OVERVIEW (SPOILERS)
Haru and Gaku work out a deal to start up their own streaming service, while Dragon Bank has a major change in leadership, setting the stage for the final battle.
OUR TAKE
We begin setting up the pins for the climactic showdown between Trillion Game and Dragon Bank, as Trillion Game starts investing in its own streaming service, as mentioned last time. I already went on my big spiel about the current state of real life streaming services and how investing in one at this point in time is a bit of a money pit, but it kinda seems like the story has planned for that. Considering they’re already funding the service with their money from the widely successful mobile game and they’re getting the talent from God Production, all Haru and the gang really need is a good show to put all of these talented people into. And apparently the plan there is to just heap a ton of celebrities into a single show and try to break a world record of some kind. Personally, I would invest in some sort of original content with great writing and acting, but then again, Severance is one of the best rated shows on right now and is on a service that loses a billion for its company every year, so what the hell do I know? For the purposes of this story, just having a bunch of celebs may be exactly what they need.
Although that’s not the biggest news in this episode, as Dragon Bank also decides to compete with their growing business rival by going into BROADCAST television, something that’s even more of a pit than streaming here in the states, but apparently is a bit of a different situation in Japan. And even more surprising, it turns out that Kazuma Kokuryu has stepped down as President and put in Kirika as the new head cheese. Why this happened is unclear, and I kinda doubt it happened solely because Haru turning down his offer demoralized the old man so much he just threw in the towel, but now Kirika is officially the big final boss for Trillion Game to beat. Feels kinda sudden and a bit rushed, but with three episodes left, we do need to be getting ready to wrap it up. Maybe that’s why Haru is suggesting going into news instead? Are we really going to get commentary on fake news from this show? I mean it would kind of be a nice break from reality at the moment. I guess we’ll see in the ante-penultimate (third to last) episode next week!
