Episode nine of Yurikuma Arashi, titled “The Future of the Girls,” is currently streaming on FUNimation for premium members. Free subscribers can watch the same episode six days from now on March 16th.
S—t has hit the fan when Kureha opens fire on Ginko after she was framed as Sumika’s killer, which was ultimately orchestrated by Yurika. You should already know that Yurika was ultimately revealed as being a bear in disguise.
Mitsuko, believed to have died at the end of episode three, looks alive and well in this episode as she gloats at Ginko’s fate. Episode three ultimately revealed that Mitsuko, a bear in disguise, was the perpetrator of Sumika’s murder.
Her fate was unknown after and it was believed that she survived.
Everything becomes clear as Yurika gloats at her victory and reveals that everything was done to get her revenge on Reia, Kureha’s late-mother.
Mitsuko drops a bomb on Ginko, the former is dead and only the latter can see her.
Rhetorically asking, what better way for Ginko to confront her own true feelings than for them to manifest as Mitsuko? It is obvious that Ginko was jealous of Sumika the whole time, which made it easy for Ginko to be framed for the murder.
It becomes apparent that Ginko’s crime was watching Mitsuko murder Sumika, but stood idly out of jealousy. This parallels the latest episode of Dearth Parade, when Tatsumi was exposed for doing nothing as he watched Shimada’s younger sister get assaulted.
Tatsumi, a morally corrupt cop, justified the action because it gave him grounds to kill the stalker.
This also reminded me of the final episode to season three of House of Cards, where Stamper initially allowed Rachel to live and run away. He gives in to his weakness and undying loyalty to Frank Underwood, which causes him to change his mind and kill Rachel at the end.
Even with Kaoru out of the picture, Oki starts up the Invisible Storm again and decrees that anybody refusing to fit in is a bear in disguise. It is obvious that these girls are using the Invisible Storm concept to save their own butts.
They were also puppets to Yurika’s machinations.
It ultimately shows that Yurika is a master manipulator, but is a petty person. I think this could have been avoided if Yurika and Reia simply talked things out with each other.
This episode of Yurikuma Arashi was quite surprising because it was sensual and scandalous for most of the episode, but turned dark to very depressing at the end. The moral of the episode is that we are ultimately the victims to our own desires regardless on how big or small they are.
Desire is our biggest weakness.
