[Fish Sandwich]

Super duper interesting episode of Blazar this week. Gento's family was one of those ideas that immediately sounded exciting to me, so it was great to finally see that factor into an episode in such a major way, and while advancing all that stuff with Blazar himself I also like, at that. Plus, it definitely seems like the kind of episode that'll connect to a bunch of broader series-wide ideas in ways we can't totally understand yet, so it'll probably be even more interesting looking back after the show is done.

Beyond that, I mean, I just like any episode of Ultraman where the solution isn't blowing up the monster? Like, I didn't mention this back when it aired, but it actually genuinely bugged me in episode 2 specifically, that Gedos' villainous motivation was just like... wanting to eat fish? When a kaiju doesn't seem at all malicious and isn't like, creating hurricanes just by breathing, or some such obvious urgent danger, it becomes way harder to be happy about the good guys coming in guns blazing. So naturally, I've very much appreciated the several episodes of Blazar since then that have actively been exploring exactly this kind of thinking to such great dramatic effect.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kiwami

Blazar didn't take interest in babies, the baby was simply on the screen as Blazar took over to communicate (?) with Gento, and it seems they "discussed" the recent events of Blazar taking over. The baby on the TV screen was foreshadowing to what the episode was about.

The TV at the start is definitely about at least a little more than simply the episode involving a baby, if that's what you're saying here. That show on the TV is talking about a parent being able to understand what a child wants, even though it can't communicate with language. Which would connect to why Blazar does the eye thing again then and there, because those flashbacks are less about Blazar taking over, and more how the two of them have been communicating in general, including Gento trying to talk to Blazar after he took that drink in the same gentle tone a parent would speak to a child with. That baby wants milk; Blazar wants vegetable juice...

...or something! I don't really understand most of this myself, but I get the feeling the show deliberately left it somewhat ambiguous who exactly is doing what during the climax, since leaving the viewer trying to guess at how these characters feel would mean engaging the viewer with those themes of communication in a very direct manner.