With the order to capture all tratiors issued by Zolzal last episode, everyone is on the run. This episode eight, Lover, shall leave the story of Itami and his troupe for a while, and focus on Sherry, the little girl obsessed with Sugawara. Beware of spoilers, intentional or otherwise.
Oh, and this time, the title of this review is the same as the title of the episode, which is perfectly fitting.
The story opens with Itami using a stick to choose a path to go, with Lelei complaining that they won't find any resources on the way. Thus, they fled again.
That's it for Itami and the girls, plus the captain from last episode. We meet Sherry again, who was told to escort Marquess Cassel to a hidden exit, for the special force dubbed "the Cleaners" is coming to Sherry's house.
However, Sherry's parents were forced to burn down their mansion, after trusting Sherry to continue their family's bloodline. Apparently, Sherry could be a big player in GATE.
The fate that befell Sherry's parents were not that emotional as we never even saw much of her parents before. However, it became clear she was strong and accepting (low Psycho-Pass? Wow references...), as she quickly adapted to the situation and haggled charismatically with someone in the town to get some food in exchange for some of Sugawara's pearls. Although, the tip when the Jade Palace's guards change would be unnecessary information.
Though quite a funny scene, I doubt a twelve-year-old should be able to intimidate an adult. But oh well. Whatever the Japanese need for a badass (for lack of words) little girl. We rarely see these characters, anyway.
In the town, the Cleaners crashed house after house to flush out the Marquess. Realizing their position, Sherry pointed out that they should seek refuge with the Japanese. And thus, they ran, while the piglike servant of Tyuule carefully watched them.
Here, see what I said earlier that the changing guards do not matter. The two entered the Jade Palace with permission from the guards, up until beyond the lawn that marked Japan's territory. Sadly, Sugawara did not let them in. Thus, Sherry said that she must see him as she was his future wife.
Okay, once more, this is just creepy. And I won't comment about this again.
Sugawara himself felt that he needed to put his feelings and sympathy aside to do his job as a diplomat, and as such, he rejected the two, even after knowing one refugee was Sherry.
This one, while having a predictable ending as usual where he'll soften up, was a good conflict. This internal conflict, where one side of him that he shouldn't as he was merely following orders from the Ministry, he also want to help, although his face doesn't show that. For me, this hit harder than the death of Sherry's parents.
Just then, the Cleaners came, and Marquess Cassel submitted without a fight. This is befitting for the Marquess, however what happens next is just wrong. Either that or I'm really not into romance. However, this will add even more conflict to GATE.
As expected, Sugawara went out and called Sherry, giving her permission to step in Japanese land. An elder guard hit the commander of the Cleaners (that does sound funny; I can't remember their official name), thereby freeing Sherry from his grasp.
This act triggered something that will be considered treasonous. The Cleaners want to take hostage of Sherry, while Princess Pina's knights were sworn to defend the Jade Palace. Thus, they clashed swords.
What's wrong here is that Cassel, the leader of the peace-seeking senators, was taken, while Sugawara embraced Sherry, and a battle that may crack the Empire happened in front of their eyes. Typical, typical for GATE. However, this does set things in motion for the next episode. Until next week.
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GATE: Jieitai Kanochi nite, Kaku Tatakaeri is originally a light novel by Takumi Yanai, and adapted into anime by A-1 Pictures.
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