Episode 11 of The Rolling Girls, titled “Rose of Passion,” is currently streaming on Crunchyroll and Hulu for paid subscribers. Free subscribers can watch the same episode seven days from now on March 28th.
The episode begins with the fight between Momo and Kukino, which reminds me of those old samurai movies. Kukino makes me think of those stereotypical blind warriors compensating their lack of sight with other heightened senses.
I had an “oh s—t” moment when Haru revealed that she was not Momo’s real mother, but informed everybody that Kukino was the biological mother. The scene that followed after was reminiscent of the story behind Kintoki Sakata, who was born from a peach.
Haru drops another bomb, the tax collectors are harmless and the Okayama Demons no longer exist.
Nozomi’s pacifist nature starts annoying and pissing me off when she stops Kaguya from exacting her revenge. I find that Nozomi’s method of “brokering” peace is futile because there are Bests, who don’t care and want to take everything by force. That reinforces Ai’s point on the need to be physically strong to become a Best.
The fight scene between Haru and Kukino gets emotional, which causes Ai to be the voice of reason.
The ironic part is that Ai needed to use a moonlight stone in order to get close enough to the two without being blown away. It makes you think on what makes a person a “parent.” You can always acknowledge more than one person as “mom” or “dad.”
Kukino is Momo’s biological mom and Haru is the adoptive mom.
The plot thickens when Maccha and Kuniko attempt a rescue, but fail.
I have to say that Maccha and Kuniko make a great comedy duo when they don’t have their powers. They remind me of the main characters from the Comedy Central series Broad City.
The fight between Kaguya and Shima turns into a WTF moment when the latter reveals the existence of giant robots, which were used during the Great Tokyo War. Shima wastes no time in activating Daimon, one of those robots.
I found this unpredictable episode to be enjoyable to watch.
