I never thought I’d say this…but I want Kyoshiro back, being the lesser of two evils. Screw Mika, Kazuya needs to die, right now. He’s a prick, and not in that arrogantly cool way like GARcher or even Gilgamesh from FSN, he’s just a bastard among men.

Episode Rating: 6/10

My hate for Kazuya is so strong that it actually distracted me from paying attention to the episode, so this summary is going to be short.

The episode picks up directly from the last, Kazuya has showed up and wtfpwned Kyoshiro into a brick wall and proceeds to hit on Kuu. Setsuna tries to stop her, but is put to a stop by Megingjard, the previously unknown absolute angel cameo’d a few times throughout the series. Though Setsuna does manage to impale Kazuya, who heals himself and disperses Setsuna’s mana.

Apparently Kazuya never intended to save the world, it was all a misconception by Kyoshiro. Really he just wanted to bask in Kuu’s (originally the absolute angel Cielo) pure mana, which gave him infinite angel powers. He reveals all this to a crying Kyoshiro, who has just realized he was idolizing a fake.

Meanwhile Kuu is told of her origins, how she was the original absolute angel, but when she asploded, was split into four: Batraz, Murakamo, Cliaomh Solais and a combination of Megingjord (spirit) and Kuu (vessel). Kazuya replaces Kuu’s spirit, wipes her memories of Kyoshiro, and steals her and Setsuna away.

They head to Mika’s place where they capture Kaon and kill Mika in the longest, most drawn out and wordy fashion possible. In her dying moments Mika tries to save face by admitting her sins and whatnot, and asks Himeko to save Kaon from Kazuya.

Thoughts

Yet another episode made of fail. I’m pretty sure I’m overreacting a bit, but I really hate Kazuya. It’s not because he’s condescending and evil, there are plenty of bad guys that follow the same trend, it’s just the way he acts. In addition to being a cocky bastard, he has the audacity to take the admirable qualities of others, attribute them to himself, and claim that he is superior. Again, this alone wouldn’t be enough to anger me, but his actions run contradictory to his claims (except the strong part, he’s pretty badass in that respect).

However, there were a few things that saved the episode from complete disaster. First of all, the KaonXHimeko relationship has been reaffirmed! Sure they were only reunited for a minute or so, but that minute revived one of the greatest yuri pairings in the history of anime. These two really can’t catch a break though, ripped apart in both Kannaduki and Kyousora, sucks.

Parallel to that, is…

Yep, we all prayed for it, and our prayers were answered, Mika is dead! Unfortunately, she wasn’t tortured to death =( Her lame attempt at cleansing her conscious was pretty half assed too, she admits her wrongs, but doesn’t really feel any remorse. Even in her dying moments she still wanted Kaon all to herself, and still loathed Himeko. Although we are given a glimpse into her past, showing that Kazuya is the reason for her abandonment issues.

Another thing this episode has going for it is that it shows potential to bring the plot together in a somewhat logical manner. As much as I hate Kazuya, his sudden appearance acts as a deus ex machina that has done a pretty good job bringing all the fragments of the story together.

But that still doesn’t change that I don’t like where this series is heading. lolikit said it about episodes 6 and 7, I’ll apply to episodes 8 and 9. Fucking horse excrement.

On that note, I apologize for the relatively profane nature of this post. I usually don’t go to such lengths to show my displeasure with a series, instead opting to systematically point out flaws. But this just sucked -_- Kazuya is the cause of all the wrongs in the world, he needs to die. Coincidence or not, the script writers came through with Mika, so let’s all rally for the death of this idiot.

I fear for the ending of Kyousora, but I thought the same about Kannaduki in its closing moments, and it somehow managed to pull an amazing ending out of thin air. Let’s hope the writers haven’t lost their touch and we get blindsided by another awesome ender.

~ Shirukii ~