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Faiz Episode 34
Well uh, rest in peace Mari...for now.

That ringtone does not match Kusaka one single bit. It's too cheerful for him to be using. He needs something a bit heavier if you ask me.

This Mihara guy is annoying me. If anything gets too hard to deal with, he bolts. It's a quality I've grown not to like, and due to this I also dislike myself some. And you know what the sad part is? That guy is probably going to end up being Delta.

Also the drop in video quality is really showing this episode.

I wish Takumi wasn't so depressed right now. It would have been cool to see an actual fist fight between people not in a power suit or in their demon form. It seems like Kamen Rider doesn't have as any of those type of fights as Sentai does. Kinda a shame if you ask me.

So you're willing to give Smart Brain, the people that have been trying to kill you the three belts they've also been trying to take from you (and have on occasion) just to save Mari? Kusaka I know you love her, and I know you and everybody else would do anything to revive her. But this is a bad idea. What's to say they'll actually save Mari? They could take the belts, take her and be like "Uhh couldn't do anything. Thanks for the belts and letting us summon our king you dope." Maybe you should have thought this out a little more.

Naoya if you want to be a hero, you have to learn that you sometimes have to meet with those you save. Especially the children because to them, you're a super hero just for saving their life. So suck it up and be a man Naoya! Make me like you more then I already do!

Why didn't he save your mum and dad? I don't know, maybe because he wasn't aware that they were in there. Plus even if he had the thought, how was he suppose to know where they are? He could have asked, but you three were about to get burnt to a crisp, so asking questions wasn't really a top priority. I know you're upset kid and it's easy to lash out at Naoya considering he saved you and not your parents, but try to think logically some and consider what all was happening at the time and what mindset a rescuer might be in.

Oh so now you're thinking straight? Now you remember that Smart Brain is the evil corporation you've been trying to destroy. Couldn't you have realized that before driving all the way to their building. You just wasted gas Kusaka, not cool!

Uh oh. I think Takumi is about to make a deal with the devil.

Ku-kusaka just broke down. He showed real emotions. It was mostly anger like we usually see, but it was also sadness. These emotional scenes, I really love them, and this was quite a surprising one. I didn't think I'd see Kusaka breaking down like in the series at all. Very nice work their show, very nice work.

I see foreshadowing!

BAI GOD KING! IT'S THE DOUBLE CLOTHESLINE!

Called it.

How the fuck did Takumi do that? Seriously just when and where did he become an Orphenoch? Shock aside though, I am really digging how his face design looks. The rest of the suit is okay but that face is sweet. But seriously, how the fuck did this happen?!

Well uh, episode 34, it was something wasn't it?

The story in the episode was actually pretty nice. The story pretty much revolved around everybody dealing with the passing of Mari, and it brought quite a good amount of emotions with it. I'd say in that aspect, Kusaka's breakdown was probably the standout moment. But then again, I think we all know what the standout moment is of the episode, and it also happens to add the most to the main story of the show.

There was also some nice character development in the episode as well. The main parts of it being for Kusaka and Takumi. In Kusaka's case, the aforementioned breakdown when we get to see him actually show off some genuine emotion outside of complete anger. It may have been a combo of sadness and anger, but I don't think it was just pure unadulterated anger. On Takumi's end, the continuation of seeing him become more depressed, but also seeming to come to the mindset of "Do whatever it takes" in regards to the Mari situation. It does appear as if he's willing to make a deal with the devil, and perhaps he may just do so.

There wasn't really a whole lot of action in the episode. However for what we got, it wasn't all that bad. The main scene was the one at the end with Kusaka and Mihara VS Saeko and Sawada, and it does stink a bit that it wasn't that long. It had some back and forth in it until Saeko showed up, and once she did it just became a brawl, though a bit of a one sided brawl. All in all, considering this episode only had one fight/action scene, I'll judge it based on that. So on that merit, the action was good, but it could've been really good if it went on longer and feature a tad more back and forth.

In the end, we have a good story, some good character development, and fairly good action. The episode delivered in all three categories, but nothing really reached the realm of making the episode perfect. Even the character development which I think is the best part of the episode isn't even near the perfect tier. So even with it hitting every category pretty well, the episode totals up to be a better then average, but not extraordinary episode.