Thoughts: Makina needs to let go of Keisei
Overall Rating: 7
I didn’t like the pace of this episode very much. However, it did give necessary buildup. We see that Makina and Oori are still adjusting to their new roles as partners. Makina must go into this special cave to get rid of her old rune from Keisei. She heads places her hand on the stone and the ritual begins. However, Makina’s constant thoughts of Keisei took form and kept her from finishing the ritual. She walked out and fought Saki in order to leave the cave after failing to remove the impurities from herself. She then heads to where Oori is.

Oori and the others relax at the hot springs. The girls talk about Sougi’s first meating with his shikabane hime. He didn’t even know what a shikabane hime was when he contracted her. Quite an odd turn of events there. Makina then shows up in front of Oori after Sougi leaves. She wants him to null the contract between them. Oori refuses to Makina’s request. Saki and her contracted priest show up to stop Makina’s obsession from controling her.

Overall, the episode was a bit slow. I’m hoping the next episode will be a little more interesting. Oori needs to still work on his training and learn some spells. It’d be nice if Makina could also accept Oori fully and get those remaining thoughts of Keisei out of her mind. We’ll be at the end of this series before we know it, and I’m worried we won’t get the character development that’s needed.

Thoughts: Natori and Natsume go to the hot springs together.
Overall Rating: 9
I really enjoyed watching Natori and Natsume meet again in this episode. First, we see Natsume meet a bunch of little spirits carrying something and unable to continue due to water blocking their path. Natsume places a piece of wood over the water, and they are able to pass and continue to their destination. When he returns home he finds a paper charm in his door, which captures and drags him to Natori. What a way to start a reunion after so long. Anyways, Natori wants Natsume to come along with him to the hot springs. Nyanko-Sensei happyily agrees after he learns pets are allowed. It was quite entertaining.

At the hot springs a vase happens to be making noises within their room. Natsume ends up seeing catching a glimpse of a woman stuck in the floorboards on the first floor. One night, the vase opens all of a sudden and the woman comes out of the floor. Her name is written in the Book of Friends and she has Natsume return it. However, she wasn’t planning on letting them live. It seems that it was previously sealed by someone, and Natori came to purify it. He informs Natsume that he used him by having him come to the hot springs to help rid the inn of the spirit. I’m glad Natsume took it rather well, and works together with him to catch the spirit, rather than turning angry and making the mood worse.

Remember the spirts that were carrying the skull in the beginning? Their lord comes and saves Natsume from the evil spirit, and thanks Natsume again for helping him cross the water. Just goes to show how the favor can be returned if you help someone. I liked that aspect of this episode. Natori and Natsume head back after the spirit was taken care of. Glad they stayed on good terms in the end.

Thoughts: It’s Trans-GrahAm!
Overall Rating: 8
This episode was less epic than episode 14. You can tell they’re building up for the next episode. Setsuna is still badly injured from the gunshot wound he received from Ali. He’s able to take refuge at a Katharon base, and Marina takes care of him. She explains about the singing in the previous episode and they deepen their relationship.

We also see that Louise is as angry as ever. Does that surprise anyone? Anyways, it also looks like Regene is now hanging around with Wang Liu Mei again. Maybe they’ll end up betraying Ribbons soon. I could see Regene doing that at least. I’m also hoping that slap Ribbons gave Wang Liu woke her up. Probably not though.

A-Laws decides to attack Celestial Being while they’re resting and Setsuna still hasn’t met up with the Ptolemaios. This shows how much the meisters do rely on 00 Gundam a bit. I’m hoping Tieria’s Seraphim mode at least helps out in the future more. The meisters look like they’re being overpowered, and that new model the Innovator is piloting packs a punch. However, it looks like a coup d’état is happening within the Federation. A-Laws is forced to retreat thanks to this development.

Setsuna leaves Marina’s side in order to search for his companions. He runs into Graham who recently got a new mobile suit. Graham boasts about having a new secret. It turns out he’s got Trans-Am now thanks to Billy. Though, I don’t understand how he can if his GN Particles are not green. So, I doubt he has a filter on it. Either way, it’s going to be interesting to see how Setsuna handles the fight with Graham in the next episode.