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This episode deserves to be granted the best grade from me, because coming from a Third World country I do understood and empathized with Mako's family social rising.
Basically, a friend of mine termed what he addressed as the "traditional" rich and "new" rich. The "traditional" rich is the sort of person of high social status like the royalty and the aristocracy, for examples. They hold or once held the influence and authority through their lineage and carry on the civil responsibilities that such lineage conveys. On the other hand, the "new" rich is the sort of character or family whom suddenly rose in the social ladder possessing no such things as a priviledged background or lineage before.
Mako and her family through Ryuukos' victories in the fight club climbed the social ladder and became the "new" rich folk. But, finding themselves everyday with newfound wealth and a upper living standard in contrast to the misery of living in a slum got them to be overwhelmed by greed. Thus, by giving in to their basic desires through wealthy and material things they became greedy, indifferent towards each other, and irresponsible at keeping their family together and united.
In my country we have a saying that goes Aunque la mona se vista de seda mona se queda. This saying correlates and fits with Satsuki's theme that even a pig in clothing will remain a pig, nonetheless. Basically, sums up that people have desires and end up getting governed by them once consuming or acquiring too much possession in gluttonous fashion, like what happened to Mako's family.
Moreover, it wasn't prophetic what Satsuki told Ryuuko at not getting full of herself right after authorizing the Fight Club. What she meant with that line is what she has seen over and over through experience that human beings when offered too much in general tend to discard their sense of morality and scruples to indulge inside a comfort bubble and seeking safety in privileges instead of relying in themselves.
At the climax's end of the episode, Mako's friendship for Ryuuko wins over her desire to keep on maintaining her rich lifestyle, ultimately proving right on Satsuki's face that humans after all are human beings as well. That is that all people have as well the will power and fighting spirits to supress those instincts, and struggle their way out of any hardships through their own means.
By earning things through labor or hard effort and losing them as well, only then people can truly understand and appreciate the value of their work paying off with their own means, thus solidifying their own worth and self-confidence.
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