Thorkell showing up like this is haunting. He loves war from the bottom of his heart, and for his own time, and in his world he's absolutely right. Hild is also right, I think the nation Iceland has become today is proof that Thorfinn's dream can be achieved, if you're far enough away, and...
The coaches care so much, I love it. Seeing Inori and Coach Tsukasa progress in parallel is very nice. Now to see where this goes with the whole Jun bit. I love the peeks we get into the minds of the eccentric geniuses of Jun and Hikaru.
Interesting contrast between Dragona and Jodio's thinking on the idea of "Systems" and "Absurdity." Thinking things happen by chance and absurdity, with little to no cause seems reasonable at first because often you often don't know the reason, let alone have any way to find out. But the deeper...
Fantastic catchup and leap forward. It's interesting how instead of timeskips, we can see Erica and Yoko grow up normally but their character design will progress because of cyborg upgrades. It's a very meta thing that can really only exist between manga and a scifi story. Kishiro-sensei really...
I don't think Yunie is going away just yet, my suspicion is her "fairy" is similar tech to the chips implanted in the other kids, but perhaps not controlled by Zonohedron, or at least another faction within them. Perhaps even somehow linked to the Saulen too like the Nagendra Leaves.
Bittersweet ending, but it was nice to end on a funny note with the rental oldie gag. Got pretty dark with those brain weapons, but it definitely seems realistic; funny enough, that same stimulation technique can be used to cure depression too, so it's a bit of a both sides of the coin thing...
It's nice to see they have allies in this time of need. Good vibes. Still cracks me up whenever I remember Candy is a 30yo woman lol amongst all these sneaky kids. Wild.