Release the Spyce Episode 10: The big reveal
Published on December 10, 2018
This episode definitely escalated quickly, but I honestly don't believe it for a second. For what it's worth, I thought that the handling of the traitor wasn't bad. The series chose someone who was plausible as a traitor, but generally unassuming, which makes the betrayal scene work. I just personally have trouble believing it, so I'm seriously guessing that the series is building up towards a double agent scenario where everything is actually part of Tsukikage's grand plan.
I know that Byakko has gone through her redemption and everything, but I had trouble with this scene. The girls were just talking about how they needed to keep the operation a secret between the seven of them to avoid a potential leak. Even if they trust Byakko now, she used to work for the enemy, so it seems incredibly dumb to tell her about the operation.
Ahh, the classic. Talking about plans for the future right before the big fight.
I know it makes sense from a continuity perspective, but it's super awkward to watch this woman pretending to be innocent when we've seen her multiple times as the ultimate big bad. But at least they're finally using Momo's lie detector powers again, right?
I have to admit that Mei's carefree attitude does fit well for a traitor. That being said, I still get the sense that having her as a true traitor doesn't work well with the rest of the story. The way she blows Hatsume up seems way too overt to me, and it provides a mechanism to allow Hatsume to escape undetected. It's also suspicious that she takes Fuu for herself and drinks the gel so readily despite the fact that they already isolated it from Theresia.
Having Yuki's defeat mirror her mentor's defeat is annoying as repetition. But as I said from the start, I don't really believe it. Most of this speculation is coming from the fact that I don't want to see her die in the same way as her mentor, but I'm also suspicious of the way the camera pans above her at the end of the episode.