Lesson learned, don't mess with the Germans.
In this episode of Infinite Stratos, asides that we have Houki’s flashback scene are more girls wanting Ichika to be their date, it seems that our resident Angry German Chick has made decides to piss Rin and Cecilia, which ended up into a handicapped match between the three! Can the two defeat Laura or is it the opposite?
Houki’s flashback was not that remarkable except that we know that they keep on changing addresses thanks to Tabane being the creator of the IS. You know, for national security reasons! And so, I have no reason to talk about it since I didn’t find it interesting.
Prior to the handicapped match between Rin and Cecilia versus Laura, their transformation sequence when equipping their own personal IS reminded me a lot of the magical girl shows that I seen since I was a kid and until now (yes, I seldom watch those kind of shows for the heck of it. I think I should try Suite PreCure since accordingly, it has Kamen Rider Hibiki references in it… asides that the lead is named Hibiki!), heck it even has the infamous “focus on the female’s assets” part!
As for the battle, it was beautiful. Laura totally pawned the two girls single-handedly. Her skills as an IS pilot with a single eye is exceptional that I started to wonder what if she uses both of her eyes in battle. Maybe we will have the same effect coming from one character from Code Geass who is also known as the Knight of One. If that happens, then this show is somewhat unoriginal in the process! Oh, and by the way, Schwarzer Roegen is now one of my favorite IS in this series because of its AIC abilities that sorta nullifies the attacks of its opponent!
Charles, or what those folks in Sankaku Complex (Warning: NSFW!) call her, Charlotte here is slowly showing her feelings for Ichika. Asides that she came immediately to aid Ichika when she broke the barrier to save the two defeated girls, the scene at the near end of the episode gave the perfect conclusion that she has feelings for Ichika.
Overall, this is one good episode. The fights in this episode are amazing, especially how Laura single-handedly defeated two representative candidates in a couple of minutes without breaking a sweat! As for the animation, it still has the same problem in terms of transition between CGI and traditional but I have no problems with it right now considering how good the fights are in this episode.
Also, the cliffhanger at the end makes me want to watch the next episode right now considering that Houki, the girl who wants to date Ichika and Laura, the girl who wants to kill Ichika are in the same team since the next interclass battle is now a tag team match with Ichika and Charlotte in the same team! The suspense is killing me right now!