Cosette and Jean even closer together. The plan indeed was to smuggle Jean out of the grounds by transporting him in a coffin, about to be buried, but the problem was Cosette: she didn’t fit in along with him, so she went ahead of him in a bag of apples, carried by the salesman.
It’s quite interesting, the Fantine-arc had Cosette as main character, but the cat-and-mouse arc currently has Jean as the main one. Still, Cosette does remain my favourite character, and this episode definitely proved this yet again, when she found out that she was getting left behind again. The symbolic value of Jean’s return at the end of the episode was huge, since he actually did something her mother didn’t: come back to her. I’m eagerly awaiting Cosette to take up the role of main character again, though I think that Jean also is going to turn out very interesting in the next couple of episodes. 🙂
Seeing Jean’s plan nearly getting screwed up also was quite amusing to see, though. It seems that the merchant also works as a gravedigger (which does explain why he could come up with such a plan, and why he’s allowed on the monastery’s grounds, even though it’s inhabited by nuns), so he planned to actually break up Jean’s coffin when everybody was away, and he was supposed to bury the body alone, or with an ally, or someone he could trust. So, what happens? The merchant screws up with the schedules, and another guy shows up, who actually doesn’t know anything. Letting him know the plans at such a point also wouldn’t be the brightest idea, as the guy will probably freak out when he hears and tell anyone in his innocent fears. Because of this, Jean nearly suffocates before the merchant finds an excuse to send the guy away. ^^; This episode definitely had an unusual focus, especially for an anime, especially the merchant and the things he’s put through you’ll never see in another anime again, and even though it doesn’t beat some of the episodes when Cosette was still with the Thenardiers, I couldn’t help but love it.]]>
Les Miserables – Shoujo Cosette – 19
In fact Fauche-le-vent isn’t a gravedigger, it’s just a job he do to help the monastery, he is in fact the monastery gardener and thus lives in a small cabin on the monastery’s land.He got this job thanks to Valjean who recommended him after the carriage accident, because after breaking his back he could never be a merchandise transporter again (that was his previous job).
Ah, so he broke his back, so he can’t be a merchant anymore. I finally understand his character now, thanks for pointing this out.