[TheRaizin]

Maaaannn I got nothing to say besides what's already been said! This was a good episode and I feel like ties up some ends better than Gridman, but also leaving some things open for their crossover in the future! I love that they now all have SSSS. Scars besides Chise (we'll get to her in a sec) who has the dot on her mouth. The Eugenicists being dark reflections, the Gridknight alliance's whole shebang, it's all so good. I love the calm atmosphere of the end part that's pretty much the theming of the series. With Gridman, I was ready see the characters go, but this I can't let go of the cast this time! Koyomi, Chise, Yume, Yomogi, and Gauma, they're all precious! This gave quite the empty feeling after the end, especially not long that I watched Back Arrow's end episode too so this day felt like a "goodbye" kind of day.

So, now that I have pre-established that I absolutely loved the ending and place it just a tiny bit higher than SSSS Gridman. I will now speak about ONE nitpick that I take issue with.

Chise.


Chise, is my favorite design of the cast, and my favorite character at surface level. The actual favorites go to Yomogi and Yume, but Chise I initially gravitate towards and still do. Her episode with Goldburn's intro is my favorite episode, she's an artist of which I relate, and she's just GODDAMN CUTE!

BUT, her ending is disappointing to me. And it's not even about her covered arm revealing that it was just her tattoo. The Self-Harming Chise theory just grew big around discussions. No, my issue is that she should've been in the final battle since she is criminally underused in the show. Being only a package deal with Koyomi till her own episode and then back to being sidelined. She was set up as a character who wanted to be solid member of the DynaCrew, this comes to fruition kind of with Goldburn but even then the latter is an independent kaiju so she still has to hang back.

I feel she should've been in the final battle somehow. Even Second got in to the fight. At the end of it all, Chise was just a bystander. And I didn't like that. ._.