Not much really happened in this episode, I have to say. I was hoping for more interactions between Yuji’s father and Shana although Yoshida got in the way here. I guess one just can’t really stand having Yoshida screen when one’s a Shana fan. Oh, and before I forget, the art sucked hard in this episode, good grief.

Anyway, I guess I will just continue to take comfort in the fact that we’re finally going to delve into the material from the novels. I don’t really see the lack of action over these last ten episodes as being a real problem but I just wish they’d stick to the source material. Anyway, a lot of people are speculating that the novels aren’t going to end when the second season ends, but I’m going to stand firm in my predictions that it’ll all be over “around the same time”.

The previews hinted at some interesting things next episode but I have a feeling that it won’t happen until episode 12. I don’t think you can really tell the story of Pheles and Johan in “half an episode” or however much time there will be left when Wilhelmina finally shows up (which could very well be at the end of the episode). The episode’s title seems to imply that it’ll be all the episode is about, but I’m not going to fall for that. I mean, just think back at what happened with episode 6 and its episode name.

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