[DreamSword]

Act 24

Better, but not without some pains.

The biggest point of contention for me with this one is mainly on the villain's' side, wherein all of their actions is solely for the sake of plot.

Like last episode, it's to the point of being very out of character too. Beryl punishing Nephlite as she does is way out of line with how she's been up to now, and it makes no sense for her to go after him when Malachite has been actively acting against her for a majority of his screen time.

There's also Malachite somehow magically knowing what Zoicite is up to despite no one having even seen nor talked to Zoicite since he reawakened. What, is Moonlight Sonata Prince Darien's' theme song or something?

But the main meat of this episode I was mostly fine with. The set up is really weak and had me rolling my eyes, what with Darien's' possible departure for England and Serena getting all her old feelings back instantly, but at the very least the payoff, with Tuxedo Mask's' identity fully revealed and the scenes leading up to it were pulled off pretty smooth.

It's not an ideal episode, but atleast it shows signs of climbing out of the rut that the previous episode made.