Looking forward especially, there’s a lot more to see here as well. The whole idea of using a plane as a mobile, airport targeting bomb was plain (oh the jokes) over the top, and it’s still pleasantly surprising how Watanabe not only doesn’t have qualms depicting such incidents, but also in thinking them up to be used in the first place. After all, the aforementioned doesn’t change the fact that the show remains constantly a good watch-especially in regards to Watanabe’s depiction of terrorist acts. There’s the feeling that we (or at least, I) may have gotten the wrong impression of what kind of show Zankyou no Terror is however, and I guess it’s something that’ll just require some expectation calibrations to get through. The problem here lies in the fact that she didn’t account for Shibazaki’s interference, which when combined with the sloppy job from the special assault team to derail her “intricately laid plans.” There’s an explanation here that she simply considered Shibazaki and the rest of the Police Department as too incompetent to act, but at this point we’re talking about a lot of ifs.įor better and for worse, suspension of disbelief is definitely an increasing factor within this show. It’s still a bit of a stretch considering how she reacted to Twelve’s disappearance-she clearly intended to have him captured-but it could be a valid argument nonetheless. Thus, the end game with the plane and the bomb would remain the same no matter what. That said, one could reason that Five went through this with the belief that even if Nine did find her, there’s no way he’d shoot her.
It should’ve never gotten to a point where Lisa’s involvement could’ve played any significant role in the first place, yet it did, and it did so in barely a third of the episode. Combine that with the setup time she received, and there’s just no feasible reason for Twelve being able to slip away so easily, let alone be able to easily locate and bypass their connected lines so easily (no security at such an obvious access point?). Five knows exactly who they are, what they want, and how they’ll act. One could reason Twelve’s synesthesia gave him a distinct advantage in this regard, but it shouldn’t have. Point in fact, considering Five’s ability to lure Sphinx into an arena of her choosing, her getting duped so easily by Twelve’s hacks comes in as rather comical. And honestly, I’m at a loss here because the potential and the results just don’t match up, and it’s a jarring inconsistency that makes me shake my head. Three episodes in to Five’s reign of terror however, there’s two things for certain: she might be capable of providing the former, but she’s definitely not providing the former (yet). Unlike the Police Department, she was someone that could give Sphinx the challenge they were looking for, and I felt that her involvement would only escalate this series’ story to heights it couldn’t have reached otherwise. In all seriousness though, Five’s arrival on the scene was something I quite liked. I mean come on, I know you’re excited about the whole chess in an airport concept, but knights simply don’t move the way you’ve depicted it on screen! Zankyou no Terror is still an entertaining affair, but the development’s taken a tumble following a promising start. Sadly, it’s not entirely for good reasons, and this whole affair with Five leaves me somewhat disappointed.
ZANKYOU NO TERROR BACKGROUND SERIES
If there’s ever been an episode of this series that made me sit back and think, it was this one. But that just means you have more weaknesses. “I was surprised to find that you made a friend. Posing as Sphinx, Five baits them to Haneda Airport, where they resume a game from years past.Five enters the picture, turning the tables on Sphinx and the Police Department.Shibazaki solves the next puzzle, but the Police Department reels as their investigation documents are leaked to the net.Shibazaki re-enters the fray, solving the newest riddle and preventing another bombing.Sphinx successfully launch a second casualty-less attack on the Roppongi Police Station.After successfully stealing Plutonium, Nine and Twelve pose as students and successfully demolish the Tokyo Metropolitan Government Building six months later.
0 kommentar(er)
