Special Tokyo Magnitude Double Post!Episode 6: Choice to AbandonEpisode 7: Summer EveningStill got a few episodes to catch up! I promise to bring them all ASAP.Episode 6: The group reaches Mari's workplace, where she loses consciousness because of anemia. During that time the kids are suddenly frightened by Aya, a colleague of Mari, who noisily enters the building carrying a baseball bat.I guess the main focus of this episode is Mari who is dead worried about Hina-chan, her daughter after hearing the news that a fire happened in their place because of the earthquake. She was haunted by nightmares that her daughter and her mother is in trouble and was trapped in a fire. Perhaps, this delusion is also caused by the anemia that makes her vulnerable to such thoughts.As though Lady Luck is on their side, it is right on time that Mari met Aya, a colleague of hers. She had someone who can take care of her when she collapsed. What could the two children do..they are still young to carry or even drag an adult as big a Mari. Aya attended to the collapsed Mari until she woke up.Even though she is worried for her daughter, I salute Mari because she didn't leave Yuki and Mirai alone. I admire her decision because that is the thing that she can at the moment. Considering the situation that they are in, I think it is best for the three of them to team up until they found their own places to go home to. Each of them need each other especially the two children who really and badly needs an adult to look after them.I am liking Mari's motherly character in this series. In the time of trouble, she became a mother to Yuki and Mirai. Speaking of mothers, how come Mirai's parents not call her? I do hope that they worry even for a little about the whereabouts of their children. I think the cellphone network is not really affected by the earthquake since Mari was able to use her phone for more than once. If I am in Mirai's place, then I might also get angry and have the feeling of being abandoned by your family.This series is about to end..I think this only has 11 episodes...I do hope that sooner or later, they will reach their own homes and reunite with the people they love the most.Episode 7:Rescue robots fill the scene, fascinating Yuki and leading him to meet a new friend, who shares his interest and is the same age as Mirai. However the journey so far seems to have taken its toll on Yūki.For someone as young as Yuki, it would really take a toll on him. Walking from one city from the other would really tire a person out, more so a child. They were also exposed to different perils throught their journey as they sleep through anywhere and live through relief goods. Imagine how much danger are they exposed to in each day that they walk in and out of the city.What I find interesting in this episode, are the rescue robots that were being used to find injured people as these robots has a greater mobility than humans. I personally believe that in real life, these robots would really prove to be useful in disasters such as earthquakes in rescuing people. In Japan where everything is so high tech, robots such as these is not just a dream -- sooner or later or probably right now, robots such as these already exist. I just hope that in the Philippines, these technology would be ready in times of emergency situations.We also would like to acknowledge Yuki's friend, Kento-kun,a robot-otaku. Kento and those robots appear repeatedly throughout the episode, although this is offset against Yuuki apparantly suffering, and collapsing from, heatstroke, giving us something else to worry about as the authorities finally seem to be getting the city's fires under control while the aftershocks become less intense.The hanging part of the episode, I guess is what happened to Yuki. He suddenly collapsed much to the worries of Mirai and Mari.
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