Growing up, my brother and I would try to spice things up by playing something we called “Mafia Monopoly.” This is a fancy way of saying that we slipped each other money beneath the table and made clandestine deals with one another in an attempt to gang up on my parents and end the game in under an hour. Lisa’s earnest attitude makes it all the more heartbreaking that she’s ended up in such a situation, but it’s easy to root for her success anyway.Monopoly is, and always has been, a boring game to me. Nine’s continued insistence that she’s useless is finally put to a stop when she determinedly declares that she wants to be part of Sphinx. Lisa seems altogether healthier than usual, as she dons a cute new outfit and happily does laundry. Lisa is finally allowed to accompany Nine and Twelve on a mission, as they need help from someone Five won’t recognize. It’s not clear what it means for Twelve or Lisa, but it’s at least an interesting trait that colors (no pun intended) how Twelve sees the world.
He reveals to Lisa that when she speaks, he sees a pale yellow color, and that he rarely sees that color in association with others. In Twelve’s case, he sees colors when he hears sounds.
During a quiet conversation with Lisa, Twelve reveals he has synesthesia, a neurological peculiarity that creates an intersection of two or more sensory pathways. They do a lot to humanize characters who could otherwise come off as one-dimensional villains. One of the aspects of Zankyou no Terror that I enjoy the most are the quiet moments that give insight into the lives and thoughts of Nine and Twelve. Shibasaki and the others will undoubtedly get into trouble, but their dedication to their case really paints them as the true “good guys”, and it gives insight into the personalities of some of the other members of the First Investigation Division. Shibasaki and his team aren’t happy with being kept in the dark on their own case, so they defy orders to stay put while the bomb squad removes the bomb (which may or may not actually be the plan). You may have lost your earring, but you’ve certainly found your piss poor attitude.īy now, the FBI and the First Investigation Division are convinced that Sphinx was involved in the plutonium theft, and Shibasaki is worried that Five will back Sphinx into a corner and force them to play their “joker”. Her obsession with “the game” may cloud her moral judgement, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it ends up being her undoing. Based on the glimpses into her childhood with Nine and Twelve, she comes off as something of a chessmaster, both literally and figuratively. She doesn’t seem to have any qualms about pushing Sphinx to their limits, regardless of whether people get hurt in the process. It’s unclear whether this dangerous play is authorized, but the First Investigation Division’s distrust of the FBI could hint at some kind of corrupt force at work.įive is, in a word, hardcore. Five sets a real bomb at an airport and challenges Nine and Twelve to either come get it and be caught, or leave it and be “responsible” for the potential deaths of hundreds. Five and the FBI fake a message from Sphinx, an operation so secret not even Shibasaki knows of it.
“Ready or Not” follows Sphinx as they’re once again pushed into a situation meant to expose them. Sphinx’s operations are spiraling out of control thanks to Five’s pushing, and the terrorists are having to put a stop to their own schemes. Her arrival in Tokyo has flipped things on its head. While her motives may be just, her ways of going about it hint at a character just as morally questionable as Nine and Twelve, if not more so. Zankyou no Terror seems to have found it’s true antagonist with Five.
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