That cello is made of the highest calibre winnage

What a great turnaround episode, while I have my doubts as to whether others will agree, I think this ep was awesome. Due in part to my re-evaluation of Kazuya and his purpose in the series, I began to understand why such a failure of a character was created. While I think Kyousora is going to end with less of a bang, and much less yuri undertones, than Kannaduki, I am now confident that the ending is set up to be semi-decent.

Episode Rating: 8.5/10

Riding on the momentum of last week’s rampage, Kazuya nabs the last of Cielo’s (Kuu’s) fragmented being: loli yuri furry nekomimi…thing (does she even have a name?). She and Sojiro desperately try to defend each other, but to no avail, Kazuya’s powers are too overwhelming.

Back at Kazuya’s abode, Kuu busily works away at what looks like an invitation to the school’s gala dance, not even realizing what she’s making. She suddenly snaps out of it in bewilderment and asks Setsuna if she knows why she was making such a thing. Before Setsuna can answer, Kazuya returns and Kuu tosses the invitation aside to rush to her ouji-sama.

Meanwhile, Kyoshiro is all angsty, sitting on a window sill writing suicide poetry lamenting on the recent events. Sojiro eventually shows up and tries to talk some sense into him and convince him to fight Kazuya together with him and the Morality Enforcement Squad, Academia’s military task force. Sojiro manages to convince them to work with him to stop another apocalyptic disaster.

While unsure at first, Kyoshiro eventually gives in and joins the good fight. So with the elite members of the Morality Enforcement Squad, Sojiro and Himeko wielding the mana blaster cello, Kazuya charges the castle. They fight through an army of steel angels (empty shells of absolute angels) and finally confront Kazuya, who is in the process of merging all the absolute angels into a single being.

In a last ditch attempt to snap her out of it, Kyoshiro calls out to Kuu, who’s memories have been slowly returning thanks to the help of Kyoshiro’s horse pendant.

Thoughts

Before people accuse me of being a hypocrite in light of how much complaining I did about Kazuya next week, let me first of all say that he is still a pompous ass and that I still hate him with a passion. However! I have noticed that his presence actually makes all the other characters more likable!

Kazuya still annoys me every bit as much as he did last week, his “Holier than thou” attitude is incredibly aggravating. But in contrast, all the other characters are becoming more pitiable. I actually felt sorry for the nekomimi absolute angel and, believe it or not, accepted that Mika wasn’t necessarily that bad of a person. But those realizations were only possible in light of an even worse character, namely: Kazuya.

Needless to say, however, that he still needs to die, especially after how he treated Kaon. It may have only happened once, but I sense a recurring theme starting up here: anyone that screws (in the non literal sense) with Kaon/Chikane, dies. But I think there’s little doubt that Kazuya’s future has death in it somewhere, there’s no way that such a colossal jackass can be allowed to live.

The episode wasn’t all good though, having to put up with Kazuya is one thing, but to be blindsided by one of Kyousora’s trademark bath scenes involving him was an eye burning experience. The whole scene in general was pretty useless actually, we got a few more cocky lines from Kazuya and a typical “Hai, ouji-sama” reply from Kuu…and that was it. At least the other shower scenes were pivotal in their ability to expose plot lines and/or expose a characters inner thoughts, this one was just plain out of place, even the fanservice level was frighteningly low.

Another thing that is sorely missed are Kuu’s monologues, I bet this is why Danny stopped/slowed down blogging it =(

Although hopes of a KuuXSetsuna ending are slowly fading, it’ll be interesting to see what kind of ending Kyousora will get. Personally, I’ll be consoled as long as Himeko and Kaon are reunited followed by a full night of sweet, flute aided, yuri love.

Awesome battle pose

Obligatory “Setsuna has awesome hair” screenie

~ Shirukii ~