Glad this show's getting an overall good reception so far. Zankyou no Terror was so full of action and psychological games, you'd think there was no room for a love story, but the ones who stole the show were Twelve and Lisa. This version of Yuuji has all of the edge but with almost none of the annoying macho posturing. The Bad Guy Wins: The Villain Protagonist duo accomplish their objective, and also set off a nuclear weapon over Japan. Even Nine and Twelve die in the last one. Anyone Can Die: The final episodes feature a lot of this. Anti-Villain: Nine and Twelve seems to be this as part of their agenda. It's also good to see that the anime's going the route of retaining some of Yuuji's internal monologue, though at the same time I might enjoy this version of Yuuji more in a way since the overwhelming majority of said monologues will be cut out, which in some cases is a good thing since there were occasionally bits of his dialogue that got on my nerves. Tropes in Resonance: All According to Plan: Said by Nine during Sphinxs first plot. This could actually end up being an important area in which the anime comes out superior to the VN. I also think that the anime might have a more consistent sense of tone and mood than the original story does, which could oftentimes suffer from mood whiplash. (Actually, I think the BGM used at the beginning with Chizuru driving Yuuji to the school comes from Grisaia no Meikyuu, curiously enough.) I like that the episode wasn't just a play-by-play of the VN, but actually had some original material the bit where Yuuji calmly turns the wheel to avoid crashing when Principal Tachibana's freaking out is nowhere to be found in the actual novel.
To their surprise, Aoki tells them everything about it its connection to the members of Rising Peace Academy and that Five was the only child to have survived by the end of the. I might be slightly overrating the finale of Zankyou no Terror it was a little cliche, but emotional in spite of that. Meanwhile, Shibazaki and Hamura visit Souta Aoki, the former welfare minister, to find out more about the Athena Project. Zankyou no Terror tells the story of Nine and Twelve, the two boys behind the masked figures of Sphinx. Can't overstate just how awesome it is to see the Grisaia characters animated, with the musical score being completely composed of songs from the Visual Novel. Nine leaves their hideout and heads to retrieve the plutonium he and Twelve have hidden. I'm proud of 8-Bit, this was a great episode.