It only feels like a problem because the rest of the episode was so good. And that’ll probably take about 15 seconds.īut this is me complaining about time wasted. They even managed to avoid appearing on security cameras when they ordered supplies.” Because Shibazaki’s such a badass, we’ll believe that sphinx hasn’t left any important clues behind. These terrorists sure do know what they’re doing. Hey, you know you spent the entire third episode establishing that Shibazaki is a badass? Well, here’s how you should have started this episode: Have Shibazaki sit at his desk, and think: “Damn. We basically got an info dump about how sphinx managed to acquire the bomb without being caught. My main problem with this episode is how it starts. Because this was a moment of characterization, it didn’t matter if you had fun trying to solve the riddle or not.
In a stroke of genius, the newest riddle required Shibazaki to reflect on himself rather than recite his knowledge of mythology. Shibazaki got to be more of a character than he did in previous episodes as well. Is Lisa’s choice the right one? Is it good for her but bad for society? It’s something to think about, at the very least. The end result is that the viewer is conflicted. Running out of time to do what? With the information we have, Lisa’s choice doesn’t feel much different than if she joined a street gang. Near the end, 9 ominously tells 12 that they’re running out of time. At this point, we still don’t know what Sphinx’s motivation is. You can sugarcoat it as much as you want, but it’s still wrong. We could not be happy for Lisa if she was running off with a heartless sociopath. It works to the series’ benefit that he is well-characterized terrorist. The tone when Lisa was riding on the motorcycle with 12 felt similar to when, say, the hero and the heroine get together in a Studio Ghibli movie. The directors are certainly pushing for us to feel this way. By breaking this cycle, we can by happy that Lisa’s moving forward.
Lisa does lead a shit life, and if she had any agency in the first three episodes, it was in her decision to not do anything about it. Then 12 shows up, and she does what she should have done an episode or two ago.Ĭertainly, there’s something about this decision that makes the viewers happy. It shows that she feels she doesn’t have anything in her current life, and so, in her mind, starving on the streets might be preferable. First, she decided to run away from home, which is nice. The biggest improvement is that Lisa decided, sometime between last week and this one, that she wanted to be a character. Oh, I haven’t immediately forgiven the first three episodes for dragging their feet, and this episode wasn’t perfect, but if you hadn’t been enjoying Zankyou no Terror ‘s first three episodes, I’d still recommend you watch the fourth.
ZANKYOU NO TERROR EPISODE 4 SONG SERIES
I don’t want to wait until episode four to tell you that a series is, in fact, truly great. Studios should pay more attention to the three episode rule.
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