Vampire Princess Miyu Episode 7 Discussion

On the most superficial level you can read this as a Urobuchi-esque tale about how it would suck to be able to read minds which leads to a tragic fate. And maybe that's what the creators were going for.

Perhaps this is a reach, but I think they actually inject some ambiguity as to whether or not the kids were able to read minds after all in the closing minutes when Chisato says she wasn't able to read minds after all. I say this because the shinma of this episode seems to be a representation of the antagonistic thoughts that keep the kids from getting the help they need; are they really reading other people's thoughts or are those thoughts just projections of their own fears of betrayal and cynicism towards others? Is their isolation imposed by a fearful society or is it self-imposed? See, the boy thought the dog was a victim just like he was, but it turns out the dog's backstory was false, revealing a demon underneath. Perhaps this speaks to the damage that his self-victimizing mentality has wrought on him and his sister.

Again, maybe it's a reach, but it just fits so nicely with Miyu's previously established fears of connecting with others since the girl is used to parallel her own past. Maybe I'm overanalyzing each episode but yeah, I didn't expect anything of this series and I'm surprised at that there's actual thought put into what should've been a straightforward monster of the week show about a cute half vampire girl perhaps falling in love with her bishounen guardian. After all, it's only rated 7.17 and the director hasn't made anything else of note.