Rokujouma no Shinryakusha - ep09

Things return to the moment after yurika has fallen, and in Koutarou's grief it seems that he has awakened something within Sakuraba. That this cause the raise of her second personality who bestows Koutarou with a magical sword. That with this sword in hand he effortlessly defeats Maki forcing her to flee. Although in her defeat she goes after room 106 to obtain the strength to defeat Koutarou however can't give chase immediately because Yurika's condition takes priority. That while Yurika is recovering they hear her life story and how she was save by Mana and how this leaded her to take Mana's place when she lost her power in protecting her.

Then as they are heading off to face Maki Koutarou tells Yurika about why he didn't want to accept the truth about her. That with all the strangeness going on around him he selfishly wished that Yurika was normal and there is also the fact that he felt that she was unfit to fight. The rematch with Maki is interesting with her possesing some of the magic from room 106 but this time Yurika has more faith in herself since she is acting in more of a supporting role this time. Although without the sword things don't go as smoothly as they did last time.

Then when it appears that they are finished, Sanae returns with the other residence of room 106. What is interesting is how angry Theia is over what Maki did to Koutarou. That this leads to her having her ship up in space directly attack Maki. That in the end she losses complete sense of herself and everything around her. That she only wants Maki to pay for harming Koutarou even if this means wiping out the apartment building. Although this end result is averted by Shizuka the landlord getting involved. It is kind of funny that the person that truly seen Maki packing is the Landlord and not any of the extraordinary people that Koutarou is involved with. That in her escape Maki wipes everyone's memories so that no-one will remember the truth about Yurika. Things end with Koutarou going on a date with Sakuraba but it also appears that Koutarou hasn't completely forgotten. The question is what will happen when Maki returns.

Aldnoah Zero - ep09

This week they are continuing their focus on the fate of Slaine and the motives of Saazbaum. What is kind of interesting is how up front Saazbaum is with Slaine, how direct he is on his act of treason. Also on the reason on why he save Slaine was because of his debt to his father. That the reason behind this war is two fold for him. The first being that other than technology they have nothing while earth has everything that they desire. The other reason is revenge because his fiance died in the war 15 years ago, that to a degree this war is his brand of justice. That slaine has nothing to fear as long as he doesn't oppose him, but if he stands against him then he will not be saved a second time. Although this also puts Slaine in the ideal position to pursue Asseylum once again but the question is when will he get the chance to act on it.

Then you have thing also focusing on Inaho and the others. That you have a so drama building up with Inaho hanging out with the princess. While his sister implies how he is smitten with her, this also cause Inko to get worked up since it seems that her feeling run far deeper than just friendship. That while all this is going on we learn a bit more about what happened during the war as the doctor is trying to get Marito to face to source of his trauma. Although the worst thing that happens is Rayet struggle with side with earthlings how are her enemy to avenge her fathers death. What makes this some bad is she wakes up as a sleeper agent and strangles Seylum. The only reason people realize this is because the ship loses power, although this doesn't mean that she is going to stay dead because something as simple as CPR could save her. The question is will Inaho make it in time and what will happen to Rayet.

Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei - ep22

Things start out with Tatsuya meeting with Kokonoe, and he gives him a warning that there are people after his relic. Also cryptically tells him what he should do and what is going to happen. This causes Tatsuya to head strait to the third division of FLT because it appear that the Relic is no-longer safe in his possession. That on his way there he discovers a pursuer but can't do anything about without revealing himself so he allows it to follow him to FLT then destroying it. Then at the same time that he arrives his division is being hacked but the Hackers aren't taking anything. Which leads to Tatsuya to their goal is the relic, but the issue is that will Tatsuya use it as bait to draw his enemies out and force them to attack FLT.

Later Kokonoe second part of his warning comes true when someone tries to gas him while he is working on the the presentation for the convention. Although he avoid falling victim to this attack, he also uses it to catch the saboteur which turns out to be Sekimoto who gets caught in the act while Tatsuya is faking to be asleep. That while this second spy is being capture it seems that Lu Gonghu has been sent to eliminate Hirakawa Chiaka. However he gets intercepted by Mari and her boyfriend who where their to visit her. That in the end Lu Gonghu is critical injured by them and is force to abort his mission. Although the enemy still is able to hide their connection by Zhou visiting Chiaka and erasing her memory.

This event also leads to other developments when the information reaches the enemy about Sekimoto's capture they switch their targets because they feel he is of a higher risk. That ironically their attack considers with when Mari, Tatsuya, and Mayumi visit Sekimoto to interrogate him on why he did this. This ultimately force a showdown between them and the man-eating tiger. In someways this please Mari because she can have a rematch with him. Although Lu Gonghu doesn't care much about fighting Mari as he does about his mission which turns out to be his fatal mistake when go around her, this leads him into facing Tatsuya who voids his magic including the magic that is keeping his wound close. That after this is done Tatsuya doesn't need to do much more because Mari finish him off. That with his capture it leads to elimination of the spy unit but some still manage to escape. Also it look like that next week they will final be moving things to Yokohama.

Rokujouma no Shinryakusha - ep08

In a way it is interesting how fast pace Yurika's arc is and how they waste no time introducing Maki who is Yurika's nemesis. Then there has been the fact that in each arc there was a secondary driving force that drove the progression in the plot like with Theia was the play. This partly has to do with the main point being that Yurika has to get them to believe her. Although if there was a secondary element to this arc it would be Sakuraba and her desire to be closer to Koutarou. That one of the thing that is going to be achieve by this arc other than getting the others to accept the truth about Yurika is Sakuraba becoming part of Koutarou secret life.

Things real don't progress towards this end until near the end of the episode where Maki and Yurika have their duel. Although it is unclear why Koutarou goes after Yurika alone, instead of bring everyone with him. That through Koutarou's arrival force him to accept the truth, but it also raises the question of the nature of Koutarou's powers that he is unaware of. That in the end the battle take a turn for the worse when Maki get Yurika involved. That leads to Yurika sacrificing herself to save Sakuraba but this might lead to Yurika transferring her powers to Sakuraba as Yurika has implied that someone else gave their powers to her. The real question is how will Yurika be saved.

Aldnoah Zero - ep08

It seem that now they have to deal with the aftermath on both sides. First you have the repercussions of Seylum revealing herself. Although in truth it was unavoidable because otherwise Inaho would have lost and rest of the crew would have share his fate as well. However you also have to fact that from the captains perspective Inaho was knowingly concealing the enemy. Inaho argues that he deliberately didn't. That in the end even if you knew there was much that you could do either which way so it was pointless further more if the information go back to the assassin the it would make thing worse for everyone. In the end Seylum is under the captain protection until they reach the HQ in Russia, the question is what will happen once they do reach Russia. The question is will they try to make her a political prisoner or will they to assist her in contacting her father to end the war.

Although the big issue is that fate of Slaine and how he is being tortured by Cruhteo. Although it take awhile Slaine final speaks when the fall of the latest knight is brought up. This also leads to the reveal of the missing Aldnoah drive, which leads to Cruhteo dismissing this fact since no Terran can activate it. However Slaine draws his attention to this fact when he start laughing, that although no Terran is capable of it that doesn't mean that someone else isn't. Which hint at the fact that Asseylum isn't dead, then when Slaine question Cruhteo on what he will do now that he knows. Will he try to kill her again, this cause him to reveal another secret that he was responsible for killing Trillram. That with this Cruhteo is final able to see the truth behind Slaine's action, that in knowing the the princess was still alive. He didn't know who to trust that in the end he could only act alone. It ironic that shortly after Slaine final earns Cruhteo respect that he is killed by Saazbaum as he abducts Slaine because he felt that Cruhteo was going to kill him. The question is what is in store for Slaine now.

Mahouka Koukou no Rettousei - ep21

Now with what appears to be the final preparation being put into place with the test of the experiment. This leads to exposing the spy that got away last time but this time around she doesn't escape with Mibu, Kirihara, Leo, and Erika giving chase. Although this time she is armed, even with this she is still taken down. It also seems like that she isn't the only potential spy since Sekimoto is also acting suspicious because he is trying to make a big deal of Erika and Leo's involvement because of their course two status. That he is trying to get them barred from the premise, then you have the fact that when they leave Kanon gets a call about Hirakawa Chiaki the spy waking up which cause Isori to leave with her. Then when it appear that everyone is out of sight, it looks like Sekimoto tries to steal their work but is stopped by Ichihara.

Now with Chiaki awake, she is question on what she was doing. It seems that she was trying to sabotage the experiment to get back at Tatsuya because of what happen at the Nine School competition during Fairy Dance. That her sister has to take responsibility for what happened even-though Tatsuya could have prevented it. Then Isori tries to express that all the engineers were all equal responsible that it is unfair to just blame Tatsuya. Then when they inform Tatsuya, he decides that it should be left alone. The reason being it cause things to escalate while also implying that Chiaki wasn't the only one that was loitering about. That there are still greater threats out there because it is doubtful that she is the one that hack into his system.

The other main issue that takes place during this episode is how Leo and Mikihiko are preparing themselves for the future conflict that is coming. First you have Erika training Leo to making a more competent fight by giving him a killing technique. Since she feels that this is necessary if Leo is serious about involving himself further in what has been happening. That he needs to be prepared to take a life and he needs the skill to do so. Then you have Mikihiko who is training with the security forces for the event. Although you also have a bit a love in the air with Tatsuya implying that Erika and Leo taking the day off together is no coincidence. That this implication of romance between the two also cause Mizuki and Mikihiko to become self-conscious of one another and this cause them to reach their breaking point towards the end of the episode. The question is how much longer are they going to hang around the First High School before heading off to Yokohama.

Rokujouma no Shinryakusha - ep07

Now with Koutarou taking the part of the blue knight, Theia uses this opportunity to put him through vigorous training. The main cause of this training might be because of the play but the real reason is that Theia believe that Koutarou might be the reincarnation of the blue knight. This is further reinforce when the armor does auto adjust because Koutarou's measurement are exactly the same as the original Blue Knight. Things end up taking an interesting turn with the first attempt on Theia's life when the light falls, but is save by Koutarou.

This leads Theia to believe that her rival Clariossa Daora Fortorthe or Clan for short is here to assassinate her. That the space quake they detected earlier was caused by her ship and the greatest degree of proof is that there is none. Since she is going to be sure that none of her actions can ultimately be traced back to her. This is the start of Koutarou acting as her bodyguard as the day of the play comes closer. Then the day before the play is when she actually strikes. Which is ironic that ruth finds out the truth about Herclus around the same time which ultimately leads her to the others just when Clan decides to attack.

That once again everything isn't as it seems when Clan uses direct method rather than the indirect methods that she has been using. Which is turns out that she wanted Theia to summon her weapons. The reason being is that she has set up a device that will causes them to explode so it will appear that it was just an accident but as things turn out Koutarou catches on to what is happening. That with Theia safe from harm for now they go on the attack. Which ultimately Clan is defeated by her own trap. That for Koutarou service to her she knights him, but he is unaware of this because he is asleep at the time. That this is the beginning of Theia's postive relationship with Koutarou and it also seems that the nickname of tulip is going to be transferred to Clan. Lastly with the title shown in the preview it seems that the next arc is going to focus on Yurika because of the mention of Magical Girls. Although the greater question is what is the truth behind the Blue Knight, since it seems to also have some connection to Kiriha as well.