Gosick…. why the heck are you introducing a love triangle at this point? What’s the point of suddenly making one of the side characters (who has absolutely no chance whatsoever of getting him) fall in love with him. I mean, he’s bland enough already. Was he really the best choice for her? Also, Kujou: how the heck couldn’t you recognize Grevil with his hair down? It’s unfortunate that some of the problems that plagued the first half aren’t going to go away.
On the other hand though, the story about Leviathan was really good here, successfully combining mythology with fiction. Okay, so the way in which the place he lived just “happened” to be in the back yard of the main character is a bit… out there, but leaving that aside I like how this episode tried to include alchemy, while sending really big hints towards that philosopher’s stone being another red herring.
Victorique’s smirk when she went down the elevator was also priceless. The characters in Gosick nearly all have their ups and downs, but she is the only one who is consistently excellent.Cecile, the teacher, probably is the worst character so far: was there any point in this series in which she wasn’t incredibly whiny and stupid? As for the red haired guy… I’m not yet sold on him. The creators need to stop hinting at how he’s going to be a major bad guy ad actually show some things about him.
Rating: * (Good)
Not a bad episode. Did you have any audio issues while watching this one? For me it sounded like the sound position was off like broken surround sound, with a bit of distortion as well.
Lord: yup, I had the same. Probably the result of bad encoding.
Aha, yeah, Crunchyroll didn’t quite get this one right. I think they fixed it later, though.
Anyway, I thought it was cute how Avril kept trying to make him stay — the force of her kicks betrayed the force of her convictions.
For some strange reason, the talk of alchemy, humunculi, the philosopher’s stone, and whatnot, coupled with the designs, were a major throwback to FMA. Just sayin’