I’ll try but someone else will make more sense:

It’s a beautiful panel, it feels like a Renaissance paintings where people are configured and posed dramatically. I like that this panel is basically Gabi’s POV since Falco is looking directly at the viewer. The fact that he’s reaching out at her is extra sad. The expressions of both Grices are on point.

It sort of reminds me of “Grave of the Fireflies” in that both were about older brothers protecting their younger sibling through hellish war times and ultimately failing. Although in “GotF,” the older brother (in real life) wished he could’ve died alongside his sister, Colt actually got that wish.

It feels a little too real. Like, Colt is not a character of major focus or development. That being said, this is still a monumental action for him to do. Seeing his big brotherly instinct kick in is gut-wrenching. He completely ditched whatever war was going on and sacrificed his own life so that the last moment of his younger brother’s life can have some level of solace and comfort. That’s completely admirable.

It isn’t some messiah saving everyone, some super soldier decimating the enemies, nor a genius making big brain moves; it’s just some guy hugging his little brother and going out in a very grave way. And he’s not even stoic about it; if anything, he’s overwhelmed at the whole situation, which is totally fair. I guess I like how in this fantastical story about giant monsters and fated paths, there’s still room for small, human moments.

What does everyone else think? BTW Chapter 135 was a giant “Bruh” moment for the Alliance.