I didn’t even realize she was in trouble there! Not after she weathered something similar a minute earlier. But the biggest problem came when Tatsuya saved Misuki from Mikihiko’s accidental attack. When she first saw something my interest was piqued, but after that it devolved into the semi-out-of-nowhere exposition that this anime is doing so badly. The whole bit with Mizuki and her Crystal Eyes lacked urgency or danger to me. I feel like he was the more interesting character, and all we got was the old man shooting off at the mouth. I did appreciate delving further into their back story and confirming some of the things I already suspected, but I would have liked to hear less from the asshole butler and more from Miyuki & Tatsuya’s father. Stuck up aristocratic families are among my favorite things to see defied and/or destroyed, so I hope Tatsuya and Miyuki keep giving the Yotsuba’s the middle finger. So let me get this straight…they want Miyuki to become the next head of the family, and they’re going to do that by insulting her beloved onii-sama? Fuckin’ idiots. It’s good to see at least a little lip service to how innovations actually happen, which is in fits and starts.
Tatsuya made the break through, and that’s impressive, but it still sapped people’s mana (or whatever it’s called) away too quickly, so there’s still work to be done. I did appreciate how the device wasn’t perfect yet. C’mon Tatsuya, be safe! Though maybe he did that beforehand. I had to laugh during this scene (not in a bad way) when they took proper precautionary measures before trying out Tatsuya’s flight device, even though Tatsuya and Miyuki were flying around like it was no big deal the episode before. The Taurus comes from his partner at FLT, Chief Ushiyama. Yup, I called it, Tatsuya is Taurus Silver–or at least the Mr. More setup as the kids of First High leave for the Nine Schools Competition this time.