10 Second Anime - Cross Ange - Episode 9

Cross Ange - Episode 9



Ange and Hilda both find out their families hate them as Normas. The royal family of the former Misurugi Empire set a trap to capture Ange.

Heh.

If you needed a reminder of how much the magic using people hate Normas, this episode had you covered.

Hilda's mom threw her beloved apple pie right at her daughter. That Norma hate indoctrination is strong.

Ange's crippled sister Sylvia pulling a knife on her was even worse. And the rage face she made when she wished Ange had never been born so she wouldn't have been paralyzed was an even sharper knife stuck in Ange's gut.

I had thought that maybe Ange's brother had let Momoka escape to lure Ange back, but it could have simply been an opportunistic plot after Momoka disappeared. Definitely Sylvia wanted to torture her older sister.

Ange disabled the magic netting with just a touch, so that's again proving how disruptive having these Norma walking around a magic based society would be. Still, dehumanizing Normas so much, that even the parents who raised them or the friends who grew up with them could flip a switch so quickly on how they view these people is quite emphatic to me. I never lived in a Soviet bloc country, but the descriptions of those who escaped and the ones involved in the normalization of relations after the USSR fell strike me as very similar.

Lots of plot, but no PLOT. So here, have some Momoka fanservice.



Hmm.

Life on the run was short-lived for Ange, Momoka and Hilda. The royal family, at least Ange's brother, still seems to be in charge, so I'm confused about this "former Misurugi Empire" business. Ange's brother even fooled Misty's family in the subterfuge to provoke Ange in coming to Sylvia's rescue. Hopefully, next episode more of this is explained.

Next time, Jill looks pissed that Ange escaped. I guess both Hilda and Ange are brought back to Arzenal, or the full on revolution by the Norma might move up its timeline. It doesn't look like a fun episode for Ange, but I expect there to be a ton of exposition as she's tortured and humiliated by her brother and sister.