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OOO 17, 18, and 19

17 and 18

Another good arc, as per usual. I like that the person who the Yummy was born from actually went to try and stop it, thanks to Date's advice. Speaking of Date...I really like this guy! I like his whole attitude, and he's just a cool, wise dude. Of course Toei...you and your horn and stag beetle duos, even when they're not the heroes, you still need them somehow. The concept of a Yummy splitting in two is a really interesting one in how the second one manifests if your desire has a deeper meaning to it, that's a very real thing, and it's nice to see them play around with that idea. I think that's this show's biggest strength; how it handles it's theme, desire. I've seen Rider shows not take full advantage of their themes to their fullest potential (Wizard) but OOO handles it so well with this Yummy, and how sometimes desire isn't necessarily a bad thing to have, as Kougami has stated on multiple occasions, especially concerning Gotou.

19

We get to see more of Maki and Kazari. On the subject of Maki, this episode had a lot of good humor, especially the part when his doll goes into Date's food, and his tiny car. Oh my goodness...I thought Maki was gonna murder Date right then and there for interfereing with his dolly Also, Gotou now works at Cor's Conessiour (spelling?) and I now understand where that fan art of him in a Maître D' outfit comes from. Also that lederhosen. Also, we got to see more of what happened in Shingo's past, which was cool, and Kazari got most of his core medals back. Date was awesome here as well.

Episode 20