Kita ze Inbou! - キタぜ陰謀!

[ Episode 8: linkage ]

Whoa. There were tons of fighting in this episode! It was pretty much Sena and Kozue versus Norose for most of the episode with Takumi watching. Ayase also showed up to lend a hand at the end but it all turned out to be futile since the Noah II turned out to be fake and Norose wasn’t ever present in the flesh (read: DELUSION). That’s a smart where to build up for the final confrontation with Norose near the end. It’ll probably be Takumi who takes him on at that point though, especially since it seems like he has kidnapped Nanami. Though given the kind of guy Takumi is right now, I won’t be holding my breath on the whole RESCUE AND REVENGE quest.

Lastly, what was up with the meeting between Rimi and Shogun? That entire scene was confusing. On one hand they’re talking about dreams and then Rimi mentions erasing Takumi. What? Is she really just putting on a front to keep tabs on Takumi then? ARGH, there’s no telling at this point. I still want to know exactly who Shogun is though…

Finally, something a bit more action-packed after the consistent amount of excess information and delusions. The battle between Gigalomaniacs was pretty neat, but since it was merely a fake Norose, I just had to laugh knowing that Ayase appeared out of nowhere just to take care of him, or so she thought. Shamefully a wasted effort, but I really did like the sight of Cocytus. The only reason I’d say Takumi knew the myth about Cocytus is because of Empire Sweeper most likely.

We learn a bit about the girls too. So Sena is afraid of puppies? Kozue, on the other hand, had some traumatic past of not knowing who she was, and that made her silent forever. Now, I’m not sure how these group-stalkers affected her this way, but it must’ve been incredibly terrible for her to cause so much fear. Now I’m thinking her telepathy was born from her delusion of speaking again, or something like that. Now, Takumi was incredibly wussy while the girls were trying to rid Noah, but now with the stakes raised, he better man up himself.