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Faiz Episode 44
*Sniffle* The feels.

I think Yuji is really starting to crack. That little talk with Murakami, in combination with what those people did to Yuka is really making him reconsider everything he's been upholding with his ideals. It should definitely provide some good character development for him, as well as some nice dialogue and storytelling. Well at least, I can hope it will.

When did Mari turn into Ryotaro?

And utter lulz at Takumi and Keitaro's scene. Takumi really has changed from the utter brat he was at the beginning of the series hasn't he? Before, he would have just condemned Keitaro and Yuka's relationship. Now he seems to be perfectly fine with it, especially with Keitaro's entertainment. It's good to see him change from where he was at the beginning. Maybe he developed more then I talk about in my analysis.

Funny considering the scene that follows it is showing off how much Yuji has changed since this wacky show started. But to be fair I do agree with him on the part about going to the police. There is no guarantee that Yuka would come out alive, or fully alright from the experiment. So in truth, it may not be worth it. Plus Keitaro is kinda weak, it may come in handy to turn into a monster and scare people off/kick their ass.

Naoya isn't stupid. He's just, different. Something tells me he may be a fellow Aspie.

Yuka's ringtone sounds like the old AOL connecting sound.

Keitaro's happy dance/reaction is priceless.

Ummm Naoya, what you're doing is sweet, but it is really friggen crrepy in execution. Do you have to watch him through binoculars? Pretty sure stuff like that can get you arrested or in trouble with the popo.

But just d'awwwww. It's like their father and son! It also looks like he may just be an Orphenoch.



Damn, looks like Kusaka and Mihara want to this mob style.

Where did Takumi get the Faiz Gear from? Did he just have it store up his ass or something? I don't care if these guys hop place to place in an easy peazy lemo squeazy fashion, but getting this huge belt out of nowhere is distracting and takes you out of the show. He wasn't holding the briefcase, nor did he have the belt on. He wasn't even near the damn motorcycle. Uhhhh.

Also why does Takumi drop the damn blaster when he henshins? That makes no sense either. He has to hold it to initiate the henshin, but he can just drop it only to pick it back up again for a weapon? Shit makes no sense yo.

No...no...no no no no no No NO NO NO NO!

I hate you Faiz. I hate you so very much right. But alast, I can't let my personal feelings get in the way. So aside from...that, how was episode 44?

Well, the story was here, and it wasn't that bad. It was another Yuka episode, but it wasn't like how 42 and 43 were Yuka episodes. It was more like episode 41. It mostly was about the continuation of the whole ordeal of the Orphenoch experimentation, and how it's affecting some of our main characters. Along with this, it did continue both Yuka and Keitaro's story and...finished her's up *sniffle*. It also even worked in Kusaka and Mihara's plot in regard to wanting revenge. How well did any of this add to the main plot of the show? Well, a main character went up to the Heavyside Layer. That's about it. All around though, nice story.

Character development though seemed to be in spades here. Takumi continuing to develop into being a fairly normal guy who is nicer then he was in the beginning, Yuji seemingly heading towards the dark side, Yuka developing into being more human like, and Naoya becoming nicer towards a kid, somebody he said he doesn't like. All of the development was handled very well to me, and it is definitely the best part of the triangle of areas to hit in the episode.

So yes, action does not get that title this episode. Shocker right? But yeah, the area which usual is the standout of most episodes, is not the standout. That isn't to say the action given wasn't good, it's just that for what we were given, it didn't really come close to how great the character development aspect was. You only had two real fights, and both were pretty short. Obviously, Yuji, Takumi, and Yuka VS cowboy Orphenoch is the standout. It went on for the longer amount of time, and feature some good back and forth action within it. So yeah, action was alright but can't hold a candle to the character development.

In the end, 44 was a nice episode, it's main strength being the character development feature in it. The other aspects are nice, just not that great. This sort of makes it an average episode, but since the CD was so good, I'd say it's an above average episode.