Season 1, Episode 8: Infernal Insects

Someone from Company 1 is mysteriously talking in a phone booth to what he called the Evangelist. He says that there may be “some slight obstacles” to overcome. Captain Obi and Hibana go over her research. She tells him that some kind of insect is “introduced into a humans core,” creating Infernals. Hibana and Takehisa deduce that the culprit must be a Special fire soldier. Meanwhile, Shinra, Arthur and the others have breakfast. They head out to fight an Infernal after an alarm sounds. Unlike Company 5, Company 1 is large and well structured. Shinra and Arthur are told to stay put.

Shinra witnesses someone turn a man into an Infernal. He and Arthur gives chase, but run into Lieutenant priests Flam Karim and Hoshimiya Rekka. Clearly this implicates one of them as the culprit. Arthur and Shinra investigate the room of Karim. They find a insect in a bottle in his draw. Karim “catches” them, but tells them that he’s looking for the culprit as well. Apparently there was an incident that resulted in the harming of some children. Meanwhile, Tamaki brings some children to Rekka.

Clearly manipulating Tamaki, he knocks her out. Approaching the children, he tells them that he’s looking for the “pilot light.” He kills the mother of one of the children turning her into an Infernal with an insect. Rekka is sporadic and cruel. Tamaki awakens again and is shocked to find out that Rekka is creating Infernals. He knocks her out a second time. He then uses an insect on a little boy, however, he manages to survive. Rekka is happy to find that he has finally found someone compatible for the pilot light. Rekka approaches the other children as Tamaki call for help, alerting Shinra.

Rekka savagely stomps on Tamaki, before he kills her, Shinra arrives stepping on his face. Tamaki begins to cry, as Shinra asks if she’s alright. I wonder if it’s just me, but this series feels like it rushes through it’s arcs to quickly. It only took two episodes to find the culprit and I wouldn’t be surprise if Rekka was already defeated. As I always say, this series is apparently largely about the larger conspiracy. So far we haven’t had a great deal of information regarding the various factions in the series. I’m hoping that we get some more information on that.

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