Dominic goes out to find a replacement for Anemone, but once he gets to the lab he finds out how horrific the process is to create someone like Anemone. If Holland continues to take the drugs so he can continue piloting that new LFO, his life may be cut short. At this point it’s quite possible that Holland may not make it through to the end of the series. Things on Earth are going no better. According to where Renton pointed they’re currently somewhere in northwestern Africa. Something’s happening to Eureka and they still have no idea what they’re supposed to be doing. It would be nice if we could find out soon what their purpose for going to Earth is.

In retrospect, I should have reviewed this series on a weekly basis even though by the time I started this site it was already past episode 40. If you want an example of an awesome finale, this is it. There wasn’t anything that was really unexpected or anything in this last episode, but that’s the way it should be for this series. They played an instrumental version of the opening song for one scene which I thought was fitting. It’s kind of sad that this is the end of the series. Maybe down the line they will have a new season, but that seems unlikely at this point. With the ending the way it is I’m completely satisfied with how they wrapped things up.

This is one of those series that should not be missed. For me, this has definately become one of my all-time favourites. The series has great characters and nice art to go with it. The opening song hasn’t changed since episode 1. I would have liked at least one new opening since this was a 78 episode series. That’s really the only issue I had with this series. I loved everything else in the series. Before watching this series it looked like it was geared towards the shounen-ai fans. There’s nothing wrong with that of course, it’s just not something I have any interest in. Once I gave this series a chance I was hooked. Sure there are those yaoi moments every so often, but it’s really there just for the comedy factor. “Kyou Kara Maou” has everything from episodes that are seemingly pointless to just make you laugh to episodes that are filled with emotion. This series doesn’t require you to really sit and think about controvesial issues. It’s just a great series for you to relax and enjoy pure entertainment. The contents of this series is suitable for pretty much people of all ages. If you haven’t watched “Kyou Kara Maou” yet, I HIGHLY recommend you give this series a try.

Kai reads “Joel’s Diary” and appears pretty shocked by the truth behind Saya’s identity. It might make him hesitant at first to still consider her a part of his family, but chances are he’ll get over it. We get a better look at Diva in this episode. It’s too bad they didn’t show her face yet. I guess it doesn’t really matter that much since she’ll probably have a face really similar to Saya’s. Hearing Fujiwara Keiji do the voice for Nathan was hilarious. I think he does a good job with that role though. We get to see presumably the real face of “Elizabeth” and we find out from him Chevalier plans to do as well. It seems like Solomon doesn’t really want to support their plan. I don’t think he will completely turn against the others and help Saya since there doesn’t seem to be a strong enough basis for it yet. The cloaked-figures from the previous episode call themselves “Sifu”. It seems kind of late in the series to introduce an entire new faction, but as long as they can tie it in nicely to the story I won’t really have any issues with it.

Things were pretty entertaining from the beginning of the episode. I thought Miru hugging the teddy bear was a cute scene. It didn’t look like things would become serious in this episode until a photographer out for revenge shows up. I didn’t think they would do anymore character-specific episodes anymore at this point with the exception of Tomo. It doesn’t seem like it’s a bad choice right now since it has made things a bit more interesting. If I think about it I guess they really didn’t have a choice but to choose Erika if they were to incorporate a scandal into the episode. Erika is the only one with a connection to an already-famous singer. The training camp seemed like it was supposed to be important, but now that we’re focused on Erika it seems like it won’t be a big deal in the series anymore.

If we are to believe Shinji then he isn’t the one who attacked the girl in an earlier episode. With his kind of personality it’s hard to trust him, but there is support that a 4th master goes to the same school. According to Shinji, Sakura is not involved or has any knowledge of this war. In a way I think that’s a good thing, but on the downside not being involved will probably cut back on the number of scenes she’s in. One of the key scenes in this episode was Rin deciding to temporarily live with Shirou. It was pretty unexpected, but a pleasant surprise nonetheless. Defying Shirou’s wishes, Saber goes off to engage a new servant. I didn’t think a servant would disobey their master. I guess it just goes to show their loyality isn’t absolute.

One of the main things I wanted to see in this episode was how Rose had changed. Her personality seems the same as before, but for the moment she seems completely loyal to the R.U.C. Some pretty unexpected things happened in this episode. As soon as Rose was introduced as the new superior to Integra and the others it was obvious there was going to be trouble. I didn’t expect Silvia to be killed off so suddenly. Something wasn’t right about “Kamen no Otoko” (I don’t recall them ever mentioning his name so I’m going by what’s listed in the credits) from the beginning, but now we can really see he’s quite disturbed. On a more pleasant note, Solty made it back home. She may have missed Roy, but Kasha, Miranda, and the hentai Yuto were there to welcome her home. A few signs are popping up now that may suggest Solty may not make it through to the end of the series. I really hope I misinterpreted these signs.

We all know that Tomoe has a thing for Shizuru, but I wasn’t exactly expecting her to be so assertive. I’m all for yuri, but I can’t deny that it’s not as good as it can be because of how much I dislike Tomoe. In that sense maybe I’m partly glad they quickly moved on to another scene. Mashiro sees first hand the difference in leadership between Midori and herself. Seeing how respected Midori is and actually doing manual labour definately opened Mashiro’s eyes. With only 6 episodes left there seems to be a lot they have yet to get around to. For instance, based on the new opening sequence it seems there are still characters that need to be introduced/developed. It seems kind of late to bring those characters in within the last few episodes. It makes me wonder if the ending will feel really rushed.

It was only a matter of time until they gave us a swimsuit episode. All that’s left is an onsen episode. More than anything else this episode was primarly focused on the humour aspect. Even Asuto’s scene where he wanted to hear how Hazumu felt about him was made into comedy. One of the most hilarious parts of this episode was when Hitoshi wore nothing but an apron with such a serious look on his face. Of course this wouldn’t be “Kasimasi” without a bit of drama. Tomari ends up informing Yasuna that she too likes Hazumu. If Yasuna and Tomari’s relationship wasn’t awkward enough it just got even more awkward.

Without question, this was one of the best episodes of the series so far. What made this episode stand out so much was how different it was from everything we’ve seen in the previous 19 episodes. Here we have Jil, someone who claims to have been to Hell and returned. Before watching this episode I this episode I just thought he was just some guy pretending to have special powers (like all those “spiritual mediums” or “psychics” you see on TV). I was surprised to see he really did have the powers he claimed to have. It was exciting to see that even Hone-onna and Ren were unable to do anything to stop Jil. To top it all off we get some development for the plot as well. Wanyuudou and the others now know Tsugumi has some sort of one-way connection with Ai. We also get to see Ai begin to recall something from her past. For now we have no clues as to what it all means, but I’m glad to see we’re once again progressing with the plot.

There were a fair amount of scenes with Vilhelmina in it so this episode gets lots of bonus points for that. I must say I’m disappointd to see Yuuji continue to not realize his actions are hurting Shana. He’s pretty blind not to see that bringing Kazumi back to his place is a bad idea. At this point I just hope he will redeem himself sooner or later. Yuuji has finally made up his mind that leaving town with Shana is for the best. Unfortunately, soon after Vilhelmina finds him and is on the verge of destroying him. Shana is struggling between her duty as a Flamehaze and her feelings for Yuuji. It’s going to be interesting to see Shana stand up against Vilhelmina.