Episode 9 – SHOSHIMIN: How Do You Change into Atypical?

Final week I mused that one of the best Golden Age of Thriller comparability for Kobato and Osanai could be Akechi Kogoro and The Black Lizard . In Edogawa Ranpo’s 1934 novel, Akechi is the detective and The Black Lizard is a mysterious thief who collects lovely human specimens to protect in her underground museum. The 2 go head-to-head, with the implication all through the e book that in addition they fall in love. After all, it could actually’t work; Akechi is the creator’s serial detective, and it wouldn’t do for him to fall for a prison. However their dynamic, a battle as mental because the one over good versus evil, is no less than mirrored within the denouement of the kidnapping plot. Osanai might not be as imply as The Black Lizard, however she’s no much less crafty.

As Kobato factors out this week, she has a bit in widespread with one other reptile, the chameleon. Osanai, he notes, has an actual expertise for altering her look to match what’s happening round her, projecting the picture she needs others to see within the service of her secrets and techniques. We noticed this most clearly in her look two episodes in the past; it was designed to slot in with the partygoers heading to the reggae pageant. What caught Kobato’s eye, although, was the outfit that regarded remarkably like a summer season faculty uniform. I keep in mind considering she regarded like she was carrying one, and because it seems, that was completely intentional. As a result of the reality behind the kidnapping is that it was extra of a “kidnapping”—Osanai orchestrated the entire thing herself.

We’ve identified for some time that Osanai can maintain a grudge. This twist reveals that she wasn’t essentially out for revenge at this level; she’s far too intelligent and calculating for that. The plan that got here to fruition final week appears to have been one thing she’s been engaged on for no less than a 12 months, working together with her interior woman and punctiliously laying out a path of cake crumbs for Kobato to observe over the summer season. Osanai believes that revenge is finest served chilly, as a result of for those who give it time to chill, the result’s So a lot sweeter.

The query that is still is whether or not this makes Osanai a distinct character than we thought she was. She could have had doubts about whether or not she might idiot Kobato. Nonetheless, she went for it, and her coworker’s query about whether or not he’s “the loopy man” she was speaking about means that Osanai could have been saying unflattering issues behind his again. She outright calls him pretentious for his entire “I simply wish to be” factor to his face, which once more implies that she has a lower than flattering opinion of him. Did she solely get entangled with him as a result of she wished to tug off this kidnapping prank? It appears attainable, as a result of there’s one thing coldly calculating about her entire persona. This Osanai doesn’t appear to care that she’s extraordinary, no less than not if she will trick the unsuspecting into considering that she could be.

The place Osanai and Kobato’s relationship goes from right here is an open query. I do not belief Osanai in any respect at this level, and on reflection, loads of her cute little head tilts really feel like an act – a false degree of cuteness and lightness designed to idiot us all. However then perhaps it is our fault if we’re fooled – we had been warned that she is a wolf. I simply did not count on her to be a wolf that regarded a lot like a black lizard.

Judgement:

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