After having been temporarily blinded and thus sidelined the last
several episodes, it's expected for Saki's (Yoko Minamino) sidekick Yukino
(Akie Yoshizawa) to regain her eyesight - but for whatever reason, it
doesn't work. The doctor in charge suspects a mental trauma, but Yukino
insists she has nothing to be traumatized by - even if she has the same
nightmare every night where she's attacked by four swordfighters who use
her sensitivity to light to their advantage. Yukino has also found a young
trainee doctor, Omori, to be a good friend, maybe even more. Eventually,
Yukino finds out why her eyes just won't heal, someone's shining a light
into her eyes every night while she's sleeping, which also causes her
nightmares. Meanwhile at evil organisation Seiroukai's local
headquarters, middle management becomes a bit restless because they've
sent an assassin after Yukino, but he refuses to kill her as long as she's
blind. So they send Yukino a note that they've kidnapped Dr. Omori, and to
free him she has to come to a movie theatre on her own. Once in the movie
theatre, Yukino realizes she's walked into the exact scenario of her
dream, but she has come prepared and can thus defeat the four swordsmen.
But then she's attacked by another assassin, who proves to be Omori - and
Omori is actualle the assassin who has refused to kill her as long as
she's blind, but then blinded her out of affection to keep her alive. But
now the two face off in battle, and Yukino holds her own, but refuses to
kill him figuring there's still enough good in him ... Ok, this
episode is pretty far-fetched and also gives away several plotpoints way
too far in advance - but it's rather charmingly put together that all of
this doesn't matter all that much, plus traces of atmospheric filmmaking
trump over pure realism in several sequences. And frankly, it's a pretty
exciting story to bring Yukino back front and center.
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