William French

Paranoia Agent episode 11 Part 2!

Added 2020-09-29 02:25:59 +0000 UTC

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That was pretty cool. Watching Mrs. Ikari grapple with her own mental illness and urge to die was very interesting. Seeing her hit that moment of peace and clarity was very satisfying! I liked that part of it a lot. It’s so tragic that outside of her head she was destroying her house while struggling with her mental illness.

As for Keiichi...He’s a lot more human than his wife gives him credit for, and humans get tired. He’s worn out. He’s exhausted, and he doesn’t have much of anything that gives him hope for the future--he’s lost the career of his dreams, and he’s taking care of his frail, increasingly mentally ill wife by working three jobs with almost no breaks.

I have no idea what the hell is going on at the end there, though. Inokai tells him he doesn’t think there’s no place for him anymore, they walk outside...to a cartoon world? Which Keiichi acknowledges with a “What is this...?” I’m going to need to watch the next episode before I have any clue what that’s about.

All in all, a good episode. And apparently the start of a linked series of episodes! Which is good, because after this there are only two left, and I’d love for the storyline to be brought home. I look forward to seeing what Maniwa’s doing, too.

That’s all for tonight--I plan to do more liveblogging TOMORROW, though, since I have a dentist’s appointment on Wednesday and I’m gonna want to just relax all day after getting a couple teeth out. Tomorrow we’re doing the second half of Baccano episode 11! We’re finally going to get to see Maiza and Szilard’s confrontation. That is, if they don’t immediately cut away from the party to the train.

As always, thank you all for tuning in, and thank you to my 64 patrons who make it possible for me to do this for a living! And thank you again to the people who responded to my call for help last time, you filled in the hole in my emergency savings quite nicely. I’ll see you all next time!