Oh my god… that was such an amazing episode! This time, it focuses on one of the more overlooked characters in this series: Daiichi. And the timing couldn’t have been better. After all the hate and paranoia of the past few arcs, it was SO refreshing to see someone with a personality, entirely opposite of Isao’s.

The results turned out amazing. Finally we have a pilot who doesn’t have any grudges at all. He lost his parents at early age, so he’s had to take care of his two sisters and brother for a few years now. He basically spends most of the episode, living his last days with his family, and he asks the others not to try and interfere with him. I can’t believe how mature he was, with the prospect of dying!

Seeing all the other children cry as Daiichi tried to take care of the enemy mecha also was too sad. It’s also interesting, with most series where random monsters have to be beaten, their strength keeps increasing. With Bokura no, though, the strength of these mechas remains the same. It’s just their destructive capabilities that increase. That definitely got clear with this episode, when Daiichi has to beat a strange kind of steam-roller. This episode definitely was one of the highlights of an already amazing series, and it should definitely not be missed!

Anyway, regarding the plot, the two people from the military sign themselves up, so that each enemy can now be taken care of. We also see Koemushi in another discussion with his mysterious conversation-partner. The dialogue was a bit hard to understand, but it seems he’s pissed off that the military people signed themselves up. Ushiro also gets mentioned, though I don’t really picked up why.

By the way, this anime is quite mean towards its male character. Four of them are left now: Moji, Kanji, Yosuki and Yuno.

Interesting, according to Moonphase and the animesuki forums, a sequel of Gunslinger Girl is in the works, more than three years after the airdate of the original series. At this time, the format is still pretty much unknown, but I’m hoping for a fully fledged tv-series.

I personally loved this series when I watched it, mostly because it was incredibly thought-provoking, and the ending was just too sweet. I’ll be interested to see more of this.

Awesome, it seems that my worries after the previous episode were completely unnecessary. This episode featured lots of plot progression, new information, character-development and a great case. And not to forget the awesome background tune that returned! I had just one problem with this episode: PLEASE MAKE THE TACO-SONG STOP!!! Seriously, I’m fearing that I can’t get it out of my head if it continues for much longer.

The case this time features a guy who works at a taco-shop, along with his wife/girlfriend (Margarita). The guy, however, spent a part of his life as a serial-killer. At that time, he became acquaintances with a guy named Markes, who was about to be sent to prison. Margarita was with him, back then. For some reason, when he got out a year later, he begged the guy to kill her. He couldn’t kill her, and fell in love with her instead. Or something like that. You wouldn’t suspect that El Cazador has such a difficult dialogue to understand.

Anyway, Ellis was awesome this time. She really takes lead of the episode at times, for example when she starts wearing the waitress-costume. A large part of the episode also focuses on her, learning to smile at the appropriate times (with some hilarious results). During the climax, when Markes comes to take his revenge she also makes sure that Margarita is out of danger, and knocks the guy out by smacking a bunch of maracas on his head.

That last part was actually quite interesting. You wouldn’t say it, but Ellis definitely knows how to fight. I mean, maracas can be hard and all, but to knock out a grown male with them, and breaking them in the process does require a lot of strength. Because of this, I really do wonder what the second half of this anime has in store for us. Seriously, this series keeps dropping hints that something special is going to happen in the future. Either that, or I’m turning paranoid.

I’m also glad to see that L.A. finally escapes from Rozenberg. We don’t see him for the rest of the episode, but the souvenirs he left suggest that his sanity took a turn for the worse. Something tells me that this was exactly what Rozenberg wanted, so that he’d awaken “Ellis’ true powers”.

I also loved Blue-Eyes. While she was a bit silly in the previous two episodes, it was a perfect build-up for what happened at the end of this episode. She finally got her hands on the document, explaining everything about project Leviathan. It seems to be a project that was started a long time ago. If it succeeds, it might even have consequences on te entire earth. What kind of consequences, we’ll never know, as she then reaches a page with “You look much better without your glasses” scribbled on it. Seriously, how did Rozenberg know, and why did he want her to actually read it? Heck, why did he want her to know that he knows that she read it?

Ricardo also once again proves how dangerous he can be. He seems to have a bad history with Markes, so he brutally kills the guy after the climax, when nobody’s looking. The strange thing is that he just let Lilio come with him. I’m not sure whether she saw him actually kill, but that is not something you should do near a little girl. We also see hints that Lilio isn’t his real daughter. Why did he decide to take care of her? Heck, what happened to her voice?

I’m glad to see that this episode restored my faith in this series. It also was great to hear the music back, seriously, it should have been played more frequently. But then again, the track has become so awesome because it has only been played so little.