[Frontier]

I genuinely thought everyone was going to be permanently asleep, but no, they woke up! To witness the living nightmare the world was about to become!

I love how Fujimi is like ALL IN on finally meeting other people from CODE...who also conveniently have their own entrance into Baku's base. Because there's no time to waste: AVOID THE NIGHTMARE SCENARIO!

(Also 5's shirt is...everything).

Baku will waste Nightmare Kaijin, but taking a human life? That might be a stretch too far for him, even if NOX has gone off the deep end. But that might be what's expected of a true agent, for the sake of the world.

So was there some kind of shared dream of the children in Baku/Kureha's generation? Something about Baku that made him tailor-made to be able to wield Zeztz? They haven't really dived that deep into what Zeztz even is, but apparently it is something unique that only Baku can use.

You know it's serious when Nem finally uses Baku's real name.

It's definitely not normal for a baby to dream of a desolate landscape with the crying moans of dead people...

Is that Baku's true Nightmare? The Zeztz Nightmare?

I notice the Lady didn't actually say she found CODE's base. I don't think she and NOX really have the same goals at this point.

Well, bad news...the Disaster Nightmare is unleashing a wide terrorist attack on the city. The good news is the electric dinosaur nightmares that everyone can see probably means people will start actually taking Fujimi seriously!

I appreciate how much out-of-suit action we got between NOX and 5. We even got their finishers out-of-suit!

Kureha did her level best but she was facing off against a Nightmare that is literally every natural disaster at once, she didn't stand a chance. But she still risked her life to protect a fellow agent, even at the cost of her life. And 5, for his part, cared about his fellow agent.

It's still surreal for me that NOX has a real gun that he uses alongside his "toy" gun.

Dang, Nasuka having a complete breakdown at Kureha's death. Baku too, from his doubts about CODE preventing him from collaborating and not being there to save them...feeling responsibility for their death...and that it was all because he was sympathetic to Odakka.

NOX can talk about bad dreams, nightmares, the evil of CODE all he wants...but Baku has finally embraced his Nightmare. He's now embraced inflicting a Bad Dream on someone he feels deserves. He's embraced nothing but his rage and anger. And in doing so has transformed his Driver and unlocked something to PULVERIZE his enemies. Zeztz Catastrom.

Also NOX really did not see this coming...but the Lady seems amused?

Zeztz Catastrom isn't fast or efficient, but it makes up for it in being able to no-sell everything Nox throws at him and having enough strength that he doesn't even need to connect with Nox to knock him back. "I'll break you."

Next week: Baku embracing being 7? Nasuka raging out at 3? Zeztz Catastrom vs the Disaster Nightmare? Lady and Minami? Wow.