Of course, Hei's appearance could hardly be heralded as good news for Suou, who despite escaping from the military forces out looking for her and her brother finds herself the centre of attention for numerous contractors. This brings us to some absolutely fantastic action sequences from the off in this second episode, which arguably knock pretty much anything the original series depicted into a cocked hat.
In the ensuing chaos Suou manages to escape from these numerous contractors, only to find that all of her friends have had all memory of her wiped... all that is except for Nika, who also finds himself on the run due to his association with girlfriend turned contractor Tanya. After quickly recovering from the trauma of all she's just been through, Suou goes on the offensive the only way she knows how, and before she knows it she's confronted by Hei, and other contractors, once again.
As I've just mentioned, this new series of Darker Than BLACK really seems to have its action scenes plotted to perfection - It's literally breath-taking stuff, and that alone makes this episode compelling stuff to watch once the contractors get their groove on, complete with some mildly amusing remunerations on show too. That aside, the plot continues to progress in a predictable way, but that isn't necessarily a bad thing (indeed it is perhaps saved somewhat by Suou's feisty nature) as there's still a lot left to be explained, particularly for fans of the first series - Why is Hei working for his current employer, what's happened to Yin, and so on. Those kinds of question alone, never mind the deeper questions surrounding the world depicted by this show, are enough to keep me excited for what's to come, and I'm looking forward to plenty more of the same.
My guess is that Hei lost his contractor ability rather than dying because he was in episode 3's preview not to mention that they just can't kill off Hei the main character of Darker than Black, and probably later will get his ability back. Yin might've died trying to save Hei or something in that direction. Hei and Suou's twin brother Shion might have an ability to do with the meteor fragment but it's just my guess. And last I think that after Hei lost his contractor ability the CIA, MI6, and other organizations using contractors are trying to use Hei's sister ability for their own gain.
ReplyDeleteJust my speculation on what they'll try to do. My main question is what is Hei trying to achieve with the meteor fragment?
I was surprised that they showed Hei in the episode three preview, as it's at least a partial spoiler to episode two's cliffhanger.
ReplyDeleteAs for what he wants with the meteor fragment, it is of course possible that he's simply trying to get hold of it for his employer rather than for any explicit personal gain (although of course there must be something in it for him somewhere along the line).