[AkibaSilver]

So, after having watched it, I can already say I hate Green and that's gonna be hard to change. He just rubs me the wrong way, and being so cheerful with murder (justified, but still murder) crosses a line for me. Black's close, but at least he seemed to be taking it seriously. Unless they bring this up again, and do some kind of "Green and Black apologise for being serial killers", expect to see me snarking at the pair a lot.

Other than that, this episode almost feels like it's coming in way too early. We barely know Ui right now, so to do this whole episode that centres around the bond between her and the Ryuusoulgers, it doesn't come off as strong as it should. Some of her backstory, interactions with the cast, anything beforehand would have fleshed this out, but of course, none of that has happened yet. I'm not even gonna mention the suicide stuff, because that's some deep subtext I don't wannt mess with yet.

Add in Blue connecting with his mecha... for all of two scenes, and this episode feels like it has enough material for three. Unfortunately, squishing them all together like this hurts all the parts, imo.