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The writing in this show is a thing of beauty.

Impressions:

Oh, Sunrise. I think this show has already made me laugh more than anything else this season, and it’s not even a comedy. I can’t even think of who could have looked at these scripts and thought that this was a good idea. So let’s summarize events once again. He’s not just a vampire, he’s a body snatcher. And once he confirms that it’s really him to his friends… by playing rock paper scissors, they hijack a helicopter and he kills some random scientists to steal the super ultimate mech and his original body. Because apparently nobody thought this crap was worth guarding against three children. Also, instead of ejecting the terrorist once he’s back in the right body, they brought him along for the ride, which predictibly went wrong, not that it actually mattered since everyone proceeded to ignore him for the rest of the episode despite the gun and hostage. So then they go flying off into space to fight when what should happen but his girlfriend call him to let him know that she’s apparently just fine, at which point he goes into ultimate heat mode omega deluxe turbo dentyne lite. And in the end, enemy chased off and reunited with his girlfriend? He immediately begins crying because the guy whose body he stole called him a monster.

Sure, I expected her to be alive, but I didn’t expect them to just pull her back so soon and with such little fanfare after his screaming fit barely… uh… about 10 minutes prior if you string the episodes together. Like, seriously. His phone just rings and it’s her. And… that’s it! Good lord. He showed more emotion to the terrorist guy calling him a monster, something that he apparently hadn’t quite realized yet despite spending an entire day in it and chewing on necks, than his girlfriend being alive. Forcing terrorist guy onto the protagonist’s side like that was kind of clever though, but let’s not forget that he did already murder a bunch of people, although given the apparently lack of security in all aspects of this setting, that may yet go undiscovered for another 18 episodes. They did a bit better job on the CG/action this week too, although the mecha look like someone ripped a robot in half and then dropped them onto the front half of a canoe. Or maybe a yacht. In any case, the thought going through my mind wasn’t "Wow, this is cool!" but something more like "Not even Dr. Wily would use this."

Next Episode:

Limey!