ケロロ軍曹/Sgt. Frog/Keroro Gunsou Anime episode 102

SPOILER Summary/Synopsis:

Tororo hacks into the Keron base’s system, but Kururu is ready with a counter-program. However, Tororo anticipated this and uses it against Kururu, angering him and causing him to retreat to his sanctum to prepare a counter attack. Meanwhile, Natsumi and Fuyuki are fleeing and Natsumi realizes for the first time that if Keroro were serious about invading Earth, he could do what Garuru’s troops have done. She feels all is lost since Giroro was defeated. Zoruru finds them and attempts to take them out, but Saburo arrives with his special drawing ability, courtesy of Kururu.  Zoruru takes Saburo out as Keroro has Mao find the Hinata family and transport them to their grandmother’s house, who’s frozen in time like the rest of humanity. However, Fuyuki and Natsumi are reunited with their mother.

Keroro sends a holographic screen projection to their location, which is detected by Tororo. He tells them of the danger and what is going on before appearing to say his farewells. His transmission is cut off before he can say he was kidding about saying farewell and he’s not happy about that. Garuru enters the command center, marveling that Keroro can find time to joke when he’s near defeat. Mao leaps into action, shedding her guise and launching an attack at Garuru. Taruru intercepts her with an Angol Stone, which has the power to stop her, but she still manages to send the two opponents flying back with her attack before she is trapped. Meanwhile, Natsumi decides to do something and activates the artifact Giroro had given her.

At the base, Garuru wants the Kero Ball, which Keroro doesn’t have. As such, Keroro is placed into a container while Natsumi takes off in her armored, power suit.  As she battles enemy defenses, Fuyuki finds the Kero Ball in his backpack.  An alien monster attacks, so Aki sends her son away with the Kero Ball to face the monster alone.  Up in space, Tororo is relaxing and enjoying how easy things are for him now when he sees that Natsumi is taking out their defenses. Natsumi plows into her home like a missile and faces Garuru, Zoruru, and Taruru, easily fending off their attacks. However, her weapons and defenses are removed thanks to Tororo’s hacking ability and she is defeated.

Natsumi demands to see the Kerons, so Garuru has the new, Lt. Col. Keroro emerge, who is cold and determined. Garuru explains that Keroro had become infected while on Earth and thus had to be cured. At the same time, the machine Keroro was put into installed an upgrade to him to allow him to be his new rank. Taruru is about to make Natsumi vanish when Fuyuki teleports in with the Kero Ball. This causes Garuru, Taruru, and Zoruru to react is surprise, more so because their intelligence on Fuyuki is that he is a peace-loving individual. Fuyuki knows that he is only a middle school student, but makes his decision and tells Garuru that he would rather destroy the Earth than allow Garuru to take it over.  With that, Fuyuki prepares to press the button.

Thoughts/Review:

For some reason, this second part of the Garuru platoon invasion was more entertaining to me. Even though I already knew the story, I found myself more into the story for some reason and thus time flew.

One thing this episode reminded me of is how Mutsumi (Saburo) really hasn’t been a part of the group paired up with Kerons. Momoka is always around thanks to Tamama. Koyuki is always around, thanks to Dororo. However, Mutsumi is usually very distant, even though he’s attached to Kururu.

The other thing I saw with the episode was that Natsumi’s shield was a parody of the Gundam shield. I know her weapon is a parody of something, but its slipping my mind at the moment. ^_^;

Funny how we get a third episode out of this storyline, especially since that’s not the normal way the series runs with its two stories per episode. Not complaining though, especially since this was a good manga story.

BTW, a dumb plot hole point, but if Keroro can be “upgraded,” why not upgrade every Keron trooper?

So, I’m kinda looking forward to seeing the final episode and remembering how things come to a conclusion.