Short Synopsis: Birdy faces a difficult task: telling Senkawa that Ryunka is in Nakasugi.
Highlights: A bit predictable, but at the same time very interesting developments, considering that second season.
Overall Enjoyment Value: 7,5/10
Okay, so this had to happen: Senkawa had to learn the identity of Ryunka, and the fact that Birdy’s out to kill her. Birdy herself waited way too long, and ended up telling him at the worst possible moment, so he indeed had to retaliate and run off with Nakasugi. His character was a quite annoying, but when viewed as a means of building up, then it makes sense.
When Nakasugi and Tsutomu ran off, the creators laid a few parallels to other stories to try and spice it up. The two of them running away looks a lot like when Haruka and Yuu ran away in Noein, and also the story of Bonnie and Clyde that Nakasugi mentioned on the subway was interesting enough
It’s now clear how the creators are planning to end the first season: get rid of Syamalan and say goodbye to Nakasugi. The second season is also going to feature Senkawa and Birdy in separate bodies (which really makes me wonder how Senkawa’s going to remain the main character of this series). It does seem that the creators really intended the first season to stand apart from the second season, as a means of fleshing out the characters. My prediction is that Capella and the guy with glasses will play the main bad guys, and Muroto and Natsumi will likely also gain much bigger roles (which seems to hint at an increase in mystery).
It’s all going to matter on whether the creators can manage to develop Birdy and Senkawa sufficiently for that second season. I can imagine how both of them will change a lot after whatever’s going to happen in the next two episodes, but the trick is to keep things natural and subtle, rather than turning Senkawa into some battle-hardened tough warrior or something.
I still don’t understand why Birdy had to save Senkawa and live in his body…
if she hadn’t, this problem would have never been a problem…
I haven’t seen this episode yet but I wonder if nakasugi will really be killed off. Tis a bold move, not necessarily a bad one.
Helen: I think it’s because she felt sorry for him. She had the option to save him, so she did. Oh, and it’s Senkawa that lives in her body, not the other way around.
This was more than ‘a bit’ predictable, they really took a step back here. But ah well, there’s always hope for the second season!
Hmm… who knows? Senkawa might be able to save Nakasugi but injure himself greviously in the process, requiring Birdy to let him live inside her body again while his body is re-repaired for season 2.