Yes! That’s the right direction, Gosick! These are the stories that I want to see. This episode was once again excellent, and focused exactly on what this series is good at. This really is the right direction for this series. Now don’t lose it!
Setting aside that this was probably the first episode f anime I ever saw that took place in Lithuania, this episode also showed Kujou at his best. He may have needed a little help to find out the place that Victorique was brought to when she was taken away from the academy, but I still loved how he pretty much did everything that he was supposed to do, and did not get bogged down by stupidity.
The train journey was also wonderful. It’s a great and down to earth way to introduce the major characters, but it also was quite an interesting way for Kujou to socialize a bit with his fellow passengers. The build-up around Brian Roscoe was also excellent. Not to mention how this episode introduced a certain famous chess machine that was used: The Turk, who even defeated Napoleon Bonaparte. Sure, the time frame is a bit off, but it’s nevertheless pretty neat to consider the idea that someone (Brian Roscoe) actually rebuilt it at some point.
Rating: ** (Excellent)
I found the idea that the episode takes place in Lithuania rather stupid. I don’t know how long it would take to make that journey by steam locomotive, but it would be more than the two days in the anime. You also can’t use the same train all the way, as Lithuania doesn’t use the standard rail gauge.
Otherwise a nice episode, mainly because Victorique didn’t play detective.
Th trunks been appearing all series, in its first episode remember there was a sneeze from it and bemused stagehands. Been pretty obvious for a while it was how Victoriques mother was mothing around evading detection.