{"id":65448,"date":"2023-12-22T15:22:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T15:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wrongeverytime.com\/?p=38845"},"modified":"2023-12-22T15:22:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T15:22:01","slug":"star-driver-episode-19","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/22\/star-driver-episode-19\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Driver \u2013 Episode 19"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I am beyond impatient to get back into Star Driver, and see what fresh calamities are besetting the inhabitants of Southern Cross Isle. After a brief flash of normalcy guiding us into the story\u2019s third act, the last episode saw us again off to the races, as fresh secrets were unveiled and Kate\u2019s ambiguous role in our story came into focus.<\/span><\/p>\n

As it turns out, Kate has been lying about basically everything to basically everyone. Her friends have little idea of her role within Kiraboshi, while her identity as a shrine maiden is a secret kept even from her Kiraboshi collaborators. And it\u2019s little wonder why – shrine maidens here are not active actors, they are tools, beings kept both metaphorically and even literally in bird cages. It is the wielder of the King\u2019s Pillar who acts, affirming the conservative world order that has caused one after another shrine maiden to flee the island, seeking their own identity outside of the confines of Southern Cross.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this way too has Kate been an irrepressible liar, lying about her desires even to herself. Though she scorns Wako for holding onto dreams of stardom, her own yearning for that dream is clear in her rigorously practiced karaoke performances. And though she claims to have accepted Wako\u2019s status as Sugata\u2019s betrothed, her nightly visits with the King\u2019s Pillar prove she has not given up on her first and only love. It\u2019s an intriguingly anguished position she\u2019s found herself in, and I\u2019m eager to see what happens as her tangle of deceptions come to light. Let\u2019s dive into Star Driver!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Episode 19<\/b><\/p>\n

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We open with Wako singing her way down the halls as establishing shots return us to our big pink phallic school building. You can\u2019t really escape the sexual connotations of this island\u2019s main landmarks, which collectively demand the audience keep in mind the same preoccupations besetting its hormonal protagonists<\/span><\/p>\n

The extended length of this cut and absence of any visual or aural information beyond Wako and her song creates a tense sense of anticipation. When you can feel a production \u201cholding back\u201d in some way, you naturally tense for the hammer to fall<\/span><\/p>\n

And in the classroom, she happens upon Ruri kissing their classmate Takasugi through the glass. Her closest companion is moving past her, onward into this bold world of adolescent romance<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

To her protesting that \u201cwe\u2019ve only kissed through the glass,\u201d Kanako responds by pointing out the clear hickey on her neck<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou mean you\u2019ve gone all the way!?\u201d Of course Wako would make no distinction between \u201cbeyond through the glass\u201d and \u201call the way.\u201d To the uninitiated, physical intimacy is a wilderness without clear signposts, necessitating variable systems of organization like \u201cwhich base have you gotten to.\u201d Such signifiers aren\u2019t particularly meaningful once sexual intimacy becomes an expected part of life, but to those on the cusp of that world, every new threshold is as dazzling as it is frightening<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s one of the psychological quirks that makes adolescent romance and apocalyptic action such natural bedfellows – to the players involved, each snatched kiss <\/span>is<\/span><\/i> as significant as the end of the world<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cHow I envy you!\u201d \u201cBut you\u2019re married.\u201d \u201cYes, but my husband isn\u2019t a boyfriend. At the end of the day, school life is all about having a boyfriend!\u201d Kanako is so good<\/span><\/p>\n

Ruri thus apologizes for already having boyfriend-related plans, making her unavailable for Wako\u2019s birthday on Sunday. A one-two punch of urgency for Wako – she might be growing older, but she hasn\u2019t changed, while her friend is clearly growing past her. \u201cI can\u2019t reaffirm our childhood friendship because I have a partner now\u201d is pretty direct shorthand for losing touch and falling behind<\/span><\/p>\n

And that, of course, is the exact moment her two potential suitors arrive<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Wako stares down at a courtyard entirely flooded with young couples enjoying lunch together. That\u2019s how it goes, mentally speaking – the moment you realize your friends are pairing up, it suddenly seems like <\/span>everyone<\/span><\/i> has jumped ahead of you<\/span><\/p>\n

Takuto promises her a delicious birthday cake. I\u2019d missed this show\u2019s ostentatious compositions; Igarashi always maintains a touch of Ikuharan formalism, creating playful geometric arrays that speak to the tensions between the cast<\/span><\/p>\n

On Sunday, Wako and Sugata immediately set to work needling Takuto about his middle school crushes. Nice to see this trio enjoying some mundane time together for once<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cEven if it wasn\u2019t my birthday, spending that Sunday together was like a dream.\u201d Right, I\u2019d forgotten Wako\u2019s actually birthday is a secret due to her shrine maiden status<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m thinking, \u2018if this is a dream, please don\u2019t wake up!\u2019\u201d Their current status basically is an adolescent dream – a liminal state on the edge of consummation, where the romantic tensions underlying their group have yet to resolve into steady, divisive relationships. Sitcoms often thrive on this tension<\/span><\/p>\n

Because he has no other possessions now, Takuto gifts Wako his precious pocket watch<\/span><\/p>\n

He also provides Sugata\u2019s gift, the knife that embodies Sugata\u2019s protective devotion. Wako possesses both their hearts, the artifacts that have guided them this far<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Their birthday tour around the town provides plenty of opportunity for excellent Enokido faces. And of course Wako and Takuto are both the type to bawl at a melodramatic movie<\/span><\/p>\n

Ko and Madoka watch the trio from afar, Ko announcing her intention to duel with the line \u201ctoday I\u2019d like something more stimulating\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

At the karaoke club, they run into Kate when she brings their drinks. Takuto immediately tenses at this awkward situation, but Sugata remains as cool as ever, in spite of having far more reason to be ashamed than Takuto. Sugata has embraced his role as the King\u2019s Pillar, and though he\u2019s also invested in his mundane teenage life, the points where his \u201clordly\u201d actions contradict his identity as a high schooler never bother him. Having grown up within the Southern Cross system, he sees his own lofty position as correct and mundane<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Ko reveals her first phase power, a kind of clairvoyance based on looking through the eye of a needle. Some lovely effects animation and loose billowing of their hair and clothes as the power activates<\/span><\/p>\n

And of course, in contrast with Sugata, Wako is still clinging to the hem of her memories – she catches up to Kate and asks if she\u2019s still singing, saying that being here reminded her of the times they used to sing together. Sugata and Kate have already abandoned their innocent pasts, but Wako remains on the borderline, longing for future love while still cherishing her childhood<\/span><\/p>\n

Ah shit, apparently Ko\u2019s power is far greater than that – her and Madoka actually take over Sugata and Takuto\u2019s bodies<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

The two immediately set to work creeping on Wako and Kate, but neither of them are fooled<\/span><\/p>\n

After an episode spent emphasizing Wako\u2019s lingering childishness, her actual understanding of the current situation is made clear as she brandishes Sugata\u2019s knife against not-Takuto, immediately pinning this as some malevolent 1st phase activation. The two thought they could exploit her innocence, but as Madoka acknowledges, \u201cthis girl is serious\u201d – just because she\u2019s enjoying the end of her childhood doesn\u2019t mean she\u2019s too naive for this conflict<\/span><\/p>\n

Having failed in their indirect attack, Ko and Madoka instead opt for an old-fashioned Cybody dual<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

God, I\u2019d almost forgotten how absurd Ko and Madoka\u2019s nipple-plug suits were. They definitely seem like the least thoughtfully integrated part of this whole production, and a poor replacement for the You sisters – they\u2019re just plain antagonists, that\u2019s all<\/span><\/p>\n

While Ko needles Takuto about \u201cusing his body without asking,\u201d his response is \u201cI\u2019m only mad that you messed up Wako\u2019s birthday.\u201d He refuses to play her sexually charged game, and instead reasserts the importance of Wako\u2019s innocent feelings<\/span><\/p>\n

Ko\u2019s Cybody at last reveals the significance of its wings, as it transforms into some sort of fighter jet<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

\u201cAlright, now pierce him with your needle!\u201d All of Ko\u2019s moves emphasize bodily invasion, and tie in with her somewhat masculine affectation<\/span><\/p>\n

Not to be outdone, Takuto takes Tauburn into the sky as well. If he can think it, he can do it<\/span><\/p>\n

And in the end, it turns out Ruri really <\/span>did<\/span><\/i> just meet with her boyfriend\u2019s parents, affirming that Wako hasn\u2019t actually fallen behind<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

And Done<\/b><\/p>\n

Oh Wako, what are you going to do with yourself. This episode was pretty much entirely dedicated to elucidating her current anxious threshold, as she finds herself stranded in an uncertain neutral zone between the comforting platonic friendships of childhood and the intimidating onset of romance. Of course, for her this transition is doubly intimidating, given her identity as a shrine maiden means accepting sexual maturation might also mean abandoning her hopes of escaping Southern Cross. It\u2019s a tough spot to be in even without that supernatural dimension, but her confrontation with Madoka seemed to demonstrate that in spite of her lingering desire for a youthful certainty, she possesses the strength necessary to defend herself on this new stage. Both the clock and the dagger are in her hands; the future is Wako\u2019s.<\/span><\/p>\n

This\u00a0article\u00a0was\u00a0mad<\/a><\/em>e possible by reader support<\/a>. Thank you all for\u00a0all that you do.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n

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