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GARO Makai No Hana Episode 16: I completely agree with Mayuri about not understanding why people read stuff that is scary or other stuff like that. I liked seeing Raiga's frustration from the beginning of not stopping Eiris' seed. I enjoyed Raiga and Crow fighting together that was freaking amazing. I liked how Raiga and Crow talked at the end about if they envy the people having a normal life enjoying themselves and how they agree that they don't want them to experience true terror so they like protecting them. Not much happened in this episode but very good character moments and action which I really like in GARO.

GARO Makai No Hana Episode 17: Yay Flashback! Yay Rei! I loved this episode so much, but Rei makes everything better. It was a lot of fun seeing Raiga as a kid and being trained and brought on a Horror Hunt with Rei. Rei made a very good teacher and I totally understand why Raiga acts like Rei because he was trained by him so he picked up his habits along the way. I like how he picked up the pipe against the Horror as a precursor to him fighting with both his sword and sheath. Raiga vs Rei was a lot of fun too he is strong for a little kid. I am intrigued with the Makai Priestess because I was wondering who she was but I'm hoping we find out later or I'm forgetting if I saw her before. I loved the flashing between past and present with his birthdays that was a touching scene. I also liked seeing Mayuri look through the books in the credits seeing her learn more is cool. It looks like a Crow episode next which I'm hoping to learn more about him.

GARO Makai No Hana Episode 18: I really enjoyed Bikuu she was very intriguing and kick ass. Learning that they have something called a Darkness Hunter in the Makai world that is kind of like Internal Affairs for them is really interesting; must be a very painful and difficult job to take out friends like that; I'm wondering if this is a newer position that they came up with after the whole thing with Leo's brother from Makai Senki to find and deal with Rogue Makai Knight/Priests. I wish Crow was used more in this episode because it felt like he wanted to prove himself in the fight but I'm happy with him saving Bikuu and getting thanked for it. I like the Shadowfolk people that him and Bikuu are apart of, I wouldn't mind seeing more of them. The fight scene was very well done with Raiga, Bikuu, and Crow vs. Possessed Izumo; lots of well done movements and actions, I really loved the choreography and every second of it, especially when Raiga transformed and got to see the armor a lot more was awesome. I feel really bad for Bikuu after learning that Izumo was her little brother she must be in a lot of pain and masking it; I also feel she is trying to find who released Eiris for the reason of learning why the person did and partially for revenge because Eiris being released did lead to her brother getting killed. I was hoping for more Crow but honestly this was definitely one of my favorite episodes of this season. I also enjoyed the Crow vs Bikuu test and Raiga vs Bikuu test just because of how different they were and to see that Raiga won and Crow just let his guard down. I feel that Crow was very frustrated this episode at points and felt that he should have fought harder against the Horror but maybe he was being smart and knew that he couldn't beat the Horror so just let Raiga handle it and not be a distraction or get himself hurt or worse in battle.

GARO Makai No Hana Episode 19: This villain was a lot of fun, I really liked how he acted crazy and with the music. Though I think Raiga was more fun in this episode with how he was sitting during the performance and said that the Horror couldn’t handle his song. I loved how the white of their outfits was lit up during the fight and how Raiga’s song was played during it just made the battle that much more awesome. I enjoyed how Mayuri was enjoying the music and how it made her feel the light, I liked how she has been enjoying the culture more and more throughout the series. Only a few more of the Slab horrors left, I can’t wait to see how this series ends.

GARO Makai No Hana Episode 20: This was the episode I was waiting for; learning about Crow and what the duty of the Phantom Knight was. Seems similar to what Rei did and what the Golden Knight does. Still getting a focus episode about Crow was great, I enjoyed how he was investigating what happened and learned about the missing girl. I also loved that he asked for Raiga's help during the fight because he seems like one to not ask for help but shows he's grown to ask for help. The Iron Man horror was pretty cool and I love how Crow took out the mimic of the girl with ease and how Raiga's saved the girl in the armor. What I love about GARO is how heroic the characters can be, the awesome storytelling, and fight scenes. Sad that I have 5 episodes left.

GARO Makai No Hana Episode 21: Well damn a lot happened in this episode. I loved Gonza's scene with Crow explaining to him that he was part of the family I got very emotional there just because I'm happy that was said to him because he is Raiga's and Mayuri's friend and that he does have a family. This horror was really cool, I liked how skilled he was and the actor who played him definitely had a great evil part to him and how he instigated Raiga was his demise though. Man, this episode was pretty much the definition of don't piss of the sensitive, quiet ones because they are the most vicious when they are pissed off; Raiga kicked his ass 6 ways from Sunday and then some. That was a spectacular fight scene and the whole episodes fight scenes were, I loved Crow and Raiga vs this horror. I think they are definitely building up things with Mayuri and if she can actually hold Eiris' seed, will it kill her, and what happens to her afterward. I feel like Crow and Raiga won't take it lightly if anything happens to her. I am not sure if I am supposed to recognize the guy at the end who freed the Slab Horrors or not but Crow definitely knows who it is, and I can't wait to learn more.


GARO Makai No Hana Episode 22: Now things start picking up, so I was right that Crow definitely knew who the Makai Knight was. His mentor Eiji is very intriguing and seeing that his lover was the woman who Raiga met as a kid was a surprise but I figured she was someone important to the story. I like that Raiga tried to get Mayuri her freedom and trusts Crow after everything. Crow confronting his mentor was good, it's also interesting to see that he went from the bottom to being the top pupil. Seeing Eiji's motivation makes a lot of sense and while not the newest idea I still really enjoy it. I can't wait to see how this goes. Crow and Raiga vs Eiji was awesome too.

GARO Makai No Hana Episode 23: Well something I forgot to mention in the last episode but still fits for this one is Eiji fights insanely, I mean he'll just grab Crow and Raiga's swords by the blades and he'll use his own sword unconventionally, I absolutely enjoyed that a whole lot. I loved Crow's conviction, strength, courage, and sacrifice this episode with fighting against his master/hero, trying to free Mayuri and letting Eiris take his body instead of Mayuri's, I love that he is willing to risk everything to protect her. Raiga talking down Eiji and making him realize the error of his ways was great, showing that there is more to defeating someone then just beating him and not needing to have senseless bloodshed, also bringing back what Akari said to Raiga when he was a kid too. I'm happy Bikuu returned I really liked her and hope to see more. Learning more about Eiji and Mayuri was interesting as well and I think showed more for Mayuri's character too. The fight scenes have just been getting better and better with Raiga vs Eiji in knight form was badass and Eiris in Crow's body vs Raiga and Eiji was outstanding, I am blown away by how awesome this combat is.

GARO Makai No Hana Episode 24: Crow vs Raiga was intense, and I just loved hearing about how Raiga's kindness helped change Crow and helped him get past Eiris' possession of him, and how Raiga has been living up a promise which is why he is so kind. Seeing that Eiris is the one who grabbed Raiga's mother is huge, Raiga wouldn't have become who he is if that didn't happen so this is definitely interesting. Eiris seems really powerful and they are definitely in trouble with her taking the Armor's time and making Raiga transform into the giant monstrous wolf form. I can't wait to see how the end this is really intense, and I can't wait for more.

GARO Makai No Hana Episode 25 (Finale): Well this was one hell of a finale. I enjoyed that Eiji came back and him and Crow fought to try and free Raiga from the evil that the monstrous form he has taken did to him. I also love that Bikuu came back and helped Mayuri try and capture Eiris too. I wish Eiji and Bikuu were both in the story more but still were really good for the limited time they were in it. I love that the bell helped restore Raiga's hope and helped him break past the Heart Destruction limit of the Makai Knight armor and creating that new Luminous form to battle against Eiris was something else, I adore that armor so much I lost track of what I was thinking off when I say it. It is a thing of beauty. I was really happy that Mayuri didn't want to forget everyone and that everyone was saddened about what was going on with her; also really happy that she can stay with Raiga and after Raiga going into her Ego to help out I'm really glad she remembers him. A really good finale, a little more GARO focused than I would have liked but can't blame it when he is the main character. Though it would have been great to see Crow and Giru actually help save Raiga rather than Raiga saving himself, make the others seem more useful that's all I'm saying but really good finale.


Overall thoughts: Yeah this was a very solid series, not my favorite but the characters were definitely something else, though Raiga was the only one who got anything truly good in this series. Crow got some really good development but never really defeated a monster or was used as much as he should have, I mean you have a real suit for his outfit he could have transformed more; I mean it sucks when some of his best fights was when he was possessed. Mayuri was great for evolving as a character but was pretty useless when they went Horror Hunting, I mean you think she could be trained to fight. Raiga liked I said got great character development from start to finish, great action, pretty much showed why he was the Golden Knight; I honestly love Raiga more than I love Kouga, and not saying anything bad about Kouga, I just love the artistic soul to Raiga that he has a lot of great qualities from both his father and mother. I miss Kouga and felt that he should maybe came back for this at some point along with Kaoru too. Eiji-Taishi was great though I feel that he should have been in the show earlier though and actually helping them then you see his heel turn somewhere in the middle. I enjoyed his motivation for what he did with releasing Eiris and I love how he grew afterwards and by the end of it he was helping to save Raiga. Bikuu continues the tradition of badass female Makai Priests and I loved her being the Dark Hunter and would have loved to see more of her. What I don't like about this show is that it definitely didn't use the supporting characters as well as it could have, and that it's episodic nature didn't really make any sense for this show. I will say that the Horror Movie and Manga episodes were two really out of this world episodes that were fantastic and the Flashback bringing back Rei was great too. Overall this is definitely a great watch but it has flaws to it.