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Originally Posted by Switchblade

Makoto being a previously unmentioned childhood friend of Takuer seems pretty forced and random. They really should have set that up earlier and not four episodes after Specter first arrived.

I disagree. I mean, yes, it does feel kind of forced and overly convenient to bring up like this, but I wouldn't say it hasn't been set up previously.

Specter wasn't even properly introduced as a character until episode 5, where we had him visit the temple and even tell Juicy Kid about it, which kind of implied his familiarity with the place. And then there's all the stuff in episode 6 that hinted at him knowing Akari and Takeru in the past. To reveal in episode 7 that yeah, they indeed knew each other, doesn't really seem that out of place. Could have been shown better than it just being brought up for plot convenience, but yeah.