#Zankyou no terror season 2 series

#Zankyou no terror season 2 series

Needless to say, authorial intent here is one of the big questions, and the fact that one won’t ever know unless he says it himself is perhaps the greatest thing this series offered. This whole incident with Sphinx puts a bulls-eye on the dangers of nuclear weapons + energy-you’ll note how they had to be shut down ASAP and were used as a threat at the very end-and makes you think that there’s a commentary against its usage here, but is that really all there is to this? Couldn’t it be a more scathing commentary on society in general? That we’ve become so accustomed to utilizing and trying to advance our technology that we’ve become oblivious to the simpler things in life? Alternatively, could it be a discussion of how one shouldn’t spend too much time dawdling on the past-instead spending that time looking forward to a hopeful future? It was great just to see things be followed through to their ultimate conclusion, and I think the big thing here now isn’t so much a discussion about what happened this episode (they stand for themselves) as it is the speculation that comes from trying to see what (if anything) Watanabe’s trying to say here.īecause the fact is, there’s a lot here that could be construed about the events here and how they happen.

Greatness lies within the execution, and it’s clear that the past few episodes-and this one in particular-were executed virtually flawlessly.

I predicted that Sphinx would try to use the nuke in a high altitude explosion. We knew Shibazaki would be the one to find them at the end. We knew Sphinx didn’t intend to get out of this alive. It was just that damn good.īest of all, it was so enjoyable despite the fact that we all saw this coming. No matter what you felt about the series’ developments following Five and Lisa, there’s no way you could’ve been disappointed about how things came together, and I’ll remember this episode-and this series-for years to come. The chills are still running through my back as we speak, and this truly was a finale for the ages. Looking at it, she smiles and says, 'I won't let you get away again.Where can you start with an episode that so perfectly wraps up a series? Honestly, I’m speechless right now. Five manages to escape, and it is revealed that she has Lisa's school ID. The plane explodes without injuring anyone, and Shibazaki spots a masked Nine, who signals him in thanks before leaving. Nine and Twelve rescue Lisa from the plane, while Shibazaki enters the control room and forces one of the operators to divert the plane away from the terminal at gunpoint. Realizing there is a way to save both Lisa and the commuters, Nine contacts Shibazaki, convinces him that the latest bomb isn't Sphinx's, and instructs him to infiltrate the control tower and take control of the autopilot system. Nine regroups with Twelve, who receives a phone call from Lisa describing her and the bomb's whereabouts: a plane that is on autopilot and headed for a terminal filled with numerous commuters. While fleeing, he briefly passes Shibazaki. Airport police then arrive and fire at Nine, forcing him away. She responds that she wants to settle something with him, then reveals her knowledge of Lisa being an accomplice and that she is being held captive at the bomb's location. He confronts Five and holds her at gunpoint with a pistol he brought, demanding to know why she is getting in the way of his and Twelve's plans.

Twelve then hacks into the camera system and brings the recordings back by five minutes, allowing Nine to rush to Five's location without being detected.

When they get closer to the bomb's potential location, Twelve sends in Lisa to create a distraction after some hesitation, she sets off flares that trigger a fire alarm. They realize that the latest Sphinx video was a fake created by the police and that it is Sphinx they are communicating with. Arriving at the terminal, Shibazaki and the officers see messages being given to Nine and Twelve from Five in regards to the game and learn that the police ordered airport employees to transmit them. Nine and Twelve decide to play along with Five's chess game. The game is on at the airport and lives are at stake as Shibazaki and his team stumble into the middle of Nine and Five's dangerous game of chess.