Air!!" and "Cygnus's Challenge!" It is a re-telling of scenario 2 from the first game.Plot Synopsis
Geo is training with Omega-Xis who is preparing him for the eventual invasion by the FMians and we're shown some brief shots of him flying around the city and later fighting some viruses. At the end of the day, Geo stops by AMAKEN lab and spots an exchange between Aaron Boreal and Tom Dubious.
Tom is suffering from some serious paranoia brought on by the betrayal of a former colleague of his that stole one of his inventions. Because of this, he doesn't trust anyone, and is a bit overtly hostile about keeping his inventions secret. He blows up on Aaron and runs off, but Aaron is pretty sympathetic to Tom's dilemma.
Later on, Geo spots Tom jumping off a cliff. He opens up his coat revealing a jet-pack looking creation with wings which allow him to soar through the skies. He eventually runs out of fuel and crashes towards the Earth. Geo quickly runs to where Tom crashes, but luckily Tom is ok having his fall broken by a tree. Seeing Geo there, Tom flips out and accuses Geo of being a spy looking to steal his "Sky Jacket" (in the game it's called the Flap Pack), but he loosens up a little bit when Geo offers him half of a candy bar. Tom apologies and offers Geo a ride back home, but Geo politely declines. While Tom is driving home, he notes to himself what a good kid Geo is, when suddenly a voice comes on the radio saying "It's the good ones you have to look out for." Tom lets his paranoia creep back in and agrees before suddenly realizing he's not alone.
He crashes his car and the FMian Cygnus uses this to enter Tom's psyche. He offers to protect Tom from all the traitors of the world, and to help him extract his revenge. The next day, Geo is at AMAKEN labs praising Tom's Sky Jacket to Aaron, but Tom on the other hand, now possessed by Cygnus, is causing a satellite to fall out of orbit on to AMAKEN labs to destroy it.
Geo heads out AMAKEN to be confronted by Luna, Bud and Zack again about going to school. They chase him down and grab him. At the same time, Aaron walks in to congratulate Tom on his Sky Jacket when Tom freaks out and Wave-Changes to Cygnus Wing. This results in an explosion which rocks the building causing panicked workers to flee. Bud loses his grip on Geo, who runs off to transform into MegaMan once him and Omega-Xis spot Cygnus Wing.
Cygnus Wing demands Omega-Xis hand over the Andromeda Key, but of course, Omega-Xis refuses. Cygnus Wing and MegaMan then enter battle as the screen freezes into a cliffhanger and the credits start to roll.
Critique
A bit of a ho-hum exposition episode that is probably necessary this early in the series, but it does pick up towards the end. For the most part, this show being a serial show is quite helpful with the dub as the story flows together pretty nicely. Imagine combining two episodes of the Ruby-Spears Mega Man or even NT Warrior and you can see how jarring an episodic series would fare.
Geo is a lot more willing to act in this series than in the original game, but this was probably done to put a little more action into the show and I think is a necessary concession. We learn a lot about Omega-Xis' character this episode as he makes the suggestion that maybe the universe would be better off without humans, except Geo, he adds. Omega-Xis also questions why Geo shared his food with Tom, even though Geo was hungry. Geo simply replies that is just what humans do.
There are some decent scenes with Luna as well as she is day dreaming about MegaMan at school (she repeats the "Where fore art thou Mega Man?" line from the game) and she gets incredibly giddy when she sees him at AMAKEN despite... you know... her life being in danger.
A good episode for a good series, which is such a breath of fresh air after the last NT Warrior episode. Now you know why I'm not doing each series by itself.
Rating: Thumbs Up!
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