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Can’t even play Zelda without getting interrupted by awesome Shana anymore… ~de arimasu

Summary:

In the aftermath of the explosion, Yuuji still feels a strange aura lingering. He starts to tell Shana about what he couldn’t say earlier, but the group is interrupted by a burst of red flame throughout the area. Yuuji opens his eyes after being knocked out, confused about what is happening. He is quickly stabbed before being able to gather his thoughts, however, by none other than Sabrac. Yuuji is troubled about how he was unable to detect Sabrac, and his completely different level from the previous tomogara. Wilhelmina soon gets between the two, charging towards Sabrac as an opponent. Wilhelmina continually sends attacks towards Sabrac, but he defends himself with his blades and again appraoches Yuuji. However, Wilhelmina continues to interrupt Sabrac. Yuuji notices that Wilhelmina has acquired a great deal of wounds, and realizes that this was from her defending of him earlier. Yuuji is relieved that Shana and the others are alright, but their presences are fairly weak.

Keisaku wakes just before Margery, and after learning the situation from Marchosias, discovers that she is suffering from the same stigma that Wilhelmina is. Kazumi meanwhile wanders the city, still thinking about Pheles’ words. Coming across the wreckage, she discovers Shana unconscious. Finding a brief chance to hide, Wilhelmina brings up her previous encounter with Sabrac. As she describes what damages he caused to Pheles and Johan, Yuuji wonders how they would be able to defeat such a fearsome opponent. There is no chance to get the answer, however, as Sabrac locates and attacks them again. As Yuuji is carried away by Wilhelmina to safety, he can only continue to worry about the strange feeling he had from earlier.

Helping bandage Shana’s wounds, Kazumi brings up Yuuji’s strange behavior from earlier. Shana reassures her that he has returned to his normal self, relieving Kazumi. Shana is sure that Yuuji and Wilhelmina will be fine, but her wounds are deeply effecting her as well. Wilhelmina continues to avoid Sabrac, while trying to establish his weaknesses. Sabrac exceeds her expectations, but she counters his attack by sending a drill like attack into him. Finding that Sabrac is not even fazed by this, Yuuji wonders if he can be of any help. Wilhelmina tells him not to do anything unnecessary, as she has something else she would like him to do.

While being helped by Keisaku, Margery brings up his earlier words of wanting to help. However, she wonders what he planned to do if she died. Wilhelmina leads Sabrac into a trap, using a lot of her power to make buildings collapse on him in a large explosion. Wilhelmina is baffled when Sabrac even reappears after this much, and Sabrac realizes that this was her last resort. Wilhelmina reaffirms that the Bel Masque is after the Reiji Maigo, when Sabrac attacks again. Wilhelmina traps Sabrac in an explosion, but finally sees his regeneration after this. Sabrac manages to cut Yuuji from Margery’s side, taking hold of him. Soon after, however, it is revealed that this is a fake created by Wilhelmina. With this, Wilhelmina causes another great explosion. Yuuji meanwhile runs underground, hoping to find a way to defeat Sabrac. Remembering the events leading up to this point, he suspects something. In the meantime, Wilhelmina is forced to continue her battle with Sabrac.

Preview: The battle continues….with awesome animation.

Impression:

So like…I’m sitting here playing Link’s Pro Skater and fighting a giant skull monster right, when Aroduc is all like, “Dude! This week’s Shana was amazing!” And I’m like, “Say wuuuuuuttttttt?” So I put down the wii mote and watch it, and it is amazing. Yea, unbelievable right? And then I’m freaking out cause all these colors are everywhere and then…..

Okay, I’ve gotta cut that out. But really, this was probably the most awesome episode all season. I can’t help but wonder if I’ve said that before though, or if my words will just get replaced in the next episode. Sabrac was actually so typical as an invulnerable boss type character. His character design is even predictably badass. I’ve got nothing to complain about though, because Wilhelmina in bondage (by her own means) made me explode. I really haven’t given this much thought in the past, but she is definitely my favorite character. I was totally won over by her “~de arimasu” in the first season, and the increased amount of screen time in the second season makes me very happy in the pants. I laughed at how they totally killed off Yuuji’s moment from last episode, with him only being dragged around by Wilhelmina and screaming like a girl this time around. Run, Yuuji! Run!!! There’s really not much else to talk about. This episode was pure awesome fighting, complete with DBZ like fireballs. The next episode looks like a continuation of that, with everyone joining in for the brawl. Well, maybe Yuuji will find whatever he’s worried about.

Ah, but if you can’t tell, I’m a bit tired at not at the top of my mentality right now. I’ve got a lot of stuff to do over spring break. For those of you who actually read most of my posts, I’ll get to blogging that other silly stuff tomorrow….