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Argentosoma Volume 3: No Tears (DVD)

The 3rd disc of Argentosoma is the action laden material that was missing from the more introspective 2nd disc. With the emotional involvement of each character increasing like it has been, how is it going to affect their actions? Will Ryu be able to maintain the façade?

Episode 11: Malice and Betrayal

Ryu is now starting to fall apart – the problems of being around Hattie (who reminds him of Maki) as well as continually working with Frank is bearing a toll on his heart and he is beginning to show signs of emotional collapse. After the top military brass have been threatened by full exposure of Frank’s existence to the general populace, they have reiterated their fear of Frank going rogue to Commander Ines and have ordered her to use the explosive if he becomes even a little unstable. Immediately following that meeting, Ryu places a transmitter with Hattie’s life signs on a outgoing truck such that Frank will break out of the FUNERAL base and chase the outbound truck. In the ensuing chase, Dan and Guenevere are knocked out of commission thanks to interference by Ryu, leaving him alone with Frank. Despite the use of Excalibur, Ryu is unable to stop Frank, let alone kill him like he intends.

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Episode 12: Betrayal and Despair

The latest alien invader is a dangerous new variant, its approximately 1000 times the mass of a regular invader and is about as tall as some mountain ranges. To make things more interesting its surface can absorb shocks so the Excalibur will be ineffective… oh, and did I mention the FUNERAL

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base is directly in the path to the “Pilgrimage Point”? After a joint attack with the SARGs and Frank fail, Commander Inez decides to employ the nuclear device attached to Frank only to find out that there was no nuclear device on him, it was a dummy warhead. To make matters worse, it appears that Frank may be knocked out of commission from the damage that he sustained fighting the invader.

Episode 13: Despair and Hope

With things looking bleak at the FUNERAL base, a massive evacuation is ordered complete with the destruction of all classified information at the base. However, for the pilots and Hattie the base is home and they intend to put up a last stand against the invader. Using the final trump card, the FUNERAL base will use the world’s largest charged particle accelerator underneath the base (code named Fefnir) while Frank and the SARGs run interference with the remainder of the air support on base. Just when the Fefnir fires, they discover that this alien can warp gravity with its hands. The final attack against this behemoth is going to require something special, with all units working together.

Episode 14: Hope and Chaos

With the survival of the FUNERAL base (sort of) it's now time for the inquiry and general bookkeeping with the command staff. The meeting serves a twofold purpose, a general showcase of new information and theories for the constant alien invasions as well as reasons the alien congregate towards the Pilgrimage Point. The truly disturbing aspect of this episode is watching the politicians and generals argue over who’s to blame despite the fact that they’ve been involved and are still involved in a prolonged war.

The fourth disc of Argentosoma really increases the stakes of everyone involved, and the continued collapse of Ryu becomes really intriguing as he has more difficulty keeping his emotion under control in the cockpit. Great stuff.

- Tazman

(November 2, 2003)

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