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Faiz Episode 37
I see we're going into this episode with emotions set to the max.

Yuji is completely right and Kusaka is utterly wrong. Takumi hasn't given into to his Orphenoch self fully or lost his soul, he's just scared of what he may end up doing, as well as feeling guilty for everything he's done. He's depressed and simply feels that if he's gone, it will all be better. Yuji obviously understands this because he's spoken to Takumi and figured out why exactly he was giving him the Faiz Gear. Kusaka just wants Takumi gone. Kusaka you should just be up front with feelings instead of manipulating everything. Just come out and say that you want Takumi dead for whatever damn reason. You've wanted him dead since you two first met pretty much, why not just be honest about?

Saeko you are one strange broad.

Mari why are you sitting out in the rain? You'll catch your death...oh yeah. Well then, uh, you'll get sick. So take your ass back inside!

Oh hey look, it's the cops we haven't seen in a long freaking time. What the hell are they doing in this episode? Seriously they haven't appeared in so long that there isn't really a point in having them now. At first when you start the show, you think it'll be like Kuuga when the police are going to start looking into the occurrences, and maybe find out about everything. But nope, these two dropped out of the show and just now appeared for no reason. I think we may possibly have contenders for most pointless characters in the show.

Da fuck is this? Well Kusaka does have blood on his hands, literally with all of the crap he's pulled. But why is he imagining seeing blood on his hand? And does every damn person/house/place in Japan have fucking box cutters sitting around. I swear to Satan that every Japanese television show and movie always has somebody with a damn box cutter in it.

I think this is nervous break down central right here. Everybody seems to be going ape fucking shit.

Naoya what fuck? Are you going to try and turn into Ichigo or something? Also is it just me, or is this kid a mini Naoya?

Saeko and Yuji truly are the extremes of each side of the coin as far as Orphenochs go. Yuji is one but tries to act as human as he possibly can, and thus carry on with his life like nothing has changed. Saeko has embraced that change and sank into her powers, thus acting as much of a monster as she can. Very nice extremes to me that show both sides of the coin very well. And obviously, Yuka and Naoya are the middle of the coin. They're the cream filling in an Oreo.

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. So that's why he constantly washes his hands.

And fuck yes! Finally I get to see Lite Bright Faiz and Kaixa! I am a happy panda now!

Well 37 is done and good lord was it the action packed episode. But we'll get to that in a little bit.

The story portion of the episode was pretty lacking to be honest. There was one sort of with Kusaka and him learning about what did go down at the reunion, but there wasn't really much to it, and nothing besides that. So I honestly can say that there was no story here, and nothing really added to our main story.

There was some character development though, but not a good chunk. I think it was mostly limited to Mari seemingly finally accepting what Takumi is and what he did, but coming to the mindset of that he's still Takumi after all. But she's the only one I felt that actually had something close to real development. Everybody else stayed the same.

Where the episode shines though is in it's action. Hot damn was this one filled with it. All of it damn good as far as I'm concerned. Takumi VS Yuji was good just for how well it showcased Takumi trying to coax somebody into fighting back with all they had. Takumi VS Takuma and the other Orphenoch was great in seeing more of Takumi's ferocious fighting side that does indeed lend itself to his Orphenoch powers. Yuji VS the Orphenoch was just great for a good old fashioned Faiz fight. And Takumi VS Kusaka was good for a showcasing in Kusaka's rage exploding against a Takumi who is pretty much suicidal. The standouts to me were Takumi VS Takuma and sidekick, and Yuji VS that sidekick. Both had a great length to them, had very nice back and forth, and show cased each main fighter's skills perfectly. The action makes this episode and I'd say the action is pretty much perfect here.

So in the end, 37 had perfect action but was lacking in the other skills. The episode is a fun ride and is great for the action. But no story and only a pinch of character development does drag it down.