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Episode 18: The Fourth Apocalypse

Unfortunately this has nothing to do with Far East of Eden.

Also that title has literally nothing to do with anything that happens in this episode. Not in the loosest of sense.

Ai Ohta returns as the writer for the second time, and frankly this is another one of those episodes where I feel like I'd just be repeating myself, given the flaws this anime has displayed over and over again. So, it's another recap post.

The experiments that Zwolf has performed on Joseph causes him to go insane, with Sasha devastated at what's become of her brother despite the fact that she's the one who put him under said experiments in the first place. As such, Joseph can no longer distinguish between friend and foe.

Wolf decides that he's not dealing with this and runs away, causing Beatrice to disown him from Xargin's' forces. In the aftermath of the battle, Obama(yes, seriously) decides that the German government is incompetent and pushes to invade and take control over all of Germany. Because ya know, the one thing I really wanted in this anime was political commentary(bite me).

And in the end, Amanda meets a new Amalgam named Snow, and I really gotta ask, does this show really have any business introducing us to yet another character this late into the game? It barely has "characters" as it is, so is introducing yet another undeveloped piece of cardboard really going to improve the quality of the story that much? You'd think focusing on the cast you already have would be the way to go, but I guess not.

So, again, another dull episode where not much of worth happened. I'm sensing a trend here.