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I suppose, Horobi not killing Gai or any of his men is just a bit of extra cruelty. After all, Gai's promise to handle it before the day was done is now invalid. Plus the fact that Naki can just bypass anything Gai sets up. Sometimes humiliation is worse than death and while I'm sure Horobi wants Gai gone, knocking him down further by invalidating all his inventions is something I can get behind.

I do also like Horobi's sort of "modus operandi" when it comes to fighting. With weaker opponents he's fine, stronger opponents are what catch him off guard usually. But there's a noticeable portion where he does a lot better, no matter the opponent, if they're caught off guard. Horobi fighting Thouser for the first time manages to get him to a draw by catching him off guard during his fight with Vulcan. Launching a surprise attack in the previous episode with Aruto allowed him to get the upperhand despite the usage of Shining.

It was also why Fuwa did so terribly in their first confrontation back in Episode 8, Fuwa's mind was too clouded by anger so Horobi was able to control the fight with ease. And thus this helped during the second phase of the fight against Gai once he was so flustered.

Overall though this episode was pretty nice in the other areas, I'm always a fan of more Naki and getting to see Naki and Fuwa interact briefly was great. As was Naki performing a joke in the most stoic manner while also just tossing a perfectly good futon on the ground. Not gonna lie though whenever they had the red eyes I immediately got Naruto flashbacks.

Oh and before I forget! That opening scene with Aruto chasing Jin by using Metal Cluster's nanomachines as platforms was genius! I really loved that they're still willing to get creative with Metal Cluster despite toning it down earlier.