Hmm, I’ve been noticing something here: this show really has the tendency to introduce plot twists as if they’re going to have a major impact on the story, only to use them as a means to flesh out the characters instead. The first example was Sugata’s slumber from which he just awakened the next episode. This episode again did this with Marino: the previous episodes built her up as some sort of guardian angel for her sister, and in this episode she pretty much gives her sister away due to a small detail she didn’t know.
This episode had this very well done scene in which Marino fails to bring her Cybuddy back to life, apart from that this episode was mostly romantic antics and a lot of hints that things are going to get pretty bad really soon. I hope that the next episode will immediately show the Crux brigade trying to capture Mizuno.
Oh, and finally the drama club is going to do something as well. Head has returned as well, so things are definitely about to change majorly in the near future.
Rating: * (Good)
It would have been a huge suprise if the Seals wouldn´t be broken eventually.
It´s not really a question if she can protect her sister but how she reacts to her failure to do so.
The talking crow (from episode 9) and Marino not being present in her own memories from episode 10 were the interesting aspects of this episode. I’m curious if Mizuno’s first phase ability makes her some kind of limited reality warper, and if her parental abandonment hasn’t left her projecting aspects of her psyche into various protectors, to where she created a braver twin sister to protect her innocent side. If that is the case then Marino’s accidental revelation of the identity of the West Maiden could mean her own destruction, or at least folding of her personality back into Mizuno. If I’m not completely off-base that’s the most dramatic development since Sugata’s collapse. The preview reveals some distress between the sisters, but it doesn’t look like that kind.
Marino succeeds in resurrecting the Cybody, but it’s apparently both the Eye of Sauron and the One Ring all in one package of suck. It seems more like a remnant of an effort to destroy the people that brought the Cybodies to Earth.
I liked this episode, its more a build up for the events to come in the next few episodes, but still interesting. Also when Keito asks Marino if she saw her when she used her eye ability confirms that the East Maiden is Keito. Other evidence to support this is a few episodes back when Fish Girl left the island, all four maidens were on that bus, (Fish Girl, Wako, Mizuno and Keito).
Yup,Keito is definitely the east maiden. The resurrection of Ayingott was really creepy though. I wonder why she didn’t see herself in the flashback, it would be interesting if its like how m’s theory above.
Oh and the new OP and ED seems to show new enemies Takuto will face in the future. It seems there’s still a lot of the Glittering Crux brigade left for Takuto to face though.The pink Tauburn like cybody is most likely the painter’s,cause it’s pink/purple like his hair 😛 Oh and for the still pictures in the ED,I find it funny that Wako is in a more modest pose than Takuto and Sugata XD
Mariano did bring her cybody back to life, it just turned out to be crazy and evil in the process. And she has known all along that her sister is the west maiden, that was her motivation for joining the Crux, to mislead them and lead them away from her (her plan from the start was probably to tell them the west maiden didn’t exist yet, she didn’t know that Keito and Head knew the west maiden existed for sure and even what year she was born in).
Could Reiji be a galactic bishi too?
I’m noting the the title sequence shoots of a tauburn-style cybody using the diamante star sword.
Psgels, I’ve noticed that Star Driver’s episodes are the ones you write less about. It almost feels like it’s a series your readers forced you to blog and you just have to write something. You didn’t even mention the new OP and ED.
I just feel it’s a pity because I think there’s so much that can be said about Star Driver. And your readers’ comments are proof of that.
@Sapphire
Well there is alot to be said for Star Driver but only when you actually know the depth behind it – a difficult thing if you’re not talking to the people who noticed the Phonecian Alphabet and subtle references.
This is an odd episode, though. They reveal this Cybody in true Big Bad fashion, and you can only assume it will never appear again. Star Driver’s a big fan of typical plotline subversion, so it’s entirely plausible that its intentional – if anything it suddenly gives the series a darker edge, which signifies some new direction to take.
Did people not take the interpretation I did from it? That the 4 maidens and Samekh were not as old as they were physically, they were born at a later date and then they were retrospectivley written into the timeline. At least thats what I got from her not being in her memories and what the masked girl said about her not knowing Samekhs birthday.
Sapphire: the thing with Star Driver is that while I’m enjoying it, I’m somehow casually doing so. On one side this show doesn’t really force me to speculate about the different hints, due to its unpreditable nature, on top of that it’s still building up and at the same time it also doesn’t do much inherently wrong, so I also don’t have much to criticize about it at this point. I like it, and I’m definitely blogging it for myself. I just don’t have much to write about it at this point.
Personally I’m dissapointed that the guys arn’t gonna kiss in the play. I’m a hetero but that segment actually looked kinda hot 🙂
psgels, what did you think of the new OP and ED? You didn’t write anything in your summary.
Blade: to be honest I found them a bit bland. They didn’t really catch my attention in any way.
“Fails to bring her CyBODY back to life”
…did you only watch half the episode?
If so, you should know that there was another battle of the week, this time against Marino and her Ayingott, which came back to life quite horrifically.