Episode Report Card Erin: B- | 0 USERS: N/A YOU GRADE IT Kissing a Fool. Or Two.
By Erin | Season 2 | Episode 3 | Aired on 2007.10.08
Tokyo. Ando's sitting at work, playing a video game on his computer. His superior catches him at it. Ando apologizes, saying he was just taking a break, but Boss Man clearly doesn't like him and tells him that just because he was Mr. Nakamura's errand boy for a bit, that doesn't mean he can do whatever the hell he wants whenever the hell he wants. Boss Man orders Ando to get back to work and then leaves. Instead of going back to work, Ando opens one of his file drawers and pulls out the samurai sword with the "S" symbol on it that Hiro gave him. He touches the hilt and then sees something carved in the bottom. "ANDO OPEN," reads Ando. He does as it says and sees something inside. He turns it over and five tiny scrolls drop into his hand. He opens one and starts to read.
"Ando," says Hiro in a voiceover, "I write to you from the greatest adventure of my life." As Ando reads and Hiro talks, we get a visual walkthrough of the entire Hiro and Kensei story. The voiceover ends when we pick up where the last episode left off, with Kensei realizing that his wound has healed and he's not dead. He gets up, baffled and confused, and wonders aloud why there's all this blood all over him, but no wound. Hiro tells Kensei that he has a power, and that now, he can truly become a Hero! Kensei thinks this is impossible. To prove to him that it is, in fact, possible, Hiro rather hilariously jerks the remaining arrows out of Kensei's chest, and David Anders exhibits stellar comic timing when he takes a moment's pause and then shouts, "Auuuuugh!" Heh.
Kensei witnesses for himself the healing of his wounds. Instead of being jazzed about this turn of events, Kensei thinks Hiro's cursed him, and he gathers his armor and walks off. Hiro cheerfully tries to convince him that this is a gift, not a curse, but Kensei's having none of it. As Hiro rattles off all the future tasks this new power will help Kensei to complete, Kensei just calls him a devil and rides off on his horse. Hiro tries to get him to wait, but he's already gone.