10 Second Anime - Blade and Soul - Episode 7

Blade and Soul - Episode 7

Aruka stumbles upon a cult at the beach. Hazuki is bored. Elle Karen rescues Aruka and confirms a connection with her.

Heh.

You know, when I saw Aruka find the beach last episode, I had my hopes up for the requisite swimsuit episode. Imagine my disappointment when she finds the village leader from the first episode has hooked up with a bunch of scarred individuals with a crazy cult leader who likes to offer human sacrifices.

Protip: when your crazy cult leader licks the blade of a dagger, that's a clue she is not interested in your soul's salvation. That's, like, universal, or something...

Without bikinis, hot springs, or some kind of fun splashing around, I was bored. Like Hazuki.

We're still spending too much time with the new Pleasure Gang, but at least Hazuki is cracking some skulls.

Meh.

I know this show is an adaptation of a video game, but it seems to me the plot of the game was a little meandering itself if we're given no explanation of why Aruka went to the shore. It's like it was a side quest with its only purpose to unlock some new conversation paths with Elle Karen. I understand the whole "completeness" thing for an RPG, but this was a waste of an episode.

Hmm.

The only real advancement of the overall plot is finding out why Elle Karen is keeping tabs on Aruka. After seeing the kinds of wounds she leaves on bodies when she's on the job, Elle made the connection that Aruka had killed someone she knew from before. Lover? Family member? We don't know yet, but I think Elle's mantra of "Revenge is foolish," is going to be put to the test soon.