And done. And it was a good ending. I thought for a while that it was going to be Zombie-Sid that actually killed Shaula, but I suppose in some ways that would have been less satisfying than what they did give us.

Shaula sics Meme on Anya and Tsugumi and flies away to cause trouble elsewhere. Meme has a blade attached to her right arm and came up with a chainsaw somewhere.

Tsugumi has the potion that's supposed to cure Meme, so she puts it in her mouth. Anya manages to pin Meme, and Tsugumi gives her the kiss-of-life.

It doesn't completely work. She's crying and screaming but she's also still fighting, kind of half-assed. She stabs Tsugumi in the shoulder, but Tsugumi starts singing to her.

And they end up in Soul Resonance, and Tsugumi is able to break the chains that are still holding Meme.

So what are we going to do now? Meme says she can still feel Shaula, and starts crying while talking about all the evil things that Shaula has in mind. Then Tsugumi announces she's made her decision about a partner.

She chooses the Tenchi Solution. But it's not indecisiveness. Because she managed Soul Resonance with both of them, she thinks they can do a three-way and gain great power, some day when they're all much more mature.

Meme thinks she might be able to trace Shaula, so off they go. Tsugumi is still a bit new to this flying thing, and has some trouble initially with two passengers. Shaula sees them coming and flies up to attack.

So the battle is on.

And now it's time for that three-way. And it works.

Tsugumi now has a edge. She also constantly changes during the fight; when Anya was thrusting, Tsugumi's axe blade was smaller and more balanced and when Meme was swinging, the axe blade was larger and heavier.

And for their final attack, Tsugumi really becomes a super-saiyajin. It works, and Shaula is killed.

And then we get an epilogue, which fortunately wasn't sickly sweet or too long.

All in all it was a very satisfying ending, even if a bit contrived. The idea of two fighters passing a single weapon back and forth still doesn't quite make sense to me, but that's what they were doing, and if they can make it work (and it helps that both Anya and Meme are masters of empty-hand fighting) then why not?

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in General Anime at 02:12 PM | Comments (5) | Add Comment
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