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Back at it again for Kamen Rider Blades, what, you mean Saber? No we're clearly watching Kamen Rider Blades this time.

Kamen Rider Blades (Episodes 29 to 32):

A short batch of episodes this time but they all focus on the best boy, Rintaro. Now I'm not going to do some deep deep character analysis but I am glad he's back into the fold. It's also nice to see that it didn't go as smoothly as it could of, providing a great chance at character growth.

One thing I'll commend is that we got a really good human Megid in the form of Mei. Making it someone Rintaro connects to strongly, and it being Mei who we've been with for so long, makes this a super dire scenario. I also enjoy that Blades wasn't forced to obtain a new power up to do save Mei, simply just unlocking more power through his sword and utilizing it in tandem with Touma.

I think my one complaint from the Neko Megid two parter though is that Touma should have gone Dragonic Knight with Rintaro during their first fight back together. Symmetry and all, you know? But it was still pretty good.

And while I know that we've still got plenty of duels left, I do like that while only being the third, Rintaro's is treated as more important than the rest. The fact that neither transform for it, the clock is ticking, etc.

And now the final fo-oh right Durandel. Um, he doesn't make any kind of strong character impression. But the King Crimson powers are cool honestly.

So anyway Tategami Blades, that is a beautiful looking suit that I will be sad to see like 5 years from now if it ever see's the light of day after Saber. Purely because time itself will not be kind to that bright white suit and the fur. But yeah, really cool form, a good first showing against Zooous who from the start was advertised as Rintaro's main foe, even if they've been on and off about it. I also like that it's very much the case of "Rintaro's reached his peak, now he just needs to put that into practice and confirm his resolve" in order to earn the power. It's real nice.

So yeah, almost done catching up, I'll probably be done by the time we reach Episode 41 this week.