[TheRaizin]

Damn, Ikki failed


This can only lead to more suffering for Hiromi.

Edit: Seriously speaking, I have to leave out my thoughts. I kinda... disliked this episode? Mostly only because of irl circumstances that led to it. Mostly the fact we got a break before this episode which definitely raised expectations for me.

Sakura's ending stinger from last year was promptly ignored as she just immediately leaves. I don't care if it's "subversion", it felt kinda insulting to end the episode with that and then begin with subverting it.

But here's the real gripe. Volcano Rex.

I don't like this suit. Purple/yellow is good color scheme, but I do not like the plastic yellow they have for him, it should have been gold. The fire paint that's apparently hand painted does not work. I commend their work on it, but I would have preferred if it were a solid color instead of looking like that. I get what they were going for, but it doesn't work.

Next. We may have to wait for how this form goes next week, but it's seemingly useless now. So, Revice beats the monster, but wait, where's the old lady?! Turns out, the cultist was already dead prior to turning into the monster. She was killed during the process of creating the monster. This form was made to separate humans from Deadmans regardless of their phase. Now it's useless. I like what it does for the stakes, but it kinda made it so all the shilling on the toy was all for naught.

It's conflicting, should it be fine the form was useless because of what it means to the story? Or is it not fine because the toy took up a slot or budget that could've been someone else's new form? We're also supposedly getting the fist item that is said to be for Revice? It's all... convoluted.

Whatever the case is, I did not like that.