Summary:
Sakamoto Ryouta once again demonstrates that he’s ridiculously lucky.
Review:
After Ryouta is supposedly killed in the explosion, Date shows his true colors which are those of a pompous, entitled prick. Himiko enters into a state of shock but Shiki’s timely arrival saves her from Date. Shiki and Date fight but the former is lured into a trap and taken down.
Date once again corners Himiko but she’s saved yet again, this time by… you know what, it needs to be seen to be believed.
Yeah. I don’t know either. I’m pretty fucking sure that boobs do not work like that. Anime physics only grows stranger by the day.
But let’s scrub that sight from our brains and continue. As expected, Ryouta does not really die in the explosion. He manages to get himself into a safe position just in the nick of time. And thus he returns, not too injured and declaring that while he’s not dead, his naiveté is. I’m a little skeptical since he still thinks that they can hijack a helicopter to get off the island all together but he at least seems to be over his near-instant trust of people.
Ryouta faces off against Date who tries to lure him into a trap just like with Shiki. That man just loves to use the same trick over and over. Fortunately, it doesn’t work and he is instead fooled by Ryouta into getting caught in his own explosion. Ryouta steals himself to kill Date and take his chip but Shiki, who’s apparently as hard to kill as a cockroach, shows up and says that she’ll spare them from staining their hands.
But for all that she makes a production of killing Date, she’s unable to go through with it in the end because her, uh, love trumps reason. Or something. I don’t really get it and neither does Ryouta apparently. Himiko claims that she understands but she does not deign to enlighten us. Really though, the guy betrayed Shiki twice. First, he ruined her career and life, then he tried to kill her. That does not sound like the kind of thing anyone can move past. Shiki is either a saint or an idiot, and for all that I like her, I’m more inclined to believe the latter.
Gut that fucker. Seriously.
The show tries to compensate for the sad lack of Date-death with a naked Himiko, which admittedly works. It’s sure better than the bouncy boob scene. Ryouta gets slapped around a bit for seeing her naked despite the fact that it was her who approached him in the nude. I’m starting to think that it’s best for male anime protagonists if they’re closet masochists. S&M is in these days.
Anyway, after a failed attempt to take chips from the dead bodies they’ve found so far – which unbeknownst to them have already been taken by Taira – the two of them return to the observation point. Ryouta, though he does momentarily wonder if Taira took the chips, chooses to believe in their teammate. But his trust might turn out to be misplaced as they’re attacked by a homing type bomb which only Taira possesses.
Yep, anime phsyics strike again.
This episode just left me wondering what was accomplished by anything that happened in it. It feels like the story just kind of paused. I know logically stuff happened but it doesn’t feel like anything of significance was learned or gained.
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I know what you mean. After all that build-up with Date and Shiki, we get such a lackluster conclusion. The whole thing seems pointless.
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Oh boy, ecchi physics. My favorite σ_σ
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The thing is that the whole scene is utterly pointless. The bomb wouldn’t have exploded anyway so it could have hit her face and she’d have been fine. And if it had actually been working, her breasts wouldn’t have saved her.
So yeah, pointless…unless their point was to show Himiko looking like she’s a second away from orgasm from a bomb hitting her boobs in which case they totally succeeded. Cue facepalm.
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Ladies and gentlemen: We have MATRIX BOOBS!
-Thunderous applause.-
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‘Matrix boobs’ always remind of the infamous scene from High School of the Dead. Brain bleach, please.
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I’ve got plenty of it to share. Lol
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A bouncy chest is the breast protective gear you can get.
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Only in anime, man, only in anime…
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I was pretty angry at this episode. Why even throw in bouncing boobs? Why are you going to forgive him after all he’s done to you, Shiki?
Yes, slap him even though it’s at least half your fault. Gaaaaah
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I know how you feel, buddy, I know how you feel. All that build-up with Date and we get…this.
I still maintain that masochism will fix everything.
(Or not. Himiko’s still a dick in that scene.)
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Right? Shiki, you were so badass until that happened ;__;
Perhaps it might. Guys have to at least be sturdy to withstand that kind kind of physical “flirting.”
(Could be worse. Some guys get it worse. Ryouta also was at least 30% at fault, too)
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Rip I duplicated kind
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Freud might say it reflects a deep-seated desire to be kind.
Or maybe something with penises. Because it’s Freud we’re talking about.
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K is not far from the letter B in terms of appearance. Just draw two lines.
When you say “B,” the word sounds very similar to the word, “be.”
Therefore I actually meant the word “behind.”
As such, I’m actually sexually repressed and need a donger in me.
Fucking Freud.
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I just spent a whole minute laughing into my arm.
A+ analysis, Remy.
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Thanks! This kind of troll logic is always fun to think up~
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