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Episode #20: Missing

This one was a little tough for me to get through.

Because frankly, a majority of the episode is designed as a means to try and win the viewer over to Holly. And while I could see it working for some, it didn't for me.

It's the classic "mysterious abductions" scenario that you've likely seen in many other stories(especially those concerning aliens), and it's mainly just an excuse to try and showcase Holly's' better qualities.

The problem being that the episode practically starts off by showcasing some of her worst traits, and unfortunately, I'm not the kind of guy who just immediately forgets when they've been slighted. I still don't like Holly even if she's very slightly less annoying in this episode.

That said, the episode isn't a complete wash. It's unfortunately rather minor, but there is a very small theme going throughout about the relationship between parents and their children, and the few scenes that hung on that idea were rather enjoyable to me. Both Lina talking things out with her father and Joey talking about his mom, while brief, were rather nice moments.

It's just, you know, Holly dominates like 80% of this episode so the overall effect is a bit diminished.

This isn't the worst episode of any anime ever or anything like that, but it is a definite downturn in the usual quality that Heroman typically provides.

Today's' song is "Justice" which usually plays whenever there's some sort of breakthrough being done within the current situation. Fittingly enough it sounds very triumphant, yet at the same time having a tone of mystery. Rather fitting given the plot of this episode.