[Paladin]

Upon learning the truth, Baku is disappointed and furious, realizing that Minami had merely been "pretending to be family."

[Frontier]

We now return to our regularly scheduled Baku emotional breakdown. Hey, at least NOX is at least recovering from the dramatic bombshell by trying to heal Minami with Recovery, but Sieg is just eating up all this drama and the futility of trying to "Save the Cat" and how impossible it is to save Minami.

Oh snap, Minami was the cat eyes the whole time!

Baku was REALLY hoping it wasn't true...but it is. Minami is CODE NO. 17. Appreciate the shared 7 theme with Baku, and it seems like CODE Agents CAN go into the double digits, but they're less in the know than the main agents and get cat accessories instead of rings.

Minami genuinely did not know Baku wasn't her biological brother until four years ago when Zero just waltzed in and revealed THEIR PARENTS were CODE Agents who took Baku in to monitor and raise him. And it was up to Minami to take over for them, because it was the only means she had of staying with and keeping Baku safe.

So just for future reference, Minami CAN kick butt, she just hasn't had an opportunity to show it outside that flashback.

I love how IRL Odaka just walks into the command room and totally ignores Fujimi so he can try and get Zeztz laser-focused on completing the mission. Though maybe it was intentional because Fujimi reminds him of the man he once was, a man who truly believed in and fought for justice. Is Odaka so determined to stop CODE because he knows about CODE: Somnia and what it will do? That's what makes CODE the true villains? But he also seems like someone grasping for a chance to truly fight for justice again.

Thank goodness Mama Nem was there to make Baku realize that, CODE Agent or otherwise, Minami was always there for him as his sister.

Sieg's biggest mistake was thinking Baku only had the binary choice of stopping Minami or letting her kill him...that Catastrom could only be used to destroy and inflict a bad dream on his enemies...that Minami was never family to him...and it's with Baku's desire to save his sister and save this dream that he unlocks a new power. Anatomize! Rider! Zeztz Orderm!!!

It's time to re-order and reconstruct this dream! Because freed from the absolute power of Catastrom, Zeztz Orderm has total control of the dream world, allowing Zeztz to free Minami and absolutely dominate the Cat Nightmare with every dream structure it can come up with! And it's Rider Kick? The Orderm End!

Sieg was NOT expecting this direction and he is NOT happy about it. Baku trying to prove he's a hero and not someone consumed by a bad dream, versus Sieg who embraces it, just ticks him off. Which is probably why he's going to double down on his plan to use "Nightmare Girl" Nem to cause a real bad dream.

Nothing says family reconciliation like a family meal with Baku's somewhat edible food! They're not Seven and Seventeen, Agents of CODE, but Baku and Minami, brother and sister!

Next Week: Zeztz vs Zero! The return of the bike! Zeztz Nem! Zeztz vs Dark Zeztz!? Sieg with Nem!? BAKU'S DAD!?