I just don’t know how to start this entry… it just was so… disturbing. Bokura no is just grabbing me like no other series this season, and at this point, it’s become my personal favourite of all the anime I’m currently watching. You can really see that the same mangaka for Narutaru worked on this, and Narutaru already was amazing.
This episode can be best described by a quote from Takami: “if we do find him, what should we do?” Isao had been missing since the previous episode, and it’s only natural for the others to try and find him. Yosuki, Takami, Moji, Chizuru, Aiko and Yoko did, at least. I’m not sure about the others. Jun probably didn’t care enough, and Kana didn’t have something to tag along with. Kanji has shown that he’s got a relaxed personality, so he probably doesn’t worry too much, which is probably why he didn’t come. Daiichi feels a bit distant from the group, somehow, which could explain why we didn’t see him. I’m not sure where Maki and Mako went, though. I can see Mako being too shy to come, but Maki did show in the previous episode that she definitely cares about everyone.
Anyway, this pretty much is a Chizuru-episode, in which she tries to find Isao, who has been turned crazy by the premonition that he’s going to die. I kept wondering how he’d pilot Zearth in a state like his, but this episode showed that he’s probably one of the few to actually die without having piloted Zearth when Chizuru kills him after he tried to assault her.
The only bad point about Bokura no that I can really think of is that we just know that Chizuru will be the next pilot. While it would be awesome to see someone else in the pilot’s seat, she’s the only one whose background is fleshed out enough for it. Still, I loved how Chizuru blamed herself for killing Isao, and that she didn’t try to find some kind of excuse.
Another thing I just realized is that the OP indeed shows little blurbs of what’s to come. I really noticed it after watching this episode, as it shows both Chizuru and Isao in the aquarium, and I actually recognized these scenes. Based on this, I’m especially curious as to what Yoko’s scene means, when she stands in front of a burning city.]]>
Bokura no – 06
I’m so curious to see how this episode is played out in the anime, considering how shocking the manga version was. From your thoughts it sounds like they did a good job, but I wonder whether the story differed between the two. Can’t wait to see it myself ^_^
I was actually really disappointed with this episode considering they completely destroyed Chizu’s character 🙁
Flou: really? Was Chizuru so much different in the manga, then?
In the manga, Chizuru struck me very much as being a dead girl walking. (She very much had reason to be so, although I fear that her backstory will almost inevitably have to be cut or modified for broadcast TV. I seriously recommend reading the manga version as well – MangaScreener have been scanlating it.)
(Spoiler for manga) As to her interaction with Kako, when he attempts to rape her, she threatens him with a knife and he backs down, crying. He later loses it completely in the middle of the battle and starts attacking one of the other boys. Chizuru very calmly, and in front of all the others (and the military officers) cuts his throat and becomes the new pilot.
(Sorry – the latter part of the comment above was spoiler-tagged as indicated, but it doesn’t appear to have worked…)
Okay, so here go my hopes that Bokura no won’t be rushed. After reading this, I’m sure that the creators are trying to cram the entire series in 24 or 26 episodes.
I this light, I am glad that the creators are already leaving out pieces of the manga at this point. What we’d otherwise get is an extremely rushed ending, which is ten times worse in my opinion. The current episode also didn’t really strike me as rushed or incomplete either and I actually loved it.
Man this is the most disturbing anime I have watched. This anime is a real downer because the morbid death of Waku. It just didn’t feel right for a character to die like that. I’ve watched other animes with many gory deaths but at least they deserved their fate. This show really shows no mercy for it’s characters.
I absolutely love the realism of this show. Just finished episode 6, and while I feel bad for Wako’s death (I had a sinking feeling that he wasn’t pushed, and the disappearance of the old man was a huge clue), Isao would’ve screwed it up with his pessimistic turn to apathy. On to the next episode!