[Kiwami]

That was the worst final form debut episode I have ever seen.

First of all, the setup with the dream world is nice and we get a good glimpse on what Igor is up to. Then… oh god. A dreamworld which makes the one thing you enjoy reality is fine and all. But what we get to see here really makes you realize how worthless and one-dimensional Ghost’s characters are. Makoto is surrounded by Kanons because of course he is, Alain eats Takoyaki (WTF) and Akarai – has a lab. That makes sense.

But still: It’s too simple. Maybe that’s what they were going for, but wouldn’t your personal dream world be much bigger? Wouldn’t Makoto live a peaceful live with a happy Kanon, wouldn’t Alain rule a restored Ganma world and wouldn’t Akari… you know… maybe get together with Takeru? I don’t know.

Anyways, even if it was intended, I feel like this was another wasted opportunity. Of course dreams are simple, but if you can have a world to visualize the dreams of your characters, why not use it to develop them? Instead of it being dumb crap that isn’t even funny, make it so that the characters feel like they have achieved everything, and then make them realize why what they thought is all they need is not what they wanted at all. Make them see that their dream is actually a nightmare and let them find out of it themselves.

Instead of wasting this setup for shitty comedy and all it needs is Takeru to shout “Hey guys snap out of it!” and that’s the end of that.

And then Onari… come the fuck on. They can’t be serious with this shit. He paints Alain’s face in this situation? Because why? Because he’s Onari, that’s why. Dear god.

The Grimms… okay I won’t even get into that. We’ve already seen tons of times that the spirits don’t resemble the person they’re named after, so why should I even care.

But lastly the biggest offender of the whole episode: He transforms into Mugen and then… cut. Come on! What? You already teased the form last week! Why do we wait another week to see this form in action now? I don’t care how much time you have left, Gaim Kiwami had like 2 minutes left before the episode ended and they delivered a satisfying fight which showed us what the form can do.

If you really have no time left then don’t have him transform in this episode, just let him pull out the Eyecon and then cut. But even that would be kinda shitty.

Am I surprised that this show sets another all time low in a category for me? Nope. It was still painful to watch though.

And in before we start the “Why are you even watching it?”-debate again, I do it because I hate myself and because I can’t end a show that late into the game, I need to finish it now.