[Locke]

Despite the copious amounts of focus on Zangetsu, it was really Bravo that stole the show. I dunno, something about a comic relief character who actually has a very serious background is not all that original, but the use of the hints of the more serious stuff and the balance between the two halves of him is just spot on in this episode, I found. I wish we got more of him, honestly.

Zangetsu...didn't find as much of a harmony, for me. Although I enjoyed seeing him fight alongside Kouta, in an admittedly well done fight with that Overlord. The scenes of him nursing his scar in the shower, which lead into that flashback of him trying out the prototype of the prototype. God that was cheesy and played all too seriously to even be fun cheese.

Honestly, if nothing else, I just ultimately wish he had been on screen more as he's had so few ultimately meaningful appearances in this show and so as epic as his turn was in this episode, this could have been a truly triumphant moment for the series if Takatora hadn't spent so long in the background. So ultimately I'm giving this a good.