[SPLIT LIP]

Oh right.

Anyway, back to Ryuki: I'm kind of getting sick of hearing "Oneechan." Yes I know it's a real word, but has Japan never heard of synonyms? It's just such an annoying thing to hear every five seconds. I hear it more than "Henshin" it feels like. I also generally dislike plots revolving around siblings, as it's such an easy out. Parental issues are difficult to write and "best friends" is also hard to handle with gravitas, so let's just make them brothers/sisters/brother and sister. Boom, instant connection because one will always be the caregiver of the other because EVERYONE'S PARENTS ARE DEAD. All she does is whine about her brother but has ceased doing anything about it. She did some snooping for, like, three episodes.

Also, BIG plothole. Right now, without their contract monsters they can't transform. That's BS, because Ryuki transformed before making a contract. He was in his blank form, but his suit still protected him and gave him shitty weapons. Why don't he and Ren transform into blanks to fight? And why do they need to transform? The monster's in the real world. They've fought monsters in the real world before. Why don't they force/lead it back into the mirror world, then turn into blanks to fight it?