Soul Eater ep.22

September 4, 2008 | 12 Comments

That scene where Chrona is being molested by Ragnarok always brings the LULZ. That scene also suggests two possibilities. The first is that Chrona is a girl and that's why Ragnarok keeps harassing her. The second is that Ragnarok swings the other way. That's why it is keen to check out Chrona's phallic good down there. See? Either way, it's still full of LULZ. The question is, would you rather see Chrona as a guy, a girl, or a sexually ambiguous character like he/she has always been? Personally, I just want them to decide the character a gender and stick with it. I'm tired of having to remember not to call Chrona using gender-specific words. Moreover, I don't see the point of withholding her gender like this except for some occasional LULZ like this episode. If you've read the manga, has there been a situation where Chrona's non-disclosed gender ends up becoming a major plot point? Anyway, if I have to guess, I think Chrona is a girl.

Ragnarok is not happy when he finds out that Chrona has become friends with Maka, claiming that Chrona is his. Frustrated by the creature's harassment, Chrona decides to punch it. Ragnarok, however, is not angry with this treatment, thinking that Chrona is just trying to express his/her feeling. This, however, doesn't stop Ragnarok from sexually harassing Chrona by lifting his/her dress despite protestation from the later. Because of this, Chrona asks Maka and Soul to go ahead because he/she will take care of Ragnarok. Chrona, however, regrets the decision when Ragnarok becomes even more perverse. Meanwhile, Kid tells the sister that in order to defeat Asura, his father had to take off his corporeal envelope and seal Asura within. While thinking about the Kishin, Kid is suddenly attacked by a projectile coming from Free. Kid tries to use his gun to hit Free but the half human/werewolf seems immune against bullet, even pointing out that he's an immortal. After a few failure to attack the guy, Kid decides to perform Soul Resonance move on the guy. However, this attack also has no effect on Free.

To make things worse, Kid is starting to be distracted by the statues/ruins around him, thinking about how some of them don't look right, etc. Thankfullly for Patty and Liz, Black Star arrives in time in his usual grand style and knock Kid aside. This promptly snaps Kid back into reality. Black Star then starts to engage Free in a fight and although Free manages to dodge most of his attack, Black Star manages to slice the guy. When Free is not hurt at all, Kid becomes suspicious and decides to walk into Free. He quickly finds out that Free is just a holographic projection of his own self, which is standing on top of Jackson, the creature belonging to Eruka. They do this so they can continue walking into the sanctuary while stalling the kids. When the two reach the sanctuary, they are confronted by a vision of Asura coming after them and ripping off their skins. Eventually, however, the two realize that they simply hallucinated the entire horrific scene in their mind. When they regain their mind back, they find out that they've been pointing sharp objects at their own neck like they're about to commit suicide.

Impression

I can't believe that even after experiencing those horrific hallucination, Free and Eruka decide to free the Kishin anyway. In reality, even criminals will think twice before unleashing something that can also potentially harm them. It's just survival instinct that exists in every human being. I guess Eruka has no choice since she'll be dead if she goes against Medusa's order but I can't remember why Free decides to tag along as well. At any rate those encounter with Asura scenes were awesome in that horrific kind of way. I thought the animators would have to censor them but I'm glad to see it shows up in all of its gory details. What I don't understand is why they're not pointing the weapons at their face when it's that very area that they thought got devoured by Asura. As for other parts of the episode, it's interesting to see Shinigami-sama's previous look during Kid's narration. He looks a lot more vicious than the persona he's been using as the headmaster of the school. I wonder if there's more to him than the good guy persona that we've seen so far. One has to wonder at the very least about the technique that he used to imprison Asura. Stripping someone's skin sounds a rather nasty thing to do regardless of the reason.

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