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Something I'm appreciating a lot as I go back and look at these episodes again is the variety of the scenery. We've got the office building, the cafe, the park, the gas station, and so many other places that aren't the same stock Toei filming locations that we see over and over again in modern shows. I usually associate more location variety with Hibiki, of course, but it's so nice to see it on something that's more urban, too. I know we'll see more of the familiar locations as the show goes on (including the debut of one that the franchise will go back to a lot), but for now I'm enjoying the change of scenery.

This episode sees the start of one of my favorite recurring features on Faiz: the emergency phone call for help with zero location information. We're not at "Takkun! Orphenoch!" yet, but I'm still happy to see the debut of the characters' miraculous innate GPS.