Because of some small dips here and there I was wondering between that and 9/10. So I haven't been the most active in the Zankyou thread but here's my short review (a bit late).Īnimation is a beautiful 10/10. And I don't even want to start thinking about five's arc. Letting aside that if I think about the nuclear explosion for more than 2 seconds it doesn't make sense that alone. in the end it felt like they had this stratospheric idea to make explode a nuclear bomb in such a cool manner and worked to write a story around it. But nope.Īs I said, the episode was beautifully portrayed, the music perfect as always, but the writing. Then I waited for the second and third close shot. Now that the last piece is in place it's the end.įrom that moment things started to fall apart, I mean, among them you shoot the unique and forever friend of a terrorist who is holding a detonator and is apparently ready to use it? It makes no sense. Yep, this last episode was choreographically beautiful and it worked as such, the moment in which they were showed in their place, playing with the ball, muted, with that awkward music piece I started tearing up, I thought ok, they will all die. Even thrillers should have an internal logic if they want to be taken seriously even on a superficial level, and if you're going to try and communicate some grand social message or commentary, you have to have a basic level of competence in making the point. And that's the problem here - nothing of consequence in this show makes any damn sense. Looking at it, she smiles and says, "I won't let you get away again.But even if you accept that bit of nonsense, they way things proceeded - shooting Twelve and leaving Nine his Oscar moment, inexplicably then deciding to spare Shiba and Lisa - makes no sense either. Five manages to escape, and it is revealed that she has Lisa's school ID. The plane explodes without injuring anyone, and Shibazaki spots a masked Nine, who signals him in thanks before leaving. Nine and Twelve rescue Lisa from the plane, while Shibazaki enters the control room and forces one of the operators to divert the plane away from the terminal at gunpoint. Realizing there is a way to save both Lisa and the commuters, Nine contacts Shibazaki, convinces him that the latest bomb isn't Sphinx's, and instructs him to infiltrate the control tower and take control of the autopilot system. Nine regroups with Twelve, who receives a phone call from Lisa describing her and the bomb's whereabouts: a plane that is on autopilot and headed for a terminal filled with numerous commuters. While fleeing, he briefly passes Shibazaki. Airport police then arrive and fire at Nine, forcing him away. She responds that she wants to settle something with him, then reveals her knowledge of Lisa being an accomplice and that she is being held captive at the bomb's location. He confronts Five and holds her at gunpoint with a pistol he brought, demanding to know why she is getting in the way of his and Twelve's plans. Twelve then hacks into the camera system and brings the recordings back by five minutes, allowing Nine to rush to Five's location without being detected. When they get closer to the bomb's potential location, Twelve sends in Lisa to create a distraction after some hesitation, she sets off flares that trigger a fire alarm. They realize that the latest Sphinx video was a fake created by the police and that it is Sphinx they are communicating with. Arriving at the terminal, Shibazaki and the officers see messages being given to Nine and Twelve from Five in regards to the game and learn that the police ordered airport employees to transmit them. Nine and Twelve decide to play along with Five's chess game. The game is on at the airport and lives are at stake as Shibazaki and his team stumble into the middle of Nine and Five's dangerous game of chess.