These are the same Quartz that (I think) empower Generation Bleu’s mecha robots, so the President is obviously after them as well. Turns out that the Japanese, for some reason or the other, want to revive the Scub Burst that, oh I don’t know- nearly destroyed their country years ago, using damaged Quartz, which seem to be the “seeds” of Scub Corals. Pied Piper is sent to destroy a Secret that is in Japan now, which stirs up some political mess once again.
When I mean everything, I mean the rest of this episode, where once again it’s another “Fight a Secret of the Week” episode. That still doesn’t change the fact that so far, Truth is ironically this show’s weakest point- something I hope will change, because everything else is shaping up to be so good. Instead of killing everyone the old-fashioned way, he stirs up trouble with political tension and social strife. The one thing I feel that Truth is different about when it comes to the face of being a typical shounen villain is the fact that he goes through so much work to intervene in geo-political affairs. So, he’s cool, he can shapeshift and he has very destructive powers and speaks in riddles.
I get the same vibe from him as I would from Amon from The Legend of Korra. It’s by far, much more interesting than its predecessor, but if there is one thing I feel like it’s lacking, it’s a solid “villain.” While Truth comes to dominate the last half of the episode, his presence seems….absent. I’m pretty sure this shapeshifter should have aptly named himself Troublemaker than just Truth.Įureka Seven: AO is a solid, well written show.