I think that with this, it’s become clear that we’re dealing with a 12 or 13-episoded series here. While it would be awesome to see what it could do in 26 episodes, the development shown in the past few episodes has gone way too fast for such a series. It’s a pity to see that such an excellent series will be over in one month. Still, something’s telling me that the creators saved the best for last, as yet again, this episode was a great one! 🙂
Last time, we saw Galahad betray Jamill, while this episode breaks up Rita and Tina! It all starts innocently, when Tina pays a visit to the local casino and nearly gambles away her gun, before Rita stops her. From that moment, Rita starts to get doubts on Tina, which can’t be taken away so easily. When Tina then sells some of her stuff to buy a birthday-present for Rita, everything goes wrong.
During Tina’s little screw-up, somebody recognized the two of them, and decided to take advantage of this by disguising her as Tina in thief-form. Rita hears the rumours about this woman, and when Tina comes to her with an expensive-looking birthday-present (which she bought with her own money, by the way, in fact, she sold her old thief-clothes in order to get the money, and these clothes were stolen again by the mysterious woman), Rita thinks she bought it with the stuff she stole. Tina is disappointed by this, since it’s Rita’s birthday, of all things. In the end, the two part ways, and I couldn’t help but love it. 🙂
On other news, Jamill figures out why Galahad betrayed her when she visits Guernia, and the king of Wellber sends a messenger to Rita. I’m not sure what that message is, but we’ll probably find out in a few episodes. I’m quite interested about this series will spend its final episodes. So far, it featured some excellent development, the characters are fleshed out well, now all that’s left is to use this in the finale. Unlike a series like Good Witch of the West, I don’t believe that Wellber no Monogatari has any source material, so it could be perfectly planned out from the beginning.
I also wonder, how did that woman know about Tina? How did she know about the outfit she wears when she goes out stealing? We also still don’t know who killed her parents in the past. What will Galahad’s role be? Will Jamill desert Guernia as well? Will the war actually happen? Lots of interesting questions to make some great potential for a finale!]]>
Wellber no Monogatari ~ Sisters of Wellber – 09
I’m a little bit disappointed about the 12-13 ep. limit … then again, I’m already watching too many series ^^;; But this sounds like some good stuff — I hope the fansubs come out soon!
Yeah, I would have loved to see what this anime could do in 26 episodes, but at least now we’ve got a nice pacing. 🙂
OMG I was so flipping mad at this episode. They’ve been travelling together for 9 days (10 days?) and that doesn’t count for anything – suddenly all the trust that’s been built up has gone? Rita is so ready to doubt. It’s not like Tina’s been all squeaky clean the entire time … and now all of a sudden Rita starts having a moral crisis?? Jeez. And just because you see someone on a rooftop holding a vase doesn’t mean she stole it!! Rita is such a moron! >_
Well, I can somehow understand it. Rita does remain a princess, and she’s not used to forgiving like that since she never had to deal with it before. I can also imagine that she’d think horribly of casinos and gambling areas, so when Tina sneaks over there, it’ll be plausible for her to start and get doubts.
Then when she saw Tina holding the vase, after Tina promised her to not behave badly anymore, the straw breaks. Rita has just so little experience when it comes to social interaction that I can see it happen.