RD Sennou Chousashitsu - 16
Short Synopsis: It’s back to action and fanservice as this episode focuses at Souta.
Highlights: But what great action it is.
Overall Enjoyment Value: 8,5/10
The next episode previews are getting less and less helpful… they still give an indication of what’s to expect in the next episode, but they’re getting more and more cryptic with every episode. Still, that’s what I like about them. The reason why I don’t often look at these previews is that you’ll never know when they’re too spoilery for their own good. The worst offender that I ran into was Naruto, which once revealed the plot of an entire spoilerific episode in its preview. Still, RD knows exactly what it should give away, to keep its viewer wondering and not reveal any obvious spoilers. The preview for this episode, for example, considered of Souta and Holon fighting. And it was indeed an episode about Souta and Holon, but at the same time it also symbolized the romantic tension between the two, which was the main point about this episode. At the same time, the preview for the next episode features the entire same scene, with just Souta realizing why he keeps losing to Holon in training fights. It should be in the same vein as the current one, but we can only guess what it’ll really be about.
In any case, the current episode rocked. Souta, the guy who sleeps with the boss of his boss is actually secretly in love with Holon. This episode addresses the fact of falling in love with an android a bit differently than Chobits, though. This episode didn’t necessarily end with a happy ending, but rather with all the characters (except Minamo, perhaps) understanding what’s going on. There’s no cheesy confession scene, but instead a much more subtle approach was chosen.
There was one particular scene that caught my attention in this episode: it was where the evil android in this episode had just beaten Holon “unconscious” and threw her body away. That was the only time so far where Holon looked (and sounded) like an object, rather than a human being.
I love love love LOVED this episode, even without having enough Japanese to follow the specific plot. Souta
Comment by Jen — July 23, 2008 @ 18:38
Whoops, my comment got cut off. I was saying…
I’m not usually interested in fight scenes, but the fights in this series are amazingly cool. Well-thought out ‘choreography’ to them, and a refreshing lack of any gravity-defying superpowers or l33t ninja skillz.
I also got a kick out of the android’s protocols stopping her from drowning Souta, but then she happily goes back to pummelling him senseless once he’s up. :)
Comment by Jen — July 23, 2008 @ 18:42
I did sense an attraction from Souta towards Holon. So this does not suprise me :) Am a bit happy with this though.
Am a bit worried about your ending line… I do hope this isnt the last time we see Holon. I do like her - she is one cool andriod. In any case, I do hope the subs come out sooner for this series. It is very interesting, but Im finding the break between episodes breaking the flow of the series for me :(
Comment by Gem — July 23, 2008 @ 23:00
Oh, don’t worry, she didn’t die, she just lost “consciousness” for a bit, which is the point where she looked like a machine to me. I agree with the lack of subs, yeah. I’m still surprised at how little popularity this series is getting.
Comment by psgels — July 23, 2008 @ 23:05
It is indeed another impressive episode. Sadly, too many people has overlooked this gem. Thank you for blogging this series.
Comment by thepotatohead — July 28, 2008 @ 8:19