This series has… something. I don’t know what it is exactly, but I like this show surprisingly much because of it and this episode solidified that for me. I mean, this has been the first fast-paced Bee-Train series since Murder Princess, and even though Koichi Mashimo’s absence is very apparent here, but the charms of the characters still shine through here.
I also like the formula this show is using: the first half of every episode is usually not very special, and mostly used to set things up, only for the second half to set things off with interesting twists, new and interesting pieces of music, and to close off each episode we have those mysterious monologues of the main bad guys of the series that get more intriguing with every episode. I know that the individual stories of this series aren’t exactly mystery, but the overall story is doing a very good job at it.
I think that at this point, the biggest flaw of this series is its coincidences, but it’s nothing too major at the point, and it’s used well. And I guess that it was an interesting twist for Yakumo to learn about his mother by running into someone who happened to know her around the time she was pregnant. It’s definitely an interesting twist here that Yakumo’s mother tried to strangle him before disappearing, rather than having her be the usual “mother who is gone” stereotype.
This show definitely is a good example of how to adapt a show on a tight budget and timespan. It’s far from the best that Bee-Train has produced, but I’m still enjoying it a lot here.
Rating: ** (Excellent)
I agree there are coincidences. I wonder why the doctor was taking care of Haruka and what caused her to faint.
In spite of the criticisms I have of the adaptation, I like the anime’s introduction of the side characters (the other detective), much better than the manga.
don’t think it is a ‘coincidence’. the doctor may have lied to yakumo about his mother, as part of the plan. he is the same doctor, whose name (Kinoshita) is mentioned by the bad guys.
At least a part of it is not a coincidence. The bad guys most likely told the doctor to make up that lie as they are supposedly “helping” him revive his daughter.
I agree with the coincidence thing too. Haruka just happens to investigate the same case as Yakumo and just happens to be at the doctor’s place during Yakumo’s visit…
It was the same thing for episode 3 where Haruka just happens to work with the culprit and also takes him to Yakumo.
Episode 2. Haruka just happens to be at the same temple where the ghost is and also just happens to know the acquaintance of the ghost…
Sheeesh… these coincidences sometimes really challenge my suspension of disbelief
I think that doctor really was lying, to go along with the plan of the bad guys.
As for Ayaka… isn’t she the daughter of that doctor? Then her “stop it” would makesense, as she doesn’t want any other girls to be killed because of her.
Haruka probably fainted from the effect that ghost had on her?
Well, all in all this episode was okay. It felt a bit rushed again but it seems that won’t change anytime soon as the creator’s seem to try to put as much story in those few episodes as possible and so anything that isn’t essentially necessary gets cut. (And no, I haven’t read the manga or the novels… I just get the feeling while watching that a lot of “unimportant” stuff is missing which would give a more complete feeling to this series)
Has anyone else noticed the change in the OP? I kinda felt like it sounded different….