I am more inclined, looking at the characters that form the title, to call it “Sky of Light”, but I could be wrong too, so I chose to go with the subtitles’ translation. Episode 31 is the first look at Erin’s life at college level, with the entry of a new character that acts as a new teacher at Kazalm, Kiriku, though he is definitely more than meets the eye.
First of all however, I must pick on the “new” OP. Granted it is not exactly new, since it is basically just Chitose Hajime singing the same “Shizuku”, but WTF is up with her voice? Sounded like she had trouble staying alive throughout the song. Shizuku was just an average song when it was sung by Sukima Switch, but it just got downgraded to like, shit, through her singing. The new OP animation is just a variation of the old one, but it does show the other characters now other than just Erin and Soyon, and Lilan.
The beginning of the episode shows us a recollection intertwined with the current reality, which is that of the “new teacher”, introduced as Kiriku later. He works as a masked man, and the recollection shows us his motivation, but not in detail, for why he is doing this behind the scenes. A clue is provided when he mentions that the merchant should not have mentioned “Wajyaku” in his presence.
The rumor is spreading, but if everyone kept to their oath, how could it have spread? One wonders indeed. There might be a few possible leaks here and there if you think about it; something like this cannot be kept under wraps forever. I am, however, suspicious as to how it all happened, though it was never explained. Needless to say this was also the reason Kiriku got “posted” to Kazalm in the off-season.
That is actually rather bad news, folks.
And based on what they said I at first thought his candies all contained slow-acting poisons or something, but later episodes disproved this.
And they are still going on with this, but nice one with all the students looking at them too, in surprise. Not surprising that Kashugan was not having ulterior motives though.
Already going the rounds, doing the kind things, trying to get accepted by everyone so as to gain info. Suspicious already.
And Nukku can look badass if he wants to. Too bad he cannot back it up.
I actually thought this would go further than it did, but it ended rather quickly with Tomura’s appearance.
Again, I thought he was up to no good, but it appears he was only checking out Lilan’s shed for further info.
Indeed, Kiriku highlighted the problem very well. Then again one could say that it was due to other factors of human communication that led Ryoza down this road, among other things. A true sign of things in the real world as well, and perhaps this was the point that the producers tried to get across to their audience.
We also get to see almost all of the rest of the story regarding Kiriku’s background and why he is doing this. His sister Tahya had been poisoned by their guardians, who were Wajyaku, while he and his sister were Holons. The motives for them being brought under this foster care is not made clear until later in the series however.
And Seimiya has grown into a wonderful woman.
Seeing the world from the top, according to Damiya, is a pleasure only grown-ups can partake in. I would have to differ from his view – only those who are used to being in that position or were once despised upon and then grew to be in that position one way or another would probably take joy in it. Certainly, this tells us a lot more about Damiya and his evil plans to take over the world. Of course, Seimiya never found joy in doing what he said. By the way, the whole model was in the shape of a coffin. Hmm…
This was of course, bound to happen sooner or later, though at least they used an excuse, that of falling off a ledge, to get Lilan to actually fly for the first time.
One would hardly have thought that he would be able to give such an expression, but the true depth to which he felt the emotions at this point, in referring to the recollection of the bird as well, is not known yet; it will be shown in a later episode down the line. The main significance is that he was the first person to catch sight of Erin on top of Lilan while the latter was flying, which was deemed to be impossible by all known standards.
A further display of just how Kiriku might have felt is in this shot where he saw Erin as Tahya instead, happy as can be instead of the sad yet resigned Tahya he had known. This will only become meaningful later on. And with that, the episode ends with Lilan taking flight. The next episode will be one of the most important in the series as we finally take a look at the truth behind the legend of Je, the Founding Queen, and the Beast-lord Imperatives.
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