Muaha! Now this is more like it! I urge those who were unimpressed by the past few episodes to at least stick around until episode 10, because this episode really was heaps of times better. This episode really showed the power of this show’s scriptwriters, who really understand the characters they’re working with. I’m really glad to see that the building up is coming together!
This episode really was about Oz and his memories about his father, who clearly left a deep-seeded trauma on the guy. In this episode he in vain attempts to save the father of the little kid, even going against Alice and Gil in order to give the kid a good father, and yelling at the father for the horrible mistakes he made. The father tries to justify himself by saying that he killed all of those people for his son, in order to get his house and wife back, but OZ understands like no other that at this time, it simply would have been enough to spend time with him.
The animation also looked better than ever for this series. I especially loved Break’s evil grin at the end of this episode, where Vincent has made his formal introduction after shooting said father and Break lets him know that he doesn’t really like this in his own way. Still, everything in this episode was just pure goodness. It’s nothing like the cheese of a few episodes back: this was genuine drama that really came from the heart of OZ and Alice.
Rating: *** (Awesome)
Such a genuine episode, where the build-up really comes together.
You’ve said out the most good stuffs of this episode. Glad you really enjoy it xD
The music direction of this episode is also great (so glad they didn’t put the trailer song on the wrong time again…) especially the one during Oz and Alice’s conversation
I’m glad that they captured the atmosphere between Alice and Oz perfectly; good music, attention to detail, no excessive movement needed so that the animation couldn’t mess anything up. Just perfect.
Next episode is one of my favorite chapters, can’t wait!
@Shirachi
Ah, Curious’s Shirachi? Good to see you here LOL
Well, glad they did this episode pretty well.Now the thing I’m worried about is the end; I expected PH to have two seasons or more(unless Xebec goes around and make their own ending, which is the last thing I’d want to happen) The proper ending would be after CC arc (uh, quite impossible since they’re determined to include the school arc) or around chapter 32. But we’re talking about Xebec here, so who knows?
Next episode’s going to be fun xD
I’m reading the manga along with the anime and oh my god….. people do not give up on this series just yet just cause of the animation *hope the anime goes along with the manga*
“This episode really showed the power of this show’s scriptwriters,”
More like showed how good the mangaka is.
I have to agree, this episode really was impressively dramatic, and did make a great impact in several different scenes.
Pandora Hearts really is one of the strongest shows this season.
The dvd’s out and Xebec has proven themselves not only a strange company but an evil one…
The first Dvd contains the first episodes and a bunch of extras based on the manga’s omake and review pages and most of them are crack xD
I got an urge that Xebec’s trying to squish some budget through the Dvd sales…
this anime graphics goes better each episode, and the sory growth well every episode.