The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye, Vol 6 – Final
Decisions (Right Stuf DVD/Episodes
21-24)
Picture:
C+ Sound: B Extras: B Episodes: B
In the
future, after a great war Earth is a dessert wasteland filled with dangers and
mutant monsters. Only the strong
survive, hunters who roam the dessert with their tanks taking on odd jobs and
salvaging for others. But the humans aren't alone, the mysterious race of the
'Thirds' that watch over mankind. What
is their purpose? Honoka a young hunter
travels over the world with her tank Boogie discovering the mysteries and what
has changed this world.
The story
continues with Honoka, the girl with the blue eye. After Honoka infiltrates the enemy fortress to
rescue Joganki from the mysterious Rona Fauna, but who is she? Why is she doing
this? Who are the Thirds and what powers
do they have? Why have the Thirds been
imposing 'Techno's Taboo' on the humans and yet have technology
themselves?
The final
chapter, as the main character travels deeper into uncharted areas she
discovers more of the past and what the 'Thirds' are trying to do. The Thirds aren't all a heartless race that is
trying to rule or suppress mankind... that they maybe be more human than people
have though. As the past begins catch up the pieces begin to fall in
place...
This was
an interesting sci-fi anime, in its setting, theme and characters. As the series reaches its conclusion it begins
to explain bits of the past and why things work the way they do. The story gets more serious and tense add to
the suspense to the final scene. Over
all the series was well animated and the story kept interesting to the end,
even thought it wasn't one of those 'save the world' anime. Even thought it was a high tech world it felt
like a Wild West story, bit of adventure, beautiful scenes, and even a bit of
romance.
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Episode
21: "Emotions that Fall Short"
As Honoka
enters deeper into the nanomachine-infused fortress, there seems to be multiple
'Rona Faunas'. Who or what is she? She seems to be a Third but yet not like them
either...
Episode
22: "The Mirage of a Soul Never to Return"
Honoka
finally faces Rona Fauna at the core of the fortress. She learns of her past and her ties with
Joganki and why there are so many 'clones' of her... but can she reach her and
stop the Wormhole Drive in the end?
Episode
23: "To the Steel Gorge"
After
Honoka returns to town she discovers her friend Joey has be banded for breaking
Technos Taboo. Afterwards she begins to
wonder why the Thirds enforce this rule and decides to head the Steel Gorge, a
class 1 restricted area of Technos Taboo.
Episode
24: "The Story that Begins Here"
Honoka
runs into Iks along with Joganki decides to enter the Steel Gorge. There they discover why Iks is really there
and what the Thirds have been hiding... another living awareness that awaits
ALL of them, humans, Thirds, Iks and Honoka... someone who has been watching
them since the beginning.
For the
earlier volumes, try these links:
V. 1 - 4
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/6535/The+Third:+The+Girl+With+The+Blue
V. 5
http://www.fulvuedrive-in.com/review/6761/The+Third:+The+Girl+With+the+Blue
- Ricky Chiang
