Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo ep 24 [ Lasers vengeance girlfriends everywhere ]

So much happened this week it’s hard to process! True to the Sunrise formula the last two episodes of a mecha series are compounded with event after event and that is exactly how it should be! At the same time dissecting every little thing was incredibly outrageous. Come on guys, pretty much everything did everywhere here and everyone and oh man. Let’s start with the simplest stuff and by that I mean the stuff continuing from last episode.

First off, we had our really cool Salia v Jill/Alektra fight. Salia makes it really clear that she is petty and can’t stand being second banana to anyone. Her lack of royalty or owning a magical artifact meant she was never chosen by anyone, even Jill. She yells and screams at her and I guess jill feels so guilty she doesn’t yell back? I just want to say ‘you’re an idiot Salia. The people she ‘chose’ were the people she legitimately used. She was using Ange more than anyone and put a gun to her head to make her comply. She actually gave you a choice and hoped you’d follow suit. She respected you enough to believe you’d listen over and over and over and when you didn’t eventually it got you into hot water all on your own. You made your own issues, Jill’s preference never meant anything but vengeance and a lack of concern. At least with you she seemed to somewhat care about you, unlike Ange who was always a tool.’

Salia is such a rough issue. I was hoping she could be redeemed this episode and instead she was incredibly painful. Salia was actually the first one to be interesting and actually compelling this entire series, and to see her fall from the one who is actually interesting to one of the least redeemable characters. Jill at least tries to talk sense into her and by doing so actually redeemed herself a bit; but all Salia does is whine and complain about Embryo and it’s really annoying. You know what I didn’t expect though?

To actually find myself somewhat unable to keep hating Chris. Don’t get me wrong, she was deplorable and half this episode I wanted to punt her into the same sun I’m sending Salia into, but by the end of it every issue I have with Chris gets addressed. Not ignored. Addressed. Rosalie and Hilda actually so thoroughly call her a whiner, beat her up, make her cry, and all throughout remind her what she did while actually apologizing and showing their love and friendship that I can’t keep hating her. Salia ended the episode by being useless and hysterical. Chris ended the episode reuniting with Rosalie and Hilda and showing her ability to understand she was wrong.

Easily the most satisfying part of this episode was watching Tusk basically say fuck you I hit that to Embryo. Don’t get me wrong, a woman’s body is not a bragging right, but Embryo was so asking for it. He outright rubs into Tusk’s face that he’s seen her naked writhing on the floor and so Tusk fires back harshly: I hit that. She accepted me with her whole body. She hits him right where it hurts because Embryo has seen a lot of Ange’s body, but has never and will never be accepted by her. It was such a satisfying feeling to see Embryo realize he didn’t get to take her virginity and didn’t get accepted by her at all. Deliciously wonderfully satisfying.

Ugh, how does one even talk about this episode? It’s non stop. First you’ve got the Aurora basically being taken down and Ersha joining in to fight and save it. Then you’ve got the DRAGONs coming in to help, though ironically some of the girls start killing them to say protect the defectors cause they still care. . .way to go guys you’re killing them instead of warning them not to attack them good going. Anyway, the DRAGONs kick ass, and Salako even manages to free Aura. But Embryo will use even that to finish the merging of the universes.

The preview warns they won’t be able to finish it all but I don’t see how they wouldn’t! There is a serious cliffhanger at the end but everything is wrapping up, some of the plot threads were actually ended this very episode. Still, there is the potential our next episode won’t be enough but seriously, I cannot deal with that. Please end the show Cross Ange I’m begging you. .. I need to know what happens. That being said, Alektra actually had the best plan to capture Embryo I’ve seen all season. That he got out shows exactly why he is the villain: he is a conniving obsessive douchebag, but a smart conniving obsessive douchebag. He throws all of his ‘puppets’ including Salia and Chris away to buy himself time and it’s very clear he has only one goal: Take Ange with him to the next world.

So what’s left? Well, they have to stop the merging of the worlds, find Ange wherever Embryo took her, and find Embryo’s body in the true world he is in. I have a feeling he might have taken Ange there since he took her from all her clothes and her ring, but it would be stupid of him to take her to a world where she could kill him, so probably not. Once that’s settled most of the plot lines just need a look to solve them. I’m sorry to say but unless Salia shoots Embryo herself next episode there is no way to redeem that girl, if they couldn’t do it by now. I’m excited to see what they do but so anxious, I need closure!

I’m hoping Hilda’s involvement in the Rosalie and Chris plotline has unchecked her death mark. It seems like she might be unable to fight and I’m hoping she will not die now. Then again, Ange was taken and she is in love with her, so that might be a wasted batch of hope on my part. I think Tusk and Momoka are safe given their prior deaths and I’m fairly uncertain how Sunrise might do this seeing as how no one important has really died the whole season. They usually just make up new characters to yank our emotional chains. But. . .it’s Sunrise.

One last thing I do want to talk about, I’m hoping to see Emma get some development in the end. Also, the DRAGONs. For being so crucial after those few episodes Salamandinay and pretty much all the DRAGONs have gotten a backseat. It’s not so bad I’d honestly say they don’t need to exist, but they certainly feel like a plot point and not a set of characters at the moment. The only DRAGON who seems to have really grown from point a to point b is Riza, who started off as a suspicious assistant to Julio and now actually wants to help. Maybe she will face Sylvia later and Sylvia will have to show off her newly grown spine?

Looking forward to it. OH ALSO HOW ABOUT THAT JILL WAS IN LOVE WITH TUSK’S DAD SHIT??? woa

Oki