Summary:
Natsume Yuri reveals that Snake leader Alphard has been arrested by by the CIA, and Canaan is sent to rescue Unbloom survivors. The survivors turn out to be three guys wearing giant animal masks at the festival, and they’re being chased by masked goons; when two survivors loses their masks, it’s revealed that they suffer from extreme synesthesia that causes them to bleed from various openings and develop an odd purple mark. This is likely connected to the meeting at the DAEDALA Corporation where director Cummings explains the use of synesthia in IFF technology, while his secretary (and non-Synesthesist) Qi Liang takes a bath.
At the same time, reporter Minorikawa Minoru and his novice camerawoman Oosawa Maria are in town; Maria is hoping to see Canaan and show the world to others through photography. Everyone gets caught up in a firefight over the Unbloom survivors, but most of the civilians are unaware that anything is going on. Maria and Canaan are old acquaintances, but this doesn’t prevent Canaan from tying Maria up with the basis of their friendship: a piece of red string to keep Maria out of danger. After Canaan is done killing the attackers, the sole Unbloom survivor is handed off to Santana and mute Hakkoo, and we see Liang riding a helicopter to free Alphard.
Reaction:
Wow, the animation and choreography for this show are tight! Unfortunately, some things in this show simply do not make any sense. How can Maria’s camera not be a Canon in a show named Canaan? Minoru did the right thing, but that traitor Maria is using some old-ass Olympus Pen series camera! Maria’s even still clinging to film for her job, even though Olympus has released a digital Pen camera (a Pen with IS) already! Maria says pictures must be developed carefully to become her eyes… hasn’t she ever heard of Photoshop? Secondly, what is a gender-bent Scar doing in this show? White hair, tan skin, occasionally red eyes, tattoo… Ishbalan!
Still, I found the premise of the show interesting. I suspect both Canaan and Alphard are Synesthesists, and I noticed both of them tended to hum. This might have flashback implications, or be a coping mechanism to drown out other sounds (like how Canaan likes dolls because they have no color). Liang is my early favorite, as I like her arsenal, character design, and sisterly pulsations. Canaan was also pretty cool, in how she sniped Yunyun’s cat doll (exit wound!) and put Maria in some light bondage. That’s what you get for using an Olympus, slave!
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Is it Liang Qi or Qi Liang? Damn the katakana-zation of Chinese names but at least we don’t have that problem wrt Yun yun.
It looks like Qi is her surname.
So Cannan is Destruction’s Left Hand… I guess that makes sense since Scar is Destruction’s Right Hand (since his tattoo is on his right arm).
Interesting… Didn’t realize that they had tattoos on different arms.
Alphard has a left-forearm tattoo as well.
/headdesk multiple times… but that’s why I love you
Ah, so it’s speak-like-a-gangsta week at Sea Slugz again?! =D Iight! Yo-yo *mic check* Lay me dat funky BEAT!!! Im bout ta DROP DIS SHIT!!!
yea
yo
one
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Canaan be so CANON she CAN oh-PEN A CAN
Da CON-TENTs of da CAN CAN CON-tain an UP-PAN (pan-up)
Dat CAN is so FO-SHIZZLE it CON-tains a WHOOP-ASS (uh!)
and DAT ASS is so WHOOP-WHOOP like its fartin’ sum POO-TANG!!!…
Uuuuu! *gets smacked by mom* Let me get sum CLASSY on dis drow!
Uuuuu! *gets smacked by mom* Let me see lil’ TEE-TEES on da BOW…
of the SHIP, cause dis is IT… like a lil’ MER-MAID
I be peh-doh-FILE-in’ at work, like I work fo DIS-NAY!!…
…errr, okay, like, I tried my best… you CAN at least give me that much! D=… I wasn’t too satisfied to see the Lucky Star plushie get a cap up his/her ass. This isn’t the ghetto! Why can’t we rap-battle in PEACE?!?!
On a side note, everyone is going woot-woot over that Pen camera. I must admit that it does look pretty slick (in that retro sense that is) =3
Canaan is actually more Jo (Bakuretsu Tenshi) then Scar.
And Maria is… a porn star.
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[...] Meanwhile, a heavily-armed Liang waits for the military intruders only to be surprised by Alphard and Cummings. Liang jealously beats up Cummings, but gets schooled hard by a knife-wielding Alphard. Desperate to make Alphard look at her instead of Canaan, Liang foolishly ingests experimental synesthia pills that rock her senses and make her look a little like Canaan. Seeing her reflection in the mirror, Liang begs Cummings to kill Canaan, and Cummings agrees in exchange for Liang’s love. As Cummings blows a hole in Liang’s belly, Liang tells him what he wants to hear as she dies in his arms. Alphard Alshua isn’t moved, though, since she is still pissed that Liang trolled her with a fake Siam letter that led to her capture by the CIA. [...]