From this point on I’m going to start expecting to see a “Pizza Hut” add in every episode. It’s definately a distraction, but what can you do. This was more of a comedy-oriented episode than the other ones. That’s not to say it didn’t have its share of drama as well. Kallen turns out to be a lot more popular than I had previously thought. Though her role was small, I enjoyed her scenes in this episode. The high-tension atmosphere due to the recent events ended up making life more difficult for Suzaku. Like Lelouch mentioned, it will take time for the other students to accept Suzaku. Although this episode somewhat lacked the elements that made this series stand out so much, I still thoroughly enjoyed watching it.

Those who have watched or read “Rurouni Kenshin” should recognize the parody in this episode as Shishio Makoto, the greatest villain in the series. Luckily this episode concludes the Papillon Mask arc. I thought he was unimpressive as a villain. He only became more and more bizarre with each encounter. Besides Papillon Mask, however, I enjoyed the rest of the episode. It may not have been a mind-blowing episode, but it fulfilled what it set out to do. With the way the series has portrayed Tokiko thus far, she gave Kazuki’s lance an unexpected name. I won’t deny that I find it kind of an odd name right now, but I’m sure it will grow on me in time. Based on the preview for the next episode, it looks like things will become much more interesting than the previous episodes.

After the previous two episodes for this file, I had high expectations for this one. I had anticipated a different ending, but overall it was still an entertaining episode. We learn that there’s more to Kazuya than previously thought. I didn’t think he would personally be able to deal with the situation at hand considering he appeared to rely on modern technology. Although now it makes me wonder if he really needs all the other people like Ayako. Regardless, they make good company even if they don’t end up being able to contribute much. The next file is at least 3 episodes as well. I personally like how they’re splitting each story into multiple episodes. It allows us to becomre more absored in each specific case.

The more I watch the series the more I think Yamaguchi Kappei is the ideal seiyuu for the role. This episode is the first time we get to see L’s face in the story. There’s no question that his deduction is really impressive. Being able to string together all the small clues to reach his current position is no easy task. I had forgotten how close Naomi had gotten to finding Kira. I guess it was only natural considering she had more information than anyone else. Although I remember how this situation played out, I don’t remember the events preceding it. Things have cooled down relative to the previous episode’s intensity, but this was still an attention-grabbing episode. It builds up really nicely to the next episode, which should be even more exciting.

Sanpei Yuuko is the guest seiyuu in this episode. Many people may recognize her as Renton Thurston from “Eureka 7″. I thought her seiyuu work in this episode just made it that much more enjoyable. I don’t remember if we get to see Linali’s anti-akuma weapon in this story. Regardless, I hope they do it justice when we do get to see it. This episode provides a bit of Allen’s background information, but we’ll have to wait until the next episode to learn the details of how he he became cursed. Overall I didn’t enjoy this episode as much as the previous one. The comparison may be a little unfair since the previous episode was the climax of Allen’s first mission. Nevertheless, this was still worthwhile to watch.

This episode sheds some light on the mysteries regarding Inukai Kouya. They hinted at the notion that Inukai may not be such a bad guy afterall. The episode pretty much sets out to confirm it. It was nice that they spent a good portion of the episode on Aikawa Momo, but it doesn’t appear as if she will be a recurring character. At least there are no signs she will play much of a role after this episode. Although this episode was enjoyable by itself, I thought it was a bit unfortunate that neither Tsukasa, Mina, nor Sayuri had much of a role in it. If this was only a 12 or 13 episode series I would have seen this episode as a waste of valuable time. Since this series is 26 episodes a few episodes like this one won’t hurt the series.

During the early parts of the episode, I was thinking there wasn’t going to be anything special about the episode. As the story unfolded, however, things took an interesting turn. I thought this was one of the more meaningful episodes in the grand scheme of things. If you want to see a great example of karma at work, then this is the episode for you. We still don’t know what Kukuri’s purpose in the series is. Currently I can only see her as a waste of time. I don’t recall learning about her name previous to this episode, but I may have just missed it. One of the scenes towards the end really took me by surprise. I never would have expected to hear Ai insult someone like that. It was definately one of the more humourous moments in the series.

Not surpringly I found this episode to be entertaining from beginning to end. With C.C.’s sudden appearance in Lelouch’s residence, I was hoping to learn more about C.C.’s identity. Although no information regarding her identity was provided, we do get a better understanding of her character. She’s a lot more extroverted than I had expected her to be. Due to Lelouch’s activity over the last couple of episodes, things within the empire are being greatly affected. It is becoming harder and harder to categorize the factions into simply “good” or “bad”. All the twists in this epiosde make it that much more difficult to predict what will happen next. It’s obviously a good thing in this case since it keeps us guessing and focused the entire time. Needless to say, this was one of the better episodes of anime I’ve watched this week.

I actually thought this part of the story would wrap up this episode. It looks like there will be at least another episode to go. Since Tokiko is down to her final day, the next episode should be the last one for this first story. This episode was mediocre at best in my opinion. Nothing in particular really stood out to me. Without any outstanding scenes to speak of, it felt like they tried to include a bit of everything such as drama, action, and comedy. Instead of focusing on some of the more vital parts of the story to make it enjoyable, they ended up producing a mildly entertaining episode. I am trying my best to enjoy it for what it is, a stereotypical shounen series. Hopefully once the story is more developed it will get better.