[FreshToku]

This episode rocked and I felt it was a pretty strong finale to this first 'arc'. Sougo's crisis was fairly straightforward, as was how it was resolved, but I thought it was done sufficiently well.

Up until this point, I was feeling anywhere from neutral to poor towards Geiz, but I really liked the promise he makes with Sougo in this episode. It should hopefully mean he's firmly on his side while having a good reason to fight him again one day, which I'm absolutely sure will happen somewhere down the line.

And hey, insert song coming through! A much more calm and relaxed song compared to the usual, which was really fitting for the scene. It was meant to go along with Zi-O's renewed confidence rather than accompany an action-packed fight. I can't recall many other instances like that.

Zi-O Double Gamer is a nice callback to one of my favourite power-ups. Decade clearly should have made use of Wizard's Copy power to counter! Anyhow, I'm sure Tsukasa will return as a sign of things getting really serious again.

Next week is the beginning of a whole new chapter and all sorts of bizarre things are happening. Alternate Futures? If any of you had any hopes of the time travel rules playing nice, seriously give up your hopes and just go along with the ride. I look forward to seeing Necrom 2.0 and Nega-Starninger in action, and to learn just what are they after.