We start off at night, with Yukiteru sleeping. Or rather, trying to sleep, as Yuno has just sent him the 40th email of the night.
"Is Yuno Gasai really stalking me?"
... You really have to ask? Also, while I normally give my opinions on the OP in-blog, I've decided to link to it instead.
Why? Probably because I'm lazy. Oh yeah, and because any attempt to describe just how fucking metal this OP is using mere human words would likely put the powers at be in the mood to strike me dead.
Anyway, cut to next day and Yukiteru is again summing up the events of the past episode in his head, including that little bit where he fulfilled every highschooler's dream of murdering his math teacher. Speaking of Street murder-sensei, his sub lists him conveniently enough as absent.
Yukiteru wonders just what he should do with the diary. Well, I'll tell you one thing. Try to keep it as far away from the toilet as you can. He considers consulting with Yuno, an idea which he agrees to be totally insane. And then he remembers how everyone at the meeting looked just about ready to rape him through his mind...
Yeah, suddenly Yuno is seeming a lot more attractive. He heads her off after class to talk with her, but she plays coy and tells him they'll talk after PE. She leaves, and Yukiteru starts to wonder just what he did with the rest of his brain cells.
And then lolita fashion. Lots of it. This kinda weird kinda hot new chick asks Yukiteru where she can find the teacher's room. She wants to find out something about Hiyama-sensei. Apparently her sources point to him being the serial killer. Seriously Yukki. Red flag. Big red flag.
And OH MY GOD HOTNESS! DAMN! YUNO IS STACKED UP! *whistles*
Wait, what was I talking about... meh, whatever. Anyway, lolita chick continues on, explaining why Hiyama-sensei is absent. He was murdered. By Yukiteru. On the roof. With the dart.
RUN MAN RUN! He pulls back, and that's all the evidence she needs. Yukiteru Amano, a.k.a First, is totally fucking boned. Or not, as Yuno swings in to save the day with a fire extinguisher. Hooray convenience! The diary owner jumps back, catching herself on the windowsill. She introduces herself as Minene Uryuu, Ninth. And then promptly jumps out the window.
Huh, wonder why she'd do tha- WHAT THE FU*BOOOOOOOM* About a dozen packets of high explosives go off throughout the school, turning perfectly good classrooms into jelly. Yuno, ever the resourceful one, manages to knock Yukiteru out into the hall just in time, shielding him with her body. The others... yeah, not so lucky.
Yukiteru starts to panic, a perfectly reasonable reaction considering half the campus just got blown up by a terrorist in lolita garb. But as always, Yuno has some comforting words to offer him.
"Don't worry, I'll definitely kill her!"
Ummmm... moving on. Yukiteru decides that, as crazy as she is, he's going to need Yuno to survive in this game. Not sure if good idea or just worst decision ever. Meanwhile, outside, Terrorist-chan decides to show us just how batshit crazy she is with some evil laughing and a good old session of Higurashi face exercises. Come on, get on with the explaining of your plan business. We don't have all day!
So apparently motion-sensor bombs have been planted throughout the school, all of them set to go off when someone leaves their classroom. Or whenever Minene gets bored. Which is all the time. Yukiteru and Yuno sprint through the school, narrowing avoiding about five different explosions. Yukiteru begins to think getting Yuno on his side was just about the smartest thing he's done all day when a bomb goes off behind him, making him jump forward just a tad.
They clamber down a hole in the floor, and Yukiteru is hit in the back by an explosion in the room next door, knocking him on his back.
"Yukki, are you okay?"
Yeah, I'm cool. Just a shitload of shrapnel. No worries. Yuno warns him to check what happens to himself instead of just focusing on Minene's moves. Too bad nothing in Yukiteru's new diary is actually about him either.
"I was just a bystander."
WE KNOW. Meanwhile, Minene exceeds her five second attention span and detonates another two bombs, knocking Yuno into Yukiteru. This apparently jostles her noggin enough to give her one hell of a good idea, one which she shares with Yukiteru in the creepiest way possible.
"I've been watching."
Again, WE KNOW. Yuno proposes that, even though Yukiteru's Random Diary only records what happens around him, they can fill in the blanks with her Yukiteru Diary, meaning that they'll know everything that happens to and around Yukiteru at all times.
That's... actually pretty clever. Way to Munchkin, Yuno.
Yukiteru apparently doesn't like the idea of using Yuno for this though, as it apparently makes him a failure. Dude, you were just saying a few minutes ago you needed to use her to survive. Make up your damn mind! In a moment of surprising mental clarity and self introspection, Yukiteru determines that the only reason he always wanted to be a bystander was because he was just too afraid of being hurt. In truth, he wanted to make friends, impress his peers, ask out the girl he liked (by the way, real smooth mentioning that one in front of your stalker), but he was just too afraid.
Trying to comfort the sad little panda, Yuno assures him that if they make it to the other side of the building, they can meet up with their classmates. Meanwhile, the 4chan party van pulls up outside, and cops swarm the building. Snipers are in place and ready to take the shot, but the chief calls them off. He pages through his... oh shit.
"That bitch really thought this through."
So yeah, detective bro's a diary owner and Minene rigged the bombs to explode on a third trigger, namely her heart beat. The moment her heart stops beating, all the bombs are set to blow, ensuring that her death will be as pants-shittingly awesome as humanly possible.
Inside, Yukiteru and Yuno finally make it to the other side of the building. But it's quiet. Too *is shot*
And then they spot their classmates suspiciously loitering out in the bomb-rigged halls! Great news! Surely they've managed to disarm the bombs and come to rescue! After all, they're his friends, right?
That plan went over just about as well as expected. They separate Yukiteru from Yuno and take his phone, hand delivering him to Minene, beaten and broken.
"I thought we were all friends!"
She reactivates the motion sensors, trapping Yuno and the rest of the students inside the school. And then she arms the minefield surrounding her. Just where did she get all these wonderful toys?
Yuno can only watch as Minene takes the detonator in one hand, and prepares to do away with Yukiteru. With her last moments with Yukki, she can only think about how she lied to him. They're not his friends. She lied to him when she said she'd protect him. But what can she do about it now... oh no.
The building explodes independently of Minene as Yuno sprints down the halls, setting off every last goddamn bomb in the place in a fit of Yandere fury. This display of sheer batshit insanity finally makes the police remember where their balls are, and the chief announces that it's time to make their move. After half the school is dead.
Not that it matters anyway, because the bombs are all set to detonate in ten minutes anyway. Okay, that seals it. Minene = CRAZY. FUCKING. PREPARED. What she wasn't prepared for however, was the arrival of the Time Police, a.k.a Fourth, who boldly steps in to declare (with the creepiest face possible) that he won't just let her do as she pleases.
So yeah, from what I can infer from the familiarity in their dialogue, Fourth and Ninth sort of have this Batman/Catwoman thing going on, something Yukiteru has unfortunately stepped right into the middle of. In addition, Fourth is apparently uninterested in becoming God, instead using his diary to track down the other contestants and put a stop to the game.
Hooray, a responsible adult and authority figure! Surely he will help our heroes! And then Minene asks if she can make her demands.
"Kill First, then kill yourself, Fourth!"
But there's no way Fourth would ever kill Yukiteru! Look at the sparkly love bubbles and oh dear he's got a gun. He apologizes, but this is clearly the obvious choice. Well, the total lack of empathy in his voice is concerning, but he has a point.
Yukiteru, slipping into full emo-defeat mode, asks him to please make good use of his death. All but prepared for the end, the last thing Yukiteru is expecting is a miracle. It's a good thing he isn't getting one then. Just Yuno.
She crashes through the second story window, bringing down a crowbar just inches from Minene and somehow managing not to snap her legs like twigs. Minene falls backwards, losing her grip on the detonator. Fourth lowers his gun, and urges on Yukiteru. This is his last chance to prove he's not a failure.
Getting back up on his feet, Yukiteru makes a run for his phone. Straight into the minefield. Good thing Yuno's covering his ass or he wouldn't have made it five feet. He snatches the diary, and Minene shoves Yuno off, grabbing the detonator. But lo and behold, their classmates come through for them, pelting Minene with books and other assorted crap just long enough to distract her from Yukiteru.
He takes out a dart, and dashes at Minene. Instead of throwing it, he decides to go for the Commando lunge and... ow.
Minene, truly understanding of the meaning of "Taking one for the team", chooses to lower her guard to protect her phone and gets nailed in the eye in the process. Ouch. Well, it looks like things are just about over here. Minene is all but disabled and disarmed, thanks to Yuno and Yukiteru, and here comes Fourth to make the arrest.
And then Minene's Pimped-Out Dress explodes, sending smoke bombs everywhere as she roars out on her red Harley.
BEST. ESCAPE. EVER.
Later, in the smoldering wreckage of the school, Fourth proposes an alliance with Yukiteru and Yuno. The three of them working together to stop Deus' mad game. The Future Diary Alliance. I for one see no way this could end badly.
Yukiteru is excited to finally speak with someone sane, and Yuno is excited because, well...
Yukki ends up with Yuno. [HAPPY ENDING]
Yeahhhh...
Overall quite the improvement on the already impressive first episode. Let's hope it keeps it up! And let's hope we see more of good ol' Terrorist-chan :3
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