I don't watch anime. This happens to be the first
anime I have ever watched. It has just never
appealed to me, but I love Star Wars, so I
decided to give it a try.
In this series, the story of an episode is key. It develops the characters in only a few minutes and maintains continuing the story of the episode. This episode did one of the better jobs at it. It had to jump 7 years. We had to meet these characters, know them for 3 minutes, then have to get to know what they were up to for 7 years. It was executed to perfection, it felt like we had known them for multiple episodes. The final battle of this episode was also phenomenal. That and the ending were very emotional. This episode actually ended on an emotional cliff hanger. This was another episode that could have developed into future episodes, but sadly it won't for now.