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EP. REVIEW: GARO -Vanishing Line-

The Psycho shout-outs were nice, but when the mom couldn't manage to climb the stairs even before she was grabbed by the ankle, I just had to roll my eyes. It's not like she was hurt or exhausted at that point.

See, now frozen I could understand. But she wasn't frozen, she was moving, trying desperately to escape, by labooooriously craaaaawling up the steps. I mean, once your body decides it's going to move in such a terrifying situation, it moves, to the best of its ability, fueled by adrenaline. Since she wasn't injured or fresh from a marathon run, she should've been bloody sprinting up those stairs.

And allowing her to do that wouldn't mean she'd escape - the slime tentacles would just need to whip out faster and still grab her. No, they just chose to go with the tired old trope that women can't run without tripping over something and falling down. A hairline crack in the concrete is enough to topple a fleeing female.

I would like to see you sprinting up the stairs when your entire body is shaking in fear the poor lady just saw her husband being swallowed by a living body of water, it would be unrealistic for her to keep her composure. Please, let's not turn every little thing into sexist "women are weak" drama. Especially not in a show that that has Gina and Sophie as protagonists.

I was waiting for Gina to get a childhood flashback, but we really didn't learn that much about her--she has a lot of cash on hand, she's good at fighting horrors, she grew up in an orphanage and spent a lot of time in that weird tent city in the past (everyone seems to know her there). That's about it. I was hoping they'd develop her character more. Oh, well. Next week Luke's back! Hopefully, he'll join up with the rest of the crew.

since its more or less clear that his constant MO on praying to every woman who have big boobs have to do something about his sister

Gonna have to disagree with the episode 14 rating. [B-] More like b to b+ for me.

At first I was bummed out when it was obvious this was going to be a side story but I end up really liking it. Glasses Occult Girl was adorable. My heart was in my mouth during the climatic scene because I was terrified she'd get hurt or even killed. Kind of a shame she has no memory of her encounter with Luke, but I guess dem's the rules.

The fact that Stella and her grandfather have their memories wiped at the end of the episode makes the preceding events feel even more superfluous, since it means that they will likely not have much impact on future events. The end result is a story where Luke restates something he already learned weeks ago. This doesn't make Luke's time with Stella any less fun or entertaining, but it does make the whole affair feel too slight.

In any case, the setting and atmosphere consistently impresses me with how much it's able to capture the specific feel of "Americana", which very few other anime even attempt, let alone achieve at any level. Sword punching the bullet was definitely the best moment, and aesthetically I really liked both the candle-lit, heavily-shaded look of his conversation with Pedro, and the first part of Sword's flashback, when he fought the monsters.