Sola Episode 2 Summary:

Continuing off from the first episode, Yorito is looking at the scene in front of him as he recognizes Matsuri. The man turns around to get a better look at who just entered the church, and Matsuri takes that moment to mount a getaway, by grabbing a candle staff and running towards the exit. The man throws his sword at Matsuri, but she jumps over the sword and flies towards the glass window above the church doors. She looks down at Yorito while in the air and recognizes who he is. She then throws the staff through the window to break the spotlight and in the process flies through the same window to the outside of the church.

Then roll the opening sequence that was missing from the first episode. The song is called Colorless Wind by Aira Yuki and you can find the song and the opening scene on my site too. Very catchy song. Alright, back to the episode.

Outside, the strange girl that was in the cardboard box is headed to the church. The bearded man goes out to chase down Matsuri. He finds her catching her breath outside towards some construction platforms and runs towards her. Matsuri uses her hand to corrode the structure, causing it to collapse. With the distraction, Matsuri disappears into the surrounding trees and bushes. Yorito runs out and the man asks him if he’s related to the “Yaka” (night woe). He tells him to not get involved if he’s not.

The man continues with his search for Matsuri. He notices her in the bushes and throws a metal rod he picked up from the rubble. She jumps out into the air and the man throws another one of his “flash bangs” at her. This time it’s a direct hit, sending her flying downhill. Yorito goes down the hill to chase after Matsuri. He runs past the girl in the cardboard box as she’s walking up the stairs to the church. The man puts his sword away when he sees her and identifies her as Mayuko.

Down the hill, Yorito spots Matsuri’s beret and then spots an unconscious Matsuri. He takes her back to his home and rests her on a bed. He touches an ashy gray spot on Matsuri’s hand and it starts crumbling, which freaks him out. Later that morning, he finds Matsuri awake with all the curtains drawn as she is looking at all the pictures of the sky on the wall. Matsuri thanks Yorito for saving her and asks if there’s anything she could do for him. The look Yorito displays upon that request gave Matsuri the impression that he had something perverted in mind. She decides to repay him by cooking him a meal.

Matsuri grabs a random assortment of food and starts jamming everything into the microwave. She doesn’t know how to program the machine so she takes a couple of steps back and prepares to give it a good kick. Yorito quickly stops her before she ends up breaking it. Yorito takes the day off to learn more about Matsuri. Matsuri shows him why she’s not human by placing her finger into the sunlight resulting in some slight distenegration happening.

At the hospital, Aono is unhappy that Yorito’s not there. Back at Yorito’s home, Matsuri explains she’s lived for centuries without being exposed to the sun. Matsuri decides to leave as the sun has gone down. At the same time, the bearded man finds Mayuko in another box as she is waking up. Yorito tries his best to persuade Matsuri to stay at his house. Matsuri tells him it just can’t happen because he’ll end up hating her. Their conversation is cut short as Mana calls in telling him that Aono is heading home if he doesn’t come see her at the hospital. Yorito sets out to leave for the hospital to make sure his sister stays there and makes Matsuri promise him that she doesn’t leave during that time. After he leaves, she says goodbye.

Afterward, Mana leaves the hospital and arrives at the diner she works at. There at the diner, Mayuko and the man are eating there. The man tells her that there was no Yaka, only Yorito. Yorito returns home and notices that all the lights in his house are off. He finds a short goodbye message written on one of the picture frames on the wall. He starts to run out when he hears a sound upstairs. He finds Matsuri on his bed looking at his ceiling, which is a large picture of the sky. Yorito tells her he’ll show her the real sky someday.

Sola Episode 2 Review:

This episode is where things start to pick up. Episode one took care of the introductions while this episode is starting to give insight on what’s going on. I just want to know if Matsuri is really a vampire since she likes tomato juice and turns ashy upon contact with sunlight. Probably not though, but she sure does share similar properties. Then again, who’s to say what kind of properties vampires truly have?

Despite the imminent danger that Matsuri is in, she still seems to be very care-free as she’s rather upbeat while at Yorito’s house trying to make him food and talking about who she is. I’m sure anyone watching the show would find it humorous that Matsuri would resolve to kicking as a method of getting things to work. However, sometimes hitting machinery and electronics do get things to work, but that’s a whole different story for some other day.

In particular anime series, there’s always some kind of annoying, liability-type character. In regards to this show, I’m going to have to point my finger at Yorito’s older sister Aono. She is straight up annoying in my opinion. She lacks emotion in her speech and appears to be very needy and pushy. An example of this type of character is Kazumi Yoshida from Shakugan no Shana who pretty much gets in the way of the storyline and serves no benefitting purpose to the overall series. Another example is Koishi Herikawa from Onegai Teacher. A rather annoying character. So in prospect, Aono is going to cause a lot of problems for Yorito. As for Mana, she’s close to that, but she’s more likeable.

After watching this episode, it’s confirmed that Mayuko also cannot be in contact with sunlight. She also seems to be ageless just like Matsuri. Unfortunately for her, she’s stuck at an age that requires her to have someone pretend to be her guardian. It’s also rather convenient that Mana works at the same diner Mayuko and company are eating at. I find it weird, however, that the guy didn’t tell Mayuko the truth about finding Matsuri. I’m guessing he’s scared of what Mayuko would do to him if she knew that he found her but let her get away.

As for Matsuri, she’s the star of this episode as a good amount of background information and personality is revealed about her. I did believe that she was going to run away the moment Yorito left for the hospital, considering she said bye and left a message. I was surprised to find her still in the house when Yorito left. Another hint at what kind of person she is. I was even more surprised at the obsession Yorito had with skies with the image of the sky in his room.

Overall, this episode was great. There was a lot of character development with the main characters and the episode ends with a feeling that Yorito just opened a very large can of worms by being acquainted with Matsuri, which means a really good series for this series. Please let this be 26 episodes long. I’m tired of 12 to 13 episode series.