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Episode 11: Sisters of the Kaiju

Anyone is capable of great good or great evil.

When it came to Mob Boss offering to help save the mind of Taylor and Hayley's' mother, it'd be understandable for anyone to be incredibly skeptical of it.

However, if there has been one thing that's been consistent about Shane's' character, it's that he is a good judge of character. You sort of have to be in order to be an effective leader.

Yes, he's ruthless. Yes, he's manipulative. And yes, he's incredibly selfish and self-serving. But he also knows how important family is to alot of people, him included. What sealed it all off what him outright admitting to the duo's' mom that he wasn't doing anything for her, but himself and Mei.

So, does this episode redeem Shane? Make him instantly likeable? Justify all of his actions up to this point? Certainly not, and to the episode's' credit, I never once got the sense that it was trying to do any of that. Merely showing how love for others can drive us to do things no one else would expect of us, and to that I end, I felt it was effective.

Outside of that, there's also the subplot of the Kaiju Sisters getting ready to craft Boy into Kaiju Jesus, and from the moment I saw him on the altar I knew that Apex was going to be a giant player in all of this, given how it Drifted with Boy a few episodes back. Makes me wonder if Boy will get rescued in time, for if he'll end up turning into Aku, considering the cult is pretty much the Daughters of Aku from Samurai Jack.

Combine all of this with some really cool imagery during the dive into the hivemind of the Kaiju Sisters and you have an episode that, while I wouldn't say is perfect, is very interesting to watch.