June 12, 2004
Madlax Episode 10 - dive
Vanessa turns out to be one of the top hackers in the world, and enlists the help of an old school friend to try and get some information to expose Bookwald's involvement in the civil war in Gazth-sonika. Carossur is on her (and Margaret's) trail, however, and Enfan's security systems are incredibly advanced. In the end, the data Vanessa manages to get hold of is isolated on a computer in Gazth-sonika itself by Insane Masked Guy (who appears to be called Friday!), so she has no choice but to fly out there to retrieve it - and guess who she passes in the street?
Mmm, nail-biting hacking action which was quite well paced actually. Some more creepy Margaret moments, a bizarre looking warrior standing on a skyscraper in a very X like manner, lots and lots of Vanessa, and Carossur's motives become even shadier. Not convinced that ANY of the names are right, incidentally - the names of the books appear to be Firstly and Secondly (as opposed to Secondary), but I have no idea why. I'm quite ashamed to admit that Madlax is rapidly becoming my favourite show of the season for no particularly obvious reason - perhaps I should give Noir another try some day, the first episode bored me for some reason.
Posted by BluWacky at June 12, 2004 09:59 AM | TrackBackI woudn't bother giving Noir another go, MADLAX is considerably better.
Posted by: DiGiKerot at June 12, 2004 11:13 AMMadlax is the best :D I really like it :]
Posted by: Kida at June 13, 2004 08:49 AMNoir is very similar to Madlax, with the difference that there are slightly less characters involved, which makes the plot a little bit less chaotic - or complex, whatever you prefer ^_^
If you ask me, Noir is more easily accessible with more reasonable main characters (though Vanessa starts to resemble Mireille more and more), and overall therefore a little better than Madlax, IMHO. You should definitely give Noir 5 episodes. If you're not hooked by then, you won't be.
PS: Little insider joke, in case you happen to watch Noir one day: I bet that the "bizarre looking warrior" is a relative of Chloe ^_^
How many episodes has Madlax?
Posted by: Kida at June 14, 2004 09:47 AMI think Madlax is going to be 26 episodes - it's certainly running to at least 14 (the official website has synopses that far), and it seems paced that way.
Posted by: BluWacky at June 14, 2004 09:56 AM