Haha! That was some major plot-twist at the end of the episode! I’m not going to say what it is, though. I’ll leave that up to the next and final episode of this series. There’s just so much potential for it!
In any case, Mayumi turned out to be a small character in the end, whose purpose was to show Yasako where she had to go to find the other side. Mayumi just still hates Yasako, because Yasako basically did nothing to stop rumours about her and Michiko-san from spreading, while she had enough chances to do so. It’s like Mayumi said, Yasako tries to be nice to everyone, but when it really matters, she won’t do anything. That’s why Mayumi felt betrayed, and their fight began.
The reason Haraken was on the move in the previous episode was not because he still longed for Kanna. Instead, he somehow found out that Yasako was trying to get to the other side, and wanted to stop her. Tamako catches him easily enough, though they both end up collaborating in trying to get Yasako back. They’re too late, though, and end up sending a Sacchi to the other side. This Sacchi has a few modifications, though: it can fly!
(Thank god for wao’s summaries) And we finally know why Nekome does what he does: his case is quite similar to that of Takano’s in Higurashi: his father was a researcher as well, and when he finally discovered something major (I think he was the one who originally developed the Imago-function), this was taken away from him by Megamas. So he teamed up with Michiko-san to cause some kind of major scandal for Megamass, by making Michiko cause every kid with Imago to faint… so I guess that that means that the real reason why he allowed Isako to try and get her body back was for Michiko to take over Isako’s body. But still, did he have to go for such a complex way? Couldn’t he just have lured people inside the keyholes and make the v2.0s destroy them? That would have caused a scandal for Megamass as well, wouldn’t it?
I also wonder… where did Michiko originally come from? Did she just appear out of nowhere, or is she like the humanoid illegals, who in the end turned out to be products of Yasako’s grandfather that went out of control? Was she originally created by Yasako’s grandfather, but did something entirely different from what he had in mind? In this episode, she looked awfully human-like, apart from her eyes, perhaps.]]>
Dennou Coil – 25
ah… need to see it… now…
Thanks for the episode sum. Much appreciated.
“Where did Michiko originally come from?” –
Well, Michiko says she was born from Isako’s hate and jealousy of Yasako, back when Yasako could reach Isako’s older brother Nobuhiko but Isako could not. Of course, Michiko seems to be telling lies before and after saying this, so you can take it with a grain of salt. She makes it sound as if the whole world she’s in (not clear whether this means the whole “C Domain”) exists only because of Isako’s antipathy to Yasako, and will only continue to exist if Isako stays there forever.
Huh? – It starts to sound like Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu!
The plot twist at the end is indeed rather confusing. Do I have it right that both Nobuhiko and Isako were victims of the original dennou coil phenomenon? Induced by their father?? by both parents?? (In Isako’s flashback she said her mother was scary). Was this before or after the coil incident that Tamako caused? If we believe Michiko, it must have been before, right? Anyhow, Yasako’s grandfather was the doctor caring for them. It makes sense that he would have sent a Null to seach the Coli Domain for either or both of them. I wonder if it’s still in there, searching.
“I wonder if it’s still in there, searching” –
D’oh! Or if it’s still in there, standing behind the swing.
By the way, did you notice that Michiko is holding a little plushie of Isako? The one that Isako herself had until recently? or could it be one that Nobuhiko had from way back when…
AHH i neeed to watch it . . . when will the subs come OUT??!!