Oh my god. What do you mean, it's not awesome? Takuto may seem to be your typical "cool guy" character stereotype... and maybe he is, but that's what you love about him! He's ridiculously cool, and everyone loves him, but for good reason: because he's nice. Holy crap! Someone in an anime actually being adored for good reason?! He's dorky and hilarious and isn't without his own catchphrase - (whenever he's in a bind he has a habit of saying, "It's a piiiinch!" and overused to word "fabulous" in the first episode, although he hasn't said it much since then).

Whenever a battle starts, the North Maiden begins to sing, and it's an insanely beautiful song called "Monochrome" that I can't find a good version of to show you because the OST hasn't come out yet. But, if you don't mind background sound effects from the anime, here you are. It's an astounding sound that really sticks in your head after a few episodes, and guh, I love it!

There's also Wako and Sugata - Wako, at first, seems to be that sterotypical "Girl" of most anime - but that's mainly because we don't know much about her. Her dream is to become a singer in Tokyo, but because she's a Shrine Maiden, she is not permitted to leave the island. As for Sugata, he pilots the King Cybody, which he can't even summon (or "apprivoise" as they call it) because it's power is so strong that it sends its pilot into an endless sleep, which none of the King Cybody's pilots have ever awakened from.

He's also engaged to Wako (it's a tradition in his family - he must marry a Maiden) but Wako also has feelings for Takuto. Their love triangle is probably one of the most believable I've seen in a while. Usually love triangles make me really hate the girl for being wishy washy instead of just choosing one and not leading on the other, but in this case, you can really relate to Wako.

Sugata has been with her since childhood, and they've forged this bond together ever since they were kids, knowing that they both could never leave the island, that they both would, in turn, always have each other. Now here comes Takuto, who seems fearless and won't let anything, even invisible rules made by their island's traditions, stand in his way of what he wants. She wants to be as strong as he is and admires that sort of courage. But how far can she allow that admiration to go?

But I'm really here to talk about the latest episode - episode six. Wako asks Takuto out on a date! At first I'm thinking, "Wow, is she finally going to choose!" I mean, I don't really ship Wako/Takuto or Wako/Sugata, I just want all of them to be happy, goddamnit. But I have to admit, they're really cute together, I mean look at 'em! (And Takuto has no sense of fashion...)

Wako later explains to Takuto about Sugata, who pilots the King Cybody. Again, he can't apprivoise it, because if he does, he'll fall into a coma. Pretty useless power, huh? Hey, you, you're the strongest of us all! But you can't fight, because if you do, you'll die. Or just sleep for a really long time, same difference really... Wako also tells us that today's Sugata's birthday, and she used him to go shopping for a present for Sugata. She explains that Sugata hates his birthday because five years ago on his birthday was when he learned that he could never leave the island. She seems genuinely troubled by this, but Takuto doesn't seem to mind and offers to go with her to deliver the present. Sugata's not answering the door, however (his maid does) so Takuto suggests that Wako sing for him outside of his room instead. Granted, Takuto has his own reasons for asking Wako to sing.