Kita ze Inbou! - キタぜ陰謀!

[ Focus 13: For the Snark was a Boojum, you see. ]

Well that was a rather unique episode. At least three-quarters of it was spent following Tarou in his OBE exploration. He goes from checking up on Miyako, to his memories of his sister, to a hospital where dead people live for eternity, to an abstract place where he meets a ghost named Snark and back to his home where he goes into a room he’s normally forbidden to enter. I just love the creativity that is bursting from this series. The places in Tarou’s mind were just awesome and the look gave off dream vibes. Speaking of which, I’m not at all sure who Snark is yet and what the hell a Boojum is either. Snark tells Tarou that his physical body is still alive so he might be someone we already know or a new character all-together. For some reason I was thinking it was Hirata because of the hair on his head but it’s just a wild guess really.

The last quarter of the episode had Tarou, Makoto, Masayuki, and Michio all visit Miyako who is still in bed sleeping like Tarou saw earlier during his travels. He then tells Miyako’s father about what she said when she was possessed and immediately chases them home. That was pretty odd but it does show that he has heard the line before and may know what they mean. Hopefully we get a bit of insight on that whole matter in the next episode or two. The last few moments of the episode caught me completely off guard. I didn’t expect to see Noriko (the woman who attends to Makoto and his grandmother) on the stairs of the shrine. I’m still clueless as to why she was there other than to keep surveillance on Makoto and his whereabouts but he ran away and as the others followed him Michio caught a glimpse of her flashing a pretty evil-looking grin. What does that mean? Is she up to no good regarding Makoto and the Ogami household? Whatever the secret may be things are really getting more exciting and interesting with every passing episode!