Kita ze Inbou! - キタぜ陰謀!

[ Episode 4: The Price of Justice ]

Awakened Kouichi + Linebarrel = Awesome.

Well now, doesn’t that suck hardcore. Right after Kouichi reconciled with Yajima, he’s killed by some out-of-control Machina. Man, I don’t know how Risako and Yajima’s sister are going to take his death but it won’t be well. Kouichi went totally insane after Yajima was blown to pieces. Hell, he even summoned Linebarrel without Emi! That right there shocked me. He even managed to fully awaken as a Factor due to his rage but I’m guessing we won’t be seeing that kind of power again for a while.

Now, what’s next for Kouichi? After Yajima’s death, there’s really only so many options left for him. He’s going to eventually have to get over his “I’m stronger than anyone else” complex, especially since he has already reconciled with Yajima about that. JUDA will be approaching him about piloting Linebarrel as well since he is the only Factor for it (and they can’t exactly kill him either to replace him). Everything is up in the air at this point but hopefully Kouichi has learned a ton from what occurred in this episode.