Kita ze Inbou! - キタぜ陰謀!

[ Episode 3: To the End of Suffering ]

Friender is a ma…uh…robot’s best Friend.

This episode was quite different from the previous two. That’s mainly because Casshern meets a human on his journey. It’s easy to forget that humans are still alive on such a dreary Earth but this one willingly wondered out to where robots reside. He’s pretty much the most upbeat person to appear so far with the exception of the little girl in the first episode and his presence really helps out Casshern. There’s no doubt that what happened in the last episode was a definite emo-activator for Casshern, but with the help of Akoes he managed to stop running away and constantly reminding himself of what he had done. He accepted and came to terms with what he had done which is further illustrated in his short battle with Friender, who accepts him as his new comrade.

The sad thing about this episode was that Akoes’ death was pretty much imminent given that he was obviously sick with the way he was coughing up blood. Still, I think that he made a lasting impression on Casshern and imparted more than a few lessons to him before died. That said, he must have really been holding on for a long time because his final seconds seemed like the release of a huge amount of suffering though his last few words were pretty calming. I can’t wait to see how much more Casshern develops as he continues his journey now with Friender and possibly another ally who appears in the next episode. From what I’ve seen, she doesn’t appear to have been affected by the ruin just like Casshern and Friender. Oh, and she loves to fight. Very interesting.