ever since seeing it for the first time in japan i thought this part of the vcr was so powerful - the nine of them standing together to face this impending wave, unafraid
it really reminded me of a chinese saying: 聚是一团火 散是满天星 (a bright flame when we gather, a sky full of stars when we scatter)
i think when the vcr cuts to them standing somewhere among the stars, it's a comforting notion to be reminded that stars too, have other stars in the sky so that they are not lonely