The Knight Sabers began with Syllia Stingray’s crusade to
rid Tokyo of rogue Boomers. But Priss,
Linna and Nene are about to discover there’s a lot more than that. When the past begins to emerge, Syllia is
determined to put an end to the curse of her fathers legacy, even if it costs
the Knight Sabers everything they have.
Their bonds pushed to the breaking point, the heroines also have to
contend with Galatea, a mysterious entity uncovered by the Genom
Corporation. Tokyo needs the Knight
Sabers more than ever. But will there
even be a team left when Syllia is forced to tell them the truth about Mackey,
their weapons and her past?
You know...I get that a plot has to develop and be there
to stretch out a 26 episode series. But
still…Syllia could have avoided jumpstarting the Apocalypse if she had just
been up front about her past to Priss, Nene and Linna from the get go. But now the cats come out of the bag in the
worst possible way and it’s all because of my least favorite character on the
show doing the most stupidest thing I really shouldntve put past her to do.
Wow, that was a bit of a rant. But in all seriousness this week established
a new status quo for Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040. I wont say it’s a full blown reboot since
things have been building slowly towards this, even if it hasn’t been totally
clear. But it looks like the time for
stand alone, monster of the week stories is over. It’s time to get down to the real business.
After a lengthy build up at the beginning of this set,
the floodgates opened and all hell broke loose.
Syllia’s past was at the forefront, right down to the Akira style events
that set the whole story in motion. I do
feel a little bad for Syllia being used as a lab rat by her father, who was a
real nutjob trying to play God and he kind of got what was coming to him (I’m
not totally heartless). That still
doesn’t really make her anymore likeable in my eyes. She still tries to fix her family’s legacy
all by herself and unleash her fathers old experiment as a result…oops? And even after learning her lesson and
telling the girls the truth, her attitude hasn’t changed: get with the program
and she’ll handle it all herself. COME
ON!!! To quote Rocket Raccoon and I kind
of hope Priss says something similar, “EVERYONES GOT DEAD PEOPLE. THAT’S NO REASON TO GET OTHER PEOPLE DEAD
ALONG THE WAY!!!” It’s funny how the
only stable Stingray in Syllia’s family is the artificial one, Mackey. He’s worried but he’s not chewing out
everyone left, right and center declaring he’ll wage a one man war on
Boomers. He wants the team to stay
together and wont fight without them…why isn’t he the one leading this team
(behind the scenes, Priss is still field leader).
I’m kind of with Nene and Priss in their reactions to the
truth about Syllia. She flat out lied to
them and used them for her own means without giving them the full details. Again, things might’ve gone a bit smoother
now if she had opened up. The fact Priss
and Nene both quit because of Syllia’s withholding is pretty intense. Were it not for the fact that Priss, Linna
and Nene are a solid team, id say it’s good they just leave Syllia to her death
wish. But I think we all know that’s not
going to happen. With about 10 episodes
left, it’s safe to say we’re going to see the team get back together at least
one more time. BTW, whereas I said that
the earthquake to burry Galatea was very Akira, the revelation of the Hard
Suits being Boomers is very Neon Genesis Evangelion in execution.
Nene might’ve been my favorite character this week. I talked about her shock and distrust of
Syllia but I haven’t talked about her reaction to Mackey. Rather than dismiss him much like she did
Syllia, Nene is convinced by Nigel to remember that Mackey isn’t just some
clone or a Boomer. And she embraces it,
embraces Mackey. Sure she may have been
a huge annoyance in the first half of the series but Nene really has
grown…unlike Syllia who refuses to grow up.
And it’s her friendship with Mackey that has helped shape her into a
more confident and likeable person. I
wont say she’s my absolute favorite now.
That honor still goes to Priss and Linna, who spent a lot of time
bonding this week. I loved Linna telling
Priss she’s not riding on her bike in a skirt cause of the way she drives and
Priss agreed. Priss will never be one to
open up about her feelings, with Linna or with Leon (who finally revealed he’s
known about her and the Sabers for a bit), but it was fun to see her enjoying
life with a friend…and for the guys in the audience there was a lot of
fanservice while the two got pampered at a spa.
As for Galatea…well the fact that she looks like Syllia (makes
sense since her father based her design on her, twisted guy), doesn’t earn her
immediate likeability points. I’m
curious how the hell Mason, who has more or less emerged as the true villain
between him and Rosenkroitz (though it does suck to agree with Nigel that his
decision to try and burry Galatea with the earthquake might’ve saved more lives
in the long run), thinks he can control her.
The villains or would be villains have been as stupid as the benefactor
of the Knight Sabers. And really, I cant
wait to see Mason get his, just to see it all fall apart in his face. Will
Galatea stay a little girl or will we be facing a full blown adult version by
the end? Most rules of scifi make me
think it will be the latter but we’ll see I guess. If she does grow to look exactly like Adult
Syllia…man that will ruin her day.
We ended the week on another great cliffhanger. With the AD Police HQ now crawling with
zombie Boomers and Nene trapped inside, it will be interesting to see if Nigel
can pull out a miracle and give Priss and Linna new Hard Suits to save
her. The zombie Boomers may just be a
taste of what’s to come in the back half of the series. And if what was to be believed in the
horrific flashback where Galatea killed Syllia’s dad and his staff and some
cops…we haven’t seen the worst yet and it’s time to be very afraid. All in all, this feels like a different
series now but still an interesting and fun one. Syllia may be frustrating and while I may not
have a lot of sympathy for a grown woman who refuses to learn her lesson and be
honest/open with others rather than break glass consistently, I definitely give
a damn about everyone else. For Priss,
Linna, Nene, Mackey, Nigel and Leon, I will carry on to the end…plus all in all
I still like this show a lot.
Special shoutouts go to Leon, who, as I mentioned
earlier, did figure out Priss and her friends were the Knight Sabers. He didn’t rat them out and actually managed
to have a couple of cute moments to show Priss he was a decent guy. Priss and Linna may be dead in the water (I
cry) but I’m all for watching more of how this little romance might work
out.
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