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It's all postapocalyptic fun and games until you get your extra faction of fanatical lunatics who should have been on your side! Well, it wasn't really fun and games up to this point either. The Colonel apparently confirming that the space mission was sabotaged from the start again brings up various questions of just how far back ERDE was subverted and whether that end goal was there all along. The multiple telepathic kaiju also further the idea that they might be divided amongst themselves as well.

As much as I dislike the Colonel and his followers coming to attack Mishima mall, their introduction provides the plot with another dimension of danger. It is no longer Tetsuo, Yukio and their newfound family defending themselves only against kaiju. With Yukio damaged, things seem bleak for everyone at Mishima Mall. Hopefully, they successfully fend off the incoming attack with minimal casualties. And after watching this episode, I predict Hagane is going to become the mechanic in charge of maintaining and repairing Yukio. P.S. The opening and ending theme songs are really growing on me.

- Multiple people with white hair here. I wonder if they too bonded with a kaiju like Ao did? - RIP. - Family, get! - …of course his first time seeing Hagane is opening a curtain on her changing. - Okay that’s kinda funny though. - There’s another one for his checklist, nice. - They’re using a lizard kaiju as transport, so I feel like I’m right about the white hair thing. - That… sounds like he *wanted* Tetsuo to have died out in space? - Good point, no idea how Tetsuo’s stomach would react to that. - Nice. - Ah shit, is *that* what he meant by Hagane losing her mother recently? - So they were working on new weapons and stuff, huh. - Hahahaha - Oh I’m sure you are. - Yeah, that makes sense for her revenge. - Another awkward position haha. - Oh shit…

Hagane's got guts and with a nothing to lose attitude, fvck that Artemis gopher kaiju. I kinda wish Yukio had killed it, but it was beyond satisfying how Hagane just about made sure to rob it of its favorite activity--introducing it to a life of constant suffering. Eat shit a$shole! I've never been more pissed seeing more humans in a dystopian, icy world already teeming with monsters. That one eyed prick voiced by Tomokazu Sugita can go to hell with his malicious and cruel intentions. IDGAF whatever his backstory is--he just rubs me the wrong way like any irredeemable bastard would. And I don't say that lightly as I typically identify or relate more with villains.

Going into the episode I was wondering if there would be any chance the mom was just lost and not actually dead, but oh no she's *extremely* dead. Bad news for everyone in the present day too since these oncoming nutjobs aren't just some future threat but are attacking this very moment. Poor Hagane having to watch her mom die like that, but at least she got her somewhat insane revenge. Tetsuo the true hero, even when he has a lucky pervert moment he immediately blanks out the memory. Good thing he didn't go unconscious one final time after that accidental pin at the end, though. And I like that in spite of the setup it wasn't really another lucky moment like earlier but the point where Hagane finally lets her emotions out.

Even on Snowball Earth, FOE! This new antagonist(?) faction is certainly interesting. They want to save the planet from the giant kaiju that froze everything, but they're willing to tame their own kaiju to use them to their advantage and even to steal resources from other humans. Seems like we'll find out next week what drove the evil eyepatch dude to this and what'll happen to Yukio with the damage he suffered. New girl is cute, and her revenge plan against the kaiju who ate her mother was interesting. I still like Ao better though. Was the scene of Tetsuo accidentally seeing her naked *really* necessary though? This isn't really that kind of show, so it felt a bit out of place. Oh well.