Kabitzin on February 10, 2009 · in Michiko to Hatchin

Summary:

Satoshi goes to see old assassin extraordinaire, Gyle, and ask him to take one last job before he retires. Satoshi wants to off Michiko, Shinsuke, and Atsuko, and while Shinsuke is the liveliest, everyone always wants to go after Michiko. Satoshi decides to be double-sure and also hires a strung-out hunter named Murano the Samurai. Murano’s woman left him, so Satoshi convinces Murano that money will bring Akasha back. Meanwhile, Michiko is stuck in another crappy town because the scooter’s engine is busted. Michiko leaves Hatchin as a hip-masseuse to pay for the repair and heads out to get a replacement engine from the mechanic’s son.

Gyle gets to Michiko first, and it’s all a game to him. Michiko is quite crafty and eludes Gyle only to run into Murano. Murano is like the Terminator crossed with Xena, however, as he takes Michiko’s ride out with a chakram and then survives the explosion of said ride at point blank range. Michiko is able to escape Murano only to come face to face with Gyle again; in a fit of luck, Gyle shoots Murano in the head (non-fatally) and gives Michiko a ride. Meanwhile, Satoshi finds Shinsuke arriving to “apologize” and so the mob boss runs over the crazy guy (also non-fatally).

Reaction:

Geez, does anyone not named Pepe (or Davi, I suppose) ever die in this show? I was kinda getting pissed off at how nothing even hurt Murano, although his fight sequences were very cool. It was only fitting that right when he got a chance to knife Michiko in the back, a truck came along and deflected his blade. Gyle was pretty cool as well, in spite of all his boasting and talk about the good ole days before he killed people and had anal intercourse. No wonder Satoshi “I love young boys’ pubes” Batista likes hanging out with Gyle so much.

Speaking of Gyle’s boasts, he said he killed everyone with just one shot, and yet he totally failed at this twice in this episode. I find it amusing that no one wants to go after Atsuko because that only gets screen time when the show is called Atsuko to Hatchin. I wonder if Satoshi is trying to get Michiko killed because he wasn’t able to do it himself. Meanwhile, I noticed that the newspaper clipping contained the names Rock Morena and Elis Michael.