ZANKYOU NO TERROR EPISODE 2 SERIES

I’ve heard that anime’s usual wild hair choices are often intended to make their characters stand out, but Zankyou manages to make fairly human-looking hair (well, outside of Five) do a whole lot of visual heavy liftingģ:22 – Hell, even the absence of hair makes for a dynamic choiceĤ:04 – And there goes any lingering chance of Shibazaki and Lisa being related. Well-chosen hair once again making for great framing. “I wanted to get caught” is currently the most overused trick in the thriller book, but hey, no-one’s ever accused Zankyou’s overt narrative of originalityģ:00 – And yep, the classic interrogation scene and everything. Let’s see what happens next!Ģ:17 – Hah! Great way to start an episode. Twelve’s betrayed Nine in order to save Lisa, Shibazaki’s learned the truth, and Five is as ridiculous and show-warping as ever.

ZANKYOU NO TERROR EPISODE 2 SERIES

Zankyou no terror episode 3 series#Įpisode 4 continued the slow, methodical pace that this series has had from the beginning.Welp, time for terror.

However, it continues to build on the characters and avoids falling into the same monotony of an explosion going off at the end of every episode. Slowly, we are seeing new developments arrive, even if the pace might not show it. The show continues the pattern with starting the episodes off with Lisa. This time, it is her trying to navigate the streets after running away from home. Lisa continues to be the most complex character in the cast. She wants to destroy the world, but does not know how. She is a girl caught up with people that can empathize with her, but are not the best people for her. I can’t shake the vibe that nothing good will happen to our three protagonists. This episode further explored the difference between Shibazaki and the rest of the police force, particularly hot-headed Hamura. Hamura is determined to prove to Shibazaki that they are just a couple kids that should not be taken seriously. This mindset is something that the whole police force shares. How they can have that mindset knowing that they stole plutonium, bombed a building to the ground, and shut down a whole neighborhood by themselves beyond me. He spent the episode getting into the terrorist’s head, playing the riddle game that Nine set up for him, despite Hamura’s ravings of it being a waste of time. Meanwhile, Shibazaki is exploring where they were, what they did, and what they saw – something the rest of the police force don’t feel is necessary. A further juxtaposition between the two is Shibazaki moving back into his office in the archives away from the other detectives. The lesson learned this episode is that the police do not have a handle on the situation. They are no closer to finding them than when the bombings first started. The information bomb that exposed their entire investigation and twitter account served a dual purpose: to make the public realize that they are nowhere near close to discovering the truth and realize that Sphinx are not to be taken as a joke.

They are here to change the world, even if we still don’t know their real motives yet. The last five minutes of the episode is some of the best all season. Nine releasing an information bomb for the police force underestimating them for being teenagers, and Twelve “rescuing” Lisa from police officers that were going to take her home is going to remain in viewer’s minds for a while. Everything about Twelve and Lisa in this episode was perfect. Lisa is similar to Nine and Twelve in a lot of ways.

Zankyou no terror episode 2