Apologies for the lack of a review last week, got a bit held up by some stuff. To compensate for that, we decided on doing two anime posts this week (Covering both last week’s and this week’s)
The title of episode 7 is ‘Secret Mission’, and true to that name, the crux of the episode lies in learning about what Senku told Yuzuriha in secret in the first season of the anime.
Chrome reunites with the Kingdom of Science, much to their elation and amazement. Of course, this means that they will not have to include saving him in their plans. However, they cannot exactly retreat as well since winter is almost over. So, they fashion a plan to use the car for another purpose i.e raiding the miracle cave.
Chrome mentions the fact that Taiju snuck him a battery, something that Senku says is impossible. From the little we have seen of Taiju, this is something we know is true, considering he did not know what nitric acid was in the first season.
Yuzuriha is brought up as a possibility for the battery sneaker, but Senku says she is already busy on her secret mission.
Gen and Senku continue with their plan of wooing Tsukasa’s people over to their side, a plan that continues to bear more and more fruits. Nikki gives Gen full points- Which is a noticeably big step up from her initial assessment of him (Which was 55%). However, as they are enacting their plan, their biggest worry appears. Ukyo shows up at the graveyard.
Ukyo immediately sees through the façade, but he does not expose Gen to the others. Senku realizes Ukyo was the person who slipped Chrome the battery. At the same time, Ukyo tells Senku about what he has been seeing Yuzuriha doing in secret. Effectively revealing to us the secret mission she got from Senku: Putting back together the statues that Tsukasa was smashing up. Due to her history with handicrafts, this is indeed a job only she can accomplish. She also made dolls of Senku, Taiju and herself, which he put on his test rocket.
He admits that he will not mind helping Senku’s side out, on one condition. No one dies. Which is also the same reason he freed Chrome, he was aware that if Senku’s group came to save him, there would be deaths. This is a condition that Senku himself has no qualms with. If you remember at the start of the season, he told Ruri that they were aiming for a bloodless siege of the Tsukasa empire. It is also the entire basis of the ghost Lilian plan that Gen came up with. Ukyo is heavily appreciative of this.
Tsukasa receives word of Chrome’s escape, and Yo’s subsequent ‘death’, so he heads to the graveyard to pay his respects. Along with the names of the people who died when they invaded Ishigami village. Hyoga is also there, but he does not remember any of the names. As Tsukasa is burying the last fragments of Yo, he uncovers the hidden telephone.
Meanwhile, Senku has completed the paper tank. He intends on using an explosive sound (Similar to the sound bombs they used vs Homura) to discourage Tsukasa’s people, and prevent them from fighting. Taiju and Yuzuriha also show up -Senku dodges Taiju’s embrace (Understandable, since he nearly died from it the last time).
The stage is set for the Final Battle, which is the title of the following episode.
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