Ao no Miburo: Serizawa Ansatsu-hen • Blue Miburo Season 2 - Episode 5 discussion

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Poor little girl died of heat stroke all alone in the mud. 😔.
But this just adds more fuel to the fire of the rift growing within the Miburo right now.

From the others perspective it might seem like Serizawa might've done something sinister beforehand.. If not for only to know her whereabouts and not aid in the search or be conscientiousness enough to not leave a small child all alone out in the extreme heat.
Add on his short temperament and proneness to pick fights, going around acting like a "thug", and seemingly ramping up for "war".

Seems like this might be the final catalyst for a fight or change to occur.
Next week's preview is titled "Discord" and we see Serizawa standing on top of a burning building, seems like Kondo's faction might have had enough and is finally going to confront or stop him.

It'll be interesting to see how the guy's backing up Serizawa react to all of this, and if they'll stick by him or switch over to Kondo's faction, or maybe they would potentially even leave the Miburo?
Wondering if this will be the opportunity to come together once more, or divide the Miburo even further.

I'm digging this season much more than the previous one. Splendid episode.

Not sure if the young girl’s VA was Kuno Misaki, who voices Dou the Kind elsewhere, but I was immediately reminded of her. 

When I was elated with joy, unexpected misfortune rolled up heavy. 

Serizawa feels like he and his squad are acting more like thugs than the actual law of Mibu, and he's even driving away more members. Can this keep up?

And what of Taro, who still wants to be of service to Serizawa? But even he has to draw the line at being tasked with POISONING NIO. Serizawa was lying, but he still asked Taro and hits Taro when he refuses to do it. Taro doesn't deserve this.

But even with how distasteful Serizawa acts, Taro can't give up on him. To the point where he has Nagakura start training him. And when he sees Taro's resolve, Nagakura eventually relents to REALLY train him. I guess this is the start of Taro's journey as a swordsman.

What's it like for a child living with the Miburo? Actually surprisingly fun, especially for Okiku. She likes ALL the Miburo (though Kondo being a living scratching posts for cats kind of scares her) and they all cherish and dote on her as well. It's so sweet.

In fact she's even one of the few people Serizawa shows his softer side too, and actually enjoys hanging out with him, enough to where they promise to see fireflies together. It's really kind of wholesome and adorable.

Which made the tragedy all the more heartbreaking...Okiku plays hide-and-seek in rice paddies, but can't get out and stays too long to the point of dying of heatstroke. Serizawa KNEW where she was but played along with her game not thinking it could end so tragically...and was too drunk to check in on her at night as the only person who knew where she was. OKIKU NOOOOOO!!!

Her family is despondent, her mother is emotionally broken, and Kondo suspects Serizawa was involved. It's a complete mess.

It's even got the entire Miburo depressed and getting all existential. Okiku was an important presence for all of them and deserved to live a far longer life. Even Serizawa is in utter agony over what happened as he stands amidst the fireflies he promised to show her.

And to make matters worse, Nio's team discovers evidence of Serizawa's presence around where Okiku died...and Kondo looks like he's ready to kill someone!

This episode went from a playful hide-and-seek to an emotionally devastating one. It was a tragic accident and even Serizawa feels bad about it internally since it could've been prevented if Serizawa did not play along with Okiku. And what's worse is with how Serizawa has been projecting himself in front of everyone, things are only going to get worse b/w both the factions.

- [Oh joy…](https://i.imgur.com/UEV3vSR.png)

- [I honestly feel bad for the shopkeep.](https://i.imgur.com/gdXE16j.png) Serizawa is going too far…

- [Wha…](https://i.imgur.com/doTEq5K.png) [](#gasp)

- [Good luck with that, Taro…](https://i.imgur.com/ANmAJSC.png)

- [Pfffffff](https://i.imgur.com/ZsGqXBB.png) [](#azusalaugh)

- […ah shit, she’s not going to pass out from heatstroke is she?](https://i.imgur.com/rtm4VUc.png) [](#watashiworried)

- [I have a really bad feeling about this…](https://i.imgur.com/fPS02Ol.png)

- [Damn…](https://i.imgur.com/zOFLX2T.png) [](#toradorasalute)

- [Oh, that’s going to make Kondo suspect Serizawa could have saved her.](https://i.imgur.com/QguIhXO.png) [](#emiliaohdear)

- [Shimmering sky though!](https://i.imgur.com/8AF6slN.png)

- [Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, now Nio and the others suspect Serizawa too?](https://i.imgur.com/vdxySX3.png)

Holy shit, I was not prepared for that. Talk about a tonal whiplash.

This was a really heavy episode. I doubt Serizawa will learn any lesson from it though. He's probably gonna drink himself silly and/or wallow in self-flagellation

Didn't expect this to go that tragic. Serizawa is not good at expressing himself, explaining anything and keeps everything painful internally. Not a good look from the outside perspective of him. I feel bad that it's not actually his fault..he was too drunk and fell asleep. But not telling anyone what happened just makes everyone suspect he did something to the girl.