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I am enjoying the lore introduced in this episode. Through the recount of how Earth became frozen and how some humans managed to survive, we now know some of the kaiju are sapient. The smiling ominously humanoid kaiju might have frozen Earth for its own entertainment. Meanwhile, the flaming bird kajiu wants to gain more knowledge and is willing to offer protection in return. I need to know how Ao will react on screen when she finally gets to eat some expensive red bean jelly!

- Yeah I wonder how exactly that happened. - Yukio has the ability to cry? - I wasn’t expecting her to do *that* after opening the pineapple can lol. I guess it makes sense considering what she was saying about it being a rarity though. - Yukio to the rescue. - Tetsuo’s really been making progress in talking to people. You love to see it. - Wait that’s the same kaiju that was in the post-credits scene last week, wasn’t it? Looks like it’s the one behind freezing Earth… - Absolutely horrifying… - Aww, Yukio is cute. - Ah, sweet that a hot spring still exists here. - That was on Tetsuo’s checklist, huh? - Ooh… - Damn… - Her hair turned white, interesting. - Hm… - So the bird kaiju is the one that Ao was talking to, huh.

Damn. A giant humanoid kaiju so powerful that it froze over the whole world, and it showed up right after Tetsuo left for outer space. That's rough. Same with the survivors needing to survive on kaiju meat and some of them dying from not being able to digest it. Ao's gap moe with the canned pineapple and the backstory of her meeting and taming Mega Ultra Chicken was great though. She's a way more interesting character than Tetsuo. If the rest of the series is as light on Tetsuo Bocchi-ing it up as these past 2 episodes have been, then this show might actually be pretty good.

Girl *really* did not want to share those canned pineapples lol. Every slice of pineapple is a gift from the gods. Pure ambrosia! From what Nogi said, it sounds a lot like the kaijus lured Tetsuo and Yukio and the main forces out into space and right into a trap. At the same time, that big humanoid kaiju froze the earth. It seems not all kaiju are bad. Ao tamed that giant ass Torchic and he seemed good enough. I look forward to seeing Ao and Tetsuo team up and take on Kaiju together.

Am I just imagining it, or the CG for this anime is actually really good?  I mean it's not super high budget like popular series, but at times I didn't even realise that the humans are CG. They blend traditional anime style with the CG so well. Wondering if there's any specific name this style is called. Also this episode reminds me to the first one with the main ship. It started with mundane scene (everything seems good) and then everyone on screen just suddenly died.

Huh, so kaiju tamers are a thing. I'm interested in meeting the other kaiju tamers and how they fight with their kaijus to protect the world. In some ways I like Tetsuo, however, I realize I don't have the patience for a character who's too shy/has too much social anxiety to function, lol. But he's made progress so for now, I'm ok with it. Love the blue flame hair for Ao when she's in kaiju mode.