Shakugan no Shana 03: The Torch and The Flame Haze

    Sorry about the delay...busy with school and stuff. So this episode starts off with Yuuji back in school going to class, and when he enters the classroom he sees his friend Ike. Ike asks why Yuuji was acting so weird because Hirai ran off. Now last episode Hirai was supposed to disappear from existence meaning every memory and trace of her, but Ike still remembers her. Why is this? Well Ike points out that Hirai is sitting in her seat and when Yuuji takes a look, it's Shana. She says that she is there to keep an eye on him then says that she is Hirai. She explains to Yuuji that she used a remainder of Hirai's existence from last episode. She then explains that she isn't changing into another person, she is just changing others' understanding of Hirai to match hers. Basically her appearance. She then tells Yuuji that Hirai was already eaten and dead and that it wouldn't matter if she took her place. Yuuji gets emotional and begins to yell. Everyone looks at them and then the teacher comes in and class begins.





    Didn't really want to put what happened in class in detail. Basically Shana owned the english teacher by telling him he's missing stuff and giving him the right answers. Then she completely owns the chemistry teacher and a bunch of other teachers like they were nothing. Lunch starts and she goes off to buy more melon bread...I really gotta try that sometime, been seeing it in a bunch of other anime as well. The scene then moves on to the stupid villain with the doll...they talk for a couple of useless second then the doll goes to hunt down Yuuji. A couple small events go on then that doll Marian shows up.






    A Fuzetsu is put in place and Shana turns into her Flame Haze form. A card appearns and splits into various cards and begins attacking Yuuji, Shana stops the cards and then destroys every single on of the cards with a single stroke. The classroom after that little fight was totally wrecked. Shana asks the doll a few questions then the Guze no Tomogara appears before them. He tells them that he is Friagne the Hunter, Allastor points out that he is a Flame Haze assassin. They talk about stuff, how he is a strong King of Guze who has killed many Flame Haze before then Friagne runs away. Shana then says that she needs to fix everything that was wrecked in the battle and decides to use the half-dead Ike on the ground to fix everything because there are no half-eaten torches. Then Shana asks Yuuji if she should use him to fix everything and Yuuji agrees







    The scene then goes on to the roof of Yuuji's home where Shana is sitting. Allastor and Shana talk about how she used up so much of Yuuji's existence without hesitating. Then Yuuji climbs up on the roof and asks what the pendant on Shana's neck is. Allastor says that it is a Cocytus which allows Allastor's personality to reside within it while his main body resides inside Shana. Shana and Yuuji then talk about how his flame is very small and it will only be a matter of time before he disappears. As Yuuji begins to climb back down Shana notices that Yuuji's small flame just expanded into a bigger flame. Allastor is about to say what power is inside of him, but it leaves us hanging. The scene then moves onto the city where another Flame Haze appears who is called Marjorie Doe and her book Marco.





Rating: 6/10

The Anime Crew
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