[kuromitsu]

I dunno, I enjoyed the episode alright, although it did showcase the writing issues in this show. Anyway, more on that later.

Spoiler:

The A part of this episode could've been titled "Daddy Issues," and the B part "MOEEEEEEE~" though it's probably just me. Come to think of it, "MOEEEEEE~" could've been the episode title, as far as I'm concerned. Yes, I'm shallow.

I mean, for one, there's Operator Boy having the most screen time so far in the show.

And then Nakata Jouji as Papa Suzushiro. NAKATA JOUJI. Thank you, casting!!

And then, Mykage. Oh Mykage, why so pretty? I wonder what was up with that wreath, though. Unless Mykage has a habit of playing dress-up all by himself.

And then, Cayenne smiled... he should really smile more often.

And then, Izumo being a total and utter boss and, most importantly, talking a lot. THANK YOU, WRITERS. I liked how he greeted the Neo-Deava gang. "Hello, Earthlings. I'm the enemy boss. Take me to your leader." XD;;

And lol Malloy. "Morooi... moroooi..." XD;;

By the way, Zessica's dress... she really has no nipples. Why.

Shallow fangirling aside, as for what actually happened - well, here we see, again, the characters moving as the plot demands, instead of proceeding how they would naturally. Especially Zessica (seriously... seriously ), but Andy as well, and Mikono had a brief relapse in the A part. Luckily it was only a brief relapse, but it was enough that her talk with Amata went nowhere... again. Ah well, at least it seems she'll be more active in the next episode. At this point I really have no expectations whatsoever, I just take things as they come.

The random wtf stuff that happened is, as far as I'm concerned, random wtf stuff that's going to be explained later, so I'm not particularly concerned about them...

But Mix? Seriously? Why?? Yeah, I'm sure they have their reasons, but was this really necessary? Not just because of Zessica, but... well, I'm just wondering, will we ever see the four main characters (or three, depending on whether you count Kagura as main or not) doing, y'know, main character stuff? Amata and Mikono have flashes of "hey, I'm a main chara!" every now and then that end up hanging in the air, Zessica has gotten a bit more lately, but she pretty much hit a brick wall in this episode, and Kagura... yeah. (Where is he, anyway, in the doghouse again?) Jin and Yunoha was bad enough ("bad" in the sense of "being unnecessarily overdone"), now Andy and Mix? I like all these characters, but at this rate it's going to be Star Driver all over again, with the writer spending too much time on the secondary characters, sometimes throwing a bone or two for the actual protagonists, leading to a confusing and anticlimatic end. (Well, at least as with Star Driver, we can count on the end being fabulous.)

As much as I enjoy this show, between this and the mess that was Ano Hana and the even bigger mess that was the Kenshin Kyoto OVA (*shudder*), I don't see myself becoming a fan of Okada Mari any time soon.