Since he calls Beast an 'archetype' and says he is unusable and needs to create fresh Wizards, I'm wondering if the fact that Witch has the generic goon suit is deliberate for the plot, being a literal pawn Wizard just to be sacrificed.

I loved this episode. Such a great one. The fights were good, despite the generic suit, Mayu was a great fighter (Wish she got Explosion, though. That ring seems to wreck house), and Yuzuru actually choosing not to be a Wizard was rather endearing (Though, it seems his choice is nil, but still).

Seeing him overcome the Phantom was a great scene and it was all quite touching.

Anyway, interesting that the White Wizard doesn't have any use for Beast. I guess being one of 2 people to dwindle the Phantom's numbers down to dire levels isn't enough for the White Wizard and he needs some kind of grand, mass genocide of the Phantoms.
...All 7 of them.

Sidetrack a bit here.

I love these things. "Wizard's Fate". :D
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http://nicoviewer.net/sm21184888

You take that back! *ground shakes as dimension begins to fall apart* we...must...not...agree...on...things!

@ Locke: It's weird that we all seem to like this arc. Funny thing, the 40s of a Kamen Rider series.

Funny what Kamen rider can do when they work on plot, whish they tried it sooner.

I can only hope that the last few months of shit have been them getting the filler out of the way so the next seven or so episodes are all awesome.

What pains me is that it's only 7 episodes.
I really wish the last 15 or 16 episodes could have been more devoted to the plot. It really would have made things feel much larger, rather than the large chunk of filler stuff.

I dunno, considering the amount they fit (fitted? I dunno I'm having a brain fart here what the hell is the right grammar :lol) into this episode without it feeling rushed I'm still hopeful that this wont be another Lost.

I guess it feels like they're trying to pull so many plot twists this late in the game that they're reaching Shaymalan levels, in addition to the normal plots they still have to resolve (White Wizard not being entirely good, whatever the hell Gremlin is up to, a 3rd wizard, and everything concerning Wiseman since we can't keep a scene on him longer than 3 minutes).