Best episode yet! Seriously, this episode was significantly better than anything we’ve seen of Gosick so far. The biggest reason was that second half, which finally took an in-depth look into Victorique’s character and her past. It’s an interesting backstory and it was well told, so let’s hope that it can keep this up.
Having said that, though, the quick mystery of this episode again was flawed. I mean, Kujo first doesn’t notice anything after a magician steals his textbooks (why would a magician want to steal some kid’s textbook, by the way; Ah well, he has fancy character designs, so we’re bound to see him back later as a major character), and yet when he tells his stories to Victorique he never fails to mention that one detail that can solve the crime. I mean, for a guy of his wit, I really doubt that he would have noticed the strange way in which the nun was sitting. Speaking of wit… you don’t need to dumb hair guy down even more. There were a ton of other ways he could have reacted for the creators to show that Victorique looks like her mother.
But after Victorique and Kujou started bickering with each other and got into a fight, this episode turned much better. It’s good to see that the creators are delving this early into the backgrounds of its main character, because she definitely needed that. We finally get an explanation of why she ended up in that tower. My one problem wit it is that… did we ever hear where Victorique’s mother is currently at? I mean, after the previous arc I’m a bit wary about this series not returning to fill up its missing plot holes…
Oh, and I looked up some of the episode staff for the upcoming episodes. Episode 07 and 08 are going to have two interesting storyboarders: episode 07 will have Matsuou Kou (the director of Kurenai and Red Garden), while episode 08 will have the storyboard done by the director of Eureka7. This can prove to be interesting.
Rating: * (Good)
I believe the story is that her mother is dead or at the least presumed dead.
During the story of her birth after her mother was found out to be a criminal victorique mentions that she “threw herself into the world war”.
Considering the setting of the story I doubt she fought so it’s more likely she got caught somewhere that became a battleground and was a casualty.
The magician is in the OP, so he is bound to have some plot significance sooner than later.
Re: “threw herself into the world war”
Mata. Hari.
Sheesh, what do they teach kids nowadays?
I fail to see how her mother has anything to do with Mata Hari except being a dancer. I mean, she’s accused of murder, not spying and the comparison is pretty sketchy in the first place.
Anyway, the episode was a nice change of pace. Gosick is very up and down though. Let’s hope it’s in “up mode” and we get to learn more about her past.
Starting to acknowledge Gosick by the chance?
And, as a matter of fact, Cordelia could easily have been a spy. She disguised herself as a maid, discovered something fishy and had to flee being charged with some murder she didn’t commit. It’s quite canon if you ask me. I hope the plot won’t be as easy as that.
And what about the nun? Couldn’t it be another disguise?
@Solaris. The nun is definitly not a normal nun unless you allow for a nun who’s a drunk (which is possible I guess).