[DreamSword]

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Originally Posted by Enchilada645

Ah no need to worry about Alfonso, he will get his chance to shine, oh he will get his chance to shine indeed. For now though, slow buildup via B-Plot.

I look forward to it! In the meantime...

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Episode VII: Sorrow Beast

This is the first episode that I didn't really care for, if I'm being honest.

It felt to me like it was two separate episodes fused into one, and one of the those episode being one the show had already done, but not as well executed.

The editing is also pretty weird in this one. The biggest offense being when we cut to a scene of Leon getting chased by a bunch of Royal Knights, only to suddenly flash back to... 5 minutes ago, where he starts being chased by said knights. Was that really necessary? What did it even add?



I guess if I had to choose the highlight of this episode, it'd be the appearance of the Black Knight, who we'd only heard about in a previous episode. The way he Morphs is pretty cool; Being kinda similar to how the Riders in Kamen Rider Blade transform. And I like that every Knight does use a different style of swordplay. Though it does make me wonder how he was able to recognize that Leon was trained by Herman.

After that we get the second episode, where Leon gets amnesia and people confuse him for a man named Pepe(and no I'm not going to do the obvious joke). The entire second half of the episode is, as a result, predictable.



The mystery has a predictable answer, the twist involving Leon's' memory loss I saw coming a mile away, and even the lesson about revenge being a corrupting force was done way better with the Bloodville episode.



I guess what I'm trying get at here is... what was even the point? If it weren't for the Black Knight showing up at about the halfway point, I'd almost recommend skipping this episode entirely. Even the ending scene, which I was liking, got ruined by and ill-timed and unfunny antic with Herman. Atleast we got to see why Hakai Knights do their best to remain hidden, I guess?

The only other real positive I can think of for this episode is that, in terms of action it was... okay, I guess? Seeing Garo run on his own tassel was cool, even if it'd be impossible in real life. Outside of that and the Black Knight just being inherently cool... yeah, can't say I dug this one. Sorry!