Metallic Rouge Episode 2: What You Need to Know
Learn all about the highly-anticipated release of Metallic Rouge episode #2 and what to expect from the upcoming episode.
Release Date and Streaming
Metallic Rouge has been one of the most hotly-anticipated anime of 2024, and it's finally had its series premiere. Episode #1 did a great job of establishing the kind of story Metallic Rouge aims to be with plenty of dramatic flair, and here's everything to know about when episode #2 will pick up where it left off.
Rouge Redstar
Metallic Rouge streams exclusively on Crunchyroll, meaning it can be accessed either through the app, their website, or through Amazon Prime. Following episode #1's release schedule, Metallic Rouge episode #2 should be available for streaming on Wednesday, January 17 at 10:25 AM Pacific Standard Time (PST), 1:25 PM Eastern Standard Time (EST), and 6:25 Greenwich Mean Time (GMT).
Recap of Episode 1
Metallic Rouge takes place in the future on Mars when humans coexist with androids called Neans, although said coexistence is strained by humans abusing Neans and Neans can't fight back due to the Asimov Code. Episode #1, "Crimson Is the Sound of Dawn", explored that through Sarah Fitzgerald, a Nean working as a nightclub singer, and her spacey new assistant, Rouge Redstar, going about their lives the best they can. In reality, however, Rouge is an agent from the government organization Aletheia sent to Mars to kill the Immortal Nine, a group of violent Neans who defy the Asimov Code, and Sarah is secretly a former member named Purgatory Viola.
Metal Rouge
Another one of the Immortal Nine, Hell Giallon, forced Sarah to try and kill Rouge when Rouge was suspected of being the red Gladiator who killed two other members, a suspicion he's proven right about. Now dubbing herself Metal Rouge, a Nean who can also defy the Asimov Code, Rouge and Sarah battled it out, and thanks to Rouge's partner, Naomi Orthmann, analyzing Sarah's fighting style, Rouge was able to win the fight. Sarah reflected on their relationship with remorse and regret, but Rouge seemed to ignore her and just went to Naomi to ask what their next assignment would be.
Sarah in episode 1
Exploring Gray Morality
While there isn't a lot known about Metallic Rouge at this point, something made very clear by episode #1 is that the series is going to have a lot of gray morality in its narrative. While the Immortal Nine might be the villains of the story, the poor treatment of Neans adds a deal of sympathy to them, and the complete lack of sympathy Rouge appears to have toward her fellow Neans, including Sarah, calls into question how heroic the protagonists are meant to be. It all makes for a very interesting sort of conflict, and it will be great to see how Metallic Rouge develops that, going forward.
