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Wow, this latest episode was fantastic. Thanks again for subbing it, Jeeg and crew. It was a refreshing change of pace to see Hayato's Bitches actually being competent for a change, even if it was most likely because this was filmed well before it aired and they hadn't become the total airheads they usually are (or at least relatively non-airheaded in Mari's case). Pity this will be the last time we see Hiromi. Not so much the same for Michi.

Fun bit of trivia for this episode: these last two episodes were later redone as an episode of V3 during the Archbishop Wing arc, as were three other classic episodes from the original series. Reruns weren't really common back in the early 70s so in order to show some of the really classic episodes of the original series again they were just remade for V3. Not to slight V3 and its general awesomeness, but of the ones I've seen both versions of, I prefer the originals (it doesn't help that Archbishop Wing is probably the most boring general in the entire Showa era).