I have up to episode 10 at the moment, but I'm at home, which means significantly less comp time than normal. Bear with me, I'll get through these eps sooner or later. (sooner, I hope)
Episode Seven: Jeepstar
Eyecatch: Hidaka Ken
The episode opens with a briefing from Persia. He says Esset controlled regions like Kouwa Academy have been confirmed in other countries. The place Yohji and Ken were investigating is Weinrote High School, somewhere in europe. Yohji and Ken say that superhumans created for the sole purpose of combat are created there. [Visuals show Yohji fighting with 'Chelle]. IN an underground Lab labelled "Z-class", such experiments were being performed [shots of Ken in the room full of Dead G-class], and there have been reports of a suspected Z-class at Kouwa. [Shot of Aya fighting the dude in the red uniform whose name escapes me at the moment...Sagiri]. The guy in charge of all these Z-class is a person codenamed "Epitaph", but they don't know who that is. He could be hiding withikn the Z-class at Kouwa. Weiss' mission is to expose the Z-class at Kouwa within 100 days, and find out Epitaph's identity.
BUT... and this is a big but... Aya is ordered to "refrain from mission duties" because he may have been found out, Rex says.("Lucky Aya, getting an all-paid vacation" says Yohji) Next message is for Sena [codename: LaPerm, pronounced/subtitled as "Labama"] He is also ordered to standby, like Aya. Weiss is also authorized to carry weapons 'just in case'
Ken's pissed. Because of Sena, one of them died. Instead of 'being disposed of'... he's allowed to carry weapons! Aya counters saying it's Persia's decision, and Yohji plays diplomat by saying Persia isn't as tough as he used to be. Sena leaves without a word.
At school, Ken is breifing Aya about the basement he found at Weinrote. Ken thinks the Z-class Aya met was created there. He thinks the truth is hidden deeper at Kouwa. In Yohji's class, Kudou-sensei is telling his students to just draw what they see, and not worry if it ends up looking wierd. A voice at the back of the room protests. It's his model, Tsuji-sensei, sitting on a stool. Yohji tells her her beauty is a good subject to teach, and she stands up and protests more. "Models aren't supposed to move." Yohji chuckles, and Tsuji sits down again.
We get a shot of three towers being built, before the camera pans down to show some of the field. In a cafeteria, three college girls are talking about rumours of a ghost of a girl near where "the highschool kid died" (Kyou and/or Todo, presumeably) Ken interrupts (by grabbing a girl's shoulder and saying "Ne." The girl jumps) and asks them about the rumors.
Sena is in a building, asking for an Akimoto-san. Two figures leave the building, and the camera pans up to Aya on the roof, where his lady friend joins him.(I can't remember her name, either.) She talks about something she remembered from when she first started teaching at Kouwa. She was so full of ideas, but got bogged down with teaching the school's curriculum. Then The Incident occurred, and everybody has changed. She says she hopes Aya will be voted head teacher of the First Grade (of Highschool, that is) because Aya was the only one who tried to protect Sena. Kouwa needs somebody with passion like that. (Asami... her name is Asami-sensei) They get to talking about the Headmaster. He's so busy that he's never at Kouwa, or so Asami hears from Tsuji.
And speaking of Tsuji, the camera cuts to the art room, where all the student's desks have been pushed aside, and Yohji is making a charcoal sketch of Tsuji (he really IS qualified to teach art, damn) Yohji talks about her act of Heroism (telling the students to get back to class over the PA) She acts modest, and when she asks why Yohji wanted to know, he changes the subject, and says something about her eyes. He asks her to take off her glasses, and she does so. He says her eyes ressemble those of a 'beautiful acquaintance' of his. (Either Asuka or 'Chelle) Not exactly a girlfriend, he says, but they did have a painful goodbye. But Tsuji has beautiful eyes, he insists. Not because they ressemble the other girls (as Tsuji isinuates), but because they "enslave all that are reflected on them. Even twilight is sucked into them." (Awww! *melts*)
Sena is on a bench, talking to Akimoto. Sena says something about calling his teacher, and Akimoto says something about not being able to help. One of Sena's Aunts, Kirasagi-sensei, was once a great headmaster. No one trusted her more than Inagaki. [shot of Inagaki lying dead in a pool of his own blood, courtesy of Sena] The man goes on to say Shimojima visited Inagaki a lot before his death. He went to her school, which later became Kouwa. Shimojima only started visiting after Todo was enrolled. But Sena should really see Shimojima for himself. Pan away from the two on the bench from their backside, to show Aya listening in from behind a post.
"Wouldn't it be okay to reveal Izumi Sena's identity?" Rex asks Omi. She's worried that keeping his identity a secret would impact the mission. If Ken and Yohji knew what was going on, they'd agree with his decision. But That would make the whole thing pointless, Omi insists. The enemy will only attack if Sena is working on his own. (Omi's got his blinds open and his back to Sena. All that shows from between the blinds is yellow light. Does Rex even know who Omi is? She calls him "Persia") He's using Sena's instability, and that could get him killed, but Omi's sure that Aya will understand. [It's Aya specifically, because he's the one ordered to sit out]
At the gazebo, the girls describe the visions of the ghost to Ken. The place is blocked with police tape. Apparently the ghost was dressed in white, and when the witness took her eyes of the ghost, it dissapeared. Ken looks pensive.
At the psych ward of a hospital, Sena goes to see Todo's second-in-command, that girl. Damn, why can't I remember names today? Kodama Misaki. "Aren't you late, Shinigami-san?" She greets Sena. She freaks out, begging Sena to kill her. He insists he didn't kill Todo. She doesn't believe him, and cries for Sena to kill her so she can be with her führer. Sena goes on to say that Kyou and Todo were tricked by "someone in the shadows". He doesn't know who it is, but he wants to find out. "What do you need to know?" She says. "The relationship between Todo and Shimojima." Sena answers. Once again, Aya is listening in, this time from behind the door.
Back at school, Tsuji is about to leave for the day when she runs into Yohji in the hall. He offers to take her to dinner, 'to thank her for being his model'. She tries to brush him off, but he hands her a card and says that he'll be waiting there. She watches Yohji leave, and smiles slightly.
Shot of Sena pulling up to a four story buliding.
shot of the front-left wheel of the Super Seven in a parking garage, opposite a white convertible and a blue something.
Shot of Aya, Yohji and Ken in the basement of Koneko. Yohji gets up to leave, but Ken talks about his ghost stories. It's the same spot that Kyou died at, and now that the police investigation is over, they can investigate themselves. Yohji says that not many ppl are needed for an investigation, and besides, he has a date. (He insists it's part of the job) Yohji leaves. Aya tells Ken not to bother Yohji, he'll go. He was told to Refrain from investigating. Persia didn't say it was Prohibited
Shot of Sena peeking at a ceremony where Shimojima is shaking a man's hand onstage, and cameras are flashing. At the restaurant, we see Tsuji has decided to show up after all. The subject of his past is brought up, and Yohji says he doesn't like to talk about the past. He'd rather talk about Tsuji.
Ken and Aya are at the gazebo. Ken's got some sort of scanner gadget he's using. He stops and starts feeling a pillar, and a section rotates. A hole opens up in the floor. Ken's about to go in, when Aya points out it's too dangerous with just two people, and suggests they put the floor back and come back later. [Flash of the room full of dead G-class again]. Ken agrees. A woman's hands, typing away at a keyboard. It's Tsuji. She's in the staffroom when Asami comes in, and notices that Tsuji is wearing contacts. Asami tells Tsuji she thinks contacts look better. We cut to a hallway, where Aya and Yohji are talking about their discovery at the Gazebo. If it's Z-class HQ, they don't know what kind of fight they're in for. Yohji should know better than Anyone. A place full of 'Chelle's. Yohji asks about Ken, and We skip to a college class. Ken's in it. Aya says Ken agreed, grudgingly.
That night, at the Gazebo, Yohji, Aya, Ken and Sena descend into the hole in the ground. There is NO ONE there. They keep going, looking for evidence of the Z-class. [It's really funny how Sena and Ken are all tense and pouncing preemptively all over the place while Yohji and Aya are just strolling along like they're in the school] Eventually they come to *gasp!* a completely empty room. We switch to the moonlight reflecting on the floor in the main building where a man talks to a woman. It's okay, the woman reassures the man, they'll retreat after they find nothing. The man says it'd be faster to just get rid fo them, but they don't know how many Weiss are undercover at Kouwa. Soon enough the 'Palace of the Underworld' will be complete. The Woman is Tsuji-sensei...and she tells her subordinate not to take hasty action till then. The man is Shimojima. He agrees.
Omi is visiting his grandpa. They're talking about a suspicious company. Gramps wants Omi to sic Weiss on it. But Weiss is still at Kouwa, Omi protests. He's stuck when Gramps calls him in on the fact that Weiss found nothing at Kouwa. Omi talks about wanting to wipe Esset off the face of the earth, as revenge for everyone they've wronged, but Gramps insists that's not what Weiss was formed for. He talks about the Takatori's resources, and how they can't afford to be tied up at Kouwa for much longer. We skip to the flowershop basement, where Persia tells Weiss to back off of Kouwa. Aya refuses right off the bat. He'll investigate Kouwa if he has to do it alone. S Back to Main