Log Horizion - ep25

This finale to Log Horizion is more like a prelude to the second season that is beginning in the Fall which is about half a year away. This is why they end the attack on Akiharaba so swiftly, by having it end with Lord Marves. Even thought shiroe's counter-attack was short, it was wonderful seeing Shiroe being evil again. How he blames Lenessia for failing to inform them about Lord Marves arrival, this was done so that no-one would blame her but blame Shiroe for being so harsh with her. This followed up with the counterfeit letter that has Lord Marves signature on, then when he is surprise by reading the letter. This lead Shiroe to suggest that there was no 500-tons of cargo, that all of this was harassment. That with Marves dealt with all the other attack on Akiharaba cease, but he doesn't believe that Marves was the master mind behind the plot that he was act in someone else stead.

Then from here the rest of the festival goes of with no problems now that the interlopers are dealt with. Although in the aftermath Minori comes to a realization that Shiroe is intentional creating a negative image for himself. Then when she confronts him about this he confirms it for her, that he justifies it as necessary. That sometimes there is a need for a bad cop which is his role while Crusty's role is that of the good cop. That if people thought positively about him it wouldn't work, that the change in Akiharaba is the result of his willingness to play the villian. However during this conversation Akatsuki overhears them and realizes that she doesn't understand Shiroe as much as she thought she did. That someone that knew him for less time understands him better, it will be interesting to see how this dynamic builds next season when the series returns.

Things end with them resolving the question of who was that moving around in the background since Shiroe use world magic to resurrect Rudy. She introduce herself as Dariella a traveling writer, that she meeting him in Ooshima stead because he couldn't be there. However it doesn't take long for Shiroe to call her out on her disguise by call her Nureha which is her true name. Then after she reveals her true appearance it is kind of fitting that she it a fox-woman since Kitsune are notorious for disguise themselves. Then throughout there conversation a lot of new detail are revile, one of the most important is the issue of Minami. It seems that she dealt with the social unrest in a different way then Shiroe did by buying the cathedral where the players are resurrected ultimately forcing everyone under the banner of Plant Hwyaden where she is the guild leader. That with no other guilds there is no-longer any conflicting interested. That her goal is get Shiroe to join her guild and stand by her side because she see as only him being her equal. Although she fails in this attempt, it seems that this rejection only seems to encourage her because Nureha believe that he will be her eventually. This also seems to point to the future of the second season where it will focus on a war between the two cities. That the main driving force behind this will be the wills of both Shiroe and Nureha.