Kita ze Inbou! - キタぜ陰謀!

[ Episode 2: Contract ]

I gotta say, I wish Keita would stop feeling bad about everything. I wish he wasn’t such a pansy either, but hey, what can you do? At least make up better lies. If I found Kuro rummaging my fridge? By all means, I couldn’t care less if my lettuce was gone. On a serious note, I’d have a big WTF on my face if a stranger I just met suddenly appeared in my apartment. Funny that Punipuni still had Keita’s scent on him which helped Kuro find him… why? Anyway, I do have to give Keita credit for delivering the onigiri to Kuro. Sure was quick to find her though.

In this episode, Kuro explains the doppeliner system to Keita. Like in the manga, the fate is divided among three identical people and once two meet, they die and their fate transfers to the last remaining one, thus the Root. While I do think there’s an interesting concept behind this, I’ve been wondering about the system ever since reading about it, and I find that there’s just not really convincing. The system is created to maintain the coexistence equilibrium. Why three people? Why is it bad if two of the three meet up and they must die from a natural occurrence? So what happens when the ones with the lowest fate and highest fate meet? The one whose fate is in-between becomes the Root now? Why am I asking questions again? Who knows?

While not as impressive as the first episode, it did deliver a good fight, even without the more splendid animation. Seiji looks ugly at every shot so I was glad to see Kuro pummel him good while he was still talking. That shock he went through did a number on his hair as well so now we can rest easy knowing he went out in style.

What baffled me a bit was the heart exchange between Kuro and Keita. After getting struck to the heart (but not too late), Kuro performs some art to revive him. Light shines all around and she literally exchanges their illuminate hearts. Fine way to do fast organ donation but it felt so sudden, especially after that and Keita just somehow Synchro’d with Kuro.

Complaints, complaints, I know. I guess I just felt it was lacking something… There were more mysteries involved this time around. The highlight for me wasn’t the episode itself; it was at the end with Steiner and Excel’s first appearance. Can’t wait to hear more of Yukarin!