Darker than BLACK: Ryuusei no Gemini - 08 November 28
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Summary:
Unaware of the fact that their enemies are on the same train, Hei gets caught by Repnin, and Suou gets captured by Tanya. Repnin is interested in Hei and tries to recruit him, but Hei turns him down. Not giving up, Repnin goes into how there’s been a rumor of some Contractors in the past few years who have committed suicide due to the power of a certain Doll. He wants that Doll because he hates Contractors, and he would be grateful to Hei if Hei killed Ilya Sokolov since Sokolov had previously killed Repnin’s niece. Hei, however, turns the tables on Repnin by indicting him for not being able to do anything himself, and he stabs Repnin in the hand with a knife before escaping. Elsewhere on the train, Tanya questions why Suou didn’t kill her during their previous encounter, and Suou attributes it to how Hei stopped her. When Suou claims that she’s glad that she didn’t shoot though since they’re friends, Tanya points to how friends can hate each other, and she recounts how she once hated Suou for being too close with Nika.
Their conversation is interrupted when the injured Repnin radios Tanya to tell her to stop the train and leave with Suou. Tanya does exactly this, but Hei pursues and is able to buy enough time for Suou to escape her captor. Hei then finishes off Repnin. Suou meanwhile tries to take refuge in an outdoor pool, but Tanya eventually finds her. What gets Suou’s attention is how Tanya seems to be momentarily affected by Suou splashing water onto her, however Tanya refocuses on her task and goes after Suou again with her power. Suou responds by bringing out her rifle, but her memories of Tanya combined with how Hei didn’t want her to shoot anymore cause her to hesitate. Much to Suou’s shock, Tanya gets shot anyway, and when Hei, July, and Mao arrive on the scene, they think that Suou was the one who fired. Hei even tells her that it’s okay for her to shoot in order to defend herself, but all of this confuses Suou, and she decides to go a different way than Hei. July follows her, bringing along Mao, and Hei makes no attempt to stop her. Unbeknownst to Suou, Tanya’s actual killer was Shion who had been sniping from a nearby building.
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This was certainly an interesting episode, one that started a bit slowly but ended with quite a bit bang. I’m not shocked to see both Repnin and Tanya dead (especially since, after she killed Nika, it was highly unlikely that Tanya would survive to the end of the series), but what was a surprise was the fact that Shion was the one who killed Tanya, and he might have the same power as Suou. It’s noteworthy to me that Shion is even keeping tabs on Suou since I had assumed that he and his father were preoccupied with whatever they’re planning, but this could mean that they need Suou alive for that very plan.
On that topic, there’s a lot mentioned this episode that’s probably important as plot development, however at this point things are still pretty confusing with all that stuff on the memory of the future and with what Misaki was listening to at the end of the episode (I only realized it was Hourai after looking at the credits). The episode did seem to confirm though that Yin has the ability to turn Contractor’s powers against themselves, and I imagine she’ll use that power several more times before this is all over. Anyway, I’m getting very curious about how they’re going to tie this all together in the handful of episodes they have left, particularly since next week’s episode appears to bring back the private detectives Kiko and Gai who I don’t remember being particularly important to the plot of the first series.
kenri at 3:55 am on November 28th, 2009
First!!! is it just me or does it look like Hei gets a haircut in the previews??
Anon at 4:01 am on November 28th, 2009
Next episode might have more plot than we’d expect. Kiko and Gai are characters that can inadvertently move the plot along, and you’d hope with only 4 episodes left that’s what happens.
Myssa Rei at 4:02 am on November 28th, 2009
Well Kiko and Gai weren’t really important in the first season, but they DID serve as a sort of counterbalance to all the weirdness going on with the Contractors. Plus Kiko did become Yin’s friend.
kwantum0 at 4:09 am on November 28th, 2009
I ended up, after watching this episode, going back and re-watching the entire first series in order to remember stuff. Didn’t really help that much, but that conversation i believe was with the chief near the end. I still dont get how Huang made it into the second series… he died right?
fragbet at 4:19 am on November 28th, 2009
So basically, Hei gets taken “hostage” makes his captor pay the bill for the huge feast he orders, then he kills him? AWESOME! Seeing Hei’s big eater habit return just makes me smile.
Gray at 4:24 am on November 28th, 2009
Fuck yeah, Hei gets both haircut and new clothes in the new episode. And he still kidnaps lolis and fight ninjas.
This plus crazy otaku girl… it could be awesome
treble89 at 4:37 am on November 28th, 2009
i have to say the appearance of Kiko and Gai make me wanna watch the next episode more…..A new haircut? i thought i was used to his rustic look
Alec at 4:45 am on November 28th, 2009
looks like the duo are back in action
Alec at 4:50 am on November 28th, 2009
Tanya’s death scene only made me say “oh well”…seems like the duo are back, i guess theyre only purpose is to bring some humour
Sean at 4:56 am on November 28th, 2009
i never realised that shion had a sharingan… o and its good to have u back omni
shadowblack at 5:07 am on November 28th, 2009
Who is this woman:
http://randomc.maximum7.net/image/Darker%20than%20BLACK/Darker%20than%20BLACK%202%20-%2008%20-%20Large%2005.jpg
runedot at 5:12 am on November 28th, 2009
If the gun can do that to a person, if it hit a crane like Hei wanted, that crane would have been seriously destroyed.
Fayt at 5:20 am on November 28th, 2009
The memory of the future… is refering to Amber is it ? Since she can turn back time, and therefore would have experienced the future ….. Misaka… didnt directly meet her did she ? I forgot
Flare at 5:40 am on November 28th, 2009
@kenri
Good eyes - it really does look like Hei finally gets the long awaited haircut
@shadowblack
That’s Misaki, right?
@Alec
yeah… and crappy humour at that
It was nice to see Hei still had his large appetite.
shadowblack at 5:47 am on November 28th, 2009
@Flare
Thanks, I didn’t recognize her at first.
madzo at 6:00 am on November 28th, 2009
Kiko and Gai XD its really good to see them!
LeftArrow at 6:18 am on November 28th, 2009
haha since im a nerd, i went to 22:06 and played the video at half speed and the chipmunk voice your hear says something close to kokode uryuko i probably didn’t write it down right but if you understand japanese then im sure you’d be able to figure it out
maybe it said right here is fine?
lilu at 6:37 am on November 28th, 2009
@LeftArrow:
koko de = here
lilu at 6:45 am on November 28th, 2009
I think that I here “Anata dake ….” in Misaki’s tape.
Gray at 8:05 am on November 28th, 2009
@leftarrow:
sounds like “koko de iru yo” “I’m here”