Galatea has taken over things at Genom and begins her
plan for conquest with the ADP HQ…with Nene trapped inside. Even after she is rescued, panic is sweeping
the streets and soon, the once proud city of Tokyo is deserted. The stage is almost set for an epic battle
between the Knight Sabers and their true enemy.
But it will take more than these four beautiful maidens to win the
day. Can they convince their longtime
adversaries in the ADP to side with them?
And will this union be enough to stop the greatest threat they’ve ever
faced?
Jeez does this show know how to do a good job leaving you
on the edge of your seat. And actually,
while I have some stuff to nitpick, ive been enjoying what ive seen from this
new direction Bubblegum Crisis has taken.
Even my dislike for Syllia has died down…but not by much.
Picking up from last weeks epic cliffhanger, Nene and the
remaining AD Police Officers got to play Resident Evil inside Police HQ. It was hard to tell when they were fighting a
hoard or the entire building when the Boomers started to fuse with the
structure itself. I’m guessing any and
all future Boomer bosses will be the size of small buildings or skyscrapers
from now on. But before we got that big,
we got to see a Hard Suit-less Priss storm the base with only her kick ass
motorcycle. All to rescue a girl she’s
accepted as her “step sister at least”. The
end result was some of the best fun yet on BGCT2040 and showed that the girls
may not have had their suits at the moment but they were far from powerless. Special shout out to Nene, who stepped up to
guide her remaining staff members to safety and even kick a little ass herself.
Also stepping up to the place were Leon and Daley, who
rallied the troops to defend the city, at least for a little bit. The dynamic duo had what’s probably their
last hurrah together trying to take down a giant Boomer up close and personal. It’s pretty bad ass and a bit of a shame
since Daley kind of vanishes without much on an explanation. Leon says he has a family but I doubt given
the bond these partners share that Daley would leave when the city is in such
chaos and the final battle is coming up.
Leon continued to grow and eventually he let Priss know how he felt, by
kissing her on the helmet and promising she’d get a real one when she came back
to him…freaking stud. It was also good
to see Leon accepted into the bros club of Knight Saber supporters as he shared
a drink with Mackey, Nigel and Henderson (the butler) as the girls went off to
war.
Speaking of heading off to war, Nigel did a solid and
actually provided the girls with new Hard Suits. They’re not bad: shinnier, sleeker and a bit
more revealing (they are totally naked underneath in these new ones). Still they kind of operate the same as the
previous models. The only big new
addition is that Priss can now fuse with her bike into a new Battleoid kind of
mode (to borrow a term from Power Rangers).
All in all though, I’m glad to see the girls back in action and more
united than ever. Priss even accepted
Nene as a friend and made peace with Syllia despite what she’s done. This team is now a family because of Priss
and she even has the love of Leon as an added bonus to her awesome life. I liked Leon’s quip about being glad Priss
owns more than just sexy leather outfits.
But, sigh, we gotta talk about the villains. More specifically, we need to talk about how
easily the “villains” were disposed of by Galatea. Honestly, I’ve never been able to peg
Rosenkroitz down and even though he’s killed in a manner similar to Syllia’s
father (poetic?), it feels so underwhelming after building him up. Same goes for Mason, who is part Boomer
(huh?) and wants to see the world reborn with Boomers as the master race. And how does the ever growing Galatea (called
that btw) reward him for freeing her and giving her a chance to live…by
throwing his ass into her growing, living fortress…cause yeah why not. Like I said, it’s a bit underwhelming but
still. Did Mason really think he could
control Galatea so easily? He deserved his
demise (if he’s even dead, I’m not totally sure actually).
Another bit that didn’t really work for me was the only
now addressed love triangle between Syllia, Priss and Nigel. It’s clear that Priss and Nigel seem to have
some silent connection but Nigel clearly doesn’t want to act on it cause, well
he loves his work more. Syllia is
connected to Nigel cause he worked for her dad and has pretty much used him to
attain the power to take revenge on her fathers sins. Seeing Syllia make a move on Nigel and Priss
being upset with it didn’t really gel. I
guess that’s because this has barely been addressed throughout the series. Still, Priss rebounded quick as this pushed
her into the waiting arms of Leon…and yeah they’ve got the better thing, at
least Priss doesn’t come with Syllia’s baggage.
As the beginning of the end drew to a close, once again,
we were given a killer cliffhanger, straight of out Aliens actually. Boomers had invaded the Knight Sabers home
base, using a structural weakness Syllia forgot to think about (WHO BUILDS A
POOL THAT GOES THAT DAMN DEEP AND SHE SWIMS IN IT??!!) Also, Mackey’s clearly losing more control to
Galatea, I’ve got a feeling he might not make it (poor Nene). So…how the hell are the girls getting out of
this one?
Your guess is as good as mine but it’s time for a pretty
big miracle. See ya next week for the
finale coverage of Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040.
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