Tanaka struggles with what to do regarding Ogata and his involvement in the flame haze world, as Satou also wonders if his path is diverging from his friend’s.
Impressions:
I thought this was a great episode. Even though the pace has slowed down, as is expected, it was still amazing. I always thought Tanaka and Satou were interesting characters. Well, actually probably not always, as early on first season I don’t think I liked them much. However I thought their story was great. It was different then what was focused on before that. All the focus on fighting and romance is great but I thought the struggle with whether or not to be involved in this universe was great. I’m glad Tanaka really made an exact decision on what to do, giving up the hougo and effectively saying he won’t have anything to do with the supernatural things going on, which is a valid choice. Seeing someone you care about being ripped to pieces and burn then to see them again as if nothing happened is defiantly nothing to scoff at. I’m just curious as to how much more focus Satou will get.
I was a bit surprised and interested in what the preview showed for the next episode and what was to come, although I guess I really wasn’t surprised in the fact that it does seem pretty normal for this show. I’m referring to the piling on of even more things that everyone has to deal with. A lot of shows would pretty much work on resolving problems they have but this show seems to ignore the fact there is already a ton of stuff going on and just adds more on. I’m not saying that’s a bad thing. In fact, it’s pretty good since it just makes things more and more interesting. There seems to be a group of creepy old guy Tomogaras. Although, what peaked my interest the most was the idea that something may be influencing and changing Yuji’s personality a bit. He seems more bloodthirsty almost and I noticed it a bit in this episode without the preview and it says even Shana starts to get worried. It defiantly seems like something that could become a big issue, so I’m looking forward to that.
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Did like the episode as well. Full support to Tanaka who make a decision on what he wanted to do. Before he was fine with going along with Satou and following Margery. But with all that happened he learned what he wanted to do. Humans really don’t belong in the world of Flame Hazes and Tomogaras. Was smart to get out of there and back to a normal life. I don’t think he could take it if something happened to Oga like her becoming a torch and then fading away. Would rather just forget or perhaps fade away along with her depending on the situation.
Satou on the other hand is getting deeper. Outlaw, asking earlier about becoming a Flame Haze, he’s trying to get in there to help Margery out. Not a great time since Outlaws are being taken down since I imagine Bal Masque are trying to keep information from reaching our Flame Hazes.
A tale of two friends and how they branch out into different directions. Sad fact of life put into a more dramatic mode.
Really has been a big shift in Yuji. Sure if you asked him about his love life he’d still be oblivious, but still. Seems a lot more serious and even Shana is worried by this. Guess we’ll find out with these new Tomogara’s showing up. Show really just keep piling it on, you could lose track of things.
Solid episode and you keep looking forward to what comes next.