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January 20th, 2012:

Senki Zesshou Symphogear Episode 3

So after the big challenge last week, Tsubasa attacks Hibiki, but she’s stopped by Genjurou. Poor word choice from Hibiki only makes things worse after the battle. So more explanation from HQ: basically, the Noise have all been targeting a collection of relic fragments hidden below the school called Durandal, so they believe someone’s controlling them or they have a will of their own.

After that, we see more of Hibiki’s life, while she finishes off a report so she can go see shooting stars with Miku. However, she’s interrupted with Symphogear stuff, so she’s forced to cancel. In her anger, Hibiki’s powers go to the dark side, and she regains that feral appearance from the first episode. She’s still unable to finish off all of the Noise, with Tsubasa arriving to clean it up. They’re both interrupted by the arrival of a strange girl wearing the armor from two years ago.

Too many things in this show seem familiar for some reason. Tsubasa thinks of herself only as a weapon, which I’m guessing come from the fact that she believes that the weakness that she had when Kanade died stems from these emotions. The Noise seem to be controlled by some entity, which makes it possible humans are behind the Noise’s existence. Tsubasa can’t activate whatever Durandal is, so I’m guess Hibiki activates it or something.

Am I predicting too much? Or are these things really truth? Looks like the beginnings of a plot twist with the ending of this week’s episode, so let’s just see where it goes. I’m also wondering if Hibiki will ever get a weapon or if she’s just gonna be punching everything. I still feel like I can’t judge this show properly yet.

Inu x Boku SS Episode 2

So this week’s episode takes a similar pattern to last week. The first half is fairly light, with Soushi, Ririchiyo, and Renshou going shopping together. Also, more antics from Soushi with his super-devotion to Ririchiyo. Ririchiyo ends up getting her first cell phone (lol). When they get back, they find out that Karuta has gone missing, so they go out to look for her.

While they’re searching, Ririchiyo triggers a Nurikabe, which essentially traps her in a dark sort of prison until morning. However, she remembers what Soushi said about being suffering when he’s away from her and chooses to activate her true powers to try and break out. Soushi also attacks the wall at the same time and they break it apart. They return home to find that Karuta was just looking for a chicken for the surprise party for Ririchiyo.

So light-hearted stuff in the beginning and demon action in the end. Let’s hope it doesn’t follow this pattern all the time because it might get boring. We still have no idea why Soushi’s so zealous, but it was nice to see Ririchiyo’s powers this week. So yeah…I don’t really know where this show is going yet. Is it supposed to just be funny or is there something that Ririchiyo is supposed to do?