{"id":75877,"date":"2024-01-13T16:19:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T16:19:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wrongeverytime.com\/?p=38890"},"modified":"2024-01-13T16:19:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T16:19:21","slug":"star-driver-episode-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamefootballmobileanimeiphone.com\/index.php\/2024\/01\/13\/star-driver-episode-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Star Driver \u2013 Episode 20"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello folks, and welcome back to Wrong Every Time. Today I\u2019m eager to dive back into Star Driver, and see what those schemers at Kiraboshi have been cooking while Wako enjoys her birthday. Our last episode served as a general referendum on Wako\u2019s tenuous current position: suspended between childhood and adulthood, shrine maiden duties and personal ambitions, the long-destined Sugata and the upstart Takuto. It\u2019s no surprise she\u2019s hesitating; at this point, a step in any direction might close countless doors, resolving a horizon that\u2019s glimmering with potential into one fixed destination.<\/span><\/p>\n

We all worry about making the wrong choices as adolescents, but for most of us, we have enough room to try and fail, knowing there will be future opportunities ahead of us. For the children of Southern Cross, birth is destiny, and adolescence merely the affirmation of their roles within a society that sees them as tools rather than individuals. It\u2019s little wonder Wako is so hesitant to grow up, but I\u2019m curious as to Sugata\u2019s true feelings; having gained the King\u2019s Pillar but rejected Kiraboshi, he seems the only player with agency <\/span>within<\/span><\/i> the system, who might claim a destiny of his own without first fleeing the island altogether. As the day of reckoning draws near, let\u2019s return to Star Driver!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Episode 20<\/b><\/p>\n

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We open on our mysterious chairman Ryosuke admiring a rainbow, and admitting that \u201che\u2019s always looking at one,\u201d referring to the rainbow painted in those persistent compositions of a woman staring out at the sea. Aw shit, is this our big history lesson episode!?<\/span><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve seen a fair number of shows tackle a version of this episode, but still think Evangelion has the best one I\u2019ve seen. The crucial thing with Eva is that while its flashback episode does reveal new secrets of the Eva project, it\u2019s mostly concerned with contextualizing characters we already know, giving it a tragic human dimension. Additionally, while appending a \u201cthis was all foretold\u201d prologue to your narrative can dampen its sense of surprise and potential, that actually makes thematic sense for Eva, whose characters are all trapped in cycles of abuse<\/span><\/p>\n

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Meanwhile, Ko and Madoka are awaiting the restoration of their Cybodies<\/span><\/p>\n

We open the episode proper on Wako at the shrine gate, getting spied on by one of Kiraboshi\u2019s ravens. In spite of Kiraboshi seemingly aligning with the island\u2019s overseers, their attempts to consummate with the shrine maidens are always invasions. Though I suppose that points towards the truth of all such conservative hierarchies; they were never truly unions of equals, they were always patriarchies enforcing subservience of women, demanding purity while simultaneously objectifying them<\/span><\/p>\n

The Kiraboshi members mention a rumor that the island might be nuked the moment zero time is escaped, to which the chairman replies \u201cthe Cybodies can withstand a nuclear attack.\u201d So everyone who has not already merged with their Cybody is to be considered an acceptable sacrifice<\/span><\/p>\n

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And Head still refuses to reveal the identity of the Eastern Shrine Maiden<\/span><\/p>\n

Ryosuke flashes back to when he and Head, or \u201cToshio,\u201d met, a scene that precisely mirrors Sugata\u2019s own first meeting with Toshio<\/span><\/p>\n

Back then, Ryosuke picked up the bride his parents had chosen from school every day. More beats that mirror Sugata\u2019s current role. And there\u2019s the locket!<\/span><\/p>\n

His fianc\u00e9’s name was Sora, like the untamed sky. This flashback series is also digging into that same Eva-style sense of hopeless inevitability: Ryosuke\u2019s bride and job were both chosen by his parents, just as Sugata in turn is fixed in his role. Even <\/span>the ostensible overseers of this system are beholden to its cycles of succession<\/span><\/p>\n

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The two stop to admire a rainbow – a symbol of hope, and perhaps escape. Sora reaches for Ryosuke\u2019s hand, but he is distant, seemingly incapable of believing in their shared future<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAfter that day, I fell into the habit of going to see Tokio whenever I had a spare moment.\u201d Ryosuke\u2019s distance with Sora is contrasted against his immediate infatuation with Tokio. In this world where women are considered subservient tools to be acted upon, male-male relationships might offer the only earnest intimacy. And this serves as yet another echo of Sugata and Takuto\u2019s relationship; hell, Sugata and Takuto even look fairly similar to Toshio and Ryosuke<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the great thing about painting\u2026 the fleeting emotions of a particular moment can be immortalized.\u201d A line that resonates with Star Driver\u2019s overall obsession with this threshold of adolescence, this ideal of purity<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tokio says that the \u201cR\u201d signature is \u201cmy pseudonym, or perhaps my future name?\u201d Mystery solved, sort of<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cSora\u2019s beauty deserves to be immortalized\u201d is followed by a pointed transition, as we jump to Takuto taking a clock off the wall and admiring Wako\u2019s sleeping form. Immortal or otherwise, these moments reoccur across time<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s been her favorite place since she was little, and she always takes naps there.\u201d Wako retreating to a womb-like security, curled up in the seat of Sugata\u2019s power<\/span><\/p>\n

Sugata plants a kiss on her cheek as Takuto watches from above. He\u2019s becoming less comfortable with Wako\u2019s destiny by the episode<\/span><\/p>\n

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Over at the cafe, Kate is joined by a third year named Ryo. Her calling him out by his class year informs us that they have no prior relation, alongside positioning him among the mature, \u201cexperienced\u201d students looking down on our own main cast<\/span><\/p>\n

He follows with an introduction of his true position: Camel Star of Vanishing Age<\/span><\/p>\n

Apparently his 1st phase allows him to take possession of animals<\/span><\/p>\n

He\u2019s also realized that Kate is the eastern shrine maiden<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tokio of course stole Sora away from Ryosuke. The portrayal of her moment of infidelity is interesting – Ryosuke is portrayed as lurking in the distance, seeing them only through a bottle of liquor. \u201cThrough the glass\u201d again, but this time his fianc\u00e9 and new friend are on the far side, having journeyed beyond him<\/span><\/p>\n

He\u2019s also learned about the Cybody project. A full-scale invasion of Ryosuke\u2019s life, stealing both his bride-to-be and his most carefully guarded secrets<\/span><\/p>\n

As they speak, more and more easels appear around Tokio, as if each is a fresh cage for another thing he\u2019s stolen<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cAll my life, I\u2019ve done nothing but what my parents asked of me. I\u2019m jealous of you and your freedom.\u201d Interestingly, it\u2019s the Takuto analog Ryosuke who has been assigned Sugata\u2019s duties, while the Sugata analogue Tokio is positioned as the free outsider<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe world painted by Tokio\u2026 it existed in reality, yet it accurately depicted all the beauty that I could never see myself. Since he could create such paintings, I found it curious that Tokio would be so obsessed with the power of the underground ruins.\u201d Interesting. So Ryosuke is here positioning the process of finding earnest love and beauty in the world as oppositional to the power of the underground ruins – saying that the Cybody project is essentially only necessary for those who can\u2019t or refuse to grow into adult relationships the normal way. It calls to mind Akio\u2019s perspective in Utena; the Kiraboshi organization wants to become \u201ckings of adolescence\u201d in a world that can never stretch beyond that point. I wonder if Enokido is intending to draw a further line between their adolescent aspirations and the conservative order through which they are enforced? Patriarchy incorporates an inherent fear of female power, and that aligns quite naturally with some existing adolescent instincts, wherein boys often see women with sexual agency as frightening. The insecure adolescent to proud misogynist pipeline exists for a reason – many \u201creturn to tradition\u201d types are ultimately just unable to accept female agency, because it doesn\u2019t seem to favor them<\/span><\/p>\n

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Tokio finds another emblem bearer named Shingo to pass their mark on to him, and renames himself Miyabi Reiji. An adopted son of the Kiraboshi clan<\/span><\/p>\n

Tokio\u2019s relationship with Shingo seems to be another sexually charged and predatory bond. He\u2019s clearly accustomed to manipulating people\u2019s hearts to get what he wants, as he\u2019s otherwise proven with Sora and Sugata<\/span><\/p>\n

Takuto and Kate bump into each other at a seaside shrine. An oddly matched pair, each of them longing for their own half of the Sugata-Wako couple<\/span><\/p>\n

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\u201cThey always treated me like a close friend, but I wonder if they thought of me as a third wheel.\u201d Takuto has essentially inherited Kate\u2019s awkward position<\/span><\/p>\n

Then a snake attacks! Damnit, Camel Star!<\/span><\/p>\n

Damn, Camel Star really is a bastard – injecting Takuto with snake venom and then immediately initiating a Cybody duel. Frankly a pretty smart idea, nefariousness aside<\/span><\/p>\n

Camel Star\u2019s cape detaches like a kind of mechanical tarantula, and immediately goes directly for Wako. Yeah, kinda loving his utter disrespect for the general assumptions of these duels<\/span><\/p>\n

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With Madoka\u2019s Cybody still inoperable, Ko jumps into the ring to stop Camel Star and save her from the full activation apocalypse. Lovely shading on her mech as lasers flash around her<\/span><\/p>\n

Yeah, the robot shading in general is exceptional for this fight. Less fluid cuts of animation, but excellent individual frames<\/span><\/p>\n

Back at school, Ryosuke notices that Wako has gained <\/span>his<\/span><\/i> locket. And in a final series of flashbacks, we receive the heavy implication that Takuto is actually the son of Sora and Tokio<\/span><\/p>\n

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

How the revelations are stacking! Actually, although we received a fair number of flashbacks, this episode was more about contextualizing previous information than blowing our minds with new reveals. Getting a fuller picture of Tokio, Ryosuke, and Sora\u2019s relationship made it clear how they parallel our current trio, as well as how frequently Tokio has engaged in these cycles of ownership and abandonment. While the people he manipulates yearn for love or freedom, Tokio seems incapable of finding satisfaction among the mundane joys of normal adult life. He is a true acolyte of the Kiraboshi ethos, forever seeking a more perfect reality beyond the horizon – the sense of longing captured in his paintings, a fundamentally adolescent philosophy that can never truly be fulfilled, only outgrown. He\u2019s proving himself to be an ideologically ideal antagonist for Star Driver, while our young trio are being positioned to either reenact his follies or finally break the cycle. Good luck, kids!<\/span><\/p>\n

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