Kita ze Inbou! - キタぜ陰謀!

[ Episode 4: Daikoku City: The Hacker's Club]

The future’s, made of, virtual insanity…

With Isako now in the same class as Yasako (Yuko) and Fumie things are getting a lot more interesting. The latter two try to befriend Isako but she refuses their kindness. In the process, Isako ends up pissing off Daichi who then proceeds to try and get back at her by using some spam techniques against her as she answered a question on the blackboard. Isako solves both problems quickly and as a result makes Daichi look like an utter fool.

Later on after some childish pranks from Daichi and his minions, Yasako tries to befriend Isako again but is yet again refused. Isako brings up a theory on Yasako’s past about either being a bully or being bullied and says that she (Yasako) can fool the others but not her. I’m guessing that Yasako would be the latter since I can’t see her being a bully to anyone. Hopefully we get to see more about this sooner rather than later.

As Isako searches for a teacher that supposedly called for her she realizes something is amiss and dodges the first wave of an attack by Daichi and his gang. After a few exchanges she uses their own method of fighting and takes them down. However, Fumie now challenges her and they lock themselves in a struggle. This is where things get awesome. As far as I’m concerned, there wasn’t a victor in Isako and Fumie’s showdown but Fumie did manage to get some information from her before her terminals were fried.

The end of the episode puzzled me though. Yasako seems to notice something in the data that surprises her but she doesn’t say anything about it. What is it that she saw? I guess we’ll have to wait and see in the next episode or another one after it. I also wonder why Isako is in this school in the first place? Is she searching for something? There was also something in the episode mentioned: Michiko. Apparently this person grants wishes when she’s called out but other than that little is known about her.

The animation in this episode was top-notch. The effects were brilliant and the pacing didn’t skip a beat or fall down anywhere vital. We were also shown how you can actually get hurt in the virtual-world by having your glasses overload or by just being attacked by special weapons. For now though they don’t seem to be a danger to one’s life. Next episode seems to be an interesting one. Isako seems to have control over Daichi and his goons now but the preview can be misleading. Seems like we get to meet another new character as well.