[C]-Control Episode 9--After the Storm

"C" heads through Japan and Mikuni manages to protect the present... But is what comes after really worth it?

Screenshots & Commentary:





Clear as mud.



Masakaki obviously knows far more than he lets on, but I wonder exactly what kind of information he's keeping quiet.





Does he mean twenty years off of Mikuni's life? Or his sister's life? Or the country's life? I don't know anymore.




I are acting!



And how!






Shorter buildings are a small price to pay.




Which would be from where, exactly, Mikuni?





No more tourism.




Which was what I was just wondering above.


















All I can say is...damn.










Speed stock buying aside, "C" was surprising boring.





And the gloves come off next episode?



So... "C" is a giant wall of numbers?







That is easily the creepiest face he has made.


He won't be gloating for long...









Hmm... I guess it makes sense, since she would represent his granddaughter based on what we already know, but why didn't that future disappear when he went bankrupt?









An interesting theory. I wonder if there will ever be a detailed explanation of Assets.


I thought that you already found the answer to that question, Yoga. *sigh*



Everybody's becoming apathetic...


...While the bank rakes in the cash.




That's quite a depressing change.






I wasn't really attached to him as a character, but I'm still sad to see him go.





And Hanabi has spontaneously gone crazy. I guess "losing the future" doesn't just mean apathy.




So... was it worth it?





I assume this is what the last two episodes will focus on, although this scene didn't pack the same punch as in the last episode.







Mashu kinda has a point, but I'm on Yoga's side here.








Appropriate given the circumstances. Sorry Mashu, but he's not ever going to see you that way.


Another creepy Masakaki face for the road.

Thoughts: After that ending last episode, I was expecting something a little crazier when "C" hit Japan, but instead there was continued focus on the "sacrificing the future for the present" aspect. Most of what was shown wasn't really a surprise given what the show has discussed so far, however, Masakaki "settling the collateral" and Mikini finally realizing that the "present" he was trying to protect is actually a worse place that what he started with were the best parts of the episode. But while the concepts continue to be interesting, the art was still a bit spotty in places, which was disappointing. Hopefully they're saving the rest of the budget that wasn't eaten by bad CGI for the final two episodes. The show has laid more than enough groundwork. Hopefully it's all leading up to a great finale.

Screenshots from Funimation.com and Hulu.com.