[Fish Sandwich]

Faiz 25-26:

Okay, full disclosure, I probably let the Faiz Accel off the hook a little too easily. Apparently the Delta Gear was just with one of the other Ryuusei school children this whole time, which I had forgotten was the explanation for where that's been. So maybe Hanagata got some things mixed up while he was getting the belts to everyone before the series or something. I don't know. I'm also ignoring the actual issue here, which is that the show doesn't directly address this at all.

On the flipside, these episodes do support my point about how out of character it would be for Takumi to ask for expository dialogue, considering that when he comes home to someone he's never seen before chatting it up with Keitarou, his immediate reaction is total silence, followed by completely ignoring their presence altogether. It's okay though, they start bonding over their mutual dislike of hot drinks afterwards.

Anyway, these episodes are once again a good time. I really love seeing Takumi and Kusaka getting hunted down by their own alter egos, so to speak, which is one of those delightful things about Faiz you just don't get anywhere else. It'd be one thing to see them getting chased through dark rooms deep underground, or even for that to happen when they don't have their belts. But for the monsters chasing them to be using those belts? It's just great.

では、久々のファイズ翻訳ミスコーナーです～！今日の翻訳ミスはこれだ！



「二度と這い上がれない闇というものがある」

Finally found a mistake in common again! I shouldn't be happy about that, especially when there are still so many mistakes exclusive to either sub group, but I kinda liked doing these.

Murakami here is talking to Takuma and Kageyama about how by betraying Smart Brain, Hanagata fell into darkness. His followup words of warning to them are about how there's darkness you can't ever rise up from again. He's giving them an extremely melodramatic threat that reflects his character. If you cross a line he thinks you shouldn't, you're done to him, and that's that.

W 25-26:

I feel like this arc was a little uneven for whatever reason, but the good things about it are definitely quite good. The Dopant is another very out there, creative concept that differs from the norm, the villain has a pretty compelling motivation for turning to crime, the developing sideplot with Isaka is fun, and most of all, it agrees with me that it's not important where the Faiz Accel came from!