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It was a really good episode this week. Aila finally has a place where she can belong. The tournament is reaching it's final stages. Lastly, we discover more about Reiji.
However, I'll start with one of my gripes about the episode. Really, I had to facepalm at the beginning. That truly marked that this is game anime show. Reiji wasn't upset about Aila for lying about her name or her involvement in the tournament, but the way she battled. Her keeping things secret weren't a problem. It was her ruthless battling in a toy battle competition that was unforgivable! You really know it's game anime series when you hear something like that. It was something to be expected, but still, actually hearing it, and being said quite blatantly at that, was really -_-. There were other things that should have taken priority. I mean she was unconscious after the battle for crying out loud. That itself should have raised some alarms.
Reiji didn't know how to handle all this. The whole group didn't, but Reiji especially couldn't cope well with it. And that's to be expected, considering his personality. However, we find that he didn't really hate Aila, but was forcing himself to hate her, as a sort of coping to deal with the crappy situation he's in. Fellini being the adult took the time to try to help Reiji, by allowing him to let out his pent up frustrations. He didn't want Reiji to go into the battle like that. The most important thing in any situation is to enjoy the battle, not act out of vengence. Reiji after thinking still couldn't find an answer, but decided the best way to go through this battle is basically not think about. Sounds like him, and is better than the way he was before.
In addition, Sei also thought about what he could do. Reiji and Aila are basically on bad terms now, and as a friend, what could he do to help them mend their broken bond. He does this while looking at the gem Reiji gave him, as a hint to what happens next. Next scene, we find China running towards Aila, wanting to give her a good luck charm, to find that it's the gem. Sei must have asked China to give it to Aila, hoping it would help Reiji and Aila understand each other. It did, with a reference of the Trans-Am from the 00 Raiser Gundam. I had to laugh afterwards, with Reiji and Aila arguing and messing around, and everyone hearing it was dot-eyed. They were all thinking, "What are they doing?"
Also, Sei and Reiji truly make the perfect duo. With Reiji being the skilled pilot, Sei's ingenuity gives them a great edge as well. On numerous occasions, he saved them from difficult situations with his gundam knowledge and imagination. This episode again exemplifies this with adding paint to the Vulcan rounds to make the clear bits visible from all the dust.
The director of Flana has gone from the episode before hinting to be sympathetic to full blown jack*ss this episode. Most notably as he reaches to turn up the juice of the embody first chance he got, and without being told to this time. Also, we have flashbacks of him viewing Aila basically as resource rather than a human being. He thinks the money he's paid her is enough as an exchange for all the blatant disregard to her health. Also, he constantly threatens to send her back out on the streets for any disobedience. Because apparently, gunpla battles are such serious business that it's enough to basically experiment and exhaust an orphan.
Alas, Aila, I'm so proud of you! Telling off your boss, and sponsors at the same time. We learn she has a precognitive ability by being able to see the Plavsiky particles. It's like predicting your opponents attacks through their muscle contractions, only here it's the particles surrounding the Gunpla. That's how she's been able to predict who will win in battles since her first appearance. Maybe her parents worked at PPSE, and she was exposed to the Plavsky particles before being born, resulting in that ability. This could be an interesting sub-plot, if true. Her parents discovered the secret of the Plavsky particles, and were "disposed" for having such knowledge. Aila had to be have been orphaned due to some reason. Looks like she'll be living with the Ioris from now on. I wanted Ral to have adopted her, but Sei's house is a good consolation. I mean the Ioris are a loving family.
Heh, Sei was shocked at the news. He was like, "Reiji, you can't just decide something like that on your own!" An actual logical point. They have to ask Sei's mom first, before promising something like that. However, China also reacted to this, though probably not for innocent reasons like Sei. China's probably thinking, "A GIRL living in Sei's house? No!" Mao had to give one "MISAKI-CHAN" at the end, though it was somewhat random. He really can't go a day without thinking about her, especially when seeing boys and girls interacting with each other.
Enter plot device #3 with a third gem embedded in the CEO's pocket watch. Also, we finally know Reiji's full name. I know it will get explained eventually, but Reiji also dropped a big alarm with his "On the honor. . ." line, and no one commented on it besides the CEO. We don't even get a "What's he talking about?" from Sei, Nils, or anyone. That isn't something you hear everyday.
Anyway, overall, it was a good episode. Next week: Exia Dark Matter.
Last edited by Kurohane; 2014-03-03 at 21:26.
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. Really not going to find a lot of people like Sei's Mother that will just take weird and random kids into her home. 
