[DreamSword]

Episode 17: Bellow of the Beast

Most of this episode was filled with typical hollow melodrama.

You have Joseph blaming Xargin for everything(despite defending the guy just last episode), as well as him getting an upgraded Amalgam form.

You also have the usual action movie dialogue that doesn't work because most of the characters involved aren't engaging and the previous episodes fly in the face of any sort of real sense of camaraderie the story could hope to have.

So yeah, business as usual. However, there is exactly one scene in the middle of all of this that shines above the rest.

The scene where Hermann and Amanda just sit down and talk about Hermann's' condition, and that he shouldn't give up, as it would be a huge dishonor to their comrades in the XAT, as well as Hermann's' best friend, Gerd.

See, this is what I'm talking about when I say that all I'm asking for is just the tiniest bit of effort towards characterization. I am not a hard man to please! Now, do I have any faith that this is going to hold up and keep the pace in future episodes?

No, but I'm still giving credit where it's due in that, the few times that this show has gotten something right, I give props. I know it's just set up for both characters to most likely get murdered, especially since the episode ends with them leading a suicide charge against Wolf, but you know I'll take what I can get at this point.

So yeah, overall a dull episode with one really good scene towards the end of it.