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I have to imagine Takahashi must have felt nostalgic writing an RPG focused episode.

Toei using a discount Kingohger set to tell a discount Dragon Quest story featuring the tale of two kids setting off to defeat the Demon King...with Hero Nem in her very snazzy outfit (Baku approved!) by their side! And there's also Villager A, who is basically useless but he's trying to make kendama's look cool!

And watching them menacingly is, of course, NOX who looks like he's from a completely different RPG genre. And also Kureha/06 who is there to track down the source of the Nightmares for CODE and take down their rogue agent.

Don't you just hate it when you can't even do the first random encounter?

How do you match the sleep pattern of a child? With a man who can practically sleep on command!

Oh yeah, no one in the main cast outside Baku has actually seen what a Nightmare looks like up to this point. He should've tried taking a picture earlier! Also Minami has...wild taste.

There's something about Nasuka's outfit and hair in this episode that really does something for me.

Why did Sohta draw a being in his art that isn't his Nightmare? Is that the Demon King? Is this a Nightmare BEYOND the Nightmare's we've been dealing with?

Is it just me or does it feel like Sohta is hanging out with his IRL crush in this dream?

It's nice that Nem wants to contribute more even if she can't seem to figure out how to apply being a lucid dreamer practically. Though that's the kind of commitment that might lead her becoming the Tertiary? Potentially?

The...Eye Nightmare? Cherub Nightmare? Is probably the least threatening Nightmare up to this point. He's basically a child who only has being slightly durable going for him. Baku can easily take care of him with base Zeztz Impact but that feels like bullying.

Did you think you were about to see Nox vs Lord 06? Well it's actually Lord 05 who rushes in as backup and to tussle with Nox...even stealing the Breakam Caliber. 05 feels like he's mostly brawn and muscle, but he's definitely tough enough to get Nox on the defensive.

The problem isn't the Nightmare, it can be easily taken care of, it's that this is a mass dream among children filled with a mass amount of Nightmares with a higher possibility that they might finally be able to get a Nightmare out into the real world.