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Apocalypse Time! It's Episode 49.....

-Before I rewatched this episode, I could only remember the bit with Sougo and Oma Zi-O and the high school bit, as well as some fuzzy memories of Geiz's death, and thought of this episode pretty fondly.

-..................I remember why I seemingly didn't want remember anything before that, because oooooooof. I didn't vibe with ta good chunk of this episode at all.

-The "Tsukuyomi betrayed us?!" twist feels so deeply insulting than I'm struggling to find the words to express my dislike of it? It'd be one thing to do the pledge of alleganice to Swartz, and then cleverly cut around the boys' conversation afterwards to imply something else is up, of course, but this....Hearing Geiz say "Why you'd do it, Tsukuyomi?!" with earnest geniunely made my heart sink? Like seriously? Now, of all times? When we literally did this bit a couple episodes ago....????

-I don't care any of the spefics of our heroes' plan because it's all thrown away with that big "Earse Timeline" button, but like.....If all Swartz wanted was Ohma Zi-O's power, what was stopping him from just going to 2068 and doing it there??? I guess you can make the argument that teenage Sougo who's all emotional and doesnt have a full grasp of his new powerset yet is a easier target, but........In any case, I don't think anyone any gives a damn about Swartz or last minute Time Nonsense when all the character stuff is good and sweet, so let's not waste any more energy on that!

-That line from Sougo about the hands of a clock, where they're seemingly in a loop but steadily heading towards the future...I adore that line so damn much, it's a simple yet powerful statement.

-However brief, Uncle's moment in this geniunely hit? When he came out with all the watches I felt the biggest smile creep on.

-Woz looking over the kids as they head into school, watching over from the shadows....there's something a bit bittersweet about that, isn't it? Being potenially the only one who fully remembers what happened and all that. It kinda shows how far the guy's come, from meddling with this and that in order to bring out Oma Zi-O, to stepping back into the role of the unseen observer to see what kind of future Sougo and the kids will create.