Friday, November 22, 2013

Infinite Stratos S2 - ep08


Now Ichika has to deal with the aftermath of asking Kanzaki to be his partner. First major point of the chaos that follows Ichika is the reaction of his harem responding to his indirect refusal. Although realistically he really couldn't have asked anyone of them in the first place. In this ways Tatenashi helped him be fair where in the end everyone was equally hurt. However now they are out for blood, this leads them to team up with each other. This leads Houki being left out which results in her teaming up with Tatenashi. While Ichika tries to convince Kanzaki to team up with him while she continues to refuse him but without revealing that her sister put him up to it.


That in the end Ichika wins her over with his persistence, although through all this it reveals a sub-plot through out the episode revolving around sisters. First you have the reverse parallel between Houki and Tatenashi, how they are in different position of one being the younger and older sibling and their struggle to break the uncloseable gap between their siblings from apposing sides of the fence. The you have the parallel between Ichika and Kanzaki how they wish to surpass the achievements of their siblings. Also this leads to the fact how they desire to step out of the shadow that their siblings has cast upon them. However when things are going the right way for Ichika things turn sour when Tatenashi is visiting Ichika and Kanzaki stops by to thank him for all that he has done for her. This results in her finding out about her sister being involvement with Ichika, and how her sister was the motivating force behind Ichika's actions. The question is how is this going to effect their relationship, while also change her perceptive on Ichika actions. The other issue is how will she face Ichika now that she knows, and how will Ichika resolve this issue.

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