[Mercurius]

Originally Posted by chronotrig

Considering what the anime had to work with, this was by far the best editing job they've done yet. Kind of a slow episode, but it does give us some very badly needed character background.

Agreed. Although I think they could've pulled off Eva's berating of Shannon a bit better, the overall character development of this episode was a much needed boost in the series' quality. The BGM was also very well done (minus Tsurupettan), having just the right amount of game music with some original tracks as well.

My notes for the episode:

Spoiler for II-I: middle game:

-Kanon and Shannon are obsessed with not being human. This was obvious in the games too, but I like how they're highlighting this fact in the anime.
-Beatrice really is a kid at heart.
-Beatrice seemed a bit miffed at those before Shannon who simply used her for her magic. Almost as if she's holding a grudge...
-Beatrice sowed 'three seeds of love.' Don't really remember this line from the VN, but I'm guessing she means Kinzo as the third. Or someone else, maybe?