Episode 18 – Shy Season 2

Get ready for the Trolley Puzzle like you’ve never seen before! (Spoiler: You’ve seen this before.) Kufu doesn’t win many points for cleverness here, but I still enjoy the clown and the scenes she incites. Overall, this is an excuse for Teru to show his best Tobey Maguire Impress and recreate the scene of a subway stop spider man 2. This is arguably the most iconic moment in the best film of the trilogy, and it beautifully captures Teru’s burst of courage and sense of purpose. This is not only to make her stronger; It’s about her shrewd decision-making under pressure.

I really like this arc’s focus on Teru’s “soft” leadership skills. That’s not unusual for the superhero genre, but the storytelling here feels particularly grounded and natural. Teru doesn’t suddenly gain strength when the battle calls for it. She acts as a facilitator, drawing on the intuition and thoughtfulness she already displays. The only difference is that she now has a team.

In this case, however, it’s all in vain, since there was never any danger anyway. In true con man fashion, Kufufu screwed them all. While I usually find this “lul xD” behavior to be somewhere between acceptable and annoying, Kufufu still fascinates me. Her balance between fanaticism and impatience feels just right. Take, for example, her affection for the pile of blue goo, which may or may not be the remains of Tsveta. Ridiculous as it may seem on the surface, there’s also a hint of genuine desperation and denial in her strutting, rambling process. That’s what Pepesha noticed. Like the pairing of Doki and Mianlong in the previous episode, this is a thematically appropriate showdown. Pepesha and Kufufu are both dealing with the grief of losing Letana/Tsveta, and whether intentional or not, they may end up helping each other through it.

BTW, I also love how these remind me how slimy and intangible Amarariruku’s aesthetic/identity is. Kufufu has a bond with a bunch of sentient slime. Shame causes his victims to cry tar and grow ugly black crystals. Doki looks like a scaly dragon but likes furry things. Now there is an evil angel. Taken together, these disparate details reinforce that Amarariruku is a collection of individuals rather than a unified team (Kufufu has been vocal about not caring what Utsuro is doing). So it stands to reason that they might not be as keen on the supervillain’s ploy as the Stigmata that Ai Weiwei noticed. Teru has helped Iko overcome his influence, and we’ve seen Pepesha give Tzveta peace of soul. It’s been obvious for a while that the subtext is that Amalari Ruku is made up of broken people in need of redemption, but it doesn’t hurt to put that into the text itself every now and then. When you think about it, these heroes seem to have their own psychological and emotional struggles. I wonder if this means anything.

Regardless, the second half of the episode takes us into Ai Weiwei’s past, as she tells the team about Mai’s betrayal and destruction of her hometown. There aren’t too many surprises here, although I expect we’ll see Mai’s story soon, which should add some weight. As Ai tells it, Mai’s dissatisfaction with the ninja lifestyle, which she considered outdated and regressive in modern society, became a dissatisfaction that Stigma exploited with his usual tricks. Mai’s feelings make sense, and we don’t witness anything wrong with her calmer lifestyle. The whole thing about shame, however, is twisting legitimate grievances into destructive grievances. He believes he is helping the people he comes in contact with, but the problem reiterated in this episode is that his (and Amalariluchi’s) way of thinking is so childish. Losing your temper is not the answer.

The wounded bird is the strongest metaphor here. Ai Weiwei’s instinctive reaction is to ignore it, which is consistent with Ninjamura’s isolationist philosophy. Nonetheless, her conscience gets the better of her and she recovers with Mai’s help. This is an act that has nothing to do with hometown, double-sided sword, or ninjutsu. It was a basic act of kindness that brought the two sisters closer together. At the end of the story, Ai, like Bird, is seriously injured in the chest, only this time Mai is the culprit. However, Ai Weiwei does not have to face this problem alone. The arrival of Tokimaru, Hui and others is to give her a chance to heal with her sister.

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Season 2 of Shy is currently streaming on Crunchyroll.

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