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EPISODE 67
Just to remark how much the storytelling approach has finally come back to the “good ol' days”, when characters' interaction was the main core business of episodes, ep67 gifts us with another great scene referred to Hikaru and Daisuke, involving also Maria Grace. Ep66 is not an isolated case: Hikaru and Maria Grace have really developed a sister-like relationship.
Koji was captured and he is held as prisoner in the Vega Submarine base. His impulsiveness has lead him to a stupid action, and Maria Grace – who has accompanied him in the “excursion” with the Spacers - is confronted by a more than angry brother in the Control Room of the Research Centre. Daisuke screams to his sister all his disappointment:
Daisuke: Who told you two to exit with the spacers? Why didn’t you listen to me?!
Maria Grace, shamefully, lowers her eyes.
Maria: I am sorry.
Her brother is all but impressed by her words and he continues at loud voice his complain:
Daisuke: It’s too late to be sorry! Now the catastrophe has already happened: Koji has been captured!!
 
At this point, we can see Hikaru interposing herself ahead of maria Grace, with the clear gesture of taking her defence; with a strong tone and watching daisuke straight in the eyes, she tries to calm him down:
Hikaru: Maria Grace and Koji only wanted to defend the Centre!
Maria Grace is hiding behind her, with the same expression of a kid who has broken the Ming vase and she is trying to prove the parents it was not her, but the cat doing the disaster:
Maria: (she trembling confirms) Yes, it’s true.
I personally consider this scene very amusing, but, more importantly, of high quality from a script perspective. If somebody thought that Hikaru changed personality after Maria Grace’s arrival, here he/she can face how wrong this statement can be. No, Hikaru Makiba has not changed at all, she is still the same person of the “Komatsubara era”. Just like in other occasions, only Hikaru is able to counterpart Daisuke and to let him change his mind.
But I would underline also that this is an even more particular and delicate situation, as it involves also his sister. I believe that everybody knows how difficult can be family relationships in real life sometimes, and how hard can be for “third parties” to cope with them. Well, in ep67 we are clearly shown Hikaru as feeling herself enough confident with Daisuke to be able to defend his own sister, acting not only as an older relative towards Maria Grace, but also like she knows that she owns a sort of power towards him (and in fact, Daisuke does not do anything to give the lie to Hikaru’s attitude). On the other side, Maria Grace’s behaviour proves she feels herself like a younger sister towards Hikaru, but moreover she seems to know very well, too, the kind of relationship which is linking Hikaru and her brother, and that she can confide only in her to calm down Daisuke. Ah, that’s really great. It’s so good to face again a certain kind of scripts. I have missed them so much for such a long time… 
Edited by joe 7 - 23/11/2019, 21:50
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