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Originally Posted by Matrixbeast

Jetman's Love Explosion.

I hate love triangles (Squares? I dunno) so much. Even when they're well done, they're tedious and dull because, inevitably, one character (In this case, Gai) will be defined by the love shape, while the character being fought over (Kaori) will seem rather heartless. I once noted that I liked that Kaori wasn't stringing along the character with the crush that she doesn't like, while in this episode she does exactly that.
Gai is thick headed enough to point his anger towards Ryu and is convinced he can win over Kaori, but Kaori is really becoming more of an antagonist, not realizing that she can be friends with Gai while still telling him her true feelings. Instead being ambiguous when speaking with him, never giving him a straight answer concerning her feelings towards him.
Add Raita's crush into the mix and you just have a clusterfuck. It's tedious, and Ryu's stupidity is making it worse. I understand he's still grieving over losing what's her name, but he's almost as bad as Kaori, stringing her along rather than telling her he isn't interested. He chooses to be as ambiguous and dodgy as possible.

And that's why I hate love triangles. It's clear the writers wanted to have conflict within the team, but they didn't want Gai to seem needlessly abrasive, so they did what any drama would do. A love triangle. Creates pointless drama where there was none, and because it's love (Thus, acts of passion), the "They should just talk it out" excuse isn't valid.
While Jetman's isn't really that bad, it just seems that they tread the same ground over and over with it.
Kaori: "I love Ryu!"
*Gets shot down by Ryu ignoring her advances. She then runs off crying*
Gai: "I love Kaori!"
*Chases after her and comforts her. Kaori thanks him then runs off to win over Ryu again*
Ryu: "...VYRAM!"
*Fight scene that has them working together in perfect harmony as if they weren't just trying to kill each other 30 seconds ago*

Oh, and Semimaru hatched.

That episode is where I said to myself "Yup, this is definitely an Inoue series." .