[Locke]

Was it finally...a good episode of Wizard again?! Is the plot finally moving?! Please don't go back to shit next week, please tell me these last few months have just been getting all the filler out of the way so we can have a solid final ten or so episodes? Please!

I Loved the imagery of the boy giving into despair - honestly there was lots of great imagery this week, Wizard seems to have some really good cinematographers and directors as they often seem to shoot the obvious in a much more interesting fashion.

I loved how the Gate was saved by emotional resonance rather than just magic doodads. It really put back in some of the heart that the show has lacked for a while now. Are we gonna get a child Wizard to go with our female one?

Minus her ugly costume Witch actually was pretty awesome with a fighting style that seemed to meld Haruto and the White Wizard together. Not only was this cool visually but it gave good consistency to our Riders as well. Seeing her fight side by side with Haruto was awesome. Plus she seems like a good character all round really.

All the action was great this week honestly, loved all the unmorphed action, the sky battle, seeing the White Wizard in action and how much chemistry Haruto and Kosuke have grown over the series. I'll always find Haruto especially charming.

Also it was nice that Beast finally had something to do, near enough for the first time since his début, minus arcs specifically centred around him. I dunno where all his maturity came from all of a sudden but I'm not complaining.

Episodes like this remind me why I loved the series so much when I was marathoning it a few months back.