One of the few SFW shots of Yūko in this episode.
A recurring theme in this series seems to be filling half the episode with Yūko fanservice. Not that I mind it or anything but I would prefer a bit more focus on the story. With that being said, one notable piece of information given in this episode was that Kirie's grandmother's older sister was Yūko. Now, this means Kirie is technically Yūko's grand-niece. Does this fact matter now? No. Will it matter later? Possibly, which is why I'm pointing it out.
I also found it interesting how Yūko's appearance is determined by how one chooses to see her. This begs the question of what she truly looks like. Hopefully how Teiichi sees her is indeed her "true" form, and not what Kirie describes her as. Because if Yūko is actually that "thing" with the rotting flesh and messed-up hair, I (and probably Teiichi, too) would be very, very crushed.
As for the story, Yūko's death was apparently partially attributed to the broken leg she suffered. Furthermore, the new mystery of the shrine-like place near her corpse has now arisen. It's still too early to begin to speculate how it will be integrated into the story but I'm almost certain that it is indeed a plot device. More specifically, I feel that it relates to Yūko's death in some way. The current speed of the story is a bit slow so I'm hoping that the next episode will contain content that's mostly related to the plot.
>> Not that I mind it or anything but I would prefer a bit more focus on the story.
ReplyDeleteAgain, the manga seems have higher focus on story. Every chapter so far has been relevant to the mystery, at least to me.
Which baffles me for two reasons: first, is that Maybe was an H artist, so I figured the girls would show some skin more constantly; and second, that I can't believe that the anime studio is actually putting more fanservice on a mere 13 ep anime.