[GoldenXtreme]

Alright, I’m officially sold on this show. Narratively I am really enjoying everything that is happening, and this episode showed that it was willing to show some real depth to both its ongoing main characters with Ikki and Daiji and with more minor people struggling with their inner demon of the week. Ikki has me especially excited, since we already can see he has some surprising issues going on beneath the surface.

The scene at the end with Ikki disappearing from the photograph was interesting. Since it happened right after signing the Fenix contract, I wonder if they are trying to go for an angle where Ikki progressively sacrifices more and more of what he cares about so that he can fight more effectively, losing sight of his original self.