[TheRaizin]

At this point, I don't really care anymore with their toy shilling with the WRBs. Slash, Bremen Rock, and Crimson Dragon all shared the same debut episode which was a bit hectic since I feel Saber's combo form should've been moved to another episode to give Slash his time.

With that said, goddamn are the stunts in this one VERY good. The crazy camera motions and stunts are really good. Actor stunts came back a bit which nice to see as well. You could tell Sakamoto directed this, and he will for the next one. Hey! Maybe he should direct all of Saber?

The chroma effect is back, some may dislike it here or downright hate it, but I actually like it since it gives it its own identit- Aaaand its gone. Okay. We finally see Espada's rider kick, and Slash's debut was kino af. A bit iffy on his sudden personality change with Bremen, but I feel like this was gonna happen sooner or later with Daishinji. Being Slash is the only time he gets to express himself.

The true highlight of this episode, surprisingly, is Crimson Dragon. Again, Touma's fight with Calibur here was amazing. And Calibur is a cold bastard, grabbing the Megid and sacrificing him to defend himself. It might seem weird that Touma can just use three books already, but he does stumble around again and almost knocks himself out, unlike Rintaro who had no problems using it in his first try.

Next episode is the reveal of Calibur's identity who is most definitely Ex-Saber. His "People are the betrayers!" leads me to believe he defeated the previous Calibur who also betrayed SOL, took his belt, betrayed SOL, and became Calibur. Double betrayal, I guess. But why? Idk, maybe SOL has a dark secret that Ex-Saber and previous Calibur know.

They've kinda slowed this episode, I feel? But, again, the toy shilling is not for everyone. Tho, it might slow down next quarter, maybe? I don't know.

Edit: to you, the people who said that the pacing with Saber was atrocious, Toei will be releasing shorts that are probably cut content that details the SOL members. That's what I think these ".5" episodes are. This one in particular, is about Slash and Ogami and takes place between EP 8 and 9.