I agree that it was a bit frenetic shoving the completion of her training in at the end, but on the other hand I was expecting it as soon as they started talking about how difficult getting into the task force was in the middle. apparently the anime is based on a couple of novels, so i'm not surprised they wanted to get it out of the way and get to the rest of it. the fact that it's based on novels will probably keep me coming back. i admit, i sort of fast forwarded through that part where the superior dude mirrored the dude in her past.

i shall have to check out that wikipedia article. of course on one level local governments setting up armed agencies in response to the national government is absurd, but in reality, central control really isn't as strong as most people think if you actually look into it.