Oh yeah, the quality was definitely up more than a notch, and SO much happened. It was obvious that there were problems in Mariko's home life and it was kind of obvious that it had to do with the father being absent, so divorce makes sense. Mariko being a badass was AWESOME, but I'm sad she didn't get that evil person better. I hope that if anything else it stops her being such a terrible person out of fear if nothing else.

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