Mardock Scramble (Movies)

[Yukimura]

I'll admit I was helped along a bit by a review I read of the actual novels this is based off but I think I have a better understanding of the roulette scene now, and it touches on what you were saying Kraco. In that scene Balot actively challenged someone for purely self-motivated reasons without malice or fear by simply as part of living life. From what we've seen of her in the past she had been either passive or violently reactionary but generally led but her emotions when dealing with people who presented her with difficult situations, however at the roulette table she showed she had developed the confidence and determination to actively engage and stand up against someone using her will rather than running away/retreating into herself or lashing out with anger and fear. I think this new sense of determination is going to be put to the test in the finale where she'll probably come face to face with Shell at a poker table.