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Didn't comment on Episode 10 or 11 but yeah they were pretty good at building up towards the finale.

Speaking of the finale, I really, really enjoyed it. The idea that we have this super deconstructed, just not at all familiar setting in Garo that slowly but sure is fully built back up to what the Garo armor is about, "Hope" is just really cool. I also love how Kuon himself is just so done with Azami and Hagiri to the point of even shouting, "An armor to surpass Garo? What the hell does that even mean?!" as possibly one of my favorite highlights of this series.

Also just idea of the "Power of Friendship" power up in this case being Kuon choosing to live on after seeing everyone around him die because of this horrible game and even using their own moves to help beat the Veil armor. And then just at the end, him continuing to rub salt in Hagiri's wounds about his mishapen ideals, and Kuon's selflessness being too much for Azami to even comprehend so she just leaves.

I really enjoyed this series and am honestly glad this was the ending they chose purely because well... it's open ended. It feels like it could be the start of a new universe because tbh and as I said when I first saw Versus Road...

The Saejima Saga/Universe is very nicely wrapped up/has a fair deal of closure thanks to Moonbow Traveler, to where it'd feel weird if we went back there. On the opposite end, the Ryuga-verse feels like they're really running out of stuff to really expand on. To the point where Jinga itself feels so, so very disconnected from the Ryuga-verse when it takes place.

So I'd really love it if they decided to continue on in the Versus Road universe because this conclusion definitely feels like they left it open enough for at least one sequel.