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Impressions:

Why is it always "one month to live" or "one week to live." I mean, sure, a nice round number sounds better, 30 days or so is quite a wide margin or error and no less arbitrary than saying "x weeks." Then again, I guess when your cause of death is "magical ninja backlash" pinning down an exact time frame probably is more difficult than usual. Luckily though, at the rate this show is going, the next six episodes will only cover maybe four days worth of time.

Even less happened this episode than usual. Miharu was told that Yoite only had a month left to live (with Yoite overhearing it). On his way to emo it up in the streets, he ran into Raikou, got into an argument over people being important and zapped both him and Gau. Unfortunately, it was apparently a healing zap against Gau. Wasn’t he saying awhile ago that he can only kill? Now he’s bringing people out of comas. Guess you were wrong, but you’re still whining about it. After emoing it up for awhile and leaving a giant trail of blood and collapsing in it, Miharu finally found him and there was a yaoi power hug where Yoite begged to be saved and said that he didn’t want to die anymore.

I do have to admit that I did like the last scene, but most of the rest was pretty boring and predictible from start to finish. If anybody thought that Yoite really killed Gau, I’ll slap them and call them stupid. I also have to wonder why nobody else was interested in the giant trail of blood leading up to a kid with atrophied arms and legs sitting in a hospital gown in a pool of blood. Around Christmas no less. Where is this, New Jersey?

I’m still continuing to have issues, even at this late stage, in wrapping my head around the Ash Wolves as ‘good’ guys, or at least morally ambiguous protagonists. You’re working for an organization that supports corrupt organizations and is trying to conquer the world. You are not nice people. All this pretending otherwise is just silly. When somebody finally remembers to actually look for Kumohira and you get the Banten doohickey, maybe someone will remember that and we can go back to having some actual plot that isn’t fueled by teenage boylove angst. When there’s an actual antagonist, things get interesting. There’s direction, conflict, movement, plot, vampire Kouichi. Without one we get… well… this. Yoite moping around and Miharu hugging him and telling him it’s alright for the seventh or eigth time now.

Preview:

Aren’t they supposed to be looking for Kumohira? I’m pretty sure Yoite has no clue where Kumohira is.