This was a strange turn of events. The first half of this episode was great: I complain about how Lan’s brother needs more attention, and there the creators go: they put him in the spotlights. On top of that, this episode was about a talk between him and Vilagulio: they actually tried to talk things out, and that’s what makes this series so good: the characters don’t immediately turn to the “let’s beat stuff until problems go away”-solution.
And then that mysterious girl who has been showing up here and there arrived, and showed her true colors: amnesia, the mind of a 9-year-old and Vilagulio’s real sister. Will that really work for this series? The one thing I noticed in this episode was that she took away all reason: Vilagulio broke off the talks, and she seems to harbor a different personality that does the necessary magical stuff, because she sure as hell doesn’t remember strangling Madoka anymore.
Madoka and the others didn\t have much to do, but to make up for it they were quite funny, both with their disguises as when they were watching the talk between Lan’s brother and Vilagulio.
Rating: 4.5/8 (Nice)
I wouldn’t call it amnesia. It seems more that her personality was trapped within the vox in the previous incident, leaving her body behind with a childlike mental state.
Scruffy, Good call.
At first I thought the sister was a clone, or a replacement.
This mecha series easily blows away the other two contemporaries (Aquarion or Muv Luv) and has easily redeemed this otherwise shitty Summer season.
I still think this show is moving its plot a little too slowly, I love the comedy aspect, the action and the character interaction is nice but the story needs to pick up.