Telepathy Shoujo Ran - Episode 3

After leaving us with our first real cliffhanger in the form of the kidnap of Rui at the end of the last episode three of Telepathy Shoujo Ran finally takes us into what I get a feeling will be the series proper. This episode sees Ran tell her brother about her telepathic powers, which he accepts without question, and they head off in search of Rui. After taking a look around his bedroom, Ran manages to see a vision of a masked face, and the school rooftop; let's be honest though, you don't really need to be telepathic to know that the masked baddie was headed for the school's roof - Has this girl never seen any anime before? It's where they always go. From here on in, said masked baddie is unveiled in almost Scooby-Doo-esque fashion, and Ran manages to befriend Midori, which is undoubtedly a good thing after commenting last episode that her 'evil schoolgirl' act was a rather worn one.


While the second half of this episode was really a little too dialogue heavy for its own good, it did a decent job of progressing the storyline, and most importantly bringing Rui, Ran and Midori together under the same proverbial banner, which in my mind has far more promise than the previous status quo of Ran and Midori as sworn enemies, which was getting old rather quickly.

In short then, while I'm sure we won't be seeing anything too spectacular from this series (the next episode sees the trio go on holiday together, which is a totally new and unique storyline to an anime show for us all), this particular episode has renewed both my hope and interest in Telepathy Shoujo Ran as something worthwhile watching. Its characters may be a little run-of-the-mill (in particular Rui, who seems to be as dull as dishwater), but they remain very likeable all in all and with enough personality (and clashes of personality) between the two female leads to ease us through each episode. Overall then, this really was a pretty good offering within the confines of its genre and my expectations.