Lycoris Recoil: Episode Two 'The More The Merrier' Review
The following contains spoilers for Episode 2 of Lycoris Recoil, «The More The Merrier» now streaming on Crunchyroll.
The second episode of Lycoris Recoil has just come out, and it's only gotten more serious. What many in the online anime community would be another simple slice-of-life café anime turned out to be a dystopian spy mystery, full of hackers, violence, and an overly-cheerful protagonist to contrast it all.
The anime takes place in a world where orphan girls are taught to be Lycorises, a form of violence control. There is political intrigue, crime, and secrets hidden behind the adorable anime girls that star in this series. The series drops little snippets of exposition through news or background conversation, encouraging viewers to put together the puzzle pieces themselves.
Lycoris Recoil: Episode One 'Easy Does It' Review
The episode opens with a quick rundown on the Alan Institute, which has been hinted at throughout the first episode. Aside from keeping some details mysterious, saying it is unknown if the Alan Institute is truly a group or one person, the clip also goes over the Alan Institute's search for geniuses in poverty and other circumstances and offers them free assistance in exchange for their services.
After the short clip, we find that it has been narrated by toys serving as communication devices to unknown entities, one of which claims that the Alan Institute isn't the type to kill others. After the robot toy calls the squirrel Walnut, which is the name of the Dark Web hacker the DA is concerned about, they squabble for a few seconds before the screen glitches, revealing someone in a mask matching the robot toy watching the communication.
Returning to the café from the previous episode, LycoReco,
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