It’s strange. Jomie is a brat. And I still like him. I don’t know exactly what it is, but he doesn’t feel as annoying as all those hundreds of other teenage heroes. It’s probably because he actually has a set of responsibilities. As the leader of the Myu, he’s going to be responsible for their safety. I may be mistaken, but this is an element that most of these shows fail to represent well.
This episode also gives a bit more insight about the powers of the Myu and Blue himself, when Jomie finds himself able to do the same thing we’ve seen Blue doing for the past few episodes, when he finds another kid with rather large powers. The different soldiers on the ship also still haven’t really accepted him as their leader, since he’s the reason Blue has been in an even worse state than he already was. The kids love him, though. ^^
This episode also shows that he may be a leader, he’s also inexperienced. And he shows this when he tries to save the kid (Shiroi) as well, who is surprisingly similar to his own ten-year old version: large dreams, loves his parents, etc. Jomie, however, fails to see this, and tries to force him to go along with him, when he doesn’t even have a reason to leave his parents anyway. Shiroi then releases a huge wave of energy, so that even Jomie gets pushed back. If he wasn’t so young, you’d think that he’d be the antagonist we’ve been seeing in the OP. There’s also a nice Peter Pan reference, the boy who wouldn’t grow up. It does fit Jomie perfectly, as he too didn’t grow up, and he can fly as well.
The people from the military (one being Shiroi’s father), meanwhile have found a way to detect the Myu-ship, after the previous episode, and attack it with a satellite. Because of this, the Myu are forced to leave the planet, even if this means leaving Shiroi behind. I really keep thinking that he’s going to be the antagonist for this series, but he’s just way too young. In any case, this marks the start of Jomie’s journey to guide the Myu to Terra.]]>
Toward the Terra – 05
