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Originally Posted by DrillBIT

It's not a lack of budget episode.
It plays a very important part in Raiga's character in the second half of the series.

This was not a high budget episode. I'm not saying the show is out of money, I'm saying they spent significantly less money on this episode. The cinematography is really nice in some places, but the special effects are just post-production filters and a puffball on a string. This was definitely an episode designed to save a lot of money.

And if Raiga's character arc in the rest of the series has something to do with this episode then that's cool. If Raiga has a character arc at some point, that would actually be really cool.

Don't get me wrong, I freaking love this show, but it's spending so much time developing the story of each Horror of the week that it's largely ignoring the core cast. The show really needs a Kaoru; someone who provides an ongoing storyline that involves the regular characters. There have been some cool standalone stories this year, but the closest we've got to anything recurring is Mayuri's struggle with humanity, which doesn't work because the show hasn't explained how or why she is the way she is.