Nefarious Friendship and An Improving Student
Release the Spyce Episode 6: “The Rewards of Friendship” An Episodic Impression by WillDeezer
Episode six starts out with a familiar face returning to Hatsume’s life. Theresia Ray is a childhood friend who disappeared from Hatsume life when she was a kid. The episode switches between their present and past. In the present, Tsukikage is positive Theresia is part of Moryo. The team decides to keep an eye on her though, Hatsume assures them that she can get convinces Theresia to leave Morya. In the past, we find out that Hatsume was a rich girl. She met Theresia after she tried to steal food from her. Lonely, she decided that Theresia would become her friend. The two start to bond over an unnamed amount of time until they’re kidnapped. Hatsume’s parents are able to come up with the money for the ransom. Hatsume swears she will return and save Theresia. Things don’t go as planned as Theresia is sold before Hatsume’s parents are able to gather up the money for Theresia's freedom. This betrayal causes Theresia to lose trust in everyone. Though we're told about Hatsume and Theresia friendship. We're barely shown what makes them friends. The most we get is a montage of them sharing food and laughing. It makes their whole friendship feel unimportant like the writer didn't see their friendship as an important part of Hatsume’s story. The only real value we're shown over their friendship is Hatsume’s insistence that they have a friendship. I want to praise the show from distancing itself from Momo's training. Her training with her sensei has started to become stale in the last few episodes. The series would've benefited more if it focused on why Hatsume became a ninja instead of a passing friendship that seemed to last only months. It just feels like a missed opportunity to flesh out the character.