Space Train wreck lumbers on:

[Himatsubushi] Kiddy Girl-and 10


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This episode was worse than the last for so many reasons. Overused plot devices were a joy to see for the thousandth time (moping around, youngest child re-encourages leads, repeatedly playing flashbacks of the other pair dying, etc).

But by far the worst was that Ascoeur and Kufiyu somehow inherited the G-class abilities of the other pair. How convenient! Rather, how contrived. There were a couple of reasons that ES members were given powerful anti-aging effects or even reincarnated as necessary. Their abilities were unique. You can't just pass on abilities from one person to the next, or even worse, "somehow remember how they used them." WTF! There was exactly one case of an ability being passed on in the prior series, and that was because they were mother and daughter. I expect an actual explanation for this in near future, but I doubt we'll be that lucky.


The only bright spots are that we might finally get some action now that Ascoeur and Kufiyu are getting their own ship, and hopefully they won't waste any time putting them on stupid fetch-quest missions and it will mostly involve them encountering the Shadow Workers repeatedly. Additionally, Ascoeur's reaction to Trixie and Troseinne's death was to become much more cautious, as shown with her being exceedingly careful with her work in the cafe.