Kita ze Inbou! - キタぜ陰謀!

[ Episode 5-6 ]

These two episodes were the best I’ve seen since the start of the show. Between these two episodes, Michiru manages to return to Sousuke only to leave him once again after she pretty much lost herself to the abuse. Of course, she has Takeru to thank for getting her out of Sousuke’s 24/7 surveillance. He doesn’t seem to be getting better at all which is evident through Michuru’s nasty eye-injury and his ever-present control issues. At the rate things are going this guy doesn’t seem like he’ll be getting redeemed by the end of the show. Then again, who knows what can happen 5 or so episodes.

The woman who Takeru freaked out over before has finally been identified as his sister. I’m convinced that those two had some sort of physical relationship even if they haven’t outright said it yet. I really can’t see any other reason than that. I’m not sure what to say about the kid she has…but I did laugh at the time and thought “Don’t tell me that’s Takeru’s kid.”. It’s going to be interesting to see how this plays out especially since his sister seems to be showing up in the next episode in person. Even more interesting, at the end of episode 6, Takeru finally confessed to Ruka that he loves her. That took some guts for sure but given that I’m sure Ruka was going to tell him about her true self, I imagine that won’t end well for him.

Ruka thinks that she has a gender identity disorder and is visiting some clinic for counseling. Is she planning having a sex-change or something or are these meetings purely psychological or something? It seems to be both but it’s unclear whether she’s going to do anything since she hasn’t approached any of her family and friends about the issue as yet. For now though, she better be careful since Sousuke now knows where her family lives and is leaving some horrible letters about Ruka. It also seems like something will happen to her racing streak in the next episode. It’s hard to say but it doesn’t look like it had anything to do with a loss.

I’m really looking forward to the next episode to see how things play out for everyone now that so many thoughts and feelings are out in the open.