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Faiz Episode 13
You guys died and became Orphenochs. Seriously if that really is the case the show is doing a piss poor job of hiding it and leaving the viewer guessing. Now if it turns out they didn't die and are not Orphenochs, then I will give the show credit for having something quite shocking and surprising in it. But until that happens (if it happens), the show is doing shitty at trying to be mysterious about what happened to the family.

All these people eat is noodles. And I'm jealous because my parents haven't bought ramen in a while, nor have I been paid yet to go out and by ramen myself. I want my noodles dammit!

He just doesn't like you Yuka. Just because you both are Orphenochs does not mean that you're going to get along and be friends. Everybody is going to be different from each other and thus not like everybody.

...LMFAO Oh my God you suck Takumi! That was so fucking hilarious

Why is it glowing blue around them exactly?

*Fangirl squeal*

Yuji's like "What the deuce?"

Naoya how I love you and your bat shit craziness. Even with Kaixa finally part of the show, you're still my favorite character. And this date scene has showcased why perfectly.

Yuka strikes again! It's cool seeing her do stuff outside of just standing there and talking. I mentioned it a few episodes ago about how I like this possibility of Yuka giving into her Orphenoch instincts but having standards for doing so. I quite enjoy this and I hope this stays part of her character.

Oh I am so going to love the interaction between Masato and Takumi.

Naoya was using Yuka as practice so that he could be ready to go out on a date with Mari. My sides...they hurt...too much laughter. Seriously this episode is just killing me with the hilarity in it.

Man you just suck today at fighting Takumi. Masato is just plain whipping your ass.

And thus, Kaixa was whole.

Good job Takumi. You just broke Mari's leg. Be more conscious you dipshit.

So unless the instructions to do everything are programmed into the helmet, who taught Masato to work his weapons and how to henshin? Especially the latter one.

Kaxia finisher = AWESOME

13 down and I must say, this episode was great!

The story portion of the episode was lacking a tiny bit due to having to introduce the new character, but I'd say some still broke through and got advanced, but mostly stuff concerning Masato and Mari. In the department of character development there wasn't much either. Most of the CD shown in my opinion went to Naoya. We saw him talk about his feelings which is something we really haven't seen that is being done in a positive manner. It also showed us that he can be pretty peppy and energetic occasionally. Plus his date scenes did sort of add to the story, if just to start a future plot point with him loving Mari and what all could happen with that.

The fighting was pretty nice as well. The fencing portions were done very well and the rider fights were good too. The Faiz portion once again showing Takumi getting his ass whooped which is good to see. Afterall who wants to see the rider constantly winning? It's good for him to get beaten up every so often. Though the shaky cam during the part with the two orphenochs tag teaming him got really annoying. But it could have been worse. It could've been like Batman Begins. The Kaixa fight was good as well. Personally I thought that you could get a feel for Masato's personality in the scene. He unlike the previous Kaixas fought very coldly and strategically. He didn't rush in and start throwing punches. He (to a slight degree) had the Orphenoch play into his hands, he only getting rough and rush like for his finisher. All in all I liked the action in this episode. It was definitely the best in the show so far.

Nice story elements, decent character development, and plain bad ass fight scenes make this a great episode. It isn't my favorite episode (I'd still say 3 holds that title), but it comes close to being my favorite. It's probably the second best episode so far as far as my opinion is concerned. Episode 13 you did a fantastic job and get a gold star!