Rainbow – 07

This episode featured the most extreme themes, but at the same time the cheese also was the most reserved. Thank god, really. The drama felt a lot more genuine in this episode, and it showed that this series knows how to put a bit of subtlety into its atmosphere.

What strikes me the most however is how fast this series is moving. At first, I thought that this series would be about how An-chan and the six others live together at the prison, and how they spend their daily lives. However, An-chan is about to be released. At first I believed that the creators would end up pulling some kind of twist that would lead to An-chan having his sentence increased, but this episode blew that theory out of the water: Psycho-guard is determined to kill the guy. Any longer there, and he would not have survived. The next few episodes are going to get this guy out of prison, I’m sure of it.

This is really going to lead to interesting character-development as soon as he’s gone, however: psycho guard won’t have his hate anymore. He’s either going to direct this at the six leads, or change completely. The six leads in the meantime will have to survive in prison on their own. The thing however is that even without An-chan, they’re a close-knit group now. Especially Heitai, this guy could become very much like the next An-chan: he’s mature, level headed.

But yeah, this show was already heavy, but heck. They actually killed someone here, with someone else about to die. Psycho guard is really getting more and more extreme with every episode, only fueled on by Pedo Doctor.
Rating: * (Good)