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Missed opportunity to call this episode Back, as the previous one was Play.

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Originally Posted by Frontier

I love Nem leaning into the "Tough Girl" act for this persona.

Nem is even cute when she tries to be intimidating.

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Originally Posted by Frontier

I missed 7 being smooth with Nem. Though he's really not 7 anymore...so now he's Zeztz! And he even makes fun of how Odaka had to be so Chuuni in coming up with the "NOX" codename.

Agent Zeztz, huh. Now that I think about it, Zero mentioned how the Zeztz Room manifested from Baku's subconscious, so I guess that name was something Zero appropriated on his behalf, like how Lady made the Nox Driver after Odaka became Nox or how Sento got the name Build from Katsuragi. So when Baku dreamed of being "Seven", he really dreamed of being Zeztz. Anyway, I enjoyed how Se- uh, Zeztz and Nem brought out the comedic side of Nox here.

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Originally Posted by Fish Sandwich

A lot here had me grinning as I was watching it, between Capsems being spun with bullets instead of hands, and finishing moves so over the top they blow up moons.

Dawn henshining with an incoming bullet reminds me of Zi-O henshining with Geiz's kick. It's risky and impractical, but damn, it's cool when it works! Helps that lucid dreaming actually makes stuff like this more plausible.

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Overall, it turns out that out of the seven CODE agents, four have rebelled. It seems clear that CODE has made a mistake somewhere.
Speaking of CODE itself, Zero prefers to play the smart monkey, but Three is eager to fight and decides to use Five. And judging by his words, this power-up will cost the big guy a lot.

Three may betray Zero as well, if he decides that Zero's sentimentality towards Baku is too much of a liability. That scene from the OP strongly implies it. While Zero has been known for his ruthlessness, he understands at least that agents have feelings and how handling those feelings indelicately will lead to insubordination. Three demands absolute loyalty to CODE without doubt, which seems foolish to expect of those who are recruited for their lucid dreaming ability.

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Originally Posted by Mesnick

The only question is who will beat him: Zeztz or a Somnia-enhanced Five?

Zeztz, with an Over Banish.

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Originally Posted by Layton13

Them dropping the 1000 years bit so early and without much fanfare kinda points at them doing a bit more with this and if they will invest into expanding that some more, they will definitely add to it in some way. I personaly just get the vibe that it will be a twist and not just driving home how awful Sieg is.

In general, the truly evil characters without basically any redeeming qualities usually show up close to the end of his shows, at most in the last 3rd. Aka, Cronos, Ark or Suel. All other antagonists are humanized in some way shape or form.

Yeah, Dawn is the Tertiary Rider after all, if they start as a villain then they have to end as an antivillain at minimum. Whether he was merely covering for a loved one who committed the crime, it was a tragic accident, or he's clinically insane and thinks everybody should enjoy nightmares, I'm sure there will be something more to Sieg than the surface level appearance of the stereotypical evil psychopath.