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Faiz Episode 36
I would say he may not have known about it, but I don't know, maybe Takumi did know about it. He seemed to transform into his Orphenohc form pretty darn easily. For all I know, he's been aware of it since the beginning of the show. So I think I'll give Kusaka a free pass on that statement of Takumi deceiving them.

Naoya being awesome as per usual. Though maybe he shouldn't call the kid brat. Just a suggestion.

Why didn't they tell you Mari? Maybe because they only learned about it yesterday. Not to mention they (mainly Kusaka) didn't want to scare/worry you. So calm your tits down Mari, they were just trying to protect you.

Uhhh where did Saeko get that picture of Takumi from? Was she just carrying it around with her? This is a little strange...and weird...and creepy. Why do you have his picture Saeko!?

Congratulations Kusaka, you pretty much just confirmed her thoughts. Why else would you get so mad about her bringing it up, especially at the Orphenoch part? Kusaka is in the know people, and something tells me we'll find out eventually, probably the episode right before the finale.

You know, Keitaro may not have much to do in this show, in fact all he's useful for is letting Takumi and Kusaka know about Orphenoch attacks and providing some comedy. But he's a pretty nice guy. He always seems genuine with how he feels and what he says.

Awww, they're meeting where they first ran into each other. So Takumi was an Orphenoch since childhood? Okay Kusaka, I think I may actually have to agree with you on Takumi deceiving people. Though to be fair, it isn't something you just casually bring up. But I can understand why he probably should have brought it up at some point before now, especially once they learned what Orphenochs are.

That actually would be a fairly good twist to the story, or at least Takumi's. He accepted fighting as Faiz once he learned what Orphenochs are, and thus what he is. He decided to fight because he hated the idea that he could become like the ones he has seen, and thus if he can defeat any and all Orphenochs that come his way, he can repress the fact that he himself is one. That to me would have been a pretty interesting little twist/route to take. Have the rest of his story be about him coming to terms with being an Orphenoch, and what evil he's done. It would be great. But sadly, I doubt the show is going to do that.

So we're all in agreement that everybody is playing make believe about everything being okay? Keitaro seems to be the only one who doesn't really care about Takumi being an Orphenoch. He just sees him as the same old Taku-kun. Kusaka just hates him even more now, and Mari is still traumatized by it, and the realization that Takumi is pretty much the one responsible for what went down at the Ryuusei reunion. So yeah, I think we could all agree that everybody is just pretending it's alright, the only possible exception being Keitaro.

So where's Auto Vajin at? He's not parked in front of the shop. Is he just chilling in a garage some where?

Holy shit it's creepy lady. And she has a new hairdo from the looks of things. I like how it looks, better then the one she had in my opinion. She's still creepy as all hell though.

How is that suppose to really sway him into joining Lucky Clover? Mari has realized it was him who attacked the group since she saw him transform, Kusaka was probably knew of the attack, and thus figured out it was Takumi after seeing him transform. It doesn't really effect Keitaro, Yuji, Yuka, or Naoya. So how exactly is this footage suppose to force Takumi into joining? I really don't get it.

You know I would call BS on Yuji knowing how to transform into Faiz, and utilize his weapons. But I think he after the number of battles he's had against Faiz (regardless of who is in the suit), he'd actually probably know at least vaguely what does what. He would obviously know about the exceed charges and where to put the Mission Memory. The only thing I don't think he would know is the henshin code, the code to turn the phone into blaster mode, the code to summon Vajin, and probably Axel form. So he at least has a vague understanding of how to use the Faiz suit and armory, he just doesn't know all of it. Plus their is an instruction manual in the case. Maybe he read that.

Didn't the president already let him in? Or weirdly let him in with that footage?

Well that was episode 36. And I'm not going to lie, it was pretty neat. It's neatness to me once again coming in the more dramatic parts that the series has to offer. Something as I've stated multiple times, I really love.

The story this episode was really good to be honest. It revolved around all of the fallout of Mari learning about Takumi being an Orphenoch, as well as the fact that he's the one who attacked her back at the Ryuusei reunion. That's a lot to take in, and definitely a lot for a fallout episode, and this episode did it damn good. It handled the emotions of all the main characters well (except for Naoya and Yuka, but they aren't really effected by it). Keitaro being in a bit of denial/trying not to think about it, Kusaka being pissed, Mari just being depressed about it and develop a bit of Bi Polarness, Yuji being the understanding friend, and Takumi being depressed, as well as confused. Plus, it obviously tied itself into the main story of the show by continuing this plot, which is pretty damn important to the show right now. So story wise, I think 36 hit it out of the damn park.

The same could be said for character development. It developed nearly everybody that it needed to that was important to the current plot. I say nearly because well, Kusaka didn't develop that much from it, though you could argue his now bigger hatred for Takumi could count as development. Then there's Takumi who to be frank, has been acting like this ever since Mari was sent to the hospital. So really, he's had no real development for a while now outside of being revealed to be an Orphenoch. Outside of that, nothing. But for the characters they did develop (Keitaro, Mari, and Yuji), they did a really nice job at doing so. I'd say this is like hitting the ball far enough to get to third base.

Finally we come to the action. Now there was only one fight this episode, which means the action grade rests solely on it. So with that said, I thought the fight wasn't that bad. Yuji would have probably beaten the guy anyways due to being more experienced probably (we don't know when that guy became an Orphenoch). Plus he did have the Faiz Gear, which just boosted his power. So I think this was a squash that was expected, and actually understandable. I wish that (as I usually do) there was some more back and forth and that it was a bit longer, but for what it is, it's not that bad of a fight. Definitely a hit and run to second base.

So let's total everything up. Perfect handling of story, pretty good character development, and nice action. So I believe that 36 did a good job as an episode, and I found it to definitely be one of the better episodes of the series.