Gosick – 03
Spoilers.
I’m so popular that everyone wants my time lately, so today we’re not getting a review from sassy. Instead, we’re getting a review from sassinsomniac, who has a very different personality and thinks he is way funnier than he actually is. This is in contrast to regular sassy, who actually is as funny as he thinks he is. Anyway, this episode proves how much of a genius I am, so let’s not waste any time confirming my genius.
I put in what I thought were hints in last episode’s review, so I’ll quickly explain what I meant by those pictures in case you didn’t catch on. Obviously the kid girl in the flashback is Julie Guile in the present, as you can tell from their nearly identical hair and faces. The other kid girl next to her in the flashback looks a whole like the maid from the first episode, and since they looked all buddy buddy in the flashbacks, my guess was that they were working together to bring down the people who basically screwed them over as children.
The smoking gun is in her hand, guys.
We left off last time with a gun pointed at Kujo and a gunshot. Naturally, the show must go on, so by some unexpected twist, it was not Kujo who was shot but that old crazy man Maurice instead. Apparently, Julie “found” a gun earlier, which is not suspicious at all considering she never mentioned it beforehand. Ned suggests they throw away their weapons to avoid any conflict among themselves, which is a perfectly reasonable suggestion in my book, so they do so and proceed.
They proceed until Ned flips out and dies in the corner, in a pose eerily similar to the one from episode 2. Kujo checks his pulse and declares him dead, and this is when the episode starts to pick up. Victorique becomes oddly timid, coaxing Kujo to come back to her, and the three survivors flee the scene as fast as they can.
They run to some random room and try to gear up for a fight, soon after which the hunter shows himself. It turns out to be none other than… Ned, that guy who just died. Apparently you can fake a dead pulse by clenching a tennis ball really tightly. Even if it’s true, from the duration that he was lying on the floor like that, he must have had one hell of a sleeping arm afterwards. Oh yeah, he’s also carrying a huge halberd, so you know he means serious business.
Kujo Facepuncher, punching faces near you.
After Ned bullies the girls around a bit, Kujo and Ned have an epic punchout that takes them to the deck. Kujo is determined to win, probably because there are girls watching, so they just beat each other senseless. Kujo is about to get owned, when…
Julie axes Ned in the back. So ends the slaughter aboard the Queen Berry. But wait, what? Ned was the killer? Didn’t I say I thought the culprit was Julie? How could sassinsomnia, the greatest deductive genius of his time, be wrong? Don’t worry, don’t worry, I’ll admit I was a bit surprised at first, but there’s still more! No murder mystery would be complete without the great reveal at the very end. And, voila!
Unicorn here to arrest your ass.
It turns out Julie was the culprit. See, I told you, I’m a genius. So basically, a bunch of orphans from different countries were gathered on the ship 10 years ago, and Ned was there to fake his death to provoke the kids to kill each other. The ones who made it to the radio room were the winners, and their countries got to win the First World War. No joke, Gosick is throwing in some pretty crazy conspiracies to spice things up. All the kids were traumatized, naturally, and compensated with a crapload of money. Julie just decided to use hers for revenge.
And apparently that dirty Victorique knew the answer from the start because Julie faked the locked door at the very beginning. One might say she’s a genius, but I say she was just jumping to conclusions. There can only be one genius here.
Oh yeah, the maid wanted revenge, too. But I was wrong about one thing: they weren’t working together. What a shame. After an emotional reunion, they both go to jail. Remember, kids, murder is never an acceptable form of justice. Don’t try it at home, even if that one jackass steals your holographic Charizard.
By the way, Victorique is the illegitimate daughter of Grevil’s father.
And Kujo is pissed off again, for obvious reasons.
MORE PICS
Dropped my keys again…
I’m still cute… right?
You’ve all just been PUNK’D.
Oh hey, photos.
I seem to have been killed. Excuse me while I jump off the edge.
Who, him? His job is to stand in the shadows and look cool.
END THOUGHTS
Kujo and Victorique share a lot of moments throughout this episode, but I intentionally left those parts out because I hate it. Yeah, yeah, she’s supposedly in Kujo’s class and also his age, but she looks like she’s 5 years younger. Regardless of their true ages, any romantic involvement would just brand Kujo as a lolicon. I mean, just look at her. I wouldn’t hit that with a ten foot p… ole. Not saying she’s ugly (although she totally isn’t my type), but it’d feel like committing some sort of crime. I really hope Kujo keeps his protective attitude toward her, and their relationship develops more into a surrogate brother-sister deal. So far it’s stayed mostly in the platonic region, but it feels like it could launch into something deeper at any time. You know what Kujo needs? That teacher. The… well-endowed one.
Speaking of Kujo, I don’t know why it took me so long, but it just hit me that he’s a complete idiot. I don’t know if he’s supposed to be charming or something because of his stupid sincerity, but it’s really starting to annoy me how he can’t think for himself at all. The only thing he was good for during this arc was punching Ned and getting punched, which isn’t particularly impressive. Even when Victorique leaves some not-so-subtle hints (What happened 10 years ago? The Great War… but that had nothing to do with it, right? WRONG) he can’t figure anything out. Yeah, I know Victorique is supposed to be the detective star of this series, but since I’m a guy, I like the male leads to have some brains. Not just muscle. Actually, Kujo doesn’t even have muscle, so he loses either way.
Since I’m a genius, I wasn’t really surprised at the outcome of this arc. The woman is always evil, so the mystery was really just following standard procedure. They tried to throw us a curveball for a moment when Ned decided to go batshit crazy in the middle, but I knew. I knew. After all, how can you arrest the dead? We’d never get our long-winded explanation if Ned was the true culprit. There was one thing that surprised me, though. Not the part where Julie and the maid weren’t actually partners in crime, it was something deeper than that. Grevil made an appearance in this episode, and you know what? He didn’t make a complete fool of himself. In fact, he kept his cool the entire time. I am utterly astonished.
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About sassy
Follower of both dark and mysterious horrors and funny and pointless comedies. Fascinated with ghosts and the supernatural. Friendly and talkative, but I will kill you if you get between me and Itou Kanae.
POWUH: Meta Team and The Mad Scientist with 5525 comments
Poor poor Sassinsomniac. I hope you get some sleep soon XD
As long as they tone down the potential romance of this show, I will enjoy following this duo solve crimes wherever they go. Well, Victorique solving crimes and Kujo being brash and punching the hell out of things. He’s not the brightest character, but I don’t mind him. I guess you need an average person to compare Victorique with so she seems all the more GENIUS.
POWUH: Meta Team and PreCure Mastah with 9203 comments
Victorique’s brain is massive compared to the other characters lol…that’s somewhat why I don’t 100% love this show yet Even the cops are dumb…
POWUH: Meta Team and The Mad Scientist with 5525 comments
Agreed!!! I’m beginning to think Victorique has an average IQ and everyone else is just dumb. WHY DO THE COPS SUCK SO MUCH?
POWUH: Metanorn Lover with 234 comments
They’re too busy looking at Grevil’s hair.
POWUH: Meta Team and PreCure Mastah with 9203 comments
They would fail on CSI…and the kid would walk in and point at random person and solve the case in 5 minutes flat xD
POWUH: Meta Team and Ringleader Extraordinaire~ with 6433 comments
Finally a finished case and with some emotional fan fare too. Let’s see how the next one plays.
Hopefully, you have gotten some sleep now?
POWUH: Metanorn Lover with 234 comments
Yes about 4 hours last night. I am on a ROLL.
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
Well, well. It’s not everyday you get to see a show that keeps you guessing right up to the end. Animes with really gothic mysteries. What I liked the most was tension in the atmosphere of the ship, the pressure, the enjoyment of watching everybody losing it until they eventually snap and they go off the deep end, then it’s kill or be killed.
Victorique’s behavior and mannerisms rival those of Sherlock Holmes. I mean, she’s always carrying around that pipe and analyzing every little detail then explaining it with a straight face. And it’s unfair that she has to remain locked up while that credit stealing idiot of a brother is free to go and do as he pleases. It looks like the only way to get Kujo fighting is if he’s forced into a corner or if someone’s in trouble.
Victorique is awesome. Cold and calculating. But I recognize her voice anywhere. I checked on Wikipedia. The Japanese voice actress, Aoi Yūki not only does the voice for Victorique but also Mina Tepes from Dance in the Vampire Bund and Sunako Kirishiki from Shiki. Nice! I guess she likes voicing for gothic characters. Check it out on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aoi_Y%C5%ABki
POWUH: Meta Team and PreCure Mastah with 9203 comments
Not a bad episode I still am about 50/50 on this series, I like it but then dislike it not sure why.
Nice fighting I guess hahah xD
POWUH: Metanorn Lover with 234 comments
The good thing about the fighting is that they were completely serious about it. Every hit was aimed at the face. That is probably a good idea if your life is on the line. Screw honor or fairness. Every punch to the face incapacitates your opponent more and more.
POWUH: Meta Team and PreCure Mastah with 9203 comments
Oh and the mini boss dude didn’t go down with one hit to the face like other shows.
POWUH: 1100-1199 and Meta's Evil rice-flour Product with 1137 comments
gah i love this show but all 3 mysteries so far i’ve guessed…it’s too easy…they need to be abit more clever…or i watch too much conan
POWUH: Meta Resident and Metanorn's Hime-chan~ with 1758 comments
I couldn’t agree with you more. I don’t watch Conan(that’s too frightening for me XD)but all of the mysteries were almost painfully obvious…