[Fish Sandwich]

Faiz 45-46:

You know, Faiz Blaster has been in two fights so far, and in exactly none of them has he actually used his namesake weapon to shoot something. Takkun is actually about to for a second here, but the Orphenoch he's up against using Yuuji as a human shield kinda throws that plan out the window. Naturally, he just goes right back to punching things like he always does.

So that's fun, as are these episodes, crazy enough. Despite being in the middle of some heavy drama, they're a lot lighter overall, with a lot of time spent on Kaidou's wacky adventures trying to be a surrogate big brother. Heck, the main cast even makes time to play baseball! Not that Murakami can afford to take things as easy as the heroes with what happens here, but hey, at least he's not a head in a jar. He's pretty active about solving his problems, though.

Mihara also manages his second finishing move on a monster here. It turns out being Faiz's sidekick works out a lot better for the kid. That whole showdown with Kitazaki did not go according to plan. Come to think of it, I'm not sure Kusaka even had a plan. In retrospect, maybe hanging out with him isn't the best idea.

では、まずい考えを正すファイズ翻訳ミスコーナーです～！今日の翻訳ミスはこれだ！



「オルフェノクに対する見方を変えることになるでしょう」

Hey, dialogue from crazy police guy I actually understand well enough to explain! He's telling Murakami here about a new discovery they've made that will likely "change the way we look at Orphenochs". As in, the information he's uncovered has caused him to fundamentally reevaluate his solution to dealing with the Orphenoch menace. Nothing about anyone's allegiances.

W 45-46:

This is just an all around solid arc that does a great job starting to wrap the show up. Terror was always one of the more fun examples of a bad guy who mostly just stands around, and like a lot of this show's villain exits, his characterization here is the best it's ever been. You get a great grasp on who he is, and some of what he may or not have going on under the surface.

The whole shtick of Shoutarou being paralyzed with fear just from being near Terror also allows the show to pay off not only everything it's built up with him not technically being Philip's ideal partner, but also things as far back as the question of whether or not he has the courage to ride with the devil. Just brilliant. Accel even fights a dumb CG monster as a dumb CG flying bike, and inexplicably, I find it totally works. I think the experience the effects guys were getting was starting to pay off by this point.

All this was still wrapped around the usual format of doing a job for a client, by the way.