Whereas last episode was very much focused on the introduction of Pinocchio and his collaboration with Franca and Franco, this week’s installment follows Triela and Hilshire’s mission. As expected, Triela and Pinocchio’s encounter was interesting, unfortunately it is one: nil to Pinocchio. With the terrorists on the move, the story is definitely movie along nicely, although it would have been better if the animation was a bit more fluent, especially the fighting.

I’ve always seen Triela as one of the stronger girls at section II, much more mature and less innocent to a certain degree. This episode shows a much more sensitive side of her, something I certainly didn’t expect. The story of Pinocchio seem to have angered her, perhaps it’s because of how it reflects herself. She also failed to do her job, not being able to capture the terrorists nor could she protect Hilshire from harm. Afterwards she was pretty upset, and I think it all links in to how she sees herself, what’s her purpose, what her job is, etc.

I’ve got a feeling that things may not go so well between Franco, Franca and Pinocchio since they have quite a different way of doing things. This episode demonstrated that, where Franca was fairly reluctant to kill anyone innocent and Pinocchio being the complete opposite. Having said that though, Franco and Pinocchio’s teamwork was pretty good, I guess that’s what make them “pro”

Next episode is titled Angelica’s return, I wonder where that will bring us. Last season, I thought her story was one of the most touching and by the end of the season I wasn’t sure if she died or just fallen asleep. I am expecting to see a change of attitude from her handler this time, perhaps we get to hear more about the Pasta Kingdom (or what ever it is called xD).