[Locke]

TOWSITD 13.

Not only was it the first good episode in a while, but it was the first time in this series I appreciated Aguri. After he spent the 12 episodes prior standing smugly in the background, despite getting his ass kicked in every fight, it was about time for him to actually show emotion and get down and dirty with the rest of the Knights, which is exactly what he did! If this continues, I can see myself really loving him. I mean sure his understated performance is a tad cliché but Takeru's acting is atrocious, and Rian's acting is wooden, undermining potentially two very interesting characters.

The best actor in this show though is the one who is playing Ryuga, he seems to have a lot of respect for his role while simultaneously having the time of his life (seemingly) which both makes him incredibly enjoyable to watch, but also convinces us of certain things which done by a lesser actor...would probably have come across as quite ridiculous. Obviously part of that is down to the writing as well, as placing faces, names and dreams to the victims really ranked up the stakes.

It's great to finally see them go on the offensive. I have to ask the...logic of this, though. As far as I can tell, for no real explainable reason, the Magic Horrors are legitimately running the city and for obvious reasons have positioned themselves in lynch pin aspects of society. So surely taking out all the Magic Horrors is actually going to cause more harm than good, as they are basically toppling the pillars that hold the city up. I mean you could argue that everyone is going to get eaten eventually, but as said, for whatever reason the Magic Horrors do their human jobs...for real, so taking out surgeons and politicians and the like surely puts even more innocents at risk.