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Agito Episode 8
I can't believe I never questioned this before now. What exactly are those drawings suppose to be in the OP video? Like why exactly are they there?

I love Taichi so much. I just love how he's acting like an adult and parent there. Especially with the "He's at the age" line. Just priceless in my opinion.

Man Shouchi really did get the crap beaten out of him. He's limping, he's clutching at his arm. Just how much damage did that Unknown dish out? Oh yeah it threw him around like a rag doll...well uh, try harder next time Shouchi!

More then they already are?

I know I've said it a lot before, and I'll continue to say it probably throughout my watching of Agito (however long that may be). I really, really love how we have a police force that has gotten caught up in a series of mysterious murders and approaches them like a regular old case. It's just so great to see the police acting logically and respond to the situation like it was nothing. They don't say that the supernatural element is hogwash and drop it, and they don't get overly into it where they start doing your typical cliched stuff. They're fighting an enemy that they know nothing about and are approaching the situation as if it was a normal case. I just plain love that aspect. Heck I even love the rivalry between Houjou and Hikawa as it seems very natural. Just love everything about this aspect of the show.

Shouchi you fucking dumb ass

Schooled by a teenager Hikawa

Am I watching a Three Stooges episode? Except without the third Stooge?

Mana you are one strange girl. I really want to know what these powers of hers are about and where they came from. And why she has them. Because all of these flashback scenes are getting weird. Especially since she's seeing more than what was shown originally of what Shouchi saw. If she got the images from him, then how is it that she can see more?

Did that thing just grin?

How exactly did Shouchi learn how to make a bed anyways? Did he find a book about it? Did he study the remains of Mana's old bed and is just winging it from that? Or does he just magically know how to do stuff ala Tendou?

These two...they work very well together in comedic scenes.

He's like a puppy dog Mana...a fairly odd puppy dog.

That was actually a pretty cool effect they did there when Agito ran into the Unknown. I mean it's really noticeable, no doubt about it. But it wasn't the worst effect I've ever seen. It's just dated. Nonetheless though it was cool that they did it.

This does not sit well with our lady friend I take it?

Ohhhhhhhhhhhhh. So he presses the (from his perspective) left button to activate Storm Form, and the right button to activate Flame Form. Well I suppose that does explain the buttons on the side of the belt.

Speaking of forms, Flame Form looks, okay I suppose. I like the red they used as it really pops against the black suit. And the gold used around it pops a little bit as well. I also enjoy how the shoulder pad has that edge pointing up. But that's sorta where my praise ends. I didn't mention it with Storm Form but I really don't like how with these two forms, only one side gets the upgrade. Why can't they both change to fully be a new form? They could still combine like they do for Trinity form if each form wasn't split. And how comes the gold on his legs don't change to match the new form? Also I really don't like the sword. It just doesn't look that great to me. Out of the three we have for the moment, Storm Form is my favorite as it had a really nice color to it and a kick ass weapon as well. I like Flame's shoulder pad more and I do think the red and gold really work well together. But as a complete package of color, armament, and weapon, it doesn't really work for me.

Oh come on! I wanted to see an up close shot of the Unknown becoming two separate pieces. Not one form fall away! I know it's meant for kids but come on! I wanted a good shot of the thing getting sliced into two halves!

Yes show, please explain exactly what the hell this kid is. Because until I get an explanation I am going to still be convinced that he is in fact the Antichrist.

Pretty sure it's a guy now BTW.

Well that was eight. How did it fair? Spoiler alert: better then seven.

The story aspect was here and in my opinion shined through a bit more. The story to me at least being about Shouchi and Mana and how Mana had to come to forgive Shouchi for something he may or may not have done, and Shouchi learning how to defeat the Unknown. Both tied into each other a little bit, but the Shouchi/Mana one was the obvious plot point of the episode. Nothing in my opinion however got added to the main story except for the introduction of a new form. Other then that, nothing really came up that to me at least effect how things will play out over the run of the series.

Character development was there, but only in the sense of how people interacted. This to me meaning that only Mana got development, as she had to develop into believing that Shouchi wouldn't kill somebody and thus forgive him. So basically, the same as the story. Nothing else into terms of character development though.

Agito though did deliver some nice action though. So that's a major plus in my book since the action is usually BORING AS FUCK. It had a nice back and forth style which showed off the advantages of both fighters. Shouchi has the power advantage, and the Unknown had the advantage of being able to fly. It also did well to introduce the new form in the typical style of having Shouchi pwn the enemy upon entering that form. But since the opponent was flying around, I guess it's natural that I wouldn't get to see some back and forth fighting with the sword. Regardless though, I actually thought the action was good and found myself liking it. It's a miracle!

So once again we have a pretty decent episode. It was entertaining and did fairly well in the main aspects, with the story/character development being the best in my opinion. Decent episode but I'm seeing that this series is like 555 in more ways then the subject material: I'm in another mixed bag series where episodes flip flop between good to great, terrible, boring, and average.