Short Synopsis: Just about every important character in this series gets attracted to what happened at the end of the previous episode
Highlights: Finally another great fight-scene!
Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10
Okay, so this series still needs miles to go before it can call itself equal to the likes of Noein or Escaflowne, but nevertheless, the past few episodes have really impressed me. The past three episodes have shown an incredible contrast to the first six episodes, which goofed off beyond belief. This episode also answers what the heck happened to the budget of this series: it’s clearly been saved for the major fight scenes like the one here.
Just about every side-character apart from Senkawa’s random classmates got fleshed out some more and gained some extra depth in this episode. Keisuke Muroto turns out to be quite a nice guy, despite his rather forcing ambitions. The guy reminds me of the male policeman from Noein. Natsumi is just as curious as Senkawa was, back in episode one.
Sayaka still doesn’t seem to know anything about her “other side”, and neither does it seem that Birdy and Senkawa recognize her from the last episode. But then again, you don’t easily suspect your classmate from being a psychotic killer. Syamalan turns out to be quite a famous person, with even larger ambitions. What exactly did he find so special in the wrecks that Sayaka left? He does seem to know about her, since he knows Capella. I couldn’t pick it up exactly, but at the end of the episode, did Capella promise him to hand over Nakasugi’s other self if he cooperated? This Ryunka they keep talking about, is that Sayaka’s other self?
In the meantime, the goth-girl turns out to be an android, and the guy with the moustache whose name I don’t know also finally does something.
The guys in moon-suits who wielded fire weapons also really worked. I originally thought that this series would keep Senkawa’s classmates apart from perhaps Sayaka away from the action, but as it turns out, it has other plans. Again, much like Noein, they all play their own part, aside from providing some obligatory classmates for the lead character.
I saw what happened on TV and came right away!
It’s getting better, but with only 4 episodes to go… Still having a hard time imagining what it’ll become.
Also, they should give the poor girl some clothes and how the hell does she run at that speed with high heels? Keep pondering about that question.
Autumn: don’t worry: there’s a second season starting in January, so there’s plenty of time for the story to unfold. 😉
I imagine that she has some sort of rocket-powered heels with autobalancer… or something.
Dude its awesome! Seriously man your rating is all messed up. This deserved a 9 or 9.5 IMO. Here ill give you the facts, you got a beautiful girl as main guys girlfriend and they have an awesome romance going on between them not to mention a creepy as hell villain (seems like someone did a serious number with his head) plus throw in a crazed old lady which i would like to use as a punching bag and you got a whole package I mean what more do you want? This is a once in a lifetime deal IMHO.