Alphard is so sexy. I thought Canaan was impressive in the way she fights, but Alphard (at least the way they each are now) completely blows her away. I suppose we could say that Canaan is at her lowest right now, thinking she's lost Maria, and remembering how Alphard stole Siam too. Hatred has literally blinded Canaan. Alphard on the other hand, is recently freed and seeing whatever plan she has develop quite nicely is probably close to her peak. She even gets Canaan dogedly persuing her for entertainment.

Maria continues to be impressive in her own way, relentlessly persuing new friendships. I am a bit surprised she got over her massive shock so quickly, but as she said, it isn't like she didn't see who Canaan really was, she just chose to see what she wanted to. I thought she'd take at least one more episode. Maria has seen just a much death around her from whatever virus is returning here in Shanghai that she is the only survivior from. While she really shouldn't have viewed Canaan in the way she did, it's perfectly understandable.

I love Liang Qi's disturbing admiration of Alphard. She's toeing the line of creepiness. Her cutesy dress just reinforced that feeling even more.

While I still kind of hate characters like her, Hakkoo's reaction to the little magic show was really cute.