[Tokumonkey]

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Originally Posted by gashatfreak

Just when you think Saber was gonna be another whimsical friendship-powered Disney-happy-go-lucky fairy tale the story took a Grimm turn.

I see what you did right there. Nice!

This episode frustrated me. I appreciate that our actors for Kento and Touma have really committed to their roles, but 12 ended with Touma going into full-on weepy mourning for an apparently-dead Kento... only to back off, then hit the same damned beat again in the very next episode.

Also, Kento - apparently recently near-fatally wounded - showing up to the battle to do the ONE THING that completes the villains' evil plan was both frustrating and not nearly properly set up.

Until now, I've been doing what I think has been a pretty good job of ignoring the show's flaws. I don't love that we're now well into the series and I don't think we've gone a single episode without introducing a new form/character/toy. I really feels like the toy lines have been choking Rider to death for years, now. I know the shows are all extended toy commercials, but Saber hasn't exactly been elegant in how it's handled them. New forms in Rider tend to be tied to character growth, but they just haven't had the time to make most of them feel earned.

Getting unpleasant Ghost vibes, from the almost-always-shrill supporting character to the plot that doesn't seem to have been particularly well-thought-out.

On the upside, we haven't been asked to care about random guest characters for two-episode arcs, so that's a plus.