天下制覇

Delicious, delicious buffet.

Impressions:

A rather fun episode all around, and for practically the first time, Maria’s crazy expressions were finally appropriate. There’s nothing like the severed head of your child rolling around and ranting at you that screams crazy expressions. Of course, they could have greatly increased the impact of that scene by having not crazied up Maria for the past two and a half months, but eh, I’m not going to complain about a good lunatic severed head. I did find it funny that Maria knows how to load a shotgun and can do it while being harassed by goatmen. What are they teaching kids in Japanese school these days?

Speaking of Maria and the goatmen, they really could have picked a better angle or pose for the goatman tackling Maria. There’s nothing quite like bestiality child sodomy overtures to really… uh… affect the presentation of any scene. At least Action Mom kicked butt and took names. George was as pathetic as ever, and Battler’s finely chiseled quivering ass is certainly… well… it’s certainly something. The pacing was much better this week too, but I’m still a bit miffed over last week’s snorefest. They really did a rather good job keeping this episode entertaining and interesting from start to finish though, so take these complaints with a grain of salt.

Brief Summary:

George continues to be worthless, so it’s up to Shannon’s magic to hold off the attack. They get out the mirror, but it’s too late, so Shannon launches into a long speech about love, pissing off Beatrice even more. Just before George can tell Shannon that he loves her back, Beatrice kills them both. Elsewhere, Genji finds the missing bodies and reports it to Rosa. They go to check them out, and Battler realizes that the Twilights are happening out of order. They all rush to find the missing three, but the door is covered in blood and locked. After confirming Gohda, Shannon, and George’s deaths, Rosa excuses Genji, who is definitely super suspicious to her now.

Back in the living room, Battler finds another letter from Beatrice. Rosa immediately assumes that he put it there since she has all the keys. The two start throwing accusations at each other until Maria stops them. Rosa and Maria part from Battler, who goes into the dining room and gets drunk. Genji arrives and takes him to someone who can answer all his questions. They go to see Kinzo and Beatrice. She taunts him and tells him that she is the master of everything and has all the answers. A little bit later, she throws a party for herself and brings out a subjugated (and naked) Battler on a chain. Bernkastel is in attendance and is not amused. As the specified time approaches, the goatmen tear Kinzo apart before ripping Battler to shreds as well.

Rosa and Maria investigate the chapel again, but are attacked by the goatmen. Rosa bravely fights them off and tells Maria that they’ll always be together before they’re rushed en masse. Rosa wakes up at the dining table as Beatrice’s host. Beatrice forcefully feeds Beatrice parts of the bodies of the murdered family before bringing out Maria’s severed head as desert. Maria starts ranting crazily before trying to cram herself down Rosa’s face. Battler suddenly appears to put a stop to this and declares once again that he won’t let Beatrice have her way.

In the witches’ tea party, Bernkastel complains that a one-sided game is boring. Another witch, Lambdadelta, has now taken interest in Beatrice’s game as well.