[DreamSword]

Episode 10: 1/10th

This episode was weird, man.

It's the kinda weird that I'm honestly not sure I can adequately explain in a sum up post? The sort of weird you get when Inoue is off his rocker writing Kamen Rider.

Just... look, just read this summary: The highest ranking Buddhist monk in the land, Jiho, is turned into a Horror by Xehanort, which gives him the power to shrink anything to a 10th its size, which he uses on various Onmyou Mystics so that way he can eat them like chicken wings. When Raiko falls under the spell, he is only saved by befriending a native river turtle. Hijinx ensue, including a scene where Raiko gets a free pass to touch boobs. Meanwhile all of the typical Honey I Shrunk The Kids antics are interspliced with Rako's' half brother wondering if he's worthy of his status in life or not because everyone he knows and loves is slowly dying, all while more political intrigue with the Light Palace continues to build up in the background. And at the end the episode plays up the friendly turtle getting cooked alive for laughs.

I just... what?? I mean, I liked it! I think? But I'm not even sure if what I just watched was real or not. Like, this whole experience was totally surreal to me, especially coming right off a few episodes were were pretty dramatic throughout.

I'm not really sure what else I can say other than this is the sort of episode you kinda have to see in order to fully feel what I'm getting at here. It's be like trying to describe the total acid from the climax of the Divine Flame movie. It just ain't gonna work out.

So uh... good episode? Yeah, let's go with that.