WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS
Metallic Rouge Episode 6 Recap/Review: “Nameless Guest” (⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 out of ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️)
Director: Daisuke Chiba
Writer: Kimiko Ueno
If there’s a personality in Metallic Rouge who has in all probability not endeared themselves to the viewers, it’s Hell Gallion. They’re the one member of the Immortal Nine to take up important display time. Unfortunately, they’ve solely been a inventory anime kooky villain in that point. The creators need Gallion a scary and chaotic villain however actually they’re simply annoying. So brace your self as a result of they take heart stage in “Nameless Guest.”
Murder on the Orbital Express!
Before the entire motion occurs, although, we’re launched to Alethia’s boss, Chief Chau. They drop in on Gene Junghardt to speak about Ochrona. There’s a mole in Alethia’s ranks, they usually’re leaking info. This looks as if one other thriller the collection will draw out, however it resolves this episode. Metallic Rouge doesn’t want any extra drawn-out mysteries.
Rouge and Naomi lastly get out of each Wellstown, the place they’ve spent the previous couple of episodes, and Mars to move again to Earth. The episode is ready on a luxurious area liner. Lounging in a pool, Rouge ponders the questions posed by Puppetmaster within the final episode. Unfortunately, neither she nor Naomi don’t get to chill out as a result of all of the sudden, lifeless our bodies are exhibiting up left and proper.
The finest growth right here is to get to Ochrona agent Investigator Ash and his associate Noid in motion. The present’s creators have largely let Ash and Noid be a bumbling Greek refrain or the comedian reduction. They present up, touch upon the motion, after which get omitted within the chilly. The two preserve operating into roadblocks of their investigation into Roy Junghardt’s homicide. In this episode, although, Ash and Noid get to do one thing, and that’s attempting to unravel the murders.
Hell Gallion, the Worst
You could be proper in case you guessed the killer is Hell Gallion. Give your self a cookie. As with previous episodes, Gallion’s motivations make no sense. Here, they make even much less sense. He’s a killer who makes use of his shapeshifting talents to date to trigger chaos and commit crime. So a lot crime. Gallion clearly needs to get again to Earth. However, in case you’re attempting to sneak again to Earth after the chaos brought about on Mars, possibly murdering a number of folks in an enclosed area is a nasty concept.
The present’s creators need Gallion to be an agent of chaos, The Joker to Rouge’s Batman. The viewers, although, lacks any context for his or her actions. The Joker is terrifying as a result of he’s the chaotic reverse of Batman’s order. Gallion stands for nothing at this level. Without a transparent motivation like, say, stoking tensions between people and Neans or that they’re finishing up a mission for the Immortal Nine, Gallion is simply annoying. You need Rouge to kill him after they combat lastly.
That stated, Gallion’s shape-shifting does present some wonderful comedian moments in a present. Ash, who met Naomi within the final episode, thinks she’s the killer, so she spends many of the episode in handcuffs. Rouge punches a lineup of suspects to seek out the killer. This results in her kicking a canine. It’s okay as a result of it’s Hell Gallion in disguise. You can’t make these things up. Comedy has been missing on this collection, so a barely lighter episode could be nice after the thematic heaviness of earlier episodes.
Lots of reveals in Metallic Rouge episode 6!
This episode decides to drop two bombs on the finish of the episode. The greatest operating subplot within the present is the homicide of Roy Junghardt. For episode 5, I theorized that there have been two prospects for the killer. The first was Rouge, who then had her reminiscence wiped. The different was a disguised Hell Gallion. Well, Hell Gallion admits to the crime and Rouge sends him crashing to Earth. Hopefully, that is the final we see of Gallion (in all probability not).
The revelation doesn’t make sense. Gallion, to the viewers’s information, hadn’t met Rouge earlier than the primary episode. Throughout this episode, Gallion takes somebody’s form after he sees them. He did present up in Sarah Fitzgerald’s room disguised as Gladiator Rouge means again in episode 1, however he may have seen the Gladiator armor on the information. There’s a chance he’s mendacity, and Rouge did kill Junghardt. It’s additionally potential Gallion is aware of extra about Rouge’s previous. At the second, although, it’s an unsatisfying finish to a thriller that took up these early episodes.
Then there’s the larger bomb. Naomi exhibits as much as arrest Rouge on the finish of the episode. Why? She’s the mole from Ochorona. The collection is best for not dragging out yet one more thriller for a number of episodes. It’s been apparent that Naomi had her personal agenda. Being an secret agent from a rival company the entire time? That affords extra dramatic prospects. One of the good strengths of the present to date is the sibling-like relationship between Namoi and Rouge. The prospects this reveal will deliver to that relationship is thrilling.
One very last thing: this episode introduces a pair of an identical twins named Alice and Aes. Aes loves paper books, whereas Alice appears to dislike everybody. They’re each too distinctly designed to be background characters or one-time characters. Is it potential we’re about to fulfill twin members of the Immortal Nine?
VERDICT: The concentrate on Hell Gallion makes “Nameless Guest” a letdown from the highs of the final episode. This episode has two reveals, with one being extra satisfying than the opposite. However, there are sufficient fashion modifications (a homicide thriller! comedy!) to make this a enjoyable diversion. Hopefully, the present received’t keep trapped on a spaceship for 3 episodes.
Metallic Rouge is presently streaming on Crunchyroll. New episodes drop each Thursday.
Discussion about this post