Make no mistake: the drawings of Kaiba may be very simple but it’s also the show with the most mature themes of the spring-season. It’s only been two episodes, and we’ve already been treated to nudity, sex, adultery, murder, privacy violations, you name it. At the same time, it has also turned into my favourite series this season, along with Himitsu. The thing I love most about the current spring-season is that it features a few series with the most amazing ideas. This is really what anime should be in my opinion: a medium to explore creative ideas. Not to magically give a cute girlfriend to a geeky guy. (Yes, I’m talking to YOU, To Love-ru!).
This episode showed indeed what the OP suggested: the main character changes bodies throughout the series. In this episode, he changes into the body of a giant plushie, while the woman from the previous episode uses his old body as a sex-object. The main character basically spends the rest of the episode, trying to not get caught as a stowaway on the ship (and he’s not the only one, it seems), and wait until the ship arrivees at its destination. We also get another hint about the female lead, as she seems to be some kind of criminal in that place. Is she the same girl as in the locket that Kaiba (the main character) carries? They sure look similar, apart from some colour-changes, perhaps.
This episode also shows him alongside a companion. Was that the same one-eyed bird we saw in the previous episode? It would make sense if the bird threw its memory-chip inside the ship, so that it could continue to follow Kaiba’s progress. I think it’s clear that Kaiba is a special case, since the body he was in when he woke up is quite a rare one.
Another thing I love about this series is how it explores the lives of different ordinary people. This is one of these series where even the smallest side-characters have themselves a personality. This episode was mainly about one of the stowaways and her boyfriend, as he turns out to have been playing around with many women (among which one huge-breasted one).
The guard also intrigues me. The guy is sadistic towards everyone, and not just the main characters, like in most other anime. I’m interested whether he’ll appear in the rest of this series, because I like the guy so far. He’s really been one of the more interesting evil characters.
Thank you very much for the short synposis on this episode, it’s not that hard to understand but with your summaries it makes it easier to watch. I really love the opening, its one of the few anime songs in English that don’t have any Engrish and is very meaningful, I didn’t really see the OP as an indication of the characters swithcing bodies, I thought it was just a really cool animation technique. I really love the director for this show, he’s worked on some great stuff and his style is just unique. Apparently this series is a sci-fi romance based on what the director has said, but I haven’t seen any sign of romance, I guess later on, it is still early.
This episode also shows him alongside a companion. Was that the same one-eyed bird we saw in the previous episode? It would make sense if the bird threw its memory-chip inside the ship
Watch the last scene of the first episode very closely. This helicopter-like creature floats into the spaceship while the police guy tries to fend off the one-eyed stork-thing. You can see it reflected in the helmet of the stork-thing.
This series has to be the best of the season! I know it requires brain to watch and most people probably have to rewatch the series in order to understand the plot. The way Popo let Kaiba go to the ship really surprised many people until the watched toward the end and realized Popo’s ambitions. Anyways This is a must watch for the year. I hope people will remember this kind of anime, rather than the great graphics one with crappy plots.