Garo Honoo no Kokuin
This episode really focused on
Octavia, the assistant to Mendoza that had maybe three lines before this episode.
Apparently as a child her family was killed by a pack of wolves, and her little
sister wouldn’t run away without her parents because she believed that God
would save her family, and then they all died. This fully destroyed Octavia’s
faith in god, but allowed for a faith in Mendoza to replace it. We see to what
lengths she is willing to go to protect the one person who has promised to
never throw her away. When she is almost caught by our heroes, she uses a Makai
tool, one given to her by Mendoza that summoned a Horror under her control. She
then orders the Horror to first kill an innocent woman who she had started to befriend
and even treat as a sister, and then had the Horror consume her own leg in an
attempt to get rid of the thing that marked her as an enemy. She killed her
only friend and gave up a leg just to protect one person, because he has
promised to never sacrifice her. That is some insane dedication. We see that
her dedication is also turning into hate for Makai Knights, even though it was
her that chose to kill her friend.
Speaking of her friend, I really
liked her. She was this honestly nice character in a world filled with monsters
that consume those who have darkness. She was a beacon of light, and damn it I wanted
her to end up with Alfonso, but now she is dead. This is not the first time I have
saw an honestly nice character die way before there time, but I am always
sidelined by it. I am not good at anime all the time. But other than the death
of a character introduced in one episode and still had a large amount of development,
and a character with about the same amount of screen time getting equal amounts
character development, this was a good bridge episode. Also I liked how
flustered Leon still gets when he thinks people are talking to him about sex. It
is a character trait I like. So until next week, keep on watching.
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