[DreamSword]

Ah, right, I should probably actually say something about the Accel two-parter, yeah?

When I first saw it, I remember being overall fine with it, but now, on rewatch, I kinda have mixed feelings on it.

And maybe it's due to the difference between subs or whatever, but when it came to this watch, I ended feeling as if I did't quite know what these two episodes were trying to say, if anything.

Like, the first part especially has every character noting how cool and smart and effective Terui is, but yet, if you bother to compare his performance to like, any other episodes, he's actually going about things really ineffectively while being a petty asshat to everyone.

Sure, I'm like 70% positive that that's the point, that the show is trying to show just how unbearable dealing with a stereotypical "hard-boiled" type would be in reality, but again, you have every character singing his praises throughout a majority of the run time. Meaning the characters are saying one thing while the narrative is saying another.

On top of that, this is now a rewatch, meaning that I now have the power hindsight. And while the two episodes work well enough in isolation, what with Terui's' arc being about how his desire for revenge blinded him and how he manages to come around in the end, in terms of series composition is ends up not being too great given that this whole arc, which only took two episodes, will now be repeated again but stretched out way longer.

So, yeah, mixed feelings overall. Still a better debut than a certain other character we'll meet in a year, atleast.