According to episode 20, the only real difference between contractors and humans are their mental makeups. Contractors, their powers aside, are just people with a better grasp of reality, an emotional rationality that enables them to advance in life. They’re a tier above humans on the evolutionary ladder, better tailored to exploit the nature of life. Is life just about rationality and getting ahead, or are the mistakes and regrets we make as humans the reason why life is worth living? Maybe things like atonement, forgiveness, despair, love and dreams exist because we’re human. I said somewhere before, I think, that contractors and dolls and the Gate were like punishments, maybe they’re more like gifts.
Because it’s too short for a good post on my anime blog and I haven’t the mind to make it longer….