Okay, I did not expect that.
Last week when Yurikano took over Madoka’s body, I thought that this would be the start of this epic story to resolve the war, with Yurikano in a central position. And here this episode comes and already removes Yurikano again from the main plot. And the way in which they did it surprised me even more.
Basically… this episode used coincidences: first Madoka randomly switches on the communicator while she’s talking to herself about Yurikano and afterwards just as when Lan’s brother is about to talk to Madoka about Yurikano, the Rinne switches them back again. They were a necessary evil: it led to nice character development and the chemistry that resulted from it was awesome. After all that build-up, this episode resolved everything surprisingly quickly. It’s a bit of an anti-climax, but so much stuff happened in this episode, and it was quite creative in the process.
And really, the creators can use this in their advantage. The only flaw of this episode was the coincidences, but I like it when a series does something against expectations. This brings the center of the story back to Dizelmine and Vilagulio. But how will they fill the remainder of the series with that? I mean, this episode was rushed for a reason. The question now is what kind of reason that was.
Rating: 5/8 (Great)
I supposed one could have argued madoka’s reception of her situation in the escape pod was ‘unrealistic’ for lack of a better word. She thought she was gonna die, I think, telling everyone sayonara, before pulling a 180 when the void picked her up, but then again, this is Madoka we’re talking about. pretty much in character.
As for Dizelmine and Vilagulio, the explanation behind Yurikano’s motivations make much sense, and doesn’t sound like an asspull which is more common these days.
Can’t wait.