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Episooode 10!

As promised, here's everything I hated about this episode on my firstwatch:

-Sougo! It really felt like they were stretching his innoence/naviety to the breaking point? "I'd get if Another OOO wasn't the cartoonishly evil Kuroto, and someone more vague in their intentions as King, this plotpoint of Sougo temporarily defecting would go a lot smoother for me. Also aren't you a history buff, Sougo?! I'd feel like you should already know how awful people in power act!?" or something like that, was my sentiment. Speaking of History..

-Uh yeah the Nobunga stuff really didn't land for me? The message "You can't merely judge things by one perspective" was alright, but the way we got there......."No one would've followed him if he was a nasty old demon king!" ......Are you sure about that. Because there's other ways to do that without the approval of the masses, yknow?

-I think I was sick of Kuroto in general? Ex-Aid or its characters wasn't at all my cup of tea, so the fact that this guy was taking up space in an entirely different arc where there were characters I actually wanted to see (Hina and Eiji), just really soured this arc for me.

As for my rewatch thoughts..

-Even with my newfound perspective on Sougo, it still feels a bit far-fetched? Not the end of the world though. I agree that handwaving Sougo's actions in the arc as "all part of the plan!" is a little :-/. The "I've known I was one since I was born." line though, that's what peaked my interest. On my inital watch, I merely placed it as the writers not really knowing how to give Sougo a strong reason to be so fixated on this goal. I didn't really like it that much. But on my rewatch.....There's like, a very unsettling feeling to that statement?

-Sougo seemingly seeing in his ideal in Eiji is such a fun idea. Wish they didn't go so catchphrase-heavy on Eiji's lines though, it kinda sours his appearance juuuust a bit for me. The sheer delight I felt upon seeing Hina throw Eiji at Kuroto might make up for it though.

-I got jumpscared at Dr. Maki's doll chilling on Kuroto's shelf, I didn't remember that at all,,

-the "Please go out and buy the Time Mazine please :-) You'll get a free OOO watch :-)" fight was definitely A Thing That Happened this episode. I know the Ridewatches were pretty popular and Zi-O ends up being currently the highest selling KR season, but I don't really see the appeal of the Mazines? Any Zi-O fans in the thread actually bought one?

-Kinda disagree on your idea of the idea Sougo got off easy? We ended this episode with a very determined and angry Geiz leaving 9 to 5 and vowing to defeat Sougo after all...Poor dude has had enough of Sougo's antics, it seems.

So yeah, this arc wasn't perfect but it wasn't a horrific mess like I deemed it to be on my inital watch.