Short Synopsis: The fight against the evil car continues, and Ouri gets more insight into the bond between Makina and Keisei.
Highlights: Nice fight!
Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10 (Awesome)
Now THIS is exactly why I’m watching this series! Best episode so far, and the fight this episode was among the best of the season so far. My idea of a god fight might be different from usual, but my favourite fights nearly always contain the three following ingredients:
– Good music
– Good choreography/direction
– And most importantly: character-development. Obviously about characters I care about. ^^;
This episode had all three of them, and so it’s no surprise that I loved this episode, and it totally made up for my.. er… tantrum after the previous episode.
I really expected Ouri’s whining to get in the way of the fight scene this episode, but instead he actually contributed to it. Okay, the middle of a fight may have not been the perfect time to start questioning Makina about why she’s fighting, but it sure made everything a whole lot more exciting. I think that with this episode, he fully understands the strange bond that has developed between Makina and Keisei, how the two of them swore to protect each other while they both worked towards their selfish wishes.
I also really liked how the creators made use of the fact that this is a Gainax-series, and how it would have been inevitable for people to compare this to Gurren Lagann. This episode laid a lot of parallels between Keisei and a certain character from Gurren Lagann. The creators kept hinting at how he was going to die. At the end of the episode, we’re still not sure if he lived or not (I think he lived, otherwise the episode would have gone off with a bigger bang), but even if he did live, this can just be one big build-up for the guy’s real demise, which still could very easily happen in this series. In any case, it’s a great way to make the viewer care about the characters. That’s also the big problem I had with Gurren Lagann at this point: it was nice and all, but I just couldn’t find myself to care about the characters, and consequently about the big plot twist of that series.
I think even if Keisei survived, I’m pretty sure he will likely to be sacrificed later.
anyway…psgels, you think too much. There are
certain animes(most of them actually) that you just don’t use logics all the time. I think Gurren Lagann was more enjoyable series for you if you just emptied out your brain while watching it.
But thank you for the posting~ I’m really glad that you decided to cotinue this series.
I hope that I could watch the series of this anime as soon as possible. I really love to watch animes.