Kita ze Inbou! - キタぜ陰謀!

[ Episodes 59-70: Innocence! Catch-up! ]

I don’t know how I managed to allow myself to fall behind on my DGM entries but since I’m just not into making individual entries for the past entries right now, and I’m sure many fans/readers have already seen them anyway, I’ll cover what the important thoughts in a batch entry. Though I’ll leave episodes 71, 72 and 73 as single entries since they are the most recent.

The most important things I loved during these episodes were Lenalee’s fight and Allen’s recovery. These two events were what led to Lenalee and Allen becoming my all-time favorite characters in the manga (they already were my favorites prior) and what elevated my love for the series when I first read the chapters some many months ago. Firstly, there’s Lenalee’s fight with the Level 3 Akuma. Throughout the entire thing I was on the edge of my seat and the same thing happened in the anime again. You don’t see too many female leads with battles as epic as Lenalee vs. and boy did she KICK ASS. I especially loved this battle since she is essentially the first exorcist to fight and successfully defeat a Level 3. However with that victory came the loss of a good portion of her beautiful hair and the use of her Innocence. Still though, she escaped with what’s important: her life. Even though she’s in no condition to contribute in the upcoming arc no one can blame or complain about her for being like that given that there’s no way for her to recover that quickly to fight and even if she did her Innocence is still out of commission. Lenalee has proven just how hardcore she is and that she can stand tall with the best (that is, Allen).

Speaking of the white-haired hero, I also enjoyed his recovery story during these episodes just like I did in the manga. The struggle was hard to watch and at times all I could think of was him not giving up despite his Innocence failing to reform so many times. Seeing him activate his new Innocence, Crowned Clown, was as amazing as it was when I first saw it in the manga. His resolve was as strong as ever and hearing it spoken was just a blessing to my ears. Allen’s character has inspired my writing quite a few times and his choices to walk both paths of protecting his friends and saving the Akuma are ideals that I strongly agree with and want to add into my own work some time in the future. I can’t wait to see Crowned Clown shown off more in the next few episodes. ^__^