Thoughts: Shichisei makes their move against Makina and Oori.
Overall Rating: 9
This episode had much more plot development than the previous one. I was getting a little scared that we might not see too much happen. I think the graphics slightly were improved too, as they had more depth. I do get a little tired of the quick Keisei flashbacks, since more important scenes could be inserted in their place.

Akasha transports the Shichisei members to Oori and Makina’s location. They get trapped in some kind of barrier that hides their presence.  Makina is battered around and Oori isn’t too skilled at the moment to do anything. I do hope he grows up to be a much stronger person that will be able to help in the battle. Makina is able to overcome their grip on her and unleashes her barrage of bullets. Hokuto approaches Makina and sees her as a mirror for a moment. I don’t really know what this means, but maybe they’re somehow related to each other.

The other contracted priests break through the barrier to help Oori and Makina. Shichisei decides to take their leave. A few other members of Shichisei were introduced, but we still know nothing of their abilities. I still wonder why Oori’s cat does not help him when he needs it, since he also was contracted. I have been really anticipating that cat having a huge impact on future episodes. Overall, it was a good episode, and I liked how Makina picked herself back up near the end. The next episode will probably contain less fighting and more conversations I assume.

Thoughts: Ian awakens from his beauty sleep.
Overall Rating: 10
This was the best episode of the second season on so many levels. The new OP song wasn’t the greatest, but the scenes in it were very nice. I would have rather the song been by the Brilliant Green, since Stereopony just doesn’t do it for me. However, the action and willpower Setsuna displays during this episode is pretty awesome.

The Ptolemaios lands on Earth to undergo repairs. It appears that they barely made it down to earth due to the heavy fire after taking down the Memento Mori. There was also a new mobile armor being tested by an Innovator in the assault. We see that Ian awakens and his injuries weren’t fatal. Setsuna still hasn’t returned since the last battle. Enemies appear and we see Allelujah and Tieria head out. Tieria unveals his Seraphim gundam mode during the battle. He also is able to kill one of the Innovators.

We see that Setsuna runs into Nena to find out the Ptolemaios went down to Earth. He ignores her and doesn’t stay to receive their coordinates. He runs into Ali on his search and follows him to Krugis. Both Ali and Setsuna land and Ribbons shows himself. Setsuna learns that it was in fact Ribbons who saved him that one day in 0 Gundam when he was running desperately to survive from terrorist attacks. That really surprised me, and the way Ribbons explained it made it even worse. Ribbons asks Setsuna to return 00 Gundam, since he believes that he is the rightful pilot. Setsuna ends up getting shot by Ali in the process of trying to shoot Ribbons.

Setsuna and Ali eventually return to their gundams and fight. Ali looks to have the advantage, but he doesn’t know about 00 Gundam’s Trans-Am. Setsuna destroys the Arche gundam and Ali uses his escape pod. If only Marina didn’t sing at that time, we’d be rid of Ali at this point. Setsuna was also able to battle well despite the gunshot wound. However, he’ll need quick medical attention next episode. The episode had a lot going on in it, which is why I rated it so highly.

Thoughts: Some in the cult want to get rid of Makina
Overall Rating: 8
Oori is training to become a contracted priest in order to save Makina. His training consists of catching a rabbit at this point. The purpose is to help him sense the bond he shares with his own shikabane hime. The thing I didn’t like was when he bumped into another shikabane hime and grabbed her boobs by accident. It appears that her contracted priest contracted her while she was on her way to Akihabara, which would explain her cosplay outfit.

I really am interested in what Hokuto actually is. She’s obviously not a normal corpse. I don’t know how she became so powerful and what keeps her around the other corpses. It could be that they messed with her originally or something after she turned into a corpse. Anyways, we learn what most of their goals are this episode at least. I just wonder why they chose Makina to turn into a corpse.

We later see that Makina is drawing evil spirits, since her rune is rotting after Keisei’s death. She didn’t want to forget about Keisei and kept his rune, instead of just accepting Oori’s rune. This episode was a bit of a disappointment since it was more slow than you’d expect. It was just getting viewers ready for the new season in a sense I guess.