Well, I’m pretty late since it seems that the news came out while I was away. Good to see that they’ll be pressing Blu-ray Discs for this OVA. Here’s to hoping that the third season will get the same treatment.

Let’s go over a checklist of this show, shall we?

• Animation production by SHAFT
• Directed by Akiyuki Shinbou
• Ending theme by ryo of supercell
• Casting includes Hiroshi Kamiya and Miyuki Sawashiro

SHAFT is probably the only other studio that I’m willing to watch a show on the basis of “nothing” besides the fact that it’s from them, the other being Production I.G. The third point is more than a nice-to-have but the fact that an ending theme is awesome doesn’t make a series awesome. Also, while I like Kamiya and Sawashiro, they are not really a make-or-break for me in terms of “I’ll watch this because this person’s voicing a character in this show”.

Well, it seems my predictions from the last episode has proven to be incorrect since Ichiko and Suzume did end up joining up with Yumemi. I personally found the ordeal a little weird although I really enjoyed the part preceding it.

From what Gntarl said in this episode, it seems as though he might be off to give Munto a hand. I had initially thought that he would have some troops with him on that airship but it seems it’s just a one-seater.

Well, with only one episode of this show left, I hope things aren’t going to be too rushed in episode nine. Yeah, I know, nine episodes only, it’s pretty whacked up I guess. Although the first and second OVAs wrapped themselves up neatly, they did leave room for future developments. I’m not sure what they’re going to do here. I mean, while the first OVA made it seem as though everything was swimming, that wasn’t the case with the events of the second OVA. I guess, at the end of the day, they can always expand on the story or the universe more if they felt like it.

So it seems that my hopes of finding out more about Gridori from the last episode has been dashed. I know that people usually say that people aren’t dead if you don’t see their bodies but I think we’ve seen the last of Gridori if you ask me.

I’m not sure about everyone else but I myself am a little doubtful as to whether I got everything that Munto said to Yumemi during the second half of the episode. Watching it again would probably help though I’m hoping more will be revealed in the coming episodes. Perhaps more context will be provided in the upcoming movie?

The next episode’s preview seemed to hint at Ichiko and Suzume’s appearance but I’m not going to count on it coming true as I just can’t think of any plausible reason as to why they would suddenly get beamed up to where Yumemi is.