#Eureka7 ep13: loud and squirelly. That's Renton alright. #anime 

I decided to pick up from here simply because I've watched the first
cour of this show several times from the begining and there's really
no point of going over it again. I'm determined to properly knock
this show out in 2012, so I'm not f*cking around.

That said, this really was a good place to pick back up again. Right
after the Seven Swell Event.

It was interesting to see the contrast between the two couples. Both
at this point having a very long way to go. Dominic seems to be a
somewhat impatient guy, but he's incredibly patient and understanding
of Anemone. He may be trying to disguise it as duty. But he's going
above and beyond for other reasons, or else he wouldn't be coddling
her; he'd be using his command voice.

And Renton... well all these years since watching the show and he's
exactly as I remember him. Loud. And squirrelly. And for someone
who is incredibly ignorant about the world, he learns quickly how to
get around it. I shudder to think how lost Dominic would be without
Renton during that trip.

The last few minutes of the episode are quite beautiful and there's a
lot of staring going on. Renton's natural skill and blessing of being
accepted by the Type Zero have firmly set him in Dominic's eyes as his
key rival.s I'm not sure what Renton really thinks of Dominic in
turn, as he seems like just a screwy uptight guy. But he won't ever
forget Anemone. And Holland... yeah, I can tell what kind of mood
Holland is in within a 3 second span. There's something a bit
painfully dark about him during this part of the show. A gifted pilot
and leader like him should make him immediately likable, but he really
is missing something. Or maybe it's a matter of him not having "it",
but rather having lost "it".