Blood-C – 04
Life lesson: When a schoolgirl with a sword tells you to run away, you probably should
I’m not going to waste much time today talking about other things. This episode was just way too epic for that.
It’s a new day in Blood C and Saya is once again in the miko outfit sweeping the walkway when her father appears. He tells her she should rest because she’s wounded physically and mentally, but she says she’s okay. Saya tells him that she’s just a bit upset about the man killed by the Bairn and also tells him about the whole ‘honor the covenant’ thing. He tells her not to be led astray by their words and to ignore it. She does. So much for plot development there.
Miko stereotype #1: sweeping the shrine
It’s sunny out and once again, Saya feels the need to sing about it. However, all is not well with Saya despite the fact she somehow managed to clean her uniform from all the blood from the last battle (either that or she bought a new uniform). She’s concerned that her father was worried about her and vows to get stronger. Little does she know, the dog from the previous episodes is stalking her.
At school, the twins mention once again how peaceful the town is, but they note that the baker still hasn’t returned and that people are out looking for him. Right, so they notice one guy missing and cause a fuss, but have yet to notice that a nearby train station has been totalled and that their water supply is slowly being dyed red from all the blood via Saya’s nightly escapades. Oh and at this point, Saya sees the light again in the shape of a katana.
Saya’s friends continue debating whether or not the baker ran away while Saya notices the dog finally. She follows it, but her friends don’t seem to see it and completely ignore the fact that she has the ability to leap onto tree branches twice her height. Saya falls from the tree because her lunch bag gets caught and Tokizane tries to catch her, but acts more like a cushion to break her fall instead.
Lol that looks painful
He asks why she was climbing the tree in the first place and Saya tells him about the dog. He never saw it however, and changes to subject to lunch. He doesn’t have one again and Saya decides to share after complimenting his smile. D’awwww.
He compliments the bento and Saya is extremely happy. She mentions that she loves Fumito (while her friends still have no idea where she went) and Tokizane asks in what way. She mentions again that Fumito is kind, can cook and etc. but Tokizane cuts her off and asks if that’s what loving someone really means. Saya does not comprehend.
….Do they really have to add in Mokona everywhere?
…So she goes and talks to Fumito about it. Saya wonders if she upset Tokizane and Fumito says that she probably shouldn’t worry about it because he has his own stuff going on in his life. Fumito gives her more guimauve, but when Saya eats some, she sees the katana of light and blood. He asks if she’s okay and when Saya says she’s fine, he touches her face saying to talk to him if anything is wrong. It would have been cute if not for the ominous music playing in the background.
…Or maybe Fumito just really wants her glasses. Little does he know, they’re glued to her face.
There’s another bit done by the mysterious narrator here talking about overriding hated with love and trust while Saya runs around at night. She comes to a lake or something where a giant chicken Bairn attacks 3 fishermen. The first one gets eaten while Saya saves the other two from two green floating things that came with the chicken. Saya tells them to run away while the green things shoot acid at her. She cuts off one of the green Bairn’s arms and the Bairn all stop to cannibalize for a bit before attacking again. When she tries to attack again, the chicken Bairn throws Saya across the lake.
As Saya tries to recover, the Elder Bairn go after the remaining fishermen who were idiots and didn’t run very far when Saya told them to. The chicken thing rips one in half and when Saya goes to help, she gets acid to the back and is thrown against the pavement. She blacks out for a bit.
Never before have chickens been this terrifying. Or carnivorous.
However, the Bairn never attacked her when she was unconscious and instead they finished off the one person and half killed the other. Saya tries to attack with no luck and the chicken starts talking to her, asking if she’s the one hunting their kind.
Saya realises that the chicken (I wish I had come up with a better name for it XD) is controlling the green things, but the chicken tells her that they’re the same and that the ones below always perform the will of those above. It also tells her again to honor the covenant and calls it the Shrovetide. Saya has another vision of someone in braids and killing things, and the chicken says that the Elder Barin kill for their own benefit, but if Saya interferes, then they’ll eat her as well.
Saya however, says that she only needs to fight, her eyes turn red and she starts killing things more efficiently. After she’s done, she checks to see if the other fisherman survived, but with no luck.
She goes home and seems confused about something, but before she can decide anything, her father comes out to see if she’s okay. He asks about the enemy and Saya tells him that she defeated them, but they talked to her about the covenant again. Saya’s dad says nothing.
The next day, Saya is late for school, but her teacher doesn’t mind. She then mentions that it’s another peaceful day where nothing has happened, much to Saya’s surprise. Either the town is even more oblivious than I thought, or something is going down here.
Random beams of light here too?! I hope this doesn’t mean that the animation quality is going to plummet.
Final Thoughts:
Ooooooh dear. There was so much going on this episode that I’m having trouble figuring out where to start. First off, her dad TOTALLY knows something but is not telling Saya about it for some reason. Also, Saya may be closer to the Bairn than I first thought (like how the Saya from Blood+ was close to the chiropterans) because they seem to be okay with coexisting with her as long as she doesn’t get in their way. I mean, the ones from this episode could have killed her when she was unconscious, but they didn’t. The flashback when they mentioned Shrovetide is intriguing as well (I’m thinking it was either Saya or her mother in it), are they going to bring in the whole Vietnam plot point again? Either way, I’m pretty sure it has something to do with the covenant. Whatever THAT is.
As a few people have pointed out in comments for the previous episodes, the guimauve is also pretty suspicious. I was overlooking it before, but the flashback with blood this episode was just too well timed to be a coincidence. We may also soon be getting an explanation to why no one in the town notices anything if the ending to this one is anything to go by. So much vague information in one episode!
The slice of life was bearable this episode because it was scarce and it spent its time dropping more vague information. I hate to admit it, but even Saya singing every episode isn’t that annoying anymore. I’m a bit saddened by CLAMP bringing back the whole ‘what kind of way do you love him’ thing. I had more than enough of that in Cardcaptor Sakura thank you. It doesn’t help that Saya is as oblivious as an otome game heroine (admittedly, she does have enough bishies in her life to be one) and is incapable of realising when a guy likes her. Anyways, the plot finally seems to be taking off, so hopefully it continues to progress like this from now on.
Preview:
HOLY CRAP. The weather isn’t nice for once. What will Saya have to sing about now?!
About Karakuri
University student and the one at Metanorn who's known for wearing glasses. Likes blood, insanity and plot twists, but also plays otome games and adores cute romance anime. It balances out... somehow.
POWUH: Metanorn Lover with 207 comments
I actually like this episode, I have a really sinking about the teacher though. She’s starting to creep me out, especially near the end of the episode. Maybe she’s hiding something too? Well anyway, I’m just glad we got to see more Tokizane this week XP
POWUH: Meta Team and Megane-chan with 3214 comments
Compared to the noneventful other episodes, this one was fantastic. Yeah, the teacher is getting kind of creepy. I think she is hiding something because she was mentioned to be a researcher but was pretty vague about it.
Tokizane is probably one of my favourite characters in the show so far (despite the minimum screen time he’s had) so yeah, this episode was great! =3
POWUH: 800-899 and Flying Sage with 856 comments
Definitely the right step for Blood-C. I have been a bit mystified about what direction they were heading, but this episode set the show on a clearer path, without entirely removing the sense of mystery.
POWUH: Meta Team and Megane-chan with 3214 comments
Ahaha tell me about it. By explaining a tiny bit of the plot, they’ve only served to create more questions.
POWUH: 600-699 and Romance Expert with 652 comments
“(I wish I had come up with a better name for it XD)”
I do find it funny though, in your post. reading “the chicken” being used somehow makes me chuckle over here.
now back to the episode.
yup, im really starting to believe that theory about the town.
or maybe they(or most) cant see the elder bairns since saya’s friends didnt see the “dog”.
POWUH: Meta Team and Megane-chan with 3214 comments
Ahaha thanks. I seriously couldn’t come up with a better name for it. It just looks like a chicken to me.
Hmmm, yeah you might be right. That would explain a lot, especially why no one notices anything besides missing people. You’re right about the whole ‘dog’ thing too. I thought it was a dog for sure despite it looking wierd because Saya called it one, but even shes not sure what it is.
POWUH: Lovely-pyon~ with 339 comments
The whole ‘omg why does no one realise the dead people’ ending actually makes the whole ‘quite’ feel of the show make sense. There’s so little background music or noise or character, or ANYTHING during the day that it was really weird at first, but now it makes sense. Finally.
And also, Saya, stop being so thick and would some one just hit on her properly?
POWUH: Meta Team and Megane-chan with 3214 comments
Yeah, it does clear a few things up…. But at the same time makes things more confusing. I didn’t really notice the lack of background noise, but the lack of people was pretty noticable.
LOL don’t think you can get more direct then the class president has been. Or the teacher. She was pretty direct too XD. At least her confession thing got a reaction out of Saya.
POWUH: Beginner (20-35) with 28 comments
Mwhahaha, the secret is in the pink cube things Fumito gives Saya. The reason she loves him so much is because he’s mind controlling her through those cubes and making her reject all her lovers. Mwhahaha. No, seriously, he only give the pink things to her, see the problem? 😉 (The music that plays when he touches her is a clue too.)
But so many guys are attracted to her, because she’s the main character, but could they be….elder brains? O.O Meh, I feel sorry for the class president though, he tries so hard…. 🙁
POWUH: and Vampire Lover with 11746 comments
Finally we get a little story progression, even the slice of life part was shorter this time around. So that light Saya kept seeing was actually a katana slashing something or someone. But the one doing the slashing was the Saya from Blood: The Last Vampire.
Once again that dog pops up and then disappears. I’m really starting to imply it in whatever is going on. And maybe the people in the town aren’t so ignorant after all. They’ve begun to notice something is seriously wrong, unlike those clueless villagers from Shiki who waited till near death to figure out the situation.
I love Saya’s fights between the monsters. There’s no holding back once she’s started. It’s a lot longer too. I especially love her blood red eyes, she looks a lot sexier that way and I wish they would stay like that. She’d give her friends a scare the following day.
POWUH: Meta Team and Megane-chan with 3214 comments
Hmmm yes, it seems that way. Is that really the Saya from Blood: The Last Vampire? I’ve only ever seen Blood+, so I wouldn’t know the difference.
The dog definately has some part in this other than showing that Saya likes animals. And yeah,or at least some villagers are less ignorant than others.
I’m really enjoying the fights too. I absolutely love red eyes on anime characters, so yeah I wish they would stay like that too. She also seems to be able to kick more ass while they’re like that too, so it would work out for her as well. XD
POWUH: Meta Team and PreCure Mastah with 9203 comments
Woooooooow! Things are getting interesting finally, well that dog Saya is always after seems odd maybe it’s not really a dog! xD
Saya falling out that tree made me laugh and how she landed? LOL Awesome job there.
This fight was soooooooo boring! Well up until Saya went all red eyes and kicked some ass! I do like the variety of monster designs so far really keeps me wanting more. Reminds me of Evangelion style monsters so random and weird.
I think the guy that runs the cafe saya likes has some secrets of his own he does seem more touchy in the next episode! Maybe he has a thing for Saya she better run ;P
POWUH: Meta Team and Megane-chan with 3214 comments
Yay for interesting!!! Yeah that dog probably isn’t a dog….
Ahaha I had to laugh at that part as well. Had she landed any other way, it would have probably been less painful XD
Aww ahaha you found it boring? I didn’t think so, but now that you point it out, there was a whole lot of nothing during it.
If he does have a thing for Saya, I hope he turns into a yandere. XD