[Frontier]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

I didn't really mention this beyond Fujimi's goofy finishing move, but I did really enjoy that the episode made it a point to have Baku's allies involved in the action? With everything else going on, it'd be easy to forget to make a big deal out of it, but as I remember, the show (perhaps consciously) held off on having anyone who wasn't already a lucid-dreaming agent actually directly confront Nightmares any of the previous times they were attacking the "real" world. So having the whole crew show up, and having dedicated beats for them like Fujimi finally getting a chance to lay the smackdown on one, or Minami immediately grabbing a gun since we know she's really an agent now, it all stresses the extra "realness" of the situation this time around, which is good, because without a way to level up the scale like that, that part of the plot probably wouldn't have felt particularly fresh.

This is also the really real first time Zeztz has appeared in the real world, let alone seen by other people, it's the Zeztz that Baku created.

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One thing I like about the structure as it is now is that it implicitly makes Baku's struggle within his own mind the "fight" scene for this episode that lacks any and all Rider action? Baku finally transforms at the very end, but it's more like the finishing move, right down to defeating the actual monsters. I can see how the normal thing to do would've been something along the lines of Baku dying as the shocking cliffhanger, and then him building the new Driver as the premise for the back half, which would climax with a proper fight scene for the new form right away, but I feel like we'd lose out on a beautiful point this episode ends up making, intentionally or otherwise, by making the struggle of creation itself a battle worthy of just being the climax of an episode.

Also they weren't going to waste the Final Form against some scrub Nightmares when it's clearly intended to fight against Dawn.

[Mesnick]

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

The ZEZTZ Room is a essentially a direct reflection of Baku's own heart, so it only makes sense his enemies have no place in it.

What kind of fighter is he then if there's no room for an enemy in his heart? Besides, while I'm not against the term "heart," the character himself speaks of "subconscious." In the same episode where Dawn tries to convince Nem that subconsciously she hates dreamers. And earlier, Baku's own subconscious gave birth to the Catastrom. So I think evil could very well appear there.
But even if we accept that villains are out of place at the base, it's possible to engage in a dialogue with oneself, as was the case in Gavv and Geats. In any case, it would help avoid misconceptions. Of course, a variety of interpretations is good, but it's still worth eliminating those that directly contradict the sence. Here again, it's appropriate to recall Geats, where, in my opinion, each viewer interprets Аce's motives and path differently.

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Deep down, when he sets about to his long labor, Baku worries he's being irrational in believing he can fix his Driver himself, so Fujimi and Nasuka act as the voices of the rational, as they often have for him.

We are probably thinking of different Fujimis.

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As the grueling effort begins to wear him down both physically and emotionally, Minami, Nem, and even Odaka are the faces that speak for the part of Baku who wonders how anything could be worth this suffering, because all of them are people who Baku knows have cared about him getting himself hurt.

I think Minami appeared almost immediately after Nasuka, and Odaka and Nem appeared much later. But that's a minor detail.
What's not a small thing is that the show is currently in a state of constant unraveling and unfolding events. Minami and Zero's secrets have been revealed, CODE's leadership has changed, Lady has entered the dream world for the first time since the birth of Nem, Baku has lost his power, died, and been resurrected with renewed vigor. And all this without a single break or respite. Even the ostensibly lengthy driver repair was allotted no more than ten minutes. Perhaps those who are on the same wavelength with the show enjoy this, but personally, I'm starting to get tired, like sleeping while sick. When you feel like you're being suffocated by a creep, and you dream only of breathing freely. And even if the dream is very interesting and captivating, enjoying it in such conditions is problematic.

[Frontier]

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

What kind of fighter is he then if there's no room for an enemy in his heart? Besides, while I'm not against the term "heart," the character himself speaks of "subconscious." In the same episode where Dawn tries to convince Nem that subconsciously she hates dreamers. And earlier, Baku's own subconscious gave birth to the Catastrophe. So I think evil could very well appear there.

I think it was more like Catastrophe was put into or hopped into his head when he was a kid rather than Baku creating him. Especially from what we're seeing of the Gore Class Nightmares.

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We are probably thinking of different Fujimis.

Fujimi can be the voice of reason, on occasion.

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I think Minami appeared almost immediately after Nasuk, and Odaka and Nem appeared much later. But that's a minor detail.
What's not a small thing is that the show is currently in a state of constant unraveling and unfolding events. Minami and Zero's secrets have been revealed, CODE's leadership has changed, Lady has entered the dream world for the first time since the birth of Nem, Baku has lost his power, died, and been resurrected with renewed vigor. And all this without a single break or respite. Even the ostensibly lengthy driver repair was allotted no more than ten minutes. Perhaps those who are on the same wavelength with the show enjoy this, but personally, I'm starting to get tired, like sleeping while sick. When you feel like you're being suffocated by a creep, and you dream only of breathing freely. And even if the dream is very interesting and captivating, enjoying it in such conditions is problematic.

Now you know how Baku feels!