[Daikaijuman54]

What an episode... We got some backstory and peace being made with regrets, and some fantastic animation, and Yomogi being the MVP.

It's interesting to note that Shizumu hardly shows up at all in Gauma's flashback(?), he's always been one of the outliers when it comes to the cast, so seeing what his deal is will be interesting. Though it seems he just wants to end everything, judging from his lines and what we now know from Gauma's past. Also, it appears the princess is old Japanese themed, maybe they're referencing the one episode from the original Gridman where Khan summoned Benkei to bodyguard Takeshi, I don't know.

Okay, I was expecting something darker from Kano, but I guess I was overthinking it, not that I'm disappointed, I really liked seeing them make peace with each other. From Koyomi's flashback, it seems nothing would have changed if he took her up on her offer or not, funny how Yomogi recognized her, though I still wonder if there's more to their story, it's been nagging at me for some reason. Maybe I'm overthinking things again, but whatever.

I like how they don't show any specifics about Knight's past, they really succeeded in not making a season two, while still bringing in these characters, props Trigger. And Gauma's animation when he snaps out of his past was very nice, and Yomogi doing the rise animation, perfect.

And that Kaiju's vanish ability had a somewhat unsettling feel to it, just seeing things grey out before just fading adds a little something to the fear factor, at least to me.

Wonder how things will go from here, now that we're running low on Kaiju, will the Eugenicists turn into Kaiju like Akane did?