Dennou Coil - A Circle of Children - 17
Quite the intriguing episode. I remember noting a few weeks ago how unlikely it was for children to be involved in whole complots and companies, though now I understand where this anime is going: both Isako and Haraken have become obsessed with its mysteries, and it basically shows how fragile the minds of children can become at that age without any form of support. It’s a pity we’ve yet to see anything about neither Haraken nor Isako’s parents, but by the looks of it, they didn’t spend much attention to their children.
In here, Yasako is much like the “straight man”, who basically grew up normally. I think that it’s now up to her to save both Haraken and Isako in their obsession (notice how Yasako stopped calling Isako Isako?). Basically, the entire episode was about how Haraken lies to Yasako about stopping to worry about Kanna, while he makes a deal with Isako afterwards: exchange the access-code for the Sacchi’s so that she can take him along with her. I assume that this means to use Michiko-san to go to the cyber-world where Kanna’s soul is supposed to be.
I don’t know… while I loved this twist the current episodes have felt rather… formulaic. Sure, the twists are interesting, but I somehow feel I’ve seen this before. But then again, we’re only at episode seventeen. The series is probably building up again for its finale, and there are plenty of episodes left.
Another thing that bugs me is the utter lack of quality-time for Daiichi, Fumie and Kyoko ever since the recap-episodes. It’s a pity, since they were among my favourite characters.
what happened to Sacchi over there…?
seems like an exciting ep, can’t wait!
Comment by alyt — September 23, 2007 @ 22:27
Have been waiting for the torrent to come in and it hasn’t yet. Looking forward to watching this episode! ^__^
Comment by tg — September 24, 2007 @ 7:10
the next episode, episode 18 looks so scary! harakens face is like creepy! its the obsessed look! *shivers* i liked haraken… i thought he was cool. but now hes kinda… obsessed
Comment by toli — September 27, 2007 @ 8:50
so hard to wait for the fan-subbers….ack! I’d watch the raws but my skills won’t make a dent in understanding it.
Comment by james27 — October 22, 2007 @ 0:32
Subs are out from anonymous subs and from ureshii subs. You can find them at tokyotosho.com
BTW I like a lot the current story arc i find it very interesting.
Comment by Patrick Monti — October 23, 2007 @ 18:09
Patrick: keep watching. It’s going to get even better. ;)
Comment by psgels — October 23, 2007 @ 18:45