Anime

the gears are falling out of allignment

Nice of them to describe their own plot.

I don't know why I'm still watching this.

Alright everybody. Time to settle into a comfy chair, crack open a chocolate bar (or three), turn on, tune in, and drop out. Like normal, here are some of my running thoughts as I absorb the sights and sounds of Metallic Rouge this week:

• About all of that Venus stuff...I know I said I would turn my brain off, but wow, talk about suspending disbelief. I find it especially hard when the laws of physics are pushed to comical degrees like that. I can't really help it, I have a PhD in physics and all my years of school prevent me from disengaging that part of my brain. Anyway...now that that is over with, back to the catchy OP...
• So Naomi is actually some big shot and arrested Rouge for real? To catch her brother? The brother that seems physically attached to that piano? I am starting to think that he fell for a prank where he sat in super glue on the bench, but is too embarrassed to ask for help.
• You know what would make this story a lot easier to understand? Arguments between lifelong bureaucrats about finer points of jurisdiction, committees, and escalating complaints. That's the ticket. However, it seems like Naomi is kind of a big deal. Did Rouge know that?
• Rouge is running out of Nectar, but a mysterious stranger is showing up just in time...guaranteed to be a super Nean, wonder if Rouge is going to try to kill them?
• Have we met Jill before? If we did, I don't remember it. Rouge seems to know who they are, so let's roll with it...
• Who could have guessed by this point that the Neans earning their freedom was going to be a story point?
• So Neans literally die when they violate the Asimov code. So, it isn't preventative, just punitive? Seems not very Asimov-y at all then.
• Naomi is waving at Rouge as she ~~leaves~~ escapes. Was this part of Naomi's plan all along?

• So Aes and Alice are the same body, but split personalities? So, we all shouldn't feel too bad about being unable to tell them apart now.
• Our detective and his Nean pal are now housing Rouge and Aes/Alice for a little chat. Seems like he suspects something is rotten with the system to house a fugitive like that.
• Also, my prediction that shape-shifting dude survived was correct. I have no idea how he survived re-entry or without nectar for that long while drifting through space though...

And that is another episode in the books. It looks like we might see Rouge and her brother meet next episode which will be exciting and also probably confusing. I hope all of your chocolate bars were as tasty as mine was this week!