[FairyKing]

Most of what I'd say has already been said. They rushed through a lot in this episode, and in that rush some things didn't make as much sense as they should have, but overall I thought it was still solid.

I wanna talk about Aruto's joke while Izu was getting repaired. I know a lot of us find his jokes annoying, and this one could have seemed really inappropriate given how serious the moment was, but it clicked with his attempt in the last episode and reminded me why he tells those jokes: He's trying to cheer people up. But not just in some vapid everything-is-fine way, he's trying to break the tension and raise people's spirits even when everything seems bleak. And that he's failing so hard honestly makes all the defeats and high-cost victories the heroes have been suffering lately feel even more crushing.

Unrelated to that, I'm still waiting for when we find out Assault Wolf / Shining Assault Hopper's real downside. Since it comes from the Arc, I'm betting it'll be worse than just coughing up blood. I kinda hope it's something that Fuwa overcomes but Aruto doesn't, like how Mach mastered Type Deadheat.