Summary: Juliana thought that the Origami man was her contact, so approach her at reservoir. However, Juliana was endangered because Origami man suddenly tried to kill her. From the Origami man’s back, Joe Blake came to reservoir to save Juliana. Juliana threw Origami man into reservoir, and she felt guilt about the fact that she killed a man. Juliana and Joe went back to their hotel, and Joe assured Juliana by saying that he also killed a man once for a self-defense. The day after, they left the area that they were staying. The Marshal, the bounty hunter, started to chase Juliana and Joe after he recognized his friend Origami man was killed by them.
Back in San Francisco, Frank was very depressed and could not get over the death of his sister, nephew and niece. He was seemingly going to kill the Japanese crown prince. Soon, the speech of Japanese crown prince was scheduled in German embassy, so Frank made replica gun. o Themes: The serious tensions between Germany and Japan. While the story proceeded, the episode showed that the conflict between two countries related to their benefits. o Motifs: Joe said that he killed the person for his self-defense at the hotel to assure Juliana. Probably, Joe became Nazi without knowing much thing, and he might be resistance by following Juliana after he would recognize the secret of the film. o Symbols: The Swiss song Edelweiss which comes out the beginning of every episode. Switzerland was the neutral country when the World War II occurred. The events that are happening in neutral area between the United States and Japan. Therefore, it has correlation between the song and the situation. o Conflict: Juliana’s conflict was very interesting. As a resistance, it is inevitable to kill somebody. She killed somebody even if it was a self-defense, and it makes audiences curious whether she will choose to kill more people. Connections: “Japan’s push to revise its constitution isn’t a bid to deny history, Abe ally says” (Washington Post) Originally, Japan cannot own army. They can only protect themselves from outside threat. After losing the World War II, to prevent Japan’s ambition which expands their power through the world, America demilitarized them. However, America, recently, allowed Japan to militarize to oppress China, and Japanese Prime Minister Abe pushes constitution revision to achieve his ambition which magnifies Japan’s power all over the world. This is quite similar to the past when Japan fulfilled invasion to other countries including Korea. As the episode showed us, Japan is preparing to cause another problem with other country, even if this is the timing to reflect their past not to expand their power.
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