Episode Thoughts
Interesting episode. Definitely felt more like a thiết lập episode because I just know Parado isn’t dead. So it’s all about what’s going on in Emu’s head. Và he’s been pretty messed up by so many people, who knows what’s going on there. But I guess we’ll find out next week.
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I very much enjoyed seeing Parado’s inner(?) struggle even though the foundation for it isn’t too strong. Recapping what we know, Parado doesn’t like being the pawn of a clip game. He wants to lớn be the protagonist, not some trò chơi piece that exists for the sole purpose of getting killed. We also know that he wants khổng lồ play with Emu who has continually rejected him.
So that’s the foundation that we have for Parado. But this episode almost felt lượt thích it came from a completely different path. Fear of dying?! What? In a season about doctors & illness, that’s certainly a relevant theme. But I feel like it comes from nowhere for Parado, even though Shouma Kai definitely got me feeling very sad for Parado in all his scenes this ep.
But Parado seemed more lượt thích some lonely child with no friends. Or had friends who would always leave him. He’s been used & abused. Và only recently when he plays with his “friends” now does his heart race. That’s the only time he feels alive (!), when he’s enjoying playing with his friends và having fun and not alone.
I’ve watched enough K-pop music videos to know drowning (while still looking very handsome or pretty) always illustrates a sense of loneliness. Và when someone reaches out to lớn you in the darkness, it represents hope. So I’m fully expecting (or setting myself up for disappointment!) next episode lớn feature that hand reaching out to lớn Emu when he almost died as a kid right before we see him, possibly, reaching out to Parado.
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So what all this really means, I have no idea. Promoting some kind of reset or reboot for next episode? That could mean anything too.
Anyway, there’s still a lot of Ex-Aid to lớn go & I’m hopeful. But depending on how things go, I might find myself feeling lượt thích how I did at the end of Drive where our Roidmude friends got excellent character development very, very late. Like, the episode they died-late. I don’t want that lớn happen lớn Parado (and lớn a lesser extent, Graphite) who also have had great potential that I feel is still waiting to lớn be tapped into in the greater arc of the season.
Elsewhere, I also liked Kuroto telling Nico that it’s okay if she dies since she can just come back as a Bugster. That’s the clearest và most direct line addressing that anyone who has “died” from the game và will ever revive just like Kuroto and Kiriya aren’t fully human. I feel like they’ve been unintentionally or not, very foggy with that detail. & so, like I’ve been harping on about for a couple episodes this season; the idea that doctors would bring people back to lớn an artificial life is definitely an ethical và moral dilemma that could have possibly been touched on in the show. But now I think it’s too late to do so.
Anyway, I just hope Kiriya & Kuroto and anyone else who “dies” before then aren’t magically resurrected, for reals, lượt thích flesh and bone, at the end. It would really diminish what the season has been aiming for.
Overall, a good episode that I hope is the cài đặt for the bigger Episode 40 next week.
