As a general rule, I can’t stand the will-they-won’t-they cliché—especially when it remains unresolved for an unnecessarily long period of time. It just feels like my emotions are being jerked around for no real reason. On the surface, Pecorine’s secret is one such situation. It almost feels like a distraction, like it’s there to add personal drama to the narrative even though there is already plenty of that in the fight between Kaiser and Labyrista. However, the difference here is in how Priconne utilizes Pecorine’s dilemma: as we see in this episode, it’s less about Pecorine telling Karyl her secret than it is about showing us the tragedy that is Karyl’s existence one last time.
When it comes down to it, this episode is both the best day of Karyl’s life and the worst. The day starts with her growing closer to Kaiser than ever before. Karyl isn’t asked to do anything evil…
