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Man, watching Ren's actor struggle to act pissed off in that scene with Reika was rough. Of all of the swordsmen, Eiji Togashi is by far the weakest actor and this episode only brought that to light.

I kinda loved the fight where everyone and their brother was targeting Saber. It could have been a confusing mess, but the fight choreography and cinematography was on top of its game here and made each character's motivation and allegiance very clear. That was just about the only highlight of this episode.

- As already mentioned in this thread, I just hate how Mei is written by Fukuda. He's so close to writing competent female leads, but he always winds up making them comic relief.

- I hated how this got dragged out to two episodes. And man, the Megiddo host was such an afterthought in this two-parter that we didn't even get an epilogue scene to wrap up his arc at the end of the episode.

Kamen Rider Saber has been in danger of collapsing under its own weight from the very beginning, and after a few decent episodes where the status quo got shaken up, we're right back into murky waters. Just like how the ZAIA challenge got old immediately last year, this arc is already running out of steam. There are so many moving parts in this story right now, and yet I still don't feel that connected to the main cast.

We're almost halfway through this show and, unless we get a Kamen Rider Blade level retooling, I am worried this show will be remembered as one of the weakest in the entire franchise. We are 20 episodes in, and it just refuses to come together.