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It's Episode 23!

-It's kinda weird we left off on how scary and dangerous MCH is last time, and now we're (mostly) cracking jokes about how Aruto doesn't quite get lovers' quarrels and how half the cast is single and (oh so desperate) to mingle for the episode. The MCH stuff in this, it's....there's other ways to help/take responsiblity, Aruto?! (The person in the suit makes the hero, not the other way around, you know...even if were to be as stupidly reckless as throwing his unarmored body inbetween others and the Raider/Magia's attack to block it, it'd still be better than pressing the "Rip everything in sight to shreds" button twice.)

Yay! We finally get to see Valkyrie again! Yua's bits in this were alright, being forced to highlight Gai's appeal and giggling when Match tore into Gai. It isn't much, it's nice to see they remember she's more than Gai's wordless secetary, but I want more damnit!

-Its a shame I didn't remember Match before re-watching this episode, he's really fun! What a charming personality and performance! (him declaring a Best Match and exploding into a heart, oh my god.....)

-Ngl, this episode was fun and I laughed alot, but I didn't.......really care for anything related to Ebii's plot? Like characters of the week in their struggles in this show are usually used to tackle an aspect of Humagear/human relations (and occasionally wraps with how we navigate our usages with tech in real life). But like. The stuff with Ebii falling in love with Match, that's just a punchline, nothing else. Like I don't expect the show to actually dive headfirst into whether human-Humagear romantic relationships are valid (But if you want to know the answer to that: I've watched Drive, of course I think a robot can get a good kiss if they so desire it), but like, at least throw me a bone here.

I don't really get how the story wraps around to Nikaido's actions being rewarded? Like, he's a bit too invasive in Ebii's personal life and makes his own assumptions, and acting on them involves turning into a Magia and attacking the person she has eyes on? (Even if you argue that destroying/injuring a Humagear wouldn't count as assault, Match belongs to some company, that at least counts destruction of private property!)

-It's one of those episodes where I second-guess myself for being too critical about it because I ultimately did have fun with it, but I just can't ignore the rough patches since they're also trying to flesh out MCH during all this.