The action and suspense finally begins with the 6th episode of Ajin's 2nd season. And it leaves me at the edge of my seat so much I want to get to the next episode already. This is something I want on Ajin's 2nd season and it finally delivers.
First up, we peer into Izumi Shimomura's backstory after she was fatally injured by Myers's Ajin last episode. Turns out "Izumu Shimomura" was an alias she used after teaming up with Tosaki and that her real name is...WAS Yoko Tainaka. Yoko had a pretty harsh life, living with a drunken stepfather who constantly abuses her submissive mother (very cliche, I know). When she overhears both parents attempting to sell her to prostitution for profit, she leaves her home. Ironically, she makes a living AS a prostitute until she dies from her illness (probably from one of her 'clients'). This results in her fateful meeting with Yuu Tosaki.
Yuu later reveals to Yoko via police recording that the Stepfather was actually reporting Yoko as an Ajin for the cash reward and that her mother vehemently opposes the idea, resulting in a double-homicide. It is then that Yoko Tainaka drops her name and assumes the identity of Izumi Shimomura, and is dedicated to be Tosaki's bodyguard. As cliched as Izumi's backstory is, it does help us learn more of her character, allowing her to be more approachable to the viewer. And this episode has done its job.
Back to the present day, Izumi is back from the dead and the rest of Kei Nagai's team to mobilize and rescue Tosaki. A battle of policies engages - Nagai, being the sociopath that he is, intends on going forward with the original plan to stop Satou and letting Tosaki deal with his fate. Frankly speaking, I agree with Kei, considering how much Satou is closing in on his ambition to rule Japan, he needs to be stopped by any means. Izumi argues that Tosaki is a vital member of the group and must be rescued in order to ultimately stop Satou's plan.
I would think at this point Kei would double down. But surprisingly, he decides to rescue Yuu. Though Kei explains the reason that the rescue mission is to be used to test their training, I would think that he still remembers that Ogura told him regarding how his view on humanity and his social interactions affect how he controls his Ajin. So this is one way to keep that control in-check.
Metal Gear's solid Snake would be proud of Nagai's Team's infiltration tactics (except Nakano, who is totally bad at it). However, Myers and Almeida escape with Tosaki in tow as they veer off towards the American Embassy. It's now a race against time as Kei and co. must get to Tosaki before the two Americans reach the ebassy, AND still have time to stop Satou. As this is going on, Myers continues to be bullied by Almeida and being made a scapegoat of the agents' failures. It makes me suspect that Myers might ultimately turn on Almeida and defect to Nagai's group. Those still act as though they're Japanese instead of actual Americans, and it still irks me.
Only 7 episodes to go before this season ends, and the series will go on hiatus afterwards, as it has entirely caught up with the manga. Izumi's revealing backstory, Kei's surprising resolve, and the amazing rescue mission, as I said earlier, makes me eager to see what happens next.
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