[Frontier]

Oh snap, a flashback to the original show! Getting to see everybody in their original styles, including Nasti! We even get to see Ryo training Shion/Ryusei, and Nasti back when she still had long hair! Did she cut it when she lost her boys?

Admittedly the OG team DID still have it, they were able to hold their own against the 10 Warriors, but then Ramaga saw Ryo's potential as a host and possessed him...but what happened to the rest of the team!?

It's rough for Nasti seeing Ryo like this, especially since it seems like there's nothing left of him. Even Musashi and Yamato have to see their Hero like this. And Ryo doesn't even have much time left as Ramaga's body, which is why Ramaga is so focused on finding a new host. And Gai isn't ready to be one...yet. Also, uh...Happy Birthday Gai?

Ramaga just makes a floating fortress for his army above the city, the one from the OP, and gives our heroes seven days to prepare before the final battle. And the 10 Warriors say "goodbye" by making the Troopers realize they were just going easy on them and showing they're still nowhere near strong enough to beat the 10 Warriors. Are they going to be okay?

Mirei and Nasti are both not taking losing the guys in their life (Ryu and Ryo respectively), but they have to do what they can to make sure the Troopers they have now are ready to face the next challenge! And that means they need Shion!

You know it's bad when 3/4 of the team are willing to quit rather than fight a battle they're inevitably going to die in. Musashi is really losing it.

I can't believe they actually put Mirei in a soldier uniform and threw her into a combat situation. This is not how you treat the Heroine! Though count on the Heroine to be able to talk to Shion...he doesn't need to 100% replace Ryu, he needs to do what only HE can do for the team. With some assistance beyond the grave from Ryu.

Gai is throwing his feelings about Ryu's death into fighting training dummies...but then he takes his last "lesson" which was having all the humans he killed come at him and kill him. Dang Ryu, that's a little much! But it's effective in making Gai realize that he's discovered empathy, and an understanding of the sins he committed, through his experience losing Ryusei.

Shion doesn't make a good impression on the team, what with keeping Nasti/Mirei "hostage," and immediately insulting/challenging them all...but if it makes them willing to fight him, all the better. And because of Ryusei's files on them, he knows their strengths, weaknesses, and why Ryu believed in them all as he fights them. If it means fighting them like Ryu would, all the better.

And then it comes down to Gai, who is no longer fighting to save himself but to protect others from his father, and it's with that drive that he's able to hold his own against Shion and actually beat him! And rally the rest of the team to not give up! Now Shion is part of the team and as such they can treat him as the "newbie" they can all lord over!

Their best bet to defeat Ramaga is the Armor of the Supreme Emperor, but to obtain that they'll need Jun from the OG series' help...too bad he's become a hikikomori voiced by Hiro Shimono who was on the train base this whole time, so not sure how much help he'll be there.