[Enchilada645]

So... I need someone to pick up the phone.

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

So Theory: We're in for a bait and switch, we're all worried about Chise but I've started to wonder about sort of... her situation. Like, it's clear she wants to help out but feels like a bit of an outlier/third wheel so to speak when it comes to the group.

In comes Chise via her new "kaiju" but it's different than the others. Given her desire to want to help out it ends up being more mechanical/dynazenon/grid-person in nature. It will have a singular mode, but it will also have two additional modes. A mode to combine with Gridknight and empower him, and a mode to where it allows for a smoother/cleaner link up between the soldier-less Dynazenon and Gridknight.

Cause I mostly called it!

So this episode we get introduced to the best boy of the episode, Goldburn. He's a cute little gold dragon that keeps growing until he's about the size of Gridknight and Dynazenon. I enjoy him a lot, and it was cool to sorta see my confirmation on stuff about Chise, the fact that she's felt like a third wheel but also isolated in general. But instead of going the "Kaiju are bad" route, which it veers close to several times because of her mood throughout the episode, she manages to find her ground and Goldburn becomes a great ally in the end. Also it was brief, but I suppose the reason she hides her arm is because she has a tattoo?

I also enjoyed the development in the Yume and Yomogi segments of the episode. It was honestly heartbreaking to see Yume break down like that. Sometimes, accidents happen and there is no real intent or such behind a person's death, especially given how Yume herself almost accidentally bit the dust during the later half.

Of course though with Goldburn treated as an ally and both Dynazenon at full power they're able to do one of my favorite Super Robot/Brave tropes ever... combine into Super Dragon King Kaiser Gridknight! I got legit chills during this sequence and it really lends to the fact that I'm much more of a Mecha guy than an Ultraman guy in regards to aesthetics. Seriously though, it had an energy cape! I love energy cloths! I loved Ichi-Gata's energy scarf, and I love King Kaiser Gridknight's energy cape too!

And we get a really cool action sequence to boot too! And now I'm really curious as to where we're going from here. Because it looks like we've finally sort of found and hit resolution on all of our normal cast members. Or at least, they're in better places than they were at the start of the series. Not to mention the Kaiju Eugenicists look to be on the ropes as they are running out of Kaiju, and they couldn't even control Goldburn due to him rejecting their Instance Domination.

Oh right though, the ending with all of them doing their own little fireworks festival was cute for a non standard credits.