The Woes of a Yin Obsessed Crazy Person (DtB Season 2 Episodes 3 + 4)

First off, (getting the important stuff said early) Hei’s line at the end of episode 3 about killing Yin pretty much threw me for a loop. After using my unreliable observational abilities I did however discover a number of dead bodies lying in the background of the Yin flashback. Still, when Hei is running towards her with the dead bodies all around, he doesn’t look angry or murderous. All in all he must have decided to kill her only after this event in question. Maybe he just has extreme separation anxiety; I mean we know how he was with Amber. Actually Amber is a really, really good person to bring up at this point for comparison. I can’t think of anyone who would match Hei’s reaction better. As an out there theory, what if Yin and Amber are doing something together (neglect the fact that Amber is supposed to be dead). They did share that “I love Hei” moment last season. Still, that’s pretty out there.

Alright, Jason commented that I talked about Yin too much last time so that’s it. I guess I’ll actually look at the episode content.

The most important plot progression for our lead Suou would of course be her awakening to the path of the contractor. Her order cheap pills power is pulling an extremely large sniper rifle out of seemingly nowhere while people everywhere start spouting cryptic one-liners to other people will evil smiles on their face. Truthfully, from a reactionary stand point, I’m a little sad Darker than Black is leaning towards the prophecy. I liked the first season because although we had time travelers it all came down to Hei’s decision in the end instead of a predetermined cryptic riddle that all makes sense in the end. From a non-reactionary stand point they sure didn’t give us a lot. We get a “She can’t be” from Mao—which I assume to mean “she can’t be a contractor”—then we get a “She has awaken” and “it has begun. The end has begun.” from the loli doll twins who might not be dolls since they are smiling. Last we get an “It has begun” from July who seems strangely drawn to Suou. Piecing this together with Yin (how did we get back to Yin, I don’t know) something is clearly going on related to the dolls since the contractors seem strangely oblivious. BUT, bigger than that we have the end is beginning. So Suou is supposed to be some kind of harbinger of doom for some group of people. From her lines we gather this is probably supposed to be the end of the contractors. Clearly DtB wants us to ask these questions and leave us in suspense until the great mystery has been unveiled at the end and we all hit ourselves on the head and say “Of Course, I should have known that” right before Suou goes and does exactly the opposite of what she was supposed to. That was a long sentence. If you made it through I applaud you. Back on topic: I’m not picking up all the clues I would like too, and I don’t like prophecy (In hindsight this isn’t necessarily prophecy, but it sure seems like it).

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Episode 4 is the required training episode where they introduce some comic relief for exactly that reason. Afraid that we might be tired of Hei’s dark buy amoxil without prescription attitude they give us the lighter side of the world and show us that there still is some good in it. Yes, this is what they did with Gui and Kiko who I hope make an appearance in DtB 2. I loved those two. On the training side of the equation we’re faced with Hei. This is perhaps one of the most brilliant things I think this anime could have done. They took the hero from the first season and put him in this antagonistic role to Suou. Remember watching those underdog sports movies where we’d find out the coach was a champion that was forced to retire due to injury half way through the movie. This is that only we saw Hei’s entire back story before the coaching even took place. I’m left with contradictory feelings towards Hei as a result and that’s why I appreciate them writing it out this way.

This was an interesting shot. Immediately after Suou said she wanted to take a picture she used the meteor fragment as a lens to view Hei. This is a well known motif if you’ve ever heard “She/He views the world through rose colored glasses” or watched the episode of Zetsubo Sensei where they went to the shop where they saw all kinds of things through the different tinted glasses. I’m pretty sure they’re trying to do two things with this shot. They want to show a layer between Hei and Suou, an invisible wall made visible and also her misinterpretation of Hei. She’s seeing his actions all through her hate of the man who killed her father and April without taking into account his good points (He used to have them, who knows now). The third thing this little snapshot of Suou does is reconfirm she is now a contractor, but a contractor who may have not lost her emotions. I’ll probably say more later.

From Suou’s perspective it’s a little more self explanatory since the directing this season is aimed at making us feel what Suou feels. In an article I read awhile ago an author (something Clover, sorry I can’t remember your first name whoever you are out there) pointed out that in slasher flicks the cameramen know the angles to catch the beauty of a female victim or the pain they’re going through while this is strangely not the case for men. They’re more experienced doing it that way. I think along similar lines it’s more shocking for us to see Suou being beaten by the drunken, abusive Hei. Although we know he’s training her would you feel the same way if Suou was a boy? I doubt it. It’s truly a case of maximum results and my point with all this is really nothing. Suou is charismatic, even as a contractor; truth be told I’m still out hiding in the bushes pretending that she’s not. Her wanting to take pictures and hating Hei are still pointed jabs at the audience telling us she’s different. Tanya was buy acomplia online pretty much cold and emotionless but Suou isn’t that way at all.

Mao is a squirrel getting chased by a cat. Come on it’s funny. Laugh with me so I don’t feel so alone.

July– Although not much is clear about him at this point his presence alone is interesting. Why did he show up right when Suou manifested powers? Part of me wants to believe that with November 11 and April gone he desperately searched for Hei as a memento of his comrades. On the other hand it’s probably more likely that he’s sticking close to “It has begun” girl. He’s a very interesting doll. He doesn’t take Yin’s place in my mind, but nothing can. HERE THAT BONES, YOU CAN’T BREAK ME!! (or have I been broken already?)

Mao is back. Mao is an absolute must for this group. In the first season he represented the absolutely ideal contractor in many ways. Logical to the core and was proud of being one. He was loyal and afraid of the larger powers. Mao was the needed counterbalance to show us the extreme difference between Hei and the rest of them. He was also in the best position to sum up the irrationalities of Hei. This season we have him once again pointing out the inconsistencies in Suou’s logic: “Why not just run away; I wasn’t ordered to watch you”? As for him being brought back in a convenient way, well I’m not going to judge, his apparent death in the first season was sad, but bringing him back was probably the correct decision as he’s a great character to add to the mix. Bringing him back as a squirrel, however, is an interesting choice. I liked the black cat look *sigh*.

There is more to talk about. I haven’t even touched on Kirihara’s new section. She totally got owned by that light saber girl though. I mean wow, light saber girl just completely hit her in her weakest spots. I like the overall feel of the new agency, although I feel it’s like a straw man. They’re setting them up as a replacement for the syndicate. If that’s the case oh well, you can’t be great in everything. Truthfully, if a show has even one thing extraordinary about it, I think it’s worth watching. Darker than Black has a plethora, although I know some will not agree.

I guess I could talk about unrequited love and ampicillin buy online the like that we witnessed in episode 4, but I think I’m going to go ahead and wait to comment until after I’ve seen a bit more in episode 5 (and possibly six). As always I thank you for reading my blog and I would love to read your thoughts written in comment form on the bottom of this post. Until Next Time!