Sankarea - ep03

Characters

Furuya Chihiro – He is a strange young man who is obsessed with zombies, he himself can't explain his love for them. However when his pet cat Babu get run-over, he tries to resurrect him with the potion that is written in this old book he found in his temple. Although he couldn't anticipate the effects that his actions would have on those around him.

Sanka Rea – She is from a wealthy family, and goes to an all-girls school across the river from Chihiro's all-boys school. Ultimately, she ends up meeting Chihiro by him over-hearing her screaming into a dry-well at the abandon building that Chihiro is working to resurrecting Babu. This leads them into entering into some sort of friendship.

Furuya Doun – He is Chihiro's Father, and also the head-priest at the temple that Furuya family manage. He doesn't play a particular big part in the manga so it likely that he is even less important in the anime.

Furuya Jogoro – He is Chihiro's Grandfather, and he is not all there. In truth there is a deeper reason for that, but the reality of that will be revealed in time.

Furuya Mero – She is Chihiro's little sister. Also for some reason she feels that she can't show any weakness.

Babu – He is a stray cat that chihiro has taken in and see as his own. Also when the cat dies, it fills Chihiro with the desire to bring it back to life because he can't accept the injustice that has been brought upon his cat.

Saouji Ranko – She is Chihiro's cousin, and they are fairly close to one another. In the manga there is a bit of a romantic relationship between her and Chihiro. The series even goes as far as mention some law about it is legal for cousins to marry one another. Whether they choose to go that direction in the anime is another question entirely.

Sanka Danichirou – He is Rea's father and for his own sick goals he seeks to control her life. The reason being is that he desires to be the only man in her life. That he is willing to go to any lengths to make sure Rea never loves anyone but him.

Summary

After a short recap of where they left-off last time, they continue with Chihiro celebrating his success of bring Babu back to life. Although his cousins Ranko is question his overall ethics on bring his cat back to life. However she doesn't doubt to fact since she felt like he was going to end up doing something this eventually. Disregarding his overall unethical decision to bring his cat back to life, is he certain that it will be unable to create a zombie epidemic since it is in-fact a zombie after all. That Ranko expects that he should know what zombie do with the degree of his obsession. Before Ranko can continue criticizing his ethical behavior Babu runs-off, and Chihiro is quick to pursue his way-ward cat.

Then while all this is happening, we see how Rea is doing after she realize that the potion that she drank last night failed to kill her. When she goes in for breakfast, her father scolded her for wearing her school uniform sense she isn't allow outside anymore. When her father's personal butler comes in, Danichirou has Rea leave. Even-though she does close the door behind her she listens in on the conversation, it appears that because he saw Chihiro giving her a lift home. In his pervert mind he believe that there is more going on, so to prevent Chihiro from approaching Rea ever-again he intents to castrate him. Realizing the danger that Chihiro is in Rea leaves to try and find him before her fathers men can because she feels guilty that his life is in danger for just associating with her.

In her search for Chihiro she first goes to his school because she believes that she will find him there. Interestingly enough the very boys she questions are Chihiro's friends, they informed her that he never came to school today. The old other option she feels that is available to her is wait for him at the abandon building that they are suppose to met at later for Babu's funeral. While this is happening Chihiro is chasing his cat through a tunnel, where interestingly enough it is head towards Rea's location. The reason is to eat the poisonous flowers that was use in the resurrection potion for some reason we have yet to find out.

While on the cliff towards the abandon building where she picked the flower, Rea unfortunately runs into her father. Who is trying to get her off the cliff, by offering her anything she wants as long as she come home with him. Rea slaps his hand aside and tells him that she wants freedom. Then he ask freedom to do what, she says that she wants freedom to do what every she wants just for today. After hearing this he assumes that she intends to met up with Chihiro, and he has no intent to allow for that to happen.

Then just as he is about to drag her home Babu appears and she realize that Chihiro really did succeed. While she is think about this Dan'ichirou is making plans to knock the cat down the cliff, but once Rea realizes what her father is trying to do. She jumps in-front of Babu to protect him, but her father realizes what she has done a little too late and cause her to fall to her death. While Chihiro is seeing this happen from below just as she lands at his feet, and he can't believe that Rea was murdered right in-front of him. Then just as he is contemplating potently reviving her like he did Babu, she raises from the dead.