Gunslinger Girls – Il Teatrino – Pinocchio

- A step in the right direction…

First of all, it should be known that todays Gunslinger Girls blogging will be a lot shorter than intended due to me having injured one of my fingers, making it extremely hard to type. Astonishingly, I actually managed to injure myself with a *business card*. Just goes to show that being some guy working in an office can be just as hazardous as being an international assassin.

Now thats out of the way, on with the episode.

Awesomely, episode 2 of Il Teatrino sees the show taking a massive step in the right direction, taking the time to slow it down and build up some characters and inject the show with some much needed style. So, this week none of the main characters feature (save for a brief scene right at the end) and instead we focus on Pinocchio – this seasons villainous hitman type – as he goes about his routine of killing people, drinking wine, being followed around by cute kids, discussing the gender of cars and plotting to blow up bridges.

It’s pure plotting and character, done with the kind of dialogue heavy, considered pacing I was worried Il Teatrino was going to skip altogether. It was compelling stuff, with the way Pinocchio himself is portrayed as a cold, emotionless tool of his superiors sure to lead to some interesting conflicts and comparisons with Triela, Henrietta et al when they inevitably meet.

This episode has certainly put me in a better mood about the whole season in general, though in truth I can’t tell if thats because the show is actually getting better, or because this episode just didn’t feature the main characters and their ugly, stupid, “cute” character designs. Only time will tell.

I also admit some slight confusion because, well… didn’t Angelica die last season?

… I must be missing something.

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