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Glad you're here! Episode 3 has arrived!
GOSICK EPISODE 3 EDITION!
Different than the usual start, we begin with the amazing opening. We then finally see what happened with our cliffhanger. Remember the ending gun fire? Well, it seems the older female shot the crazy old man. People apparently find guns hidden in this place. Go figure.
We are down to our final four, people! They throw the guns away down a set of stairs and move on. I would of kept it and gave a reason like, "Just in case the killer comes." The blonde haired pretty boy goes up the stairs and the girl stops to look at our main characters as they talk small bit about Kazu. Suddenly, screaming.
Pretty boy is dead! Now, I think I've seen this position somewhere before. Ah, yes! Like one of those children from the flashback! And, Vicky is scared! See, this is why you don't throw away a perfectly good weapon. Stuff like this happens.
They find an empty room and begin searching for any type of weapon. Kazuya finds some brass knuckles, they hear footsteps, and they hide.
OH MY BRIE! HE HAS AN AXE! And, guess who it is? It's our blonde pretty boy! He sees Victorique's dress and begins the attack. Then... FALCON PUNCH! Our hero punches the guy in the face with the knuckles. Another jab to the face and they run.
We find out how he faked his death and... HERE'S NED! He grabs the woman's hair and throws her to the ground. Kazu gets Vicky into the Radio Room and leaves her in there. D'aaawww, that's cute! You're protecting a girl you just met a few days ago! What a champ! Our hero gets punched in the face several times by the crazy pretty boy. What's with the face?? He comes back with a counter-attack and our first fight begins!
It looks like all hope seems lost till the lady comes in and stabs the guy with the same axe he had. K.O! Meanwhile, our heroine sends out the S.O.S message. Kazu enters, she's happy, and goes back to being herself just hiding it. We get a quick touching moment again.
Daylight finally appears. We see that they've been rescued and the ship sinks. Did I mention how beaten up Kazuya's face got?
They arrive at the docks and the inspector is waiting there. We have our culprit! It's the woman! How? Victorique explains it with detail, as always. She's the next Jimmy, I swear. The woman had the gun with her all along, not randomly found it and was one of those children we saw in the flashback. The flashback starts again.
It's a young pretty boy! We even see our dead fortune teller. We also get a little history lesson! AWESOME! Case solved! We see an appearance by the maid, and the woman and maid know each other! Wow, talk about revenge.
We return back to our wonderful school. Kazuya comes running up the stairs with a newspaper in hand. No surprise, the inspector took the credit yet again.
It seems Vicky and the inspector dude are brother and sister but from different mothers. We get some more back story and we get another cute scene before the ending credits.
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My overall thought of this episode:
We had our first fight in this episode and some cute scenes with our two main characters. I really enjoyed this, overall, and it's currently my favorite. Gave me some more back story between our two characters and, to me, a great mystery. I can't really complain about anything in this one. The cliffhanger did a perfect snag and it didn't disappoint.
I do not have a favorite this time. However, both Kazuya and Victorique get my thumbs-up for this episode.
Episode Rating:
9 Glorious out of 10
One mystery down, plenty to go! Join me next time for episode 4!
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