Bokura no – 14

And so, Bokura no has stopped being a case-based series, and it’s currently on its way to develop its storyline. While the main theme of the first half of the series focused on children, saying goodbye to their lives, this episode showed that the main theme of the second half will be: saving the children. Personally, I really like this, and it’s definitely one of the most realistic directions that could have been chosen Out of all the series to have come out in the spring-season, I have to say that Bokura no is the most realistic one. One thing, though, is that it’s going to be much more difficult to follow this series due to the complex dialogue that was used by the adults. The children’s language is pretty easy to figure out, though these adults use lots of big words. The question that remains now, though, is whether the director will pull a Mai-Hime ending or not. At least the children won’t be saved with the help of magic, and I’d actually love to see the final children saved, but if the director really wants to save every child, it’s going to need a lot of development. At least this episode made a good start. ^^ Also, is there a reason why Tanaka never really started to investigate about Ushiro’s mother? At least, that’s what I understood from this episode. Kana keeps impatiently asking Takana how progress is going, but Takana lies to her every time. Did she perhaps find out something she didn’t want Kana to know? One thing I loved, by the way, was how Kanji manages to keep the entire group together, and yet he’s incredibly cold towards his mother, due to the fact that she’s continuously busy with her job of researching Zearth. It’s interesting how his mother has still feelings for him, and something tells me that she can’t see that Kanji needs more attention. Kirie’s role was very surprising. Even though he’s the next pilot, we don’t really get to know him, and his most important role was as a victim. He had the most priority to be saved. I really can’t wait to see him as a pilot, because I feel that almost everyone has the most pity for him. And I’m really in love with the new ED. Unlike the OP and the previous ED, it needs a bit of time to get used to, but it closes off an episode perfectly The overall background music also is as good as ever, and even though the art isn’t as flashy as with the other anime, I love the realistic look. And finally, can someone PLEASE tell me what that cliff-hanger in the end meant? I can understand a bit of Japanese, but my kanji is horrible. -_-]]>