Hoh. The 2nd episode of WT was much better than the first. Alone not having the Trion soldiers in white CGI like in the first episode was a big difference. I liked the little extras they added like showing one of the snipers of Miwa's team and how the guys got put under "protection". Or showing the little Neighbor early on so that we can already guess why suddenly gates appear out of the forbidden zone. Or how the trion soldiers immediately reacted to Chika's enourmous amount of trion and went after her. Or how Chika, instead of running towards the shelter, tried to run the different route which already gives us a hint that she knew the neighbors were after here. A bit of a shame that they cut out "how" Yuuma broke that guy's leg, but then again they did showed his cut open face and that gives me hope we get to see Osamu without his limbs soon in the next episode. Holefully also "how" he gonna lose them.^^
Come on, Toei! Kids can handle someguy losing his head and arms and legs and what not as long as it is not his "real body". >.<
There was also less static scenes and when there were they felt less annoying as they were shorter than in the first episode and were usually done in "think" mode and not "you guys are supposed to talk and not stare at each other for like ten seconds!". The BGM also felt less awkward and didn't felt like it was missing like in some parts of the first episode. And thankfully no "BL"-music in the scenes with Osamu and Yuuma (seriously, why did they chosed that kinda music last week? <is the="" music="" componist="" shipping="" yuuma="" and="" osamu="" or="" what?="" xd).<br="">Honestly, seeing this episode made we which they had put more time and budget onto the first episode and done it like the 2nd one. Maybe end it with the car accident and Yuumahealing up his wounds. That would have made an even greater ending for an first episode than "I am a neighbor from the other side", though that ending was also pretty good.
The ending disappointing me, I mean the info one. It was just repeating what was said in the episode. Yeah, I know it is made for little kids and such, but they still could have made some chibi trion soldiers and shortly explain what they can do and such. Maybe we get such an "chibi trion soldier" info ending after we have named more than just two of them I guess.
All in all episode 2 was a big improvement over episode 1. Then again, that wasn't too hard to achieve. :P</is>