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Episode 24: Young Girl

I dunno if I really have much to say about this one.

It's primarily just a storming of the enemy stronghold in lead up to the final battle, and with what's been established so far, it's not hard to guess who the final boss is.

Okay, not entirely true I suppose. I feel like they were really trying to subvert expectations in how rather than Kiba and Messiah becoming one, Messiah instead just straight up eats Kiba whole revealing that the legend is a sham.

But while there isn't exactly much "meat" for me to stuff my face with, I did enjoy what I got. The action as always is fun to watch, the little character moments sprinkled throughout like Rei with Silva and Koga with Kaoru were nice, and hey, the PlayStation FMV Dimension is back for those who like that!

But beyond that... yeah, I don't have much to comment on. I will say though that, with how everything ended up, I can easily see why Kiba got his own side special down the line. Not to say he's a badly done character or anything, but alot more definitely could've been done with him. It gives me similar vibes to Jabi, really, where it's easy to see why other Alchemists get alot more focus when it comes to future entries in the franchise.

But yeah, the final battle is up next, but not the final episode in the show. Which, again, coming from the anime, doesn't surprise me too much given how the first two anime overall flowed. Regardless, looking forward to seeing how Koga absorbing Kaoru's' unfinished painting ends up going, as I think I have a good idea that it's not gonna just simply be symbolism. A shame that Rei likely won't be getting in on the action, though.