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Cross Ange or Valvrave 2.0

There is no denying that the first few episodes are horribly, horribly done. This appears to be intentional. What can we say, this is SUNRISE, maker of Valvrave, Buddy Complex, and Majestic Prince. Once the squeamish and easily offended viewers have been weeded out, we actually get to the real story. It is actually quite gripping. It may have taken near a dozen episodes, but the series seems to have finally decided which way it's going to go. Life is gritty, it's dark, and it's violent beyond measure. This is all hidden beneath a facade of peace, love, joy, and harmony for the vast majority of people. Those people have also been conditioned to absolutely fear, hate, and loathe their one and only defenders from another race that presumably sees them as food. One can only imagine what Momoka went through when she became Angelise's maid. Think about this. Momoka, as a child, was sent to be the keeper of something that inspires terror in ARMED grown adults, and since she knew it, her PARENTS knew it, yet they sent her anyway. This means her family basically disowned her, at best, sent her to her to a fate worse than death, at worst. Yet, Angelise, the monster in question, upon seeing Momoka injured, tore her own dress to make a bandage and proclaimed "the doll can be replaced, the dress can be replaced, but YOU can't." This means that Angelise, a norma (though she did not know it) treated her better than her own family, and called her "irreplaceable." Small wonder Momoka has undying loyalty. Now we all know this is all done BY DESIGN by a self-proclaimed "creator" who sees people, all people as nothing more than test subjects, and now considers the world a "failed experiment" and wants to start over. I really can't wait to see where this all ends.