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Originally Posted by MidoGreen

-Ishibori is Unknown Hand/Dark Zagi? Wow, I didn't see that coming. Much like the Riko/Faust twist that was well executed. Well, aside from the fact that Ishibori was such a background character compared to Riko.

This is pretty much my reaction, too. It was well done, but Other Dude as the surprise villain would have been way more effective if he wasn't just, you know, Other Dude.

But yeah, I watched the last three episodes (not sure if I'll go for the EX or not, considering I care about as much about Chick as I ever did for Other Dude). The finale of Ren's storyline was really well done and full of awesome scenes. I loved the Night Raiders breaking him out, I loved the scene where he tried to wipe Mizuo's memories, and I really liked his final battle scene. For me, the Ren episodes of Nexus are far and away the strongest part of the show.

The last episode didn't work for me as well. It was a good conclusion, but it was very clear that the writers had to cram a bunch of stuff into the last 23 minutes because they'd been cancelled and a much more fun Ultra series was starting next week. The ideas in it were great, but the execution was kind of a huge mess. I also can't help but feel that the last battle was a bit of a letdown because Noa really looks way less cool than Nexus.

All in all, though, I liked Nexus and I'm glad it got the LWW treatment as I never would have watched it otherwise. I'm going to finish up Max next, then either wrap up my long delayed Kuuga rewatch or go ahead and start Tiga properly while I'm still on a big Ultra kick. This has been a fun ride, though.