It’s episodes like this that show that this series is excellent at creating action scenes. The gorgeous architecture really shined in the aerial battle of this episode. And overall, this was a really big episode for this series, as it showed the formal introduction of what really looks like the main villain here: a judge posing as a superhero who is firmly against the practices of the main cast.
The interesting thing is that this episode toyed with what his intentions might be. If his intentions are to pull a Light and to indiscriminately kill all bad guys, then his murders in the prisons don’t make any sense: they’re way too selective. While at the same time if he meant to silence people, then his actions seem way too random. It’s probably that his work as a judge has something to do with his real intentions.
Meanwhile, the part where Tiger and Blue Rose were forced to partner up for a while was also hilarious, showing that Blue Rose is an even worse team player than the two main characters. The way she just danced around Tiger and the way in which Tiger just let everything happen was just adorable. Oh, and that mechanic also never fails to crack me up. His voice actor is hilarious for one thing, but this episode also showed that he talks in a completely different tone in front of Barnaby. This episode was chock full of not-really-subtle foreshadowing, but that was a definite nice touch.
Rating: ** (Excellent)
The guy talking to Barnaby in the sleeping pod wasn’t the mechanic, but rather the CEO.
That air battle was EPIC! I wish more anime had the sense to do stuff like that!
And I’m especially looking forward to the next episode since it looks to focus some on Origami Cyclone at least a little. He’s been so left out thus far!
I find it awesome how they stated a moral battle with Tiger and Lunatic at opposite sides with Barnaby in the middle.
Note that Barnaby is much more respectful to Albert Maverick (the CEO of the Apollon Media) than the his immediate boss (Alexander Lloyd). Albert Maverick is probably in on whatever plan Barnaby has in mind of going into the business without a secret identity. Maverick even reminded Barnaby about giving up too quickly.