After six or seven episodes of Sion contemplating his next move, we finally get to see him address the anti-king movement. And what does he do? He gives everybody allied with him promotions. Now while there may be some grand master plan at work here, I was expecting something a bit more exciting to happen. In fact, it seems all this episode did was remind us of the various plot lines introduced in the past few episodes, but tried to make it seem like something new.
I will shake my fist, but not actually do anything. Just like every other politician.
Let’s be clear, if I have to hear Miran Froaude talk about sweet honey one more time, without actually doing anything, I will drop this series. I really don’t know what else to say about the opening third of the episode. Aside from a short description about increasing warfare on the continent, caused by the aggression of Gastark, we have heard all of this before. In recent weeks I have tried to guess the origins of the pink haired siblings, and while Gastark would be my number one guess at this point, I’m not going to bother as this show will probably just introduce a new nation next week. Fortunately, the rest of this episode was fairly interesting, though each of the subsequent scenes offered something different.
It seems like every episode has the exact same shot of this guy.
The last half of the episode focused on Ryner and Ferris trying to save a young Alpha Stigma user from nameless villains inflicting cruel and unusual punishment on the boy. While the dynamic duo eventually rescues the kid, there was nothing in this episode that we haven’t seen before. Ryner used his Alpha Stigma to acquire a new magic ability, Ferris’ skills varied as the situation called for it, Ryner moped over being an outcast, the magic knights died, etc.
Even the episode’s most important point, in which Ryner came to the conclusion that he is more complete with Ferris by his side, seemed rehashed. It didn’t help that this development had absolutely no build up to it. While it seems like the kid they rescued may play some sort of part further down the road, his introduction may herald in a new era of Ryner being too emo for his own good. On a positive note though, I thought the fight scene in this episode was the best yet in this series.
There was absolutely no build up to this moment, which lasted all of two seconds.
Perhaps the only intriguing development from this episode involved the only guy with a normal name in this series. After getting a brief recap of a previous episode from Milk, in which she explained she was completely outmatched by Ryner, only to immediately reverse her position we got to the real purpose of the scene. In a short discussion between Miller and Luke, who from the preview looks like he might actually have some real power, we learn that Milk can’t stay in Roland as she could end up a victim of the upcoming political upheaval.
Thankfully, this scene seems like it clears up a lot of things in this series. Now, I’m not trying to be sexist, but it doesn’t seem like Milk has that much ability, and furthermore it seems like the whole taboo breaker squadron is a farce. Instead, it now seems like Milk’s crew’s real purpose is to act as her babysitting unit and to protect her from any real harm. This is all speculation, but it’s just too hard to believe that Milk has any real power.
Apparently, she is somewhat important.
From the preview for next week, it looks like the much talked about purge in Roland may finally happen, but to be honest I’m not holding my breath. This show seems like it is doing whatever it takes to drag out its story, so I wouldn’t be surprised if nothing of note happened in the next episode either.
Going good so far keeps me entertained at least, and I agree they are kind of dragging things out huh…takes them a while to actually do much.