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Okay, so I'm starting to remember my big issue with Den-O's endgame: a lot of it centers around stuff that makes very little sense. I used to blame Kai for this, but I think it's fairer to blame the writing because I feel like the concepts are definitely there, but they just are not being explained well. This episode was a great example of that, as we're getting a lot of discussion around who and/or what the Junction Point is and, well... this is my third time through the show and I still don't understand exactly what the hell a "Junction Point" is and how it's supposed to work.

Like, I get the idea that the Imagin are trying to adjust the flow of time for their benefit, but the mechanics behind it are really vague. I'm starting to think that it's not a case of the show trusting us to figure it out and more of the show throwing jargon at us and hoping that we'll assume it means something. It makes me think of that old South Park episode with the underpants gnomes, only it reads more like:

Step 1: Find Sakurai in the past.

Step 2: Reverse the polarity of the neutron flow to charge the deflector dish with tachyon particles and divert the midichlorians through the Junction Point.

Step 3: Who run the world? Imagin.