[DreamSword]

Episode 3: What is a Traitor?

This episode really didn't do anything for me.

Like, there were certain aspects to it that I liked, but overall the majority of the episode left me with a very "meh" feeling.

I liked how everyone's' character arcs got progressed, even if only a little. I liked how Yomogi and Koyomi are connected. I also liked how the girls on the Kaiju Eugenicists seem to really only think of their positions as a simple job.

But that's kinda where it stops. I really disliked how a majority of this episode's' plot hinged on a distrust everyone has for Gauma when, frankly, they have zero reason to distrust him or anything he's said. I'm sorry, but you can't pull "Are the KE really the bad guys?" when they've been actively blowing everything up.

Not to mention that Gauma was right in that there are other things at hand that should've taken priority, and that it was a conversation that not only was none of their business, but even if it were there wasn't really any reason it couldn't wait until after the battle was over. And in the end Gauma totally dodges answering the question properly anyway.

But beside all that, the action was basic, the animation took a noticeable step downward(chopping the explosions in half was so cheap looking I laughed), and the overall atmosphere really didn't grab me at all. Sorry for ending all of this on a negative note, but I really don't have much positive to say about this one. Do I think it was an out and out bad episode? No, but I can't say I exactly had a good time with it either, ya know?