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Just finished the Faiz reunion movie. It was... okay. Certainly a lot less overtly tragic than I expected, so that was good. I think it had some running time issues, though. At a cool 65 minutes there were elements that got rushed through in axel mode that I would have loved to see expanded on in more depth. Part of me wishes this had been something like a 6-episode miniseries, just to expand on all of the character stuff. It worked well enough as is, but there are some moments that I think really could have benefited from at least another 30 minutes.

Action bits were pretty decent. The new Faiz suit still looks a bit weird, but I like the way it works. Axel and Blaster being built-in abilities was a nice touch. Muez was pretty cool, too, and we got some good Kaixa stuff in here. Delta had a pretty poor showing, but do we honestly expect anything out of Delta at this point?

I did like the Wildcat Orphnoch design, even if it was way less fun than Mari jumping into action with a frying pan or an iron. I kinda feel like it was a shame not to let her pick up the Kaixa or Delta belt, but maybe we can do something for the 30th? Still, it was really nice to see her and Takumi fight alongside each toher. That new version of the class Faiz suit, though... something felt really off with the build quality on that thing. Reminded me more of the cheap suits they used in the Zi-O/Decade web series. Kind of brought down the fun of seeing the OG suit back in action.