This episode was alright. While it had more to do with the main plot than then the last one, I preferred that one over this one. While things did move along in this episode, I found it kind of lacking in the character development side of things.

This episode did make up for its setbacks by having excellent artwork along with a very moé Shana. The scene of her talking with Chigusa was simply an overload of moé. Speaking of Chigusa, I still can’t get over the fact that Shana calls her by her first name.

Things are starting to heat up once again. We’ll definitely be getting more setup work and plot advancement in the next episode but I don’t think we’ll be getting any action. With any luck, Yuji might draw out the Blutsauger, but that’s probably exactly where the episode is going to end. ;)

Region locks are quite possibly one of the stupidest things known to mankind since voltage and prong differences in adapters.

As you can see, Marta is not amused.

I just came to the realization that Rie Kugimiya is going to be voicing Marta in the sequel to Tales of Symphonia and thanks to region locks, I will be unable to play the Japanese version of the game on my North American Wii.

I deeply regret not purchasing a Wii when I was last in Hong Kong in December of 2006.

絶望した!!!