[TheRaizin]

You...! You magnificent son of a... respectable mother! You! YOUU! God, just seeing that face just reinvigorates me. That look, the return of that smile, he just brings with him that sense of hope. Agh, man it's glorious.

And then the rest of the episode happened.

Ehhh. It hinges on misunderstanding to get the plot to happen. Ikki never fully explains what he plans to do to beat Giff to Daiji, this is to allow Daiji to mistake what Ikki's actions as murder. Had Ikki explained that he has a plan to fix Akemi which also doubles as as their plan to power him or themselves up to beat Giff, Daiji would probably have been onboard, or at least the Daiji I know from Holy Live's debut. At the very least, even if Ikki explained but still lead to what happened in the episode, I can chalk it up to Daiji being so broken that he thinks that a new toy won't be able to beat Giff.

"But Rei, you liked Faiz which was misunderstanding-incarnate!"

The difference is that Faiz's characters are likeable enough for me to get on board with it, plus execution matters. I read it that the Faiz cast are all so broken as people that it's understandable that it happens. The siblings all live together, understand each other. Why is Daiji excluded from Weekend's briefings? Do they not have contact each other? Do they not ever check up on what Daiji is doing day-in-day-out? Does Daiji not even go home anymore?



This part is egregious to me. What do you mean to "join properly"? The three of you were already on board with each other. Yet they barely have discussed anything with Daiji for the past, I don't know, 4-5 episodes.

I'm totally on Daiji's side. Not because 'Muh peace and freedom' or whatever Akaishi implanted on his head. But because he has every right to be frustrated at the two Egoists in front of him. I'm honestly hoping this is intentional and they actually address it that Ikki and Sakura have barely supported Daiji yet are coming to him to have him join them. Sigh.

Well, next week is the final form at least. Seemingly at the cost of Papa-san's life. Aw, I wanted to see him transform along with his children.

On a side note. Weekend's little transmission of "Don't believe everything the authority feeds you, think for yourself!" was... probably the only decent social commentary topic thing they've pulled out, for all of Reiwa.