English Dub Review: Kageki Shojo!! “Surely Someone”

Overview

The Romeo and Juliet auditions begin in earnest. Yamada looks back on her pre-Kouka years as she finds her bearings in her role. Sarasa revisits a conversation she overheard between Kouzaburou and Akiya.


Our Take

Focusing on two separate storylines this time around, was a very interesting way of showing Aya’s backstory, as it goes back and forth between the past and the present. I did like them comparing the romance of Romeo and Juliet to implied lesbianism. But it could be boosted by how naturally her friend confesses her love for her.

On Sarasa’s side, going back in time once more for her backstory, her acceptance into the Kouka school is celebrated by her only family that is her grandfather. But her childhood friend Akiya’s private talk with her father has some disdain in it which indicates that Akiya has been under a tremendous amount of pressure his whole life. It’s clear that Sarasa and Akiya definitely like each other, but the pressure of their families kinda makes it hard for them to be in a relationship.

Overall, the romance in this episode feels surprisingly more mature and real than I thought. it’s also kind of impressive how smoothly the episode changed gears to focus on Sarasa right after. It was fairly obvious that there was more to the relationship with her boyfriend and this changes things now as we finally see Sarasa’s clear motivations on what she’s been fighting for with her life i.e., be Lady Oscar like the stingray, accept Akiya into her life, and perform the best she can. But with one episode left, we can only hope that the last one ends the show with a bang!