No.6 Episode 2 Review

They grow-up so fast. ;-;

Four years have passed since the previous episode and Shion is now working as a park maintenance person. One morning, he and his co-worker discover a corpse in the park grounds, which may be the episode's (or possibly the series') eventual main conflict. Later, he meets up with his old friend, Safu, and we learn that Shion was stripped of his privileges for sheltering Nezumi. Safu also abruptly announces to Shion that she will be studying abroad in No.5. That same day, Safu confesses to Shion in one of the most comedic ways possible, and the two have a somewhat bitter-sweet farewell. The next day, Shion's world is turned upside-down when his co-worker dies in front of him and his corpse looks exactly like the one from the day before.

This girl is so straight-forward. I laughed even harder when she outright tells Shion that she wants to have sex him.

Pretty~

Another reason for me to hate wasps (or whatever this insect is supposed to portray).

As it turns out, the government is EVIL and they attempt to take Shion in out of suspicion because they were eavesdropping on his conversation with his co-worker. Nezumi manages to save Shion at the nick of time and the two leave No.6 behind them.
This show keeps getting better and better. If I had to nit-pick, I think that the time skip was a little abrupt, but if that's how the pacing for the light novel was like, then it's forgivable. There may also be some kind of epidemic forming that will later play a larger role as the series progresses, though the main conflict right now is the fact that the government is now after Shion. And since Shion is pictured with white hair in the opening and ending sequences, I'm guessing he eventually dyes his hair now that he's wanted. Judging by the next episode preview, the show's usual setting will also be completely different, in a more low-tech location compared to No.6.

I actually thought that he was taller than Shion four years ago too. I guess my vision's getting worst.

Foreshadow~

Capped mostly because the sky looks so gorgeous.

This was another great episode and the animation is still top-notch. What I really liked about this episode was, despite the sudden time skip, the viewer isn't left out of the loop since the characters provide all of the necessary information in between. Chances are, we won't be seeing Safu for a while, but I look forward to seeing how Shion and Nezumi's dynamic will work out in future episodes. Shion is also hinted to be infected with the disease that killed his co-worker, so that could either be a plot turning point or another possible explanation for his white hair.
Anyway, this episode gets: