April 17, 2005
Fantastic Children Episode 23 - Gherta
There is no way I can discuss this episode without delving into spoilers, save that my favourite line has to be "Alice, if you don't want to get killed by robots, wait here!". Don't know why I found that so funny, but... anyway, to the extended entry, Batman!
Dumas sends out his robot minions to take control of the GED Ring and the Organisation itself, while Cooks sneaks in to to stop its activation.
Meanwhile, Dumas himself detaches the segment of Georca's ship containing the bodies of the Girishian scientists and sends it crashing to the ocean - while Hasumodai, Talrant, Chitto and Thoma escape unharmed, and the bodies are left unscathed, Hiisuma's despair at Dumas' betrayal leaves him catatonic so he doesn't escape properly, and he dies on a beach with the other Children looking on sadly. In the meantime, Agi and Soreto confront Gherta with the truth about her past - that she was once Mel - and we learn why she lost her memory so suddenly in the first episode, as well as some more information about the Fragments of the Autozones.
Unfortunately, I was spoiled for this episode a long time ago, but Hiisuma's death still had some impact. Unfortunately, considering he was one of my least favourite characters in the series, I didn't really care much, but them's the breaks. I'm much more excited about the next episode, "Thoma's Truth" - the title sounds very ominous...
Posted by BluWacky at April 17, 2005 07:48 PM | TrackBack"Thoma's Truth" would make more sense retitled "The Truth About Thoma," in light of the brief visions he's having and the stinging headaches they give him. And there's a reason he held Helga so tight once before... ;)
Posted by: Will at April 19, 2005 10:52 AM