Re:Creators – 05 [This Water is Coldest at the Bottom]

Sometimes, what might look good on paper doesn’t translate well when it comes to reality and this rings true for the latest addition to Team Sota. Sandwiched between the whiny get-in-the-fucking-robot Shinji and the bratty attitude of Asuka is Rui Kanoya, the teenage pilot of the Gigas Machina robot. Over the course of the episode, he goes from throwing tantrums to committing to defending the creator’s world at the drop of a hat which is jarring to say the least. Consistent from him would be nice but I’m not holding my breath since his description is locked in by his creator. At least the giant robot is on the good guys side for now seeing how it can just shrug off anti-tank missiles.

Considering the amount of collateral damage done and the impossible powers being flung around the city, I’m glad that the Japanese government finally decided to step in with a massive show of force by their special forces team, TOW missiles and Cobra gunships. Too often in anime, the government is far too passive or inept when crazy shit hits the fan like the Fate/stay Night franchise where the biggest response was two F-15 Strike Eagles against Caster’s summoning of Cthulhu. The conference doesn’t do much more than reaffirm previous concepts but it does provides interesting background tidbits like the initial shuffle between Yuuya and Blitz or Meteora doing her Homura (Madoka Magica) impression as she steals very expensive military-grade weapons from the JSDF. The highlight, of course, is Meteora sheepishly asking for exemptions and write-offs for her antics. Keep in mind that she still has a FN Minimi(or M249) machine gun in her procession as well as frag grenades and that will probably use them later on. The question is what role will the government play from now on since they aggressively inserted themselves into the plot. Will they give out orders to our heroes and subject them to regulations or will they attempt the classic plot twist of betraying our protagonists and wipe them out?

Almost the all the big players have been introduced and the ending scene is at the cusp of revealing the big mysterious connection between Sota, Military Uniform Princess, and the death-by-train-suicide girl. Hopefully, we can get to some action since it’s been lacking in the last few weeks and we’re already five episodes into this grand adventure of anime, games and light novels coming to life.