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5 - Doll
Claire Leonelli's schemeing again - this plan begins with the seizure of a child belonging to one of his debtors. Seems the child is really a machine, and with the help of some reprogramming Claire plans to use him to discredit J - after all, a machine seen attacking a child would have to be deactivated, right? Meanwhile, J doesn't seem to be quite himself, and a decree from his political masters that he shouldn't be used doesn't help matters...

6 - Money
Trading scam time, and Claire's behind it - natch. By playing on the natural desire of people to make as much money as possible, he's hoping to make a killing. Meanwhile, there's a rumour around about an impending delivery of explosives, and Daisuke's on the case - but is the rumour all it seems to be?

7 - Circulation
Down into the sewers for Daisuke as he goes in search of his lost pendant. While there he discovers that there's a whole other world Underground. Shame some of his Overground enemies seem to be hanging out down there, along with an unexpected new friend...

8 - Brother
In case you missed it, Daisuke's boss is also his brother - and quite the bishonen, too. However, he & Daisuke really don't seem to get along... Daisuke sees some uncomfortable comparisons when he meets Kia, a young blues guitar player who has family problems of his own - and drastic plans to solve them...

I really don't like Claire Leonelli - kinda Dilandau from Escaflowne taken to the next level & one of anime's more annoying characters . And I wouldn't have thought that the futures market in tomatoes would be open to making that much of a killing (although they explain how the market works really well - I guess that counts as their educational segment...). That's about all the criticism I can give, though - apart from that, this is a reasonable bunch of episodes. Personal favourite is Daiskue's trip Underground, & I'm hoping we see more of that later.

So. Generally a 50/50 split between Vampire episodes, and episodes that look at relationships in general, and it's a good combination. It provides anough variety that the show doesn't feel stuck in a rut, although it's maybe going to get a bit harder to keep track of all the side characters if they keep introducing them as this rate. ^^; Highly recommended.