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Saturday, August 17, 2024

Dirty Pair (1985) Retrospective - Episode 19: Let Love Dispel the Returned Hatreds and the Hatred of Love





The episode begins with the Dirty Pair blowing up the factory of a generic villain, they have a deadly sky battle in their ships and shoot him down, but they also run out of fuel and have to leave the aircraft. In that same area, there's a romantic man talking to what seems to be his lover, a young woman he adores. However, she turns out to be a doll. The girls' ship crashes on the man´s house and crushes his plastic lover.





The Dirty Par are then hired to find out who did it. They are told that the man's name is Reamonn, he supposedly hates women and that's why he built the doll. The Pair also realizes it was them who destroyed the doll. This complicates things because Reamonn wants the head of the people responsible for the death of his beloved plaster woman.




Instead of going through with the mission, the girls decide to teach him how to love a real woman instead of fake ones. This starts a competition for the heart of the man, not because they love him but to get out of trouble, and also because they want to prove who's better at being a woman. Kei gets too close to him and the guy begins to sneeze uncontrollably, the maid then reveals that Reamonn is allergic to women, that's why he doesn't want any real ones around. 









Nearby, the villain from the start of the episode lurks around looking for revenge. As the girls witness their unintended destruction they get more information of Reamonn´s condition, he becomes drunk whenever a woman touches him and then turns violent too. We also get a small moment with the maid and Reamonn, a cute little moment that conveys the fact that they love each other, but they can't go forward with the relationship because of the man´s issues.







The girls wanna win the guy´s heart via cooking but they keep sabotaging each other and the result is horrible food. Suddenly, the villain attacks the manor, the girls throw their bad food at the villain´s minions and they get intoxicated by the awful cooking. A gunfight begins and Kei accidentally touches Reamonn, making him unleash his drunken wrath on the villains. 













During the climax, Reamonn becomes sober again and the villain shoots a rocket at Kei, knocking her down a cliff, she tries to resist by holding onto rocks and climbs back up, even with her wounded arm. At the top, the villain awaits for her with Reamonn as his hostage.





The maid then rushes to help her beloved Reamonn but gets shot at by the bad guy, Reamonn then pushes him down the cliff, he's about to fall as well but the maid grabs his arm and they embrace. Turns out he's not allergic to her. His true love is the only woman he can be close to. No need to worry about a doll anymore, this frees the agents of any guilt. 





A decidedly and admittedly corny episode but one that works because of the solid writing and the honest execution of the premise. A story about finding true love on those who you are close to and a story that puts the girls feminine charms to test. Good one.

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