[Kiwami]

Meh.

Fumi dying came out of nowhere and it doesn’t really work for me. Why? Because they shove one of the most important aspects of Alain’s and Fumi’s relationship into the stupid "The Heroic Tale of Alain" mini episode from the BluRay release. Which has a key element in it which is very interesting (Alain appearing in the past and in different stages of Fumi’s life) but wastes the rest of its 10 minute runtime with stock footage and more Takoyaki jokes. Ugh.

So this episode which involves Fumi's death feels incomplete to me. Good stuff, but chopped into unnecessary bits, especially with Yuki thrown in there. Like, the Houdini stuff is great and, but it should’ve happened during the time when Makoto couldn’t use Houdini. There was this terrible episode where Houdini "tested" Makoto… by possessing his bike and running him over frequently. That was terrible, why didn’t they use Yuki there? Have Yuki turn up, Houdini possessing her and leave it to Makoto to solve this instead of Takeru. After he succeeds, Houdini grants him his power.

And by having that plot handled they could’ve had more time for Alain and Fumi and could’ve included the crucial parts from “The Heroic Tale of Alain” to make this episode the way it should’ve been.

The Deep Connect parts were also quite useless specially since Takeru is all like "Yeah we trust that guy now" but he only needs one hand gesture to find out if he has a Ganma inside him or not. So why not do that? Stupid.

Another typical Ghost episode IMO, potential for something great but ignored in favor for more subplots which in turn suffer from it.

At least the action was good, but I felt like it was time for Alain to get a new form. The whole "he beat the limitations" thing makes no sense, the Necrom systems has limitations, not Alain. Am I supposed to think his heart power fuels the suit now or what? They should’ve just given him a straight upgrade. Even if it’s just a minor retool/repaint.