And finally, we’ve gotten to the second part of the Kanako arc, this time focusing on her female servant, Simone. And it’s this point at which you can really see that this series is getting better now that we’re moving into the interesting back-stories. This episode really did some justice Simone, and turned her into quite an interesting character, not to mention also giving Kanako some extra depth here.
The interesting thing with Star Driver is that at the beginning, I thought that all of the character arcs would have the same format as Kanako’s. Instead, everyone is different. Kanako’s arc is probably the most Utena-esque: developing her both through stories of her and the people close to her. Midori and Benio meanwhile are running are both running after guys, but the latter does so to control everyone while the former is interested in them for a whole different reason. Keito meanwhile only acts behind the scenes and doesn’t seem to have anyone close to her and the biggest mysteries are Head and his replacement, You.
All of them don’t just have completely different characters, they also have completely different roles in this series, are explored in completely different ways and influence the plot in completely different ways. Utena had the advantage that it had 39 episodes to really go in-depth with its cast. This was vital because this way, it could give all of the major supporting characters three big arcs. Since Star Driver doesn’t have that luxury, I like the solution it found for that. Whether it’s actually going to work though, we’ll have to wait for that until the second half. This episode in any case was a neat pointer to the right direction.
Rating: ** (Excellent)
Head slowly corrupting Sugata? Magnificent
it looks to me like Tatkashi is going to be a reacuring boss
he was dead even with Takuto untill Sugeta cheated and gave Takuto an advantage
I bet that once they unlock 3rd phase that Takashi’s cybody will be repaired and he will have one final rematch with Takuto
At this point, I think Head is the mysterious Painter R. According to wiki, his real name is Reiji Miyabi.
And I hereby declare Sugata’s King’s Pillar as the Power of Dios. xD
It’s nice when even the most minor of bad guys are given some depth =D
Well the question is if are there likely any bad guys there by now…
Im still betting the headmaster is the old guy and the younger mysterious villain is the painter R. The person who drew the Bishonen (god I cringe every time he says that) to the island, has he stopped aging or something?
Anyway two main niggles at the moment, wasnt it 3 episodes ago that the good guys said they were going to go on the offensive and stop waiting to be attacked? and what exactly have they done since then? Big fat nothing.
Second havent they figure out by now that all the crux are connected to the school? They seem to be vaguely aware of who their real identitys are but maintain some kind of truce or their blind to the Pink Elephant in the room.
I liked how the show initially shows Simoun having more depth than Kanako but proves otherwise.And it seems Kanako’s ability is related to healing it seems.
However same as watcherzero,I was also expecting some sort of change. Marino became a member of the crux to protect Mizuno from being found out,but so far no attempts were even shown to find the maiden.It’s a bit frustrating to me.