[DreamSword]

Having not seen Kabuto yet, I really felt like I was missing alot of context with this two-parter, which is a shame, because the past few did atleast feel as though they were written with newcomers in mind despite the change-up in the formula.

As such, I can really only judge it based upon what little context the episodes themselves provide, as well as comparison via the Kabuto tribute in Decade.

While I wasn't crazy about it, I did feel like it worked for the most part.

Like, it's basically no contest when it comes to these episodes vs the Decade episodes, considering not only were the plot of the latter outright nonsensical, but the moral(s) they tried to push were uh, baffling, to put it lightly.

As for the context of the story that these episodes in an of themselves(and again, haven't seen Kabuto yet so if I'm way off then whoops!), my read was that Kagami was once obsessed with getting the Kabuto Zector, and it was only through admitting to himself that someone else was better suited for it and not letting it hold him down anymore that he was finally able to grow as a person, and thus the Kabuto Zector allowed itself to be used by him. It's very basic symbolism, and allows Kagami be the one to finish the fight.

So yeah, both episodes ended up just being kinda decent for me. The action was great though, that's for sure.