Short Synopsis: The “detective girls” go after a rumour about two teachers that seem to fancy each other.
Highlights: The French was nice and all… but NOT with a Japanese accent!
Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10
This episode convinced me that the “detective girls” only exist in Haruka’s head. The creators have no intention to just end the series with a bunch of random detective story arcs, because this episode set up the story and characters for the rest of the series. We get introduced to a bunch of new characters, and Nijuu Mensou’s past is revealed a bit more.
In the meantime, Chiko’s classmates have already started the fanfiction…
In any case, this episode introduces a former university professor who knew Nijuu Mensou when he was young (I wonder, do we ever get to hear what his real name is?). I didn’t quite catch what he told Chiko exactly, but it seems to come down to that he was once a brilliant scientist when the war started, and so he ended up developing all those supernatural weapons for killing. Since his motto was “look and think for yourself”, at one point he abandoned his research, and now that everything comes to try and bite back at him, he’s had no choice than to use Chiko as a decoy.
The next villain is someone who’ll be a big problem for Chiko to escape, as he’s basically just as small and light as Chiko, and the guy’s even stronger and faster. Ever since the train incident, Chiko has only had to fight people who were much bigger than her, so the guy might be one of her toughest enemies yet.
I also wonder how the creators are going to use the story of that washed-up cleaner, and when that super-powered woman of a number of episodes back is going to return. This episode showed that she’s indeed the product of Nijuu Mensou’s research, but is she going to play a bigger role than just a bit of background for the guy?
Nothing is interesing w/o Nijuu Mensou… he needs to come back… and I’m sorry, but I really, really, really don’t care for the subcharacters… they’re just there to waste time
Is it just me or did Haruka and Chiko give off yuri vibes in the last ep? I also had to laugh at the thug ogling Tome and her reaction; seductress indeed. I’m kinda glad that the whole Detective Girls thing is just a pipe dream of Haruka’s and not something so cheesily plausible in the series, though I’m curious as to what sort of climax the creators are building up to with Twenty Faces and his seemingly passing the torch (or emotional baggage) over to Chiko.
Yeah, all these minor villains really aren’t doing much for the series at all.