[GoldenXtreme]

I'll say this about the episode, the show's threatening, murderous aura went from like a 3 to an 8.5 in the span of its runtime.


It was a fine episode though. I like the whole angle of never knowing when Vail is going to try and pick off one of the family members, and his whole conversation with Vice was interesting and would be a cool way to add some conflict back into the whole Ikki-Vice dynamic. The scene with Sakura and Hana was cute, but I definitely wish Tamaki and Hikaru just had more depth at this point instead of just awkwardly looming in the background like that. I know its probably not happening but I can't help but wonder if Daiji is going to be unceremoniously killed off next week because the writer clearly doesn't like dealing with him much. Dude is bleeding from the neck again and trying his hardest to have a bunch of death flags! Thinking about it, I think the most critical issue with Revice as a whole is that it just can't juggle all these characters. Still, I had fun and I'm enjoying the apocalyptic vibes as we move into the home stretch.