[TheFightingSpirit]

Hmmm, yeah. Remember when back when they killed off Hase and I said I didn't think they could sustain things much longer? The ball is officially... not dropped per say, but slackened I supposed. Ramping up the drama and sustaining the epicness of the show are two totally different things for me.

Way more in the way of drama and backstabbing, yes, but the pacing was off this week. Micchi's duplicity officially feels one episode too long now as does Kouta's constant .... whatever it is he's doing right now or rather has been doing for what feels like ten episodes. I understand it, it's all backed up by the story, but something was missing from this episode.

Not as fun? Lack of action? By which I mean characters actively shifting the plot along. There was a little bit in the form of Kaito searching around Helheim and the photos and such, but that was barely 1 minute out 20.

I can appreciate what our writer supreme is doing here (same thing he usually does I suppose), but not sure how to feel about this episode. Gaim is in danger of languishing in doubt, wallowing in pitty and becoming way too grim for it's own good. It's not there yet, but I'm watching it carefully...