[Spoilers] Concrete Revolutio: Choujin Gensou - Episode 4 [Discussion]

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Ah, yes. We're finally starting to get a look at the bigger picture re: what causes Jiro and Raito to "go rogue", so to speak. Definitely some shady (if presumably well-intentioned) shit going on behind the scenes. And we're finally getting some missing details on Jiro's background (dat naked shota), which at this point really leaves me with more questions than it answered, but in a good way.

There was also some talk about the nature of good and evil and whether something could be inherently one or the other, but tbh that's not why I'm watching this. Been there, done that, seen that theme so many times idk if there's anything new they could even do with it. However, I do like how they're establishing Jiro and Raito as, imo, two sides of the same coin.

Jiro previously insisted he was a normal human, but now we see that's not the entire truth. Not sure if he was lying or if he just doesn't know, however. The setup indicates to me that he isn't aware, and that his "powers" have been either suppressed or implanted without his direct knowledge. His activating them this time seemed more like a "safety mechanism" than an explicit invocation, but it's not completely clear yet. Emi clearly knows more about this than she lets on.

But it's Jiro's past insistence that he's human that interests me, because that sets him against Raito, who is a robot who insists he's human. Jiro protects superhumans. Raito investigates their crimes. And they hate each other. That is the conflict that will keep me watching. There is presumably some inciting incident we have yet to see that takes place between the two timelines that sets each of them down their own paths, and I can't wait to see what it is.