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What happened to the moon? Post-apocalyptic tour Bizarre hints about humanity’s mysterious destiny continue to be added, but so far there’s no evidence of anything apparently coherent. Mount Fuji has a new smoking crater. A giant, unnaturally shaped tree-like object dominates the Tokyo skyline. Yoko knew to check water sources for radiation, suggesting the possibility of previous nuclear fires. Something is mutating the animals. There is no evidence that any humans survived the civilization-destroying disaster, and the streets are littered with abandoned vehicles. Now we see that a chunk of the moon is missing. What causes it? Weapons of mass destruction? Celestial collision? Clumsy Super Saiyan?
Although the episode starts out as a dolce vita story, with our intrepid duo wading through mudflats, struggling to catch fish, and demonstrating how to pitch a tent on a paved road (using rocks instead of nails, apparently. I don’t remember from laid back campsite), which went on to become the most apocalyptic work to date. The huge, damaged moon is just the beginning. Yoko’s inexplicable sense of unease turns into a harbinger of doom as she and Airi brave a horrific storm on their scooters while facing multiple tornadoes/waterspouts, huge waves, high winds, and terrifying close-range lightning strikes.
Yoko either has a death wish or is not good at judging danger. I’m pretty sure the last thing you should do during a severe thunderstorm is ride your motorcycle into a wide open space. This special wide space is a 4.4-kilometer-long water bridge leading to Umihotarishima, an artificial island in Tokyo Bay. In our not-yet-apocalyptic world, this is a multi-story parking lot and shopping mall with 360-degree views of the ocean and one of two entrances to the 9.6-kilometer water tunnel, the other being in Kawasaki City, Kanagawa Prefecture. I wonder if they’ll be heading to the tunnel next episode, but it must be flooded?
Before they can do that, they’ll need to battle a horde of hungry rodents lurking in the shadows, as the show leaves us with its first dramatic cliffhanger. (I didn’t count Sao The scares start from episode 3. ) I’m sure they’ll probably escape this particular pickle unscathed, but when Airi tells Yoko that she wants to travel with her forever and not return to the bunker, even for motorcycle repair supplies, I can’t help but worry. If that’s not a giant existential death flag, I don’t know what is. I don’t want this lovable duo to die in some melancholic and tragic way in the final episode, but I wonder if I should steel myself for that prospect.
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