Isaac and Miria sprinkle happiness around without realizing it
Well, I'm almost caught up now that episode nine has been released by Ayu. It's about a week later than usual, though. Hopefully it's just because the translator was stuck on a scene or its due to technical problems rather than them purposefully holding it back because they're being hounded by impatient fans. I mean, of course people want to watch their favorite series' ASAP, but what good is it to get on the bad side of those providing it? The worst case scenario is causing the group to burn out due to a bunch of people being selfish. That might be no big loss for mainstream anime like Bleach or Naruto, but when it's the only group subbing a series like Ayu with Baccano!? Not cool. (Actually, I just found out another group has continued past the first episode, but they've only released up to episode four so far) We should be kissing their feet rather then stepping on their toes. I'm really tempted to make a similar comment on their site, but I'm scared that I would just cause things to flare up even more instead of solving the problem. I'm not really good with this kind of thing.
Oh well, at least the raws keep making it online. I was able to watch episode 11 on nicovideo, and the torrent and downloads have just been posted this morning. Maybe it's because I'm used to watching Baccano! on my media player instead of the lower quality of sharing sites, though, because I wasn't as amazed by this episode as I was with all the others. Or maybe it's just because I require subs to truly enjoy many of the scenes this time around (I'm usually able to guess what's going on from the scene, the characters, the tone of voice, which names are dropped, and the few Japanese vocabulary words that I understand). Not to say it wasn't awesome, of course--I watched the download and I appreciated it 10x more. I just really, really, REALLY want to understand the conversations between my top two favorite Baccano! couples. Why wasn't I born in Japan, dammit?!
Episode eight of Baccano! opens with a scene from 1930 in New York City's police department. The FBI special investigators, Bill Sullivan and Donald Brown (the same two agents investigating the Flying Pussyfoot incident in episode one), are introduced to the gathered police officers during a special meeting about their investigation of two suspects of serial robberies spanning several states. Guess who they are. XD Last we heard, Isaac and Miria had committed 87 robberies, but now the number surpasses 110, so they've been busy. XD Isaac can't brag about putting Miria in danger less than a hundred times anymore. XD The police officers are presented with a brief slideshow of pictures they had managed to collect of the robber couple dressed in several amusing costumes, such as a pair of mummies (when they stole the museum door XD), mustachioed men (maybe cosplaying Stalin or Hitler?), and ZORRO <3 (OMG THEY STOLE A LITTLE OLD LADY ACROSS THE STREET XD XD XD). The audience becomes more and more stunned with each picture until one of the officers (#1) interrupts the presentation, asking the chief if the presentation was a joke, but he replies that the only ones screwing around were the ones in the pictures. XD Another officer (#2) asks why they were having such a hard time arresting them, since they'd been caught on film over and over again, and Sullivan answers that the pictures were only taken by chance by citizens interested in their weird outfits, and had no idea that they were robbers. XD Brown explains that until now, they had only committed petty crimes like stealing clocks, candy, chocolate, and a museum door so they rarely were added to the investigation list. The officer (#2) is confused why they were making such a big deal about them, then, and suggests they just let their mothers scold them (LMAO). Sullivan announces that they had recently stolen all the assets of the Genoard family in New Jersey (they must have moved to New York after being robbed), which shocks everyone present. An officer (#1) asks why they suddenly changed all of a sudden from petty thieves to stealing millions from a wealthy family, but neither the chief nor the FBI knows why. They'd have to ask the robbers themselves. LMAO, HOW CAN THEY NOT FIND THEM. ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS STAND ON A STREET CORNER AND LISTEN FOR THE TWO IDIOTS SHOUTING THEIR PLANS OUT LOUD. XD XD XD I guess Isaac and Miria really are geniuses that way: they target those associated with the mafia who are probably unable to immediately report the crime to the police, which gives them enough time to escape to the next city. XD
1931, the Flying Pussyfoot. Isaac and Miria are walking down the train in search of Nice and Jacuzzi when Isaac realizes something terrible. The BGM flares up in a tragic instrumental while Isaac, then Miria, completely overreact when they remember that they forgot to buy Ennis a souvenir. XD THE BEST PART IS, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD THIS SCENE WHEN I SAW THE RAW AND I LAUGHED FOR DAYS EVERY TIME I THOUGHT ABOUT IT. THEN I LAUGHED AGAIN WHEN THE SUBS CAME OUT. XD x infinity
Title screen! XD "Isaac and Miria sprinkle happiness around without realizing it." More like: "Isaac and Miria are infected with happiness and are dangerously contagious." XD Yes, I will never get tired of that joke. XD XD XD IT'S SO POWERFUL THAT IT EVEN INFECTS VIEWERS AND WE NOW HAVE AN EPIDEMIC ON OUR HANDS. QUICKLY! WE MUST CONFINE OURSELVES TO OUR ROOMS UNTIL BACCANO! PASSES! AND THEN BEGIN A WORLDWIDE VACCINATION IN PREPARATION FOR THE INEVITABLE SECOND SEASON, OR THE WORLD WILL BE TAKEN OVER BY HAPPINESS!
Still on the Flying Pussyfoot, we get an extended scene of Jacuzzi&co catching sight of Rail Tracer jumping on top of the train. After he disappears, they immediately follow Jacuzzi (who continues to pwn viewers with his unexpected bravery and leadership skills) to the next car, chasing after Rail Tracer. Jacuzzi decides to have Nice, Nick, and himself climb on top of the next car while Donny goes through the car on foot to see if they could spot him again before they meet up at the next coupling. Jacuzzi warns Donny to look out for the blacksuits before they separate. While crawling across the top of the train, Nick comments to Nice about how Jacuzzi had suddenly became all fired up, and Nice answers that it was the first time he's acted this way since eight of their friends were killed by the Russo family. Nick says that Jacuzzi sure was amazing back then even though he'd cried a lot, and it would be impossible to tell how far he would go this time. It's unsure whether or not Jacuzzi overheard their conversation, but he wipes a few tears out of his eyes before continuing on, though he's nowhere close to his previous tearful panic attacks. This time, he's determined to see things through. <3
In the Eve arc, it's suddenly 1932, so, unless Eve was kidnapped during New Year's Eve, it's been a couple days between the Daily Days scenes and the kidnapping, since this scene occurs during the same night, since Gustavo wouldn't have waited a couple days into the kidnapping before introducing himself. Sugarcube, continuing to munch on his snacks, is standing beside the window and is either keeping watch or waiting for someone to arrive (and I wonder if he's really a pure Runorata gangster or if he's actually a secret agent for the Daily Days. XD). Eve sits silently in a chair in the middle of the room while another henchman stands in a corner close to the door, and another leans against one of the walls. Gustavo enters, carrying a bowl of fruit, and introduces himself as he places it on the table. He picks up an apple and assures her that she should relax since they wouldn't be killing her and apologizes for the rough treatment. He takes a bite of the apple, but doesn't remember to chew with his mouth closed. *ick* Eve tells him that she'd heard about the Runoratas, and Gustavo (ugh, don't talk with your mouth full. >.<) reveals that her grandpa, father, and brother had been friendly with his boss, and laughs, spewing apple everywhere. Gross... I can handle body parts flying around, but Gustavo is just being disgusting... DX Eve, similarly grossed out, shields herself and covers her mouth before asking what they were planning by kidnapping her (especially since it seems her inheritance was stolen by Isaac and Miria, so they couldn't be expecting a large ransom). Gustavo offers her the ABC apple (Eve: DO NOT WANT) and tells her that he was hoping to see her surviving brother. Eve wonders why, and Gustavo answers that Dallas was making trouble and he had to teach him a lesson, but since he didn't know where he was, he had decided to take her hostage to flush him out. Gustavo begins acting a little threatening by leaning in close with a scary face and tells her that she would have to stay there for a while whether she likes it or not. When Eve shrinks back and doesn't reply, Gustavo asks her repeatedly if she's scared, but she eventually gets back her bearings and glares straight back at him (and while he continues to chew loudly and for all to see--props to Eve, because I wouldn't be able to do that). Gustavo comments that she was tough, and decides to tell her exactly why he was looking for Dallas. When Eve learns that her brother was blackmailing Gustavo by saying he was responsible for their father and brother's murders (though we already know that it's a lie, and Baltro wants to see Dallas probably to learn more about the liquor of immortality), Eve does not freak out like I thought she would, but only wants to know if it was true. Apparently, she did not have much of a relationship with either of them. Judging by how Dallas turned out, yet was still constantly angry because his father and brother didn't show him any respect, they were likely bastards above even Dallas' most classic moments of asshattery. Gustavo, who probably did the world a favor, denies her an absolute answer, and laughs, not quite believing that she was related to those two pathetic men, as he tells her that if they had been tough like her, they would have lasted five minutes longer. He then laughs again, because he pretty much gave himself away, but Eve is not visibly upset, and only tells Gustavo that God punishes people like him. I didn't realize that Eve was religious until this scene, but looking back, she's holding a Bible in the OP, with her childhood picture of herself and Dallas used as a bookmark. Gustavo, unsurprisingly, is definitely not religious, and tells her that only the strong survive in the world, but Eve only yells back that what he said wasn't true and begins to pray. Eve is more upset by Gustavo's denial of God's existence than depriving her of her father and brother, though she had a year or so to grieve if she did at all. I'm really curious about them, now, but they won't make it into the anime, and probably weren't even in the original novels, either. Gustavo just shrugs while Sugarcube continues to snack, looking around suspiciously. If he doesn't secretly work for the Daily Days, he's at least experiencing a morality crisis.
Switching back to 1930 in the Genoard's New Jersey mansion, before they were robbed and before Dallas disappeared without a trace, Eve was still extremely worried about her brother, not liking how he roamed the streets of New York with his gang, only coming home once in a while. She holds the old picture of herself and Dallas as she cries quietly, almost ready to go to sleep. It's probably a nightly ritual for her, and that makes me sad. DALLAS, CAN'T YOU SEE HOW MUCH YOU'RE HURTING YOUR SISTER. GO HOME! *kicks Dallas' ass* However, interrupting Eve's tears and desperate prayers is Isaac and Miria on the balcony, chatting a little too loudly about how the girl inside was crying while looking at a photograph, and assume its a picture of her lover (LOL I AM SO SQUICKED). As Eve walks over to the balcony, Issac and Miria continue to chat, saying they must have had a painful separation, and they're revealed to be dressed up in traditional Native American outfits (LOL THESE COSTUMES ARE PARTICULARLY AMAZING), and Isaac is slowly pouring sand or dirt into a pile in what seems to be an attempt at fortune telling, or something. XD Once his hand is empty, they both stare at the pile as Isaac wonders if the guy in the picture died, and Miria comments on their tragic love. Eve takes the opportunity to announce her presence, but Isaac and Miria try to shush her before they realize that she'd snuck up on them and stand straight up, blowing the sand/dust away in the process. XD Their syncronized movements, which continue on throughout the episode and the rest of the series, are made of pure win, but they stand out more in this episode, especially in some of the later scenes. XD Isaac and Miria loudly ask how she had found them, and she just says that she could hear them from inside. Isaac and Miria turn around and continue to speak too loudly as they wonder what they should do now, but then immediately turn around again and announce that they were robbers without even trying to hide it. XD However, Eve just starts to laugh, which was definitely not what they were expecting, since they probably thought she would get scared or run away instead. They turn around again and speak in a volume Eve is easily able to overhear, wondering how she was able to go from crying to laughing all of a sudden. Still giggling, Eve tells them that they're strange. XD Isaac and Miria realize that they'd been left with no choice... and demand that she tell them the story about her 'lover'. (LOL ICK) They explain that they would give her some advice and they wouldn't lie, surprising Eve out of her laughter with their sudden closeness. WATCH OUT, EVE! THEY'RE CONTAGIOUS!
1931, the Flying Pussyfoot. Jacuzzi and co have reached the dining car without meeting anyone (at least, anyone of importance) along the way. Nice peaks into the dining car, reporting that there were two men with machine guns (though it isn't said which group they're from, we can probably assume that they're blacksuits, since whitesuits would have probably started killing passengers) and that the people they'd been sitting with were all gone: Isaac, Miria, Czeslaw, Mary, and Nataly, though it seems the rest of the passengers were fine, since Nice didn't say anything about them. Jacuzzi is just as worried as Nice, who tries to reassure him that they may have been taken elsewhere, but Jacuzzi decides that they had to go look for them, and the search immediately shoots to the top of the priority list, even beating out Rail Tracer. Jacuzzi orders Nice and Nick to climb over the dining car to the other side to search over there while he and Donny search the back of the train, because someone may have passed them while they were inside a room or climbing on top of the cars (and Donny wouldn't have recognized any of their new friends if he saw them). At first I wondered why Jacuzzi put Nice in a separate group, but then I remembered neither Donny nor Nick were introduced to the others, so it really was the only way to search the whole train. Jacuzzi, however, definitely does not like the idea of being away from Nice, and assures her that they would all be fine, reminding her not to do anything crazy right before he KISSES HER. THAT'S RIGHT, FOLKS. THE FIRST BACCANO! ANIME KISS GOES TO JACUZZI SPLOT WHO CRIES, AND IS SCARED, YET SHOWS RECKLESS COURAGE. I totally did not see that coming. I was so sure that Ladd and Lua would kiss first, since Ladd is so physically affectionate (lol I never thought I would describe Ladd as physically affectionate, but I totally lost my footing in this series with this. Jacuzzi Splot? First anime kiss? My brain grinds to a halt). However, it's a kiss and run--apparently Jacuzzi did it without realizing how embarrassed it would make him. Donny has to hurry to catch up with him. XD Nick watches them go as Nice steps forward with an adorable blush on her face. And then the scene is abruptly interrupted by Isaac and Miria stealing the episode back. XD
Back in the Genoard New Jersey mansion in 1930, Eve finally tells Isaac and Miria that she was upset over her brother, not a lover, which surprises them. Eve tells them that her brother was actually very kind, but he had suddenly become very rough lately and barely ever comes back home. Isaac and Miria do these cute little 'asides' (though Eve can hear them clearly XD) where all they do is repeat what Eve just said. XD They ask why her brother became a delinquent, and Eve tells them it's because their family was rich. Isaac and Miria think that being rich was a good thing, but Eve tells them that it really isn't. Because they are rich, people and family members are kind to them only on the surface, and never say what they really feel, and they are forced to endure things they do not want to see, and Dallas' heart probably withered as a result. Isaac and Miria mention that it was a tough problem, but suggest it would be resolved if they would just stop being rich. Before Eve can respond, they decide that would solve everything and excuse themselves from Eve's room while Eve stares after them.
1931, the Flying Pussyfoot. Isaac and Miria have made it to the conductor's room, and Isaac looks inside while Miria leans back against his back, covering her eyes. Isaac wonders what happened inside, but then quickly suspects Rail Tracer, and wonders where Jacuzzi went, because he should have been going to the conductor's room. Miria worries that he had been eaten already, but Isaac assures her that since they hadn't found his body, he must have been swallowed whole by the monster and was still alive in its stomach. But then they realize how horrible it would be to be swallowed alive and whole, and there's this epic cartoonish crayon drawn scene of a screaming Jacuzzi being swallowed by a giant snake (OMG THERE REALLY ARE SNAKES ON THE TRAIN. I WAS JUST MAKING A JOKE. I'M SO SORRY, JACUZZI. T-T). Isaac and Miria start to cry because they couldn't save Jacuzzi because they didn't know where the creature had gone, but assure themselves that they would be together with Jacuzzi while they remained on the train and Jacuzzi would live on in their hearts. Jacuzzi, on the other end of the car, sees them and runs toward them, shouting their names, but Isaac and Miria continue to mourn him, saying he was a great guy. Jacuzzi yells, asking them if they're all right, but Miria just thanks the Jacuzzi in heaven while Isaac comments how he could hear his voice calling down from above (LMAO). All of a sudden, however, just as Jacuzzi and Donny were catching up, Donny trips, knocking over Jacuzzi, who grabs the front of Miria's dress by reflex to stop his fall, but only manages to pull it down, exposing her chest (OMFG JACUZZI IS A TOTAL PIMP IN THIS EPISODE. WHY IS HE GETTING A BUNCH OF TYPICAL HAREM ANIME MOMENTS ALL OF A SUDDEN. XD XD XD), and as Miria begins to fall too, she grabs Isaac's scarf, choking him as he says he won't be able to hear Jacuzzi's voice again, though he manages to grab onto the doorframe, so none of them actually fall down. However, just as Jacuzzi manages to pull himself up, Donny falls onto him, and they all get squashed together and now Isaac, while he can breathe again, desperately holds onto the doorframe so he doesn't fall into the mess in the conductor's room. His cowboy hat falls off, but he manages to catch it with his shoe before it hits the floor and gets ruined. While they're in this odd position, Jacuzzi tells them that he's glad that they're both all right, and Isaac and Miria respond in kind. Miria doesn't seem concerned with he sudden half-nakedness, and excitedly asks if he got out of the stomach, confusing Jacuzzi. Jacuzzi does his best to shield Miria's breasts from his view with his arm, but still blushes bright pink. XD Jacuzzi suggests that they get away from the conductors room and talk in a luggage room for now. Donny manages to pull himself upright and falls back into the luggage room while the others follow after. Luckily, despite the horrible tearing noises from before, Miria's outfit seems to have survived. XD
Once they've left the hall, however, the door in the conductor's room that would take one outside opens from the outside, and a mysterious monstrous figure with glowing red eyes, drenched in blood enters, and stares down the hallway. OMFG RAIL TRACERRRRR~~~! It probably sucks to have your shoes squishing full of blood, doesn't it? Hopefully you'll find a blacksuit or whitesuit that shares your size and sense of style. XD
In the luggage room, Jacuzzi has shared all of his information about the ongoings of the train to Isaac and Miria, and Isaac compares the situation to the Romance of the Three Kindgdoms, but doesn't explain himself at all, even when the other three remain silent just to let him elaborate. XD Finally, Jacuzzi asks him what he means, and Isaac tells him that it was a famous part of Chinese history (and we get some stereotypical Chinese BGM) where three strong warriors divided China into three sections and fought each other, but then falls silent again while the others expected to hear more. XD It's actually a really fitting comparison, since the story apparently is overflowing with colorful characters and deals with supernatural things like immortality. After being prodded again, Isaac says he thinks their names were Sousou, Ryuubi, and Hakusai (He probably means Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and... I can't figure out who he meant by Hakusai), probably comparing them to the three aggressive powers on board (the whitesuits, blacksuits, and Rail Tracer), and Miria adds that they were compared to a snake, slug, and frog (But I'm 100.9% sure that she's completely wrong. XD). After another pause, Isaac suddenly decides Jacuzzi had to become Yoshitsune (who was a general in Japan and had absolutely nothing to do with the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. XD), and as stereotypical Japanese BGM starts to play, Jacuzzi wonders if he can actually become someone so amazing. Isaac and Miria assure him that he can, and Jacuzzi shrinks back from their pointed fingers, saying that he wanted to save the passengers and drive off the blacksuits and Ladd Russo's group, but doubts he could become so magnificent. He reveals that he had been making alcohol, which is against the law at the time, and that he had killed three people the day before, which shocks Isaac and Miria, but Donny reminds Jacuzzi that he hadn't been the one to kill them--the gang had (referring to Sidalis and his two buddies in the factory grounds), but Jacuzzi says it still came down to the same thing. They wouldn't have died if it hadn't been for him. Jacuzzi, starting to become upset, reveals to Isaac and Miria, who react in shock and shrink back with every sentence, that the Russo family had killed eight of his friends, he had gone mad and robbed eighteen of their stores, which would take Isaac and Miria about a month, only Jacuzzi had done it all in a single day. HOLY HELL, JACUZZI. IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO BE ANY MORE AWESOME? We get a flashback of Jacuzzi with a machine gun riddling a Russo family bar as Donny explains that Jacuzzi had been ten times as fearful as normal and cried a hundred times more than normal. Jacuzzi says that he had done it to get revenge, but in the end, his actions caused even more people to die, so he couldn't be a magnificent person. Isaac grabs him by the collar and shakes him around, but Jacuzzi shields his face because he was probably expecting a punch. XD Isaac tells him not to let such things bring him down, because "Sousou" and Yoshitsune had killed thousands, millions, billions of people (lol Isaac--not quite that many XD) as an awesome triumphant trumpet instrumental plays in the background, and excitedly says that if people said that they were good people, then they became good people. The BGM cuts out suddenly as Isaac becomes serious again and tells Jacuzzi that was how it was, and the other three just stare at him a bit. Miria explains that you have to ride the waves of time, and the two of them start to dance hula style as a Hawaiian theme begins to play. Isaac tells Jacuzzi that they believed he was a good guy, so he shouldn't miss the wave, and if others told him different, he should just let them drown in the wave. Miria, however, reminds him that it was important to keep at least one person around him believing him to be good for the waves to continue, and they know that, so they'll volunteer to cause the waves for Jacuzzi. They dance around in a more romantic dance (D'AWWWWWWWWWWWW~~~) for a little while and look at each other seriously for a bit before being silly toward Jacuzzi again. Jacuzzi, who's beginning to feel the symptoms of the happiness bug, thanks them.
Back to 1930, with Isaac and Miria in the New Jersey Genoard mansion. Isaac and Miria have returned to Eve's room carrying huge bags full of the Genoard family assets as drums play in the background while they act like stereotypical indians. As they tell Eve that they would remove all the (mis)fortune from her home, they attempt to steal a couch, through it's too heavy for them to lift, and play with her harp for a bit. They tell her that their home would now be secure and that her brother would come to his senses soon, and compare it to rehabilitation. XD Their work done, Isaac and Miria return to the balcony, and prepare to leave with their loot. Eve, though, isn't ready to say goodbye, and Isaac remembers that they'd never asked her name. Eve introduces herself, and Isaac tells her that she could definitely become happy, and after saying goodbye, they rappel off the balcony and make their escape. Eve looks down after them (I bet they waved goodbye as they ran. :D) and starts to laugh again.
1931, the Flying Pussyfoot. Isaac and Miria say goodbye to Jacuzzi and Donny the exact same way they just said goodbye to Eve in the previous scene, but Jacuzzi wants to know where they were going and what they were planning to do. Isaac and Miria tell him that they were going to go look for Rail Tracer and ask him to go back home (ROTFLMAO, IF THEY ACTUALLY DO THIS, RAIL TRACER WOULD PROBABLY LISTEN TO THEM BECAUSE THEY WOULD MAKE HIM LAUGH. XD). Jacuzzi asks what they would do if Rail Tracer didn't listen, and they reply that they would defeat him (HOW? XD). Jacuzzi asks what they would do if they couldn't do it, and, after thinking about it a bit, they decide that they would run away and hide. XD Jacuzzi and Donny sigh, and Donny tells them that the monster was probably very strong and they could end up getting themselves killed, but Isaac said it would be all right, and uses his hands like guns, complete with gunshot sound effects, pretends to shoot at a bewildered Jacuzzi and Donny, because he would use his 'hundred guns' as western BGM starts to play, and shows off his empty holsters. XD Jacuzzi cries out that he didn't even have one. XD Isaac tells him that was true, however, a past gunman used to say that there was a gun in everyone's heart (but how is that going to help? XD), and pretends to shoot Jacuzzi through the heart. Jacuzzi, supremely affected by Isaac's special effects (LMAO), blushes and emits an awesome girlish gasp. XD Miria tells them not to die, and they leave for real this time, the door swinging shut behind them, but they probably just missed Rail Tracer, because they didn't suddenly come running back inside. XD Jacuzzi and Donny stay in the luggage car for just a little longer, and Jacuzzi comments on how whimsical and self-centered they were, and far more heinous then he was, so he had to hurry and show them how selfish they could be as well, and decides to become the greatest villain on the train while he was at it. Donny tells him that it sounds like it could be fun.
We're abruptly thrown back into 1930 again, only this time, shortly after Ennis saved Isaac and Miria from Dallas' gang. They've just finished tossing the unconscious thugs into Ennis' car, and Isaac mentions that the car looks similar to the one that had hit them earlier. Ennis awkwardly tries to confess, but looses her nerve, making me wonder whether she ever actually apologizes. XD Isaac changes the subject, asking where she was planning to take the goons, but Ennis lies, saying she would be bringing them to the police. However, since going along with her to the police station would be bad for them, Isaac and Miria says that they would have to part ways for now. When Ennis seems a little interested in hearing about why they were avoiding the police, Isaac tells her that they were sort of on a journey to atone for their sins because they had done a lot of bad things. (The bad things they're talking about was all the robberies they'd committed where they victimized innocent people, even though they only stole petty things. They suddenly realized how wrong that was, and began to target corrupt individuals and stole more substantial assets--that was the sudden change in their criminal behavior the police were talking about during the first scene in this episode.) Ennis comments that the two of them were strong, being able to do that, and Isaac and Miria accept her compliment. Ennis, however, tells them that she was too afraid to face her own sins, and they ask her what was wrong and what she had done. Ennis doesn't tell them, but it seems that she was feeling particularly guilty for 'eating' someone. Isaac and Miria don't wait to hear her explanation before they respond tearfully that they didn't know what happened, but she had saved them just a little while ago, so she had made up for it. No matter what bad things a bad person had done, if they did something good, there were people who would believe that they were actually a good person, and that was why Ennis was even now. Isaac and Miria are really upset, and it looks like Ennis agrees with them just so they'd stop crying. XD Ennis thanks them and says she had to get going. The sun is starting to set, and they all introduce themselves to each other, though Ennis explains that she does not have a last name, and though they think that was strange, they're fine with just using her first name. They wave goodbye to her as she gets into the car, and she looks back to see them jumping up and down and yelling about seeing each other again sometime. Ennis starts the car and sniffles a bit (D'AWWWWWWWWW~~~) as she hopes that she would be able to see them again soon, too. It seems that she's finally able to begin forgiving herself for what happened and was able to become a little happier. I wonder at the circumstances of her sin, though. Had she been newly created and had no sense of right and wrong until after she absorbed the memories of the guy she ate? Or was it that she already had a sense of morality and Szilard just forced her to do it? I hope this question is answered in the anime--I'm really interested in Ennis' past~.
Further back in 1930, New Jersey Genoard mansion, the morning after Isaac and Miria came to 'visit'. Eve is sleeping in her bed when her door creaks open and Dallas enters, gently waking her. He looks much better in this scene than all the others. Dallas really is sweet and caring toward Eve--I don't blame her for loving him so much from what we see of him in this scene. He probably very rarely lets her see his angry face. Eve is really surprised to see him all of a sudden, and Dallas mentions it had been a long time, and offers to teach her how to play billiards later that evening. Eve is always happy to spend time with Dallas and agrees, but they're interrupted by some servants yelling about thieves. Dallas tells Eve that he would go take a look to see what was going on and as he leaves, Eve begins to pray to thank God for keeping her brother safe and for bringing him back to her, but Dallas comes back and tells her to stop praying because they'd been robbed. He reveals that the reason he'd come back was to collect some allowance now that their grandfather's inheritance had arrived, but now it was all gone, and tells her that she was stupid for believing in God, slamming her door shut. Eve is shocked into silence by his sudden reversal of behavior.
It's now 1932, and the previous scene was likely a dream or nightmare, because it's the middle of the night in Gustavo's mansion, and Eve had woken up suddenly when Dallas had slammed the door and Sugarcube dropped his box of cookies. Whether God has a force in Baccano! or not, it sure was a great coincidence to have her wake up at this time, because everyone else in the mansion appeared to be asleep, giving Eve the chance to escape. Sure, it was mean of Dallas to yell at her like that, but if he hadn't, she might have slept the whole night through. It turns out that Eve had fallen asleep praying in the chair, and Sugarcube was snoozing in a chair opposite her and no one else was present. She peaks into Gustavo's room, but he is snoring peacefully in his bed wearing amusing pajamas that leave his belly exposed. XD Eve takes the chance, and rushes quietly down the hallway after making sure no one was there. However, it appears that Sugarcube had actually been awake all along and had dropped his box in an attempt to rouse her on purpose, because he just quietly closes the door behind her. If I didn't already think Sugarcube was awesome, this scene clinched it. I wonder if he provided the opportunity for Eve to run because he felt sorry for her or because he had something to gain. Only time will tell, though, I guess.
Oh well, at least the raws keep making it online. I was able to watch episode 11 on nicovideo, and the torrent and downloads have just been posted this morning. Maybe it's because I'm used to watching Baccano! on my media player instead of the lower quality of sharing sites, though, because I wasn't as amazed by this episode as I was with all the others. Or maybe it's just because I require subs to truly enjoy many of the scenes this time around (I'm usually able to guess what's going on from the scene, the characters, the tone of voice, which names are dropped, and the few Japanese vocabulary words that I understand). Not to say it wasn't awesome, of course--I watched the download and I appreciated it 10x more. I just really, really, REALLY want to understand the conversations between my top two favorite Baccano! couples. Why wasn't I born in Japan, dammit?!
Episode eight of Baccano! opens with a scene from 1930 in New York City's police department. The FBI special investigators, Bill Sullivan and Donald Brown (the same two agents investigating the Flying Pussyfoot incident in episode one), are introduced to the gathered police officers during a special meeting about their investigation of two suspects of serial robberies spanning several states. Guess who they are. XD Last we heard, Isaac and Miria had committed 87 robberies, but now the number surpasses 110, so they've been busy. XD Isaac can't brag about putting Miria in danger less than a hundred times anymore. XD The police officers are presented with a brief slideshow of pictures they had managed to collect of the robber couple dressed in several amusing costumes, such as a pair of mummies (when they stole the museum door XD), mustachioed men (maybe cosplaying Stalin or Hitler?), and ZORRO <3 (OMG THEY STOLE A LITTLE OLD LADY ACROSS THE STREET XD XD XD). The audience becomes more and more stunned with each picture until one of the officers (#1) interrupts the presentation, asking the chief if the presentation was a joke, but he replies that the only ones screwing around were the ones in the pictures. XD Another officer (#2) asks why they were having such a hard time arresting them, since they'd been caught on film over and over again, and Sullivan answers that the pictures were only taken by chance by citizens interested in their weird outfits, and had no idea that they were robbers. XD Brown explains that until now, they had only committed petty crimes like stealing clocks, candy, chocolate, and a museum door so they rarely were added to the investigation list. The officer (#2) is confused why they were making such a big deal about them, then, and suggests they just let their mothers scold them (LMAO). Sullivan announces that they had recently stolen all the assets of the Genoard family in New Jersey (they must have moved to New York after being robbed), which shocks everyone present. An officer (#1) asks why they suddenly changed all of a sudden from petty thieves to stealing millions from a wealthy family, but neither the chief nor the FBI knows why. They'd have to ask the robbers themselves. LMAO, HOW CAN THEY NOT FIND THEM. ALL THEY HAVE TO DO IS STAND ON A STREET CORNER AND LISTEN FOR THE TWO IDIOTS SHOUTING THEIR PLANS OUT LOUD. XD XD XD I guess Isaac and Miria really are geniuses that way: they target those associated with the mafia who are probably unable to immediately report the crime to the police, which gives them enough time to escape to the next city. XD
1931, the Flying Pussyfoot. Isaac and Miria are walking down the train in search of Nice and Jacuzzi when Isaac realizes something terrible. The BGM flares up in a tragic instrumental while Isaac, then Miria, completely overreact when they remember that they forgot to buy Ennis a souvenir. XD THE BEST PART IS, I COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD THIS SCENE WHEN I SAW THE RAW AND I LAUGHED FOR DAYS EVERY TIME I THOUGHT ABOUT IT. THEN I LAUGHED AGAIN WHEN THE SUBS CAME OUT. XD x infinity
Title screen! XD "Isaac and Miria sprinkle happiness around without realizing it." More like: "Isaac and Miria are infected with happiness and are dangerously contagious." XD Yes, I will never get tired of that joke. XD XD XD IT'S SO POWERFUL THAT IT EVEN INFECTS VIEWERS AND WE NOW HAVE AN EPIDEMIC ON OUR HANDS. QUICKLY! WE MUST CONFINE OURSELVES TO OUR ROOMS UNTIL BACCANO! PASSES! AND THEN BEGIN A WORLDWIDE VACCINATION IN PREPARATION FOR THE INEVITABLE SECOND SEASON, OR THE WORLD WILL BE TAKEN OVER BY HAPPINESS!
Still on the Flying Pussyfoot, we get an extended scene of Jacuzzi&co catching sight of Rail Tracer jumping on top of the train. After he disappears, they immediately follow Jacuzzi (who continues to pwn viewers with his unexpected bravery and leadership skills) to the next car, chasing after Rail Tracer. Jacuzzi decides to have Nice, Nick, and himself climb on top of the next car while Donny goes through the car on foot to see if they could spot him again before they meet up at the next coupling. Jacuzzi warns Donny to look out for the blacksuits before they separate. While crawling across the top of the train, Nick comments to Nice about how Jacuzzi had suddenly became all fired up, and Nice answers that it was the first time he's acted this way since eight of their friends were killed by the Russo family. Nick says that Jacuzzi sure was amazing back then even though he'd cried a lot, and it would be impossible to tell how far he would go this time. It's unsure whether or not Jacuzzi overheard their conversation, but he wipes a few tears out of his eyes before continuing on, though he's nowhere close to his previous tearful panic attacks. This time, he's determined to see things through. <3
In the Eve arc, it's suddenly 1932, so, unless Eve was kidnapped during New Year's Eve, it's been a couple days between the Daily Days scenes and the kidnapping, since this scene occurs during the same night, since Gustavo wouldn't have waited a couple days into the kidnapping before introducing himself. Sugarcube, continuing to munch on his snacks, is standing beside the window and is either keeping watch or waiting for someone to arrive (and I wonder if he's really a pure Runorata gangster or if he's actually a secret agent for the Daily Days. XD). Eve sits silently in a chair in the middle of the room while another henchman stands in a corner close to the door, and another leans against one of the walls. Gustavo enters, carrying a bowl of fruit, and introduces himself as he places it on the table. He picks up an apple and assures her that she should relax since they wouldn't be killing her and apologizes for the rough treatment. He takes a bite of the apple, but doesn't remember to chew with his mouth closed. *ick* Eve tells him that she'd heard about the Runoratas, and Gustavo (ugh, don't talk with your mouth full. >.<) reveals that her grandpa, father, and brother had been friendly with his boss, and laughs, spewing apple everywhere. Gross... I can handle body parts flying around, but Gustavo is just being disgusting... DX Eve, similarly grossed out, shields herself and covers her mouth before asking what they were planning by kidnapping her (especially since it seems her inheritance was stolen by Isaac and Miria, so they couldn't be expecting a large ransom). Gustavo offers her the ABC apple (Eve: DO NOT WANT) and tells her that he was hoping to see her surviving brother. Eve wonders why, and Gustavo answers that Dallas was making trouble and he had to teach him a lesson, but since he didn't know where he was, he had decided to take her hostage to flush him out. Gustavo begins acting a little threatening by leaning in close with a scary face and tells her that she would have to stay there for a while whether she likes it or not. When Eve shrinks back and doesn't reply, Gustavo asks her repeatedly if she's scared, but she eventually gets back her bearings and glares straight back at him (and while he continues to chew loudly and for all to see--props to Eve, because I wouldn't be able to do that). Gustavo comments that she was tough, and decides to tell her exactly why he was looking for Dallas. When Eve learns that her brother was blackmailing Gustavo by saying he was responsible for their father and brother's murders (though we already know that it's a lie, and Baltro wants to see Dallas probably to learn more about the liquor of immortality), Eve does not freak out like I thought she would, but only wants to know if it was true. Apparently, she did not have much of a relationship with either of them. Judging by how Dallas turned out, yet was still constantly angry because his father and brother didn't show him any respect, they were likely bastards above even Dallas' most classic moments of asshattery. Gustavo, who probably did the world a favor, denies her an absolute answer, and laughs, not quite believing that she was related to those two pathetic men, as he tells her that if they had been tough like her, they would have lasted five minutes longer. He then laughs again, because he pretty much gave himself away, but Eve is not visibly upset, and only tells Gustavo that God punishes people like him. I didn't realize that Eve was religious until this scene, but looking back, she's holding a Bible in the OP, with her childhood picture of herself and Dallas used as a bookmark. Gustavo, unsurprisingly, is definitely not religious, and tells her that only the strong survive in the world, but Eve only yells back that what he said wasn't true and begins to pray. Eve is more upset by Gustavo's denial of God's existence than depriving her of her father and brother, though she had a year or so to grieve if she did at all. I'm really curious about them, now, but they won't make it into the anime, and probably weren't even in the original novels, either. Gustavo just shrugs while Sugarcube continues to snack, looking around suspiciously. If he doesn't secretly work for the Daily Days, he's at least experiencing a morality crisis.
Switching back to 1930 in the Genoard's New Jersey mansion, before they were robbed and before Dallas disappeared without a trace, Eve was still extremely worried about her brother, not liking how he roamed the streets of New York with his gang, only coming home once in a while. She holds the old picture of herself and Dallas as she cries quietly, almost ready to go to sleep. It's probably a nightly ritual for her, and that makes me sad. DALLAS, CAN'T YOU SEE HOW MUCH YOU'RE HURTING YOUR SISTER. GO HOME! *kicks Dallas' ass* However, interrupting Eve's tears and desperate prayers is Isaac and Miria on the balcony, chatting a little too loudly about how the girl inside was crying while looking at a photograph, and assume its a picture of her lover (LOL I AM SO SQUICKED). As Eve walks over to the balcony, Issac and Miria continue to chat, saying they must have had a painful separation, and they're revealed to be dressed up in traditional Native American outfits (LOL THESE COSTUMES ARE PARTICULARLY AMAZING), and Isaac is slowly pouring sand or dirt into a pile in what seems to be an attempt at fortune telling, or something. XD Once his hand is empty, they both stare at the pile as Isaac wonders if the guy in the picture died, and Miria comments on their tragic love. Eve takes the opportunity to announce her presence, but Isaac and Miria try to shush her before they realize that she'd snuck up on them and stand straight up, blowing the sand/dust away in the process. XD Their syncronized movements, which continue on throughout the episode and the rest of the series, are made of pure win, but they stand out more in this episode, especially in some of the later scenes. XD Isaac and Miria loudly ask how she had found them, and she just says that she could hear them from inside. Isaac and Miria turn around and continue to speak too loudly as they wonder what they should do now, but then immediately turn around again and announce that they were robbers without even trying to hide it. XD However, Eve just starts to laugh, which was definitely not what they were expecting, since they probably thought she would get scared or run away instead. They turn around again and speak in a volume Eve is easily able to overhear, wondering how she was able to go from crying to laughing all of a sudden. Still giggling, Eve tells them that they're strange. XD Isaac and Miria realize that they'd been left with no choice... and demand that she tell them the story about her 'lover'. (LOL ICK) They explain that they would give her some advice and they wouldn't lie, surprising Eve out of her laughter with their sudden closeness. WATCH OUT, EVE! THEY'RE CONTAGIOUS!
1931, the Flying Pussyfoot. Jacuzzi and co have reached the dining car without meeting anyone (at least, anyone of importance) along the way. Nice peaks into the dining car, reporting that there were two men with machine guns (though it isn't said which group they're from, we can probably assume that they're blacksuits, since whitesuits would have probably started killing passengers) and that the people they'd been sitting with were all gone: Isaac, Miria, Czeslaw, Mary, and Nataly, though it seems the rest of the passengers were fine, since Nice didn't say anything about them. Jacuzzi is just as worried as Nice, who tries to reassure him that they may have been taken elsewhere, but Jacuzzi decides that they had to go look for them, and the search immediately shoots to the top of the priority list, even beating out Rail Tracer. Jacuzzi orders Nice and Nick to climb over the dining car to the other side to search over there while he and Donny search the back of the train, because someone may have passed them while they were inside a room or climbing on top of the cars (and Donny wouldn't have recognized any of their new friends if he saw them). At first I wondered why Jacuzzi put Nice in a separate group, but then I remembered neither Donny nor Nick were introduced to the others, so it really was the only way to search the whole train. Jacuzzi, however, definitely does not like the idea of being away from Nice, and assures her that they would all be fine, reminding her not to do anything crazy right before he KISSES HER. THAT'S RIGHT, FOLKS. THE FIRST BACCANO! ANIME KISS GOES TO JACUZZI SPLOT WHO CRIES, AND IS SCARED, YET SHOWS RECKLESS COURAGE. I totally did not see that coming. I was so sure that Ladd and Lua would kiss first, since Ladd is so physically affectionate (lol I never thought I would describe Ladd as physically affectionate, but I totally lost my footing in this series with this. Jacuzzi Splot? First anime kiss? My brain grinds to a halt). However, it's a kiss and run--apparently Jacuzzi did it without realizing how embarrassed it would make him. Donny has to hurry to catch up with him. XD Nick watches them go as Nice steps forward with an adorable blush on her face. And then the scene is abruptly interrupted by Isaac and Miria stealing the episode back. XD
Back in the Genoard New Jersey mansion in 1930, Eve finally tells Isaac and Miria that she was upset over her brother, not a lover, which surprises them. Eve tells them that her brother was actually very kind, but he had suddenly become very rough lately and barely ever comes back home. Isaac and Miria do these cute little 'asides' (though Eve can hear them clearly XD) where all they do is repeat what Eve just said. XD They ask why her brother became a delinquent, and Eve tells them it's because their family was rich. Isaac and Miria think that being rich was a good thing, but Eve tells them that it really isn't. Because they are rich, people and family members are kind to them only on the surface, and never say what they really feel, and they are forced to endure things they do not want to see, and Dallas' heart probably withered as a result. Isaac and Miria mention that it was a tough problem, but suggest it would be resolved if they would just stop being rich. Before Eve can respond, they decide that would solve everything and excuse themselves from Eve's room while Eve stares after them.
1931, the Flying Pussyfoot. Isaac and Miria have made it to the conductor's room, and Isaac looks inside while Miria leans back against his back, covering her eyes. Isaac wonders what happened inside, but then quickly suspects Rail Tracer, and wonders where Jacuzzi went, because he should have been going to the conductor's room. Miria worries that he had been eaten already, but Isaac assures her that since they hadn't found his body, he must have been swallowed whole by the monster and was still alive in its stomach. But then they realize how horrible it would be to be swallowed alive and whole, and there's this epic cartoonish crayon drawn scene of a screaming Jacuzzi being swallowed by a giant snake (OMG THERE REALLY ARE SNAKES ON THE TRAIN. I WAS JUST MAKING A JOKE. I'M SO SORRY, JACUZZI. T-T). Isaac and Miria start to cry because they couldn't save Jacuzzi because they didn't know where the creature had gone, but assure themselves that they would be together with Jacuzzi while they remained on the train and Jacuzzi would live on in their hearts. Jacuzzi, on the other end of the car, sees them and runs toward them, shouting their names, but Isaac and Miria continue to mourn him, saying he was a great guy. Jacuzzi yells, asking them if they're all right, but Miria just thanks the Jacuzzi in heaven while Isaac comments how he could hear his voice calling down from above (LMAO). All of a sudden, however, just as Jacuzzi and Donny were catching up, Donny trips, knocking over Jacuzzi, who grabs the front of Miria's dress by reflex to stop his fall, but only manages to pull it down, exposing her chest (OMFG JACUZZI IS A TOTAL PIMP IN THIS EPISODE. WHY IS HE GETTING A BUNCH OF TYPICAL HAREM ANIME MOMENTS ALL OF A SUDDEN. XD XD XD), and as Miria begins to fall too, she grabs Isaac's scarf, choking him as he says he won't be able to hear Jacuzzi's voice again, though he manages to grab onto the doorframe, so none of them actually fall down. However, just as Jacuzzi manages to pull himself up, Donny falls onto him, and they all get squashed together and now Isaac, while he can breathe again, desperately holds onto the doorframe so he doesn't fall into the mess in the conductor's room. His cowboy hat falls off, but he manages to catch it with his shoe before it hits the floor and gets ruined. While they're in this odd position, Jacuzzi tells them that he's glad that they're both all right, and Isaac and Miria respond in kind. Miria doesn't seem concerned with he sudden half-nakedness, and excitedly asks if he got out of the stomach, confusing Jacuzzi. Jacuzzi does his best to shield Miria's breasts from his view with his arm, but still blushes bright pink. XD Jacuzzi suggests that they get away from the conductors room and talk in a luggage room for now. Donny manages to pull himself upright and falls back into the luggage room while the others follow after. Luckily, despite the horrible tearing noises from before, Miria's outfit seems to have survived. XD
Once they've left the hall, however, the door in the conductor's room that would take one outside opens from the outside, and a mysterious monstrous figure with glowing red eyes, drenched in blood enters, and stares down the hallway. OMFG RAIL TRACERRRRR~~~! It probably sucks to have your shoes squishing full of blood, doesn't it? Hopefully you'll find a blacksuit or whitesuit that shares your size and sense of style. XD
In the luggage room, Jacuzzi has shared all of his information about the ongoings of the train to Isaac and Miria, and Isaac compares the situation to the Romance of the Three Kindgdoms, but doesn't explain himself at all, even when the other three remain silent just to let him elaborate. XD Finally, Jacuzzi asks him what he means, and Isaac tells him that it was a famous part of Chinese history (and we get some stereotypical Chinese BGM) where three strong warriors divided China into three sections and fought each other, but then falls silent again while the others expected to hear more. XD It's actually a really fitting comparison, since the story apparently is overflowing with colorful characters and deals with supernatural things like immortality. After being prodded again, Isaac says he thinks their names were Sousou, Ryuubi, and Hakusai (He probably means Cao Cao, Liu Bei, and... I can't figure out who he meant by Hakusai), probably comparing them to the three aggressive powers on board (the whitesuits, blacksuits, and Rail Tracer), and Miria adds that they were compared to a snake, slug, and frog (But I'm 100.9% sure that she's completely wrong. XD). After another pause, Isaac suddenly decides Jacuzzi had to become Yoshitsune (who was a general in Japan and had absolutely nothing to do with the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. XD), and as stereotypical Japanese BGM starts to play, Jacuzzi wonders if he can actually become someone so amazing. Isaac and Miria assure him that he can, and Jacuzzi shrinks back from their pointed fingers, saying that he wanted to save the passengers and drive off the blacksuits and Ladd Russo's group, but doubts he could become so magnificent. He reveals that he had been making alcohol, which is against the law at the time, and that he had killed three people the day before, which shocks Isaac and Miria, but Donny reminds Jacuzzi that he hadn't been the one to kill them--the gang had (referring to Sidalis and his two buddies in the factory grounds), but Jacuzzi says it still came down to the same thing. They wouldn't have died if it hadn't been for him. Jacuzzi, starting to become upset, reveals to Isaac and Miria, who react in shock and shrink back with every sentence, that the Russo family had killed eight of his friends, he had gone mad and robbed eighteen of their stores, which would take Isaac and Miria about a month, only Jacuzzi had done it all in a single day. HOLY HELL, JACUZZI. IS IT EVEN POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO BE ANY MORE AWESOME? We get a flashback of Jacuzzi with a machine gun riddling a Russo family bar as Donny explains that Jacuzzi had been ten times as fearful as normal and cried a hundred times more than normal. Jacuzzi says that he had done it to get revenge, but in the end, his actions caused even more people to die, so he couldn't be a magnificent person. Isaac grabs him by the collar and shakes him around, but Jacuzzi shields his face because he was probably expecting a punch. XD Isaac tells him not to let such things bring him down, because "Sousou" and Yoshitsune had killed thousands, millions, billions of people (lol Isaac--not quite that many XD) as an awesome triumphant trumpet instrumental plays in the background, and excitedly says that if people said that they were good people, then they became good people. The BGM cuts out suddenly as Isaac becomes serious again and tells Jacuzzi that was how it was, and the other three just stare at him a bit. Miria explains that you have to ride the waves of time, and the two of them start to dance hula style as a Hawaiian theme begins to play. Isaac tells Jacuzzi that they believed he was a good guy, so he shouldn't miss the wave, and if others told him different, he should just let them drown in the wave. Miria, however, reminds him that it was important to keep at least one person around him believing him to be good for the waves to continue, and they know that, so they'll volunteer to cause the waves for Jacuzzi. They dance around in a more romantic dance (D'AWWWWWWWWWWWW~~~) for a little while and look at each other seriously for a bit before being silly toward Jacuzzi again. Jacuzzi, who's beginning to feel the symptoms of the happiness bug, thanks them.
Back to 1930, with Isaac and Miria in the New Jersey Genoard mansion. Isaac and Miria have returned to Eve's room carrying huge bags full of the Genoard family assets as drums play in the background while they act like stereotypical indians. As they tell Eve that they would remove all the (mis)fortune from her home, they attempt to steal a couch, through it's too heavy for them to lift, and play with her harp for a bit. They tell her that their home would now be secure and that her brother would come to his senses soon, and compare it to rehabilitation. XD Their work done, Isaac and Miria return to the balcony, and prepare to leave with their loot. Eve, though, isn't ready to say goodbye, and Isaac remembers that they'd never asked her name. Eve introduces herself, and Isaac tells her that she could definitely become happy, and after saying goodbye, they rappel off the balcony and make their escape. Eve looks down after them (I bet they waved goodbye as they ran. :D) and starts to laugh again.
1931, the Flying Pussyfoot. Isaac and Miria say goodbye to Jacuzzi and Donny the exact same way they just said goodbye to Eve in the previous scene, but Jacuzzi wants to know where they were going and what they were planning to do. Isaac and Miria tell him that they were going to go look for Rail Tracer and ask him to go back home (ROTFLMAO, IF THEY ACTUALLY DO THIS, RAIL TRACER WOULD PROBABLY LISTEN TO THEM BECAUSE THEY WOULD MAKE HIM LAUGH. XD). Jacuzzi asks what they would do if Rail Tracer didn't listen, and they reply that they would defeat him (HOW? XD). Jacuzzi asks what they would do if they couldn't do it, and, after thinking about it a bit, they decide that they would run away and hide. XD Jacuzzi and Donny sigh, and Donny tells them that the monster was probably very strong and they could end up getting themselves killed, but Isaac said it would be all right, and uses his hands like guns, complete with gunshot sound effects, pretends to shoot at a bewildered Jacuzzi and Donny, because he would use his 'hundred guns' as western BGM starts to play, and shows off his empty holsters. XD Jacuzzi cries out that he didn't even have one. XD Isaac tells him that was true, however, a past gunman used to say that there was a gun in everyone's heart (but how is that going to help? XD), and pretends to shoot Jacuzzi through the heart. Jacuzzi, supremely affected by Isaac's special effects (LMAO), blushes and emits an awesome girlish gasp. XD Miria tells them not to die, and they leave for real this time, the door swinging shut behind them, but they probably just missed Rail Tracer, because they didn't suddenly come running back inside. XD Jacuzzi and Donny stay in the luggage car for just a little longer, and Jacuzzi comments on how whimsical and self-centered they were, and far more heinous then he was, so he had to hurry and show them how selfish they could be as well, and decides to become the greatest villain on the train while he was at it. Donny tells him that it sounds like it could be fun.
We're abruptly thrown back into 1930 again, only this time, shortly after Ennis saved Isaac and Miria from Dallas' gang. They've just finished tossing the unconscious thugs into Ennis' car, and Isaac mentions that the car looks similar to the one that had hit them earlier. Ennis awkwardly tries to confess, but looses her nerve, making me wonder whether she ever actually apologizes. XD Isaac changes the subject, asking where she was planning to take the goons, but Ennis lies, saying she would be bringing them to the police. However, since going along with her to the police station would be bad for them, Isaac and Miria says that they would have to part ways for now. When Ennis seems a little interested in hearing about why they were avoiding the police, Isaac tells her that they were sort of on a journey to atone for their sins because they had done a lot of bad things. (The bad things they're talking about was all the robberies they'd committed where they victimized innocent people, even though they only stole petty things. They suddenly realized how wrong that was, and began to target corrupt individuals and stole more substantial assets--that was the sudden change in their criminal behavior the police were talking about during the first scene in this episode.) Ennis comments that the two of them were strong, being able to do that, and Isaac and Miria accept her compliment. Ennis, however, tells them that she was too afraid to face her own sins, and they ask her what was wrong and what she had done. Ennis doesn't tell them, but it seems that she was feeling particularly guilty for 'eating' someone. Isaac and Miria don't wait to hear her explanation before they respond tearfully that they didn't know what happened, but she had saved them just a little while ago, so she had made up for it. No matter what bad things a bad person had done, if they did something good, there were people who would believe that they were actually a good person, and that was why Ennis was even now. Isaac and Miria are really upset, and it looks like Ennis agrees with them just so they'd stop crying. XD Ennis thanks them and says she had to get going. The sun is starting to set, and they all introduce themselves to each other, though Ennis explains that she does not have a last name, and though they think that was strange, they're fine with just using her first name. They wave goodbye to her as she gets into the car, and she looks back to see them jumping up and down and yelling about seeing each other again sometime. Ennis starts the car and sniffles a bit (D'AWWWWWWWWW~~~) as she hopes that she would be able to see them again soon, too. It seems that she's finally able to begin forgiving herself for what happened and was able to become a little happier. I wonder at the circumstances of her sin, though. Had she been newly created and had no sense of right and wrong until after she absorbed the memories of the guy she ate? Or was it that she already had a sense of morality and Szilard just forced her to do it? I hope this question is answered in the anime--I'm really interested in Ennis' past~.
Further back in 1930, New Jersey Genoard mansion, the morning after Isaac and Miria came to 'visit'. Eve is sleeping in her bed when her door creaks open and Dallas enters, gently waking her. He looks much better in this scene than all the others. Dallas really is sweet and caring toward Eve--I don't blame her for loving him so much from what we see of him in this scene. He probably very rarely lets her see his angry face. Eve is really surprised to see him all of a sudden, and Dallas mentions it had been a long time, and offers to teach her how to play billiards later that evening. Eve is always happy to spend time with Dallas and agrees, but they're interrupted by some servants yelling about thieves. Dallas tells Eve that he would go take a look to see what was going on and as he leaves, Eve begins to pray to thank God for keeping her brother safe and for bringing him back to her, but Dallas comes back and tells her to stop praying because they'd been robbed. He reveals that the reason he'd come back was to collect some allowance now that their grandfather's inheritance had arrived, but now it was all gone, and tells her that she was stupid for believing in God, slamming her door shut. Eve is shocked into silence by his sudden reversal of behavior.
It's now 1932, and the previous scene was likely a dream or nightmare, because it's the middle of the night in Gustavo's mansion, and Eve had woken up suddenly when Dallas had slammed the door and Sugarcube dropped his box of cookies. Whether God has a force in Baccano! or not, it sure was a great coincidence to have her wake up at this time, because everyone else in the mansion appeared to be asleep, giving Eve the chance to escape. Sure, it was mean of Dallas to yell at her like that, but if he hadn't, she might have slept the whole night through. It turns out that Eve had fallen asleep praying in the chair, and Sugarcube was snoozing in a chair opposite her and no one else was present. She peaks into Gustavo's room, but he is snoring peacefully in his bed wearing amusing pajamas that leave his belly exposed. XD Eve takes the chance, and rushes quietly down the hallway after making sure no one was there. However, it appears that Sugarcube had actually been awake all along and had dropped his box in an attempt to rouse her on purpose, because he just quietly closes the door behind her. If I didn't already think Sugarcube was awesome, this scene clinched it. I wonder if he provided the opportunity for Eve to run because he felt sorry for her or because he had something to gain. Only time will tell, though, I guess.