QuickNavigation - FF Odyssey Final Fantasy Unlimited Episode 9 (Last updated on 11/14/2007)

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Oscar, Work that Never Ends Episode 9

"A new enemy, dueling in the sea of sand, and Soil, the heart of the Demon Gun. A forgotten memory, a past that had been sealed. Comes the next assassin..."

Well, The Twins are spacing out, and Kaze is ignoring a love-struck Ru, so Lisa is pondering over the connection between the two beasts and our very own Black Wind and White Cloud. This is one of the cooler montage-video-sequence-things in the show I think, also a way to smack the viewer over the head and scream "THERE'S A CONNECTION HERE!". As she comes back to reality, Ai and Yu have a quick talk with Lisa, in which Ai points out that she thinks Lisa is in love with Kaze-sama. And so the journey continues, now with a typical Final Fantasy 'I love him, no I don't, wait, maybe...' and '...'.

When the group leaves the subway, Ru happily exclaims that she knows this place. Were I her, I wouldn't be happy to be there, a bunch of weird, masked guys are lines up near the walls, assembling and disassembling something. They don't respond to anything or anyone, so our heroes end up lounging around in a confused manner with Kaze moping sullenly for good measure, unaware that Crux is watching them(so it's only a matter of time before a Deathlord shows up).
The Count wants the pieces of Omega, but no one seems able to find them, and he's currently being given a barrage of excuses from his underlings. Hungus is being Hungus, Pisto is being lazy, and The Count manages to score a few points in my opinion by smacking Helba across the room for being useless. He declares that none of them can return to Gaudium until Omega has been found, at which point, Oscar jumps in and points out that it's nearly impossible to locate all of Omega's crystals. The Count respond by throwing a fork at him and Oscar backs down. After The Count orders Oscar to go and search as well, Crux appears and whispers "ku-ku-ru-yu" which means nothing to us, but apparently means something to Oscar.

Our heroes are still sitting around, Ai is hoping the weird people will stop working soon so they can ask about their parents. Ru, showing yet again how cool she is, explains the situation to them. These people continually work in order to live in the Inner World, by constantly assembling and disassembling, they can avoid falling into Chaos. Ai stubbornly insists on trying to ask one man about their parents, and(surprise) gets no response. She complains about not liking this place at all. But Ru likes this place, she likes the idea that no one here would be scared of her ability to transform. She says that she has been searching for someone to be with, and a place to be, ever since she came to the Inner World. In a heartwarming moment, the Twins and Lisa tell Ru that she can stop searching, that they want her to stay with them. Cute laughter ensues.

Behind them, Kaze shows signs of life, something's up. Chobi says something has changed, and Lisa can sense a change in the area's energy flow. Abruptly, the working men stop disassembling and begin to put all of the pieces of what they were working on together to create...a huge...cube...how freaky. Having no more work to do, they all freak out and collapse. Dead? Not quite. The cube glows ominously and transforms into a giant robot complete with missiles, really big drill, and other unnecessarily painful items.

The robot chases them into a dead end, where Kaze turns to face it. As he goes to shoot the robot, he suddenly turns and shoots into seemingly empty air. Our heroes are confused. Their confusion turns to horror when Oscar oozes out of the ceiling. Kaze shoots again, and lo and behold, the red gun doesn't work on Deathlords. In the following conversation, small bits of information are given, it's hinted that Kaze is contributing to the destruction of the Inner World, and for it to survive, it must always be changing. Kaze interrupts and demands to know where Shiroi is, "We have things to settle" as he says, and we all know he meant to say, "I want to destroy the little &@$%". Oscar finds it amusing and taunts Kaze. Then, the Demon Gun moves.
In the middle of the transformation, the robot launches missiles at Kaze, and Ru intervenes in time to save him, spewing energy forth and destroying the weapons. As the gun finishes it transformation, Oscar proudly explains that his robot is immune to all elemental and physical attacks. That's ok, because Kaze-sama's gonna whip out...ODIN!

Now that the robot is a pile of smoking rubble(what else would we expect from Odin?). Lisa protects them for the blast radius with some kigenjutsu, but Kaze took that moment to disappear, and so did Oscar. A little bit of the robot still moving is pulverized by Chobi. And the weird men get up and start assembling and disassembling once again. As they stand around, relieved, Ru proclaims that she's finally found her place...by Kaze's side. She believes he left to keep them safe from The Count, but she wants to go and protect him. And so, Ru says her goodbyes. Making sure Lisa knows that Kaze is hers, and that she intends to see them all again some day.
To Gaudium for a quick wrap-up. Oscar is getting berated for returning without having found Omega, but he justifies his actions by saying that he was feeding Chaos. Whatever Chaos is, it's apparently healthy and growing. And with the music they were playing and the creepy close-up of Oscar's CG eye, we know that can't be a good thing...

Rating: 7/10