An Akiba Maid War episode without a cold open indicates that things are probably about to go down on the mean streets of Akihabara in this one. How could they not after last week’s episode and the dramatic landing strip it laid out for the series? The show is aware of its scope beyond that preceding preamble, as its writing is attentive enough to bring elements from all across the anime’s run into this penultimate entry. It turns out to be the best kind of chapter in a story: One that builds on all the episodes that led up to it and makes them seem even better with the benefit of hindsight.
That previous episode trotted out the question of what happiness could look like for an Akiba maid and whether they deserved to dream of such a thing on account of all the crimes and killings that drove their existence. This week’s entry keeps some of that same theme at its core and even…
