[Phantom Stranger]

Yeah this episode was....sloppy. I wouldn't say it was terrible, but it wasn't good either. There are aspects that I enjoy, like Tusk remembering his childhood, and him reading to the kids was actually a pretty cute scene, if a little ham-fisted. The monster was a bit bleh, really predictable. I wish more was done with Zyuoh King being taken over, or perhaps that should have happened with one of the team members.

Everything else? Yeeeeah, wasn't too fond of it. As everyone else has pointed out, the Oldman, Oiwa, doesn't actually learn anything. The episode seems to inexplicably think that he did, but he really didn't. He was a jerk and manipulative ass throughout the entire episode for no good reason, and then he suddenly isn't at the end. Because.

https://youtu.be/FozX2fNBQKg?t=1h27m21s

This could have been handled a lot better. I like the idea of a bitter book store owner and Tusk helping him out. But the owner should have been bitter for different (actual) reasons, it could have just been that not a lot of people come in anymore and he was struggling, making him abrasive. Maybe there's conflict with him and Tusk(like when he bent the book) so he judges him as someone not caring for books or something. Then build upon that with him learning of Tusk's love for books and knowledge, and he becomes appreciative of Tusk's attempts to bring in customers. In fact, it almost felt like it would go in that direction, but for some reason it didn't.