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Faiz 17-22

Damn it, filler. Why Faiz why? You were so good at keeping the story moving but now you have this brat kid wanting her mother to remember stuff and wasting my time when I could watch the adventures of Yuji and Takumi. Seriously, kid, you are annoying and I don't give two shits about your arc. Also, Mr. J got defeated in a filler arc. A FILLER ARC. And the kid gets to keep Chaco, Mr. J's dog. *Sigh*

The next two parter was good, as it consisted of some actual plans by the villains to take the belts, finally. I didn't mind the Pizza guy getting a minor arc and Takumi allowing him to live, but jeez is every major character an Orphnoch in this series?

One of the things I love about Faiz and Blade is that the shows treat the introduction of the super forms so casually. In this case, the Axel watch just happens to be in Kusaka's possession and Takumi went, "This is exactly what I needed, thanks asshole."

Episode 22 has one of the more interesting subplots that I hope blossoms into something truly beautiful. This odd love septagon (Yes I'm including Takumi and Yuji's bromance) is interesting because, at least in Rider, I've never seen already established characters fall for each other, or at least, the females wanting to make the move. And Kusaka's back.....yay.....

I feel like right now, the show is trying to stall until the appearance of Delta and get his arc out of the way. Almost halfway and while I found the filler to be annoying and Mr. J being "generic strong villain with a quirk", Faiz is still good.