.hack//SIGN Episode 5

Episode 5: Captured

Tsukasa has gone into hiding from the Crimson Knights who are out to capture him and his rogue guardian. Tsukasa slowly learns how to control his guardian but Sora and Silver Knight hatch a plan to lure him out so the Crimson Knights are able to capture him.

I’m just going to be honest and say right here and now… episode 5 I’m still having a hard time getting into this anime. I had started this series once before and couldn’t get past the first episode, then I started this blog so I kind of have to finish it, but it’s SO much work!!

So we meet CRIM finally! He’s a Long Arm; his avatar is a male with spiky blue hair, a red jacket, flared red and yellow pants, and a wave symbol on his chest. He founded the Crimson Knights with Subaru (who’s a car) but eventually left for one reason or another. But now he’s back! As you can see from this episode, he’s very happy-go-lucky, easy going and sociable.

But there was something weird about Subaru (who’s a car) and his meeting. She seemed like she wanted to see him when she left Silver Knight but then when she actually got there, she came off as a little cold and uncomfortable. Maybe they had a falling out or a weird parting of ways? Perhaps she confessed to him and he rejected her and then eventually left the game, now he’s back! scary music

I find Subaru (who’s a car) to be passive aggressive, which is a little annoying. She’s SO, so, SO soft spoken too, someone needs to mic her asap!

Anyway, everyone is all a flutter, and by everyone people like Bear, Mimiru, BT and Sora all for different reasons of course but they can easily be paired. BT and Sora seem to have the same interests and the same goes for Bear and Mimiru. The latter actually having genuine concern for Tsukasa and Sora and BT pretty much just want whatever the hidden item is.

Also, what is that thing with BT barely even trying when she was “hunting” down Sora, she basically pretended to try and “let” Sora win, butter up his ego a little before trying to get him to go along with whatever scheme she had brewing in that blond head of hers.  Which is basically what happened.

That veiled world still looks like shit and the talking but not really talking reincarnation of his mother in the body of a cat was of no help. Other than to tell him that she was supposedly mad, and that he was weak. Although I didn’t hear that with my own ears, the very low self-esteemed Tsukasa who seems to be pretty worthless with out that Guardian he can’t control interpreted it for me.

I was under the impression that after that cat “talked” to him about becoming stronger that maybe that’s what he had been doing since we saw him last but no, he shows up in that trap and relies on his Guardian but then gets OWNED by Crim fist bump.

I can’t believe he fell for that trap either! Believe the rumor BT and Sora started about another dude carrying around a sword with a similar if not the same whale. Sigh how naïve, and he managed to summon that whale inside the barrier, which I didn’t really understand; then again he summoned it in the beginning against Silver Knight while there was a barrier up. I guess because it goes against the rules of The World it can pretty much do whatever it damn well pleases.

Pats Mimiru on the back I’m glad you put two and two together even if it was too late to actually save Tsukasa and realized that BT is a lying bitch. That’s right, I said it! Anyone who associates with Sora has something wrong with them, basically they want something a little TOO much, take the Silver Knight for example. Going behind Subaru’s (who’s a car) back to try and trap Tsukasa.

That little moment between Subaru and Tsukasa was kind of sweet, they were locked in a gaze with one another but it was short lived because the whale started attacking her and killed whatever henchman that tried to jump in and save her. Don’t get me wrong he did save her! I laughed pretty hard when I saw the cow/horse mount that Crim rode in on with the sunglasses that was probably the best part of this episode. The mount yes, but Crim as a character. He should continue to make frequent appearances.

Ugh, and despite all of that Tsukasa didn’t get any stronger, still can’t control his whale and continues to remain a weepy kid.