Only this show would manage to make a "reveal" episode obvious and boring at the same time. So remember last week when I said that this show once again had a really good opportunity to make itself interesting? Well, once again, it completely blew it. The "secret" was pretty much what everyone was expecting all along; it's a conspiracy experiment and everyone who is close to Saya is in on it. They were all hired to be the "main cast" to keep Saya's implanted personality in check and carry random bells around with them that somehow keep the Elder Bairns from killing them. The experiment itself is apparently for Fumito to see how ong Saya can last before she regains her memories, but every time she does he mind-wipes her and everything is reset. Oh, and also, everyone outside of the "main cast" are normal people who really did die. So why did they agree to participate in the experiment? "LOL, we needed a job, it's a bad economy, you know." That sound you hear is me smashing my head into my desk. Specifically, Tokizane wants money, Tsutsutori wants to write an academic paper on Saya and prove that monsters are real, and the twins are...trying to get out of some crimes they committed or something, I don't know. Everything was just thrown around with much more focus placed on "revealing" the things that have been obvious for a while now rather that explain the personality transplant that most of the characters have gone through--although I guess that the explanation is supposed to be "We were just acting, lol!" So they force Saya to drink some Elder Bairn blood, her memories start to come back and then a monster shows up and Fumito also shows up and then that's it. Now that the "secret" is out, I just don't care anymore. I think that they might be going for the "bad" ending where Saya goes berserk and kills everyone but I honestly couldn't be bothered at this point. Last week I said that it was going to take a really convincing explanation to justify the frustrating viewing experience, and frankly the explanation makes the series as a whole even more frustrating. This episode was not worth an entire series of buildup. I'm sure that there's a way to handle this kind of plot, but this series isn't it. There's a better chance of pigs flying than this show redeeming itself in the final episode. Basically, I've finally run out of patience with this show now that its finally had a chance to explain itself. Thankfully, there's only one episode left and then we can put this all behind us. So place your bets now: Do you think that the show will end with Saya covered in blood, Saya singing about the weather, or both? Images from NicoNico.com.
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