Bokura no - 07
Okay, it seems that my theory of two episodes per pilot still holds, it’s just not as static as I thought. This probably was the most focused episode of Bokura no yet, when it focuses on just Chizuru, with a bit of Isao and Yosuki. The rest of the cast never even appeared. I originally believed that Chizuru would be the pilot in this episode, but it’s entirely focused on a flashback of her, explaining her background and making her the most fleshed-out character so far.
Chizuru’s case: she wants to do her best in school, but her parents just think that she’d go to the same school as her sister did. She doesn’t really feel appreciated by anyone, and believes that nobody cares about her. Then she meets a teacher (the one she spoke about two episodes ago) who does support her, and the two start to have an affair. The only problem is that Chizuru fell in love with the wrong person, as he’s one of these guys who posts pictures and videos of the two of them doing “it” on a website. Not only that, he also has an affair with her sister at the same time.
So far, I liked this episode a lot, but somehow I feel that the juiciest details have been saved for the next episode. It should focus on Chiruzu’s turn to be the pilot, but something tells me that the fight isn’t going to take a massive 20 minutes. And after all, a still of her background is still missing: the reason why she returned to the guy, even though she knew he was hitting on her sister. in episode five, we clearly see her remember her teacher without any feelings of hate, so some things are still about to happen.
The question also remains: what will she do once she’s going to pilot Zearth? It’s not like she has a reason to kick the enemy mecha’s ass, like Masaru and Takeshi did. Also, this episode has been the perfect example of lazy animators. I wouldn’t be surprised if it turned out that the same animation-teams from NHK ni Youkoso worked on this anime.
I like the way this anime is going, so far, by the way. Apart from Masaru, the pilots chosen so far have been the least interesting ones at first glance. I’m really curious to seeing a bit more of Yosuki, what was in his mind when Isao bullied him. I’d also love to see Aiko and Takami break down when their turn begins, and I’m really looking forward to finding out more about Jun and Kana. In fact, the only meh-character remaining would be Maki. We’ve seen a bit of things from her, but so far she seems like the most normal character around.
Finally, I’ve been wondering something… I finally realized in this episode that each new pilot gets a marking. But why didn’t Takashi, Masaru and Kokopelli get this mark? Or was this mark on their bodies, instead of their faces so that we’d never get to see it?