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Through no fault of her own, Okyo (Haruko Sagara) ends up with a baby,
handed her by a man on the run from some thugs. Now it's up to her and her
friends Yukino (Akie Yoshizawa) and Sukeban Deka Saki (Yoko Minamino) to
track down the little one's parents - at first with no results. But then
Saki goes on her actual assignment, to track down Sakazaki, a computer
specialist with the army who has gone missing, and searching his apartment
she finds out he is actually the kid's father. In the meantime, the
baddies, of course members of the evil organisation Seiroukai, kidnap Okyo
and the little boy, just to keep Sakazaki in check. His assignment: To
build a fool-proof parcours of death traps to kill Saki for good. And when
Saki embarks on her rescue mission, the plan seems to work as she's
electrocuted via her own weaponized yoyo - but she has brought Yukino for
reinforcement and is saved before any serious damage can occur. Later,
they just avoid a minefield, but by that time Okyo has already freed
herself and the baby and steps onto a landmine, and only just can Saki
prevent her from lifting her foot again to set the mine off. Sakazaki,
seeing the girl holding his son stepping onto a mine, has a total freakout
and smashes the computer controlling the death traps, which forces
Kiyuchi, subcommander of the Seiroukai, to send out his goons to finish
off Saki and company, and when that doesn't work out, he goes after Saki
himself - but Saki tricks him into stepping onto a mine, and if he doesn't
want to go up with a boom, he better stand still. And Okyo and the baby? I
hear you ask. Saki saves them of course, using her trusted yoyo, and all
ends happily.
Some of the happenings in this episode are really silly, but
in a good, campy way, and the plot is actually rather engaging and has
some good action, plus a minefield is a reliable source for some good
old-fashioned suspense - which is very much milked here. So in all, this
is a fun one for sure.
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review © by Mike Haberfelner
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Robots and rats,
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