天下制覇

That’s a very convenient moon.

Impressions:

Not the most exciting of episodes, mainly because it was centered around Shrade of all people, leaving everything with Amata, Mikono, and Kagura to just sort of be the impetus for Shrade getting to fight. I liked him more as a joke for boylove fantasies than some attempted tragic figure because of his element. Kagura also seems to actually be able to turn into a wolf as his power, or maybe the animators just got a little too stylish. It’s honestly hard to say. I guess it would tie into his smell fetish and the way he rants about Mikono being his bitch as something less than the obvious insult. Still, that’s probably ascribing a level of thought to the writing in this show that I highly doubt it actually deserves. I hope he doesn’t switch sides as the end-strangling seems to tease though.

Anyway, back to Shrade. …And I’m already tired of talking about him. He probably just wanted a piece of Amata anyway. Speaking of him, he didn’t actually do anything this week besides grabbing Mikono and using his foot/erection wings for something useful for once. He was basically just background decoration, slightly less present than the roaring piano music. I won’t miss that when it’s gone. The cliffhanger about whether or not Shrade actually did die from using Aquarion also annoyed me a little bit. Don’t make me laugh. It is amusing how Hole Boy keeps getting kicked out of the combinations to make room for Amata. Forever the fluffer, never getting the money shot. Such is the life of Hole Guy.

Preview:

Zessica episode!