takenoko wrote:Well, I guess none of us were surprised by that plot twist.
At one point in one of these previous discussions I said that there's no way they could make the reveal cool/dramatic given how blindingly obvious the whole thing was, and unfortunately I feel this episode has proved that. There was no suspense; even Wiseman delivering the final blow to Medusa was a by the numbers moment. They telegraphed the deception 30 episodes too early, and failed to give Wiseman enough character to make the audience care. As far as big reveals go, there's no getting around the fact that this one was a letdown.
With that said, I second what everyone has said about the fights in this episode. Since this was a very important episode they went above and beyond the usual choreography and set design, and it shows. That's definitely one of the best fights of the series right there, though perhaps not particularly memorable in the long run.
I too was rather not expecting her to die so soon, much less the way she did. Granted, we've seen a lot of crazy betrayal's in previous shows but for once it would be nice if she died, say, defending him.
Agreed. Medusa was one of the characters you expected to make it to see the very end of the series, so in a sense this was far more surprising than the big reveal. On the other hand we now have 4 episodes left, and all Haruto has to beat up is a psychopathic Phantom and Fueki. Medusa was the closest thing the series had to a regularly appearing big bad, so it feels odd to have her dead this soon. And you do have to feel bad about the way she went out, since unlike just about everyone else in this show she was clearly trying her hardest to do her job.
) So for Sora to figure out what was going on was about right. He's still walking around though, so that is still up in the air....
