Shido's group arrive at the Takagi compound. Shido should have tried to start his own cult before the zombie crisis. Being a teacher was a waste of his talents. Why are we arguing with these in-denials instead of going out and having fun killing zombies? Summary: Somewhere in the city, Shido is busy preaching to his followers while one of the students is shut out of the bus and is then killed by zombies. At the Takagi compound, Saya, Kohta, and Takashi argue with a group of adults who thinks the zombies are caused by a disease and they shouldn't be killed. The argument ends up going nowhere and Saya is pissed, but Kohta states that he understands where the adults are coming from. Everyone wants things to be normal and can go into denial when things go wrong. Kohta's words leads Takashi to think of his own experience about seeing Rei going out with Hisashi. Elsewhere, Saya's dad hands Saeko a new sword as thanks for protecting Saya and because Saeko's dad taught him kendo. Saeko states that most of the credit should go to Takashi as he is "leader" of the group, but Saya's dad thinks Takashi is a bit indecisive. Must bow out due to injury. Meanwhile, Takashi is brooding in his room when Rei enters. The two flirt and almost get it on, but Rei's arm and back are still hurting so the session is cut short. Rei leaves the room only to be greeted by Saeko standing outside. The two girls chat for a bit about Takashi, but when Saeko tells Rei to stop calling her senpai Rei gets angry about something and walks away. Why the reaction? Other than the pads and new sword, Saeko looks exactly the same as before. Later in the day, Takashi tells Saya's dad about his plans to go look for their parents. Souichirou (Saya's dad) tell Takashi that his forces will vacate the compound in the day after tomorrow, and Takashi tells Souichirou not to bother to wait if he doesn't come back in time. With Souichirou's approval, Takashi, Rei and Saeko get ready to leave, but Rei spots Shido walking into the mansion and charges towards him with her bayonet. While holding Shido at knife point, Rei reveals the reason why she hates Shido so much. It turns out that Shido's father, a corrupt politician, had a grudge against Rei's father, and thus Shido was told to hold Rei back for a year at school. Souichirou appears and lets Rei decide whether or not to take Shido's life, and Takashi and the rest of the group stand back to let Rei make her own decision. Rei eventually decides that Shido is not worth killing and Souichirou kicks Shido and his followers off the compound. Fate has a funny way of bringing people together. Somewhere in the ocean, a US nuclear submarine receives orders from the current president to launch ballistic missiles. Meanwhile in the space stations, two astronaut look down at Earth in horror as both the US and Russia launch missiles. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Another episode that was mostly devoid of zombies, I suppose it was to set up for things next week. The first half was pretty boring with none of the characters doing anything meaningful (other than Saeko getting a sword upgrade). There were more people in denial (they'll probably end up as zombie lunch), and then there was Takashi brooding about whether he should be leader and then not quite getting anywhere with Rei. It was sad to see Takashi and Rei trying to get it on but couldn't even start because Rei's injuries. No hanky panky with a sore back and arm lol. The second half was considerably better with Takashi's group setting up their next move and the confrontation between Rei and Shido. Rei's reason for hating Shido so much was finally revealed, and Rei's hate seems fully justified. Shido is obviously a manipulative asshole, and his dad's problem with Rei's dad just adds to it. Rei might regret not killing Shido when she had the chance though. I guess Saya's dad must have hated Shido as well, although I'm not sure why they tossed the students who were with Shido out the door as well. If you are going to kick those guys out, then might as well kick out the in-denials as well since neither group will be all that helpful. Overall, this episode was a bit better than last week's thanks to the tension created by Shido's reappearance, but the zombie action is still greatly missed. Thankfully, looks like all those ballistic missiles flying around will spark something that'll bring the zombies back in the picture. From the feed of A Product of Wasted Time
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