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EP. REVIEW: Akiba Maid War

I didn't freeze frame it but my first thought was it was the girl who was the right hand of the maid alien hardliner, she went into exile after her death.

Nooooooo Rankooooo! Your deadpan star burned brightest. I'd say it was extinguished too soon, but I guess 36 is actually beating the odds for a Creatureland Maid.

The assassin quite possibly could be nobody in particular. Random, brutal, pointless death being what awaits those who do not achieve purposeful deaths in this twisted version of Akihabara.

I guess the question for the last episode is does Nagomi flip to the sort of violence Ranko adopted after her own pacifist dreams were crushed, or does she try double down on her philosophy that there's a better way?

Ranko's assassin appeared to be wearing the axolotl headgear, so my first thought is that this is a random act of vengeance from a former Maidalien. Time will tell...

One thing is for certain though, given it happened in broad daylight, and in public in front of a couple dozen people. This will affect the maid culture in Akiba as its supposed innocence is now shattered and people will pass on what happened to both customers and the police.

absent wrote:

Ranko's assassin appeared to be wearing the axolotl headgear, so my first thought is that this is a random act of vengeance from a former Maidalien. Time will tell...

Definitely looked like that to me too. Whether it's someone specific or not, I couldn't say without combing through past episodes.

One thing is for certain though, given it happened in broad daylight, and in public in front of a couple dozen people. This will affect the maid culture in Akiba as its supposed innocence is now shattered and people will pass on what happened to both customers and the police.

Philmister978 wrote:

One thing is for certain though, given it happened in broad daylight, and in public in front of a couple dozen people. This will affect the maid culture in Akiba as its supposed innocence is now shattered and people will pass on what happened to both customers and the police.

Pfft, like there was any supposed innocence in the first place where literally everyone who watches the news (and that was the thing since... episode 2, where they literally claimed the Ranko mass shooting as a regular turf war?) knows exactly that the Akiba maid business is just as criminal as it is and they literally have the same public image as what you can think of the yakuza members, let alone just the police (especially when they have a bribed moles there, like in Manami episode). Even their visitors know that, like in the case of former Nerula customers.

Covnam wrote:

absent wrote: Ranko's assassin appeared to be wearing the axolotl headgear, so my first thought is that this is a random act of vengeance from a former Maidalien. Time will tell... Definitely looked like that to me too. Whether it's someone specific or not, I couldn't say without combing through past episodes.

Well, some are saying that Ranko's killer is the surviving Wuv Wuv Moonbeam maid who's pigtail was cut off in episode 1 and now is an axolotl maid, judging by the hair color and hairstyle. We'll see if they will touch upon that in the final episode.