Train to the End of the World Episode 1: Twisted Future

Going into this show I got Girls’ Last Tour vibes from the trailers/PVs. Was I proven right by the premiere?

We joined one of our main heroines Yoka arriving at Ikebukuro and was surprised to find out she was the 77777th citizen to enter the city. Therefore the token corporate douchebag president, Poison Pontaro, announced she would push the button to activate the 7G Wave across Japan. Long spiel short he refused to listen to reason and went against the warnings of going 7G long before the technology was proven safe all for the sake of Japan becoming the lead tech gods on Earth, aka profits. Yoka naturally had no clue what was going on but Poison pressured her to push it.

It went as well as one would expect.

Fingers crossed these two, Reimi and Akira, become a bickering couple.

Nadeko appears to be the voice of reason of the group, or at least the big sis figure.

Back to the plot. 2 years had passed since the 7G Wave completely screwed up Japan. We joined the rest of our heroines in the countryside where all but one of the adults older than 21 and 1/3 years were turned into animals past and present such as a spectacled bear or a triceratops. Only our heroines remained human but as seen in this screen shot and Shizuru (the real main girl of the show) narrated it was highly likely the animal folk would eventually lose their humanity and turn full beast.

As the bloodstained armored supply truck showed Japan (perhaps even the rest of the world) sank into utter chaos the past 2 years. Some parts of Japan were surely worse off than the animal village. One of the boxes had newspaper wrapping. It caught Shizuru’s eye because not only was it a recent article but Yoka was in the photo alongside Mr Poison and other corporate bastards.

Every time the supply trucks came Shizuru hoped there was news on Yoka’s whereabouts since “that day”. Shizuru and her had a falling out wanting to talk things through and make up ever since. She never stopped thinking about her, I assume, bestie. Readers know what I’m hoping for between these two. Me being me I hope their argument had something to do with “more than friends” feelings. Wishful thinking but it’s what I do.

One night Shizuru spotted Yoka’s pet dog who she’s surprised didn’t become human. The good doggy spent her time following a strange man who acted like a train. That was until she sniffed a collar that led Shizuru and the Train Man to an actual train where they found a hat. She was again surprised when the train man seemingly turned back to normal and declared his vow to take down Mr Poison and stop the 7G madness. Unfortunately for Shizuru he reverted back to Train Man just as he was getting to the important part, turning on the real train. On the bright side she kept trying and a few times he turned back to normal and taught her how to work the train.

Thus began Shizuru and the gang’s journey to Ikebukuro in hopes of finding Yoka.
So right now it’s a mix of various things but I’m sticking with GLT and Ange Vierge. Those who saw the latter know what I mean. Intriguing premiere and I’m excited for more!