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The third DVD of Arjuna picks up right after the events of the second. Chris is out of danger for the time being, giving Juna more time to focus on her relationship with Tokio. The two previous discs covered humanity’s handling of nature while the third disc sets its focus on the relationship humans have with each other, making it much more personal. Juna and Tokio are explored, as well as Tokio’s relationship with his father. Juna sees visual representations of relationships and words and she explains to the viewers what she is seeing.

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The first disc of Arjuna was one of the freshest and most creative anime I had seen in a while. It was with this motivation that I plunged into the second disc. What I saw was something entirely different from the first few episodes.

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The first volume of Arjuna starts off rather timid, but slowly becomes more and more contradictory. Juna and her somewhat boyfriend, Tokio, get into a motorcycle accident. Tokio is in decent shape, albeit a few cuts and bruises, but Juna’s fate is something else. Juna is dead and her spirit is in limbo. Along comes a young boy named Chris who will save her life if she purges the planet of the wormlike creatures known as the Raaja. Juna makes the choice to live and fight and is immediately whisked away by helicopter. After having a special stone encrusted on her forehead, Juna is told to save a power plant.

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