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-Lovekov and Hana comforting Sakura, that's so sweet.

-.....and then it's immediately paralleled with Akaishi getting a little *too* close to Daiji imo. I bet he was a lot like Daiji when he first contracted with Gifu-so convinced of what he was doing was right, so disraught about how everyone disagreed, and then look at happened! Everyone Akaishi every grew up with, knew, and loved? They're all dead, and he'll continue to stubbornly justify to himself that it wouldn't have happened if they just submitted to Giff, and drowns himself deeper and deeper into his devotion to Giff, until he is the caricuature of a villian we know today. Him protecting Daiji, the image of him giving Weekend Dad's photo back, hmmmmmm. It's not exactly a bad way to reflect some humanity into this caricuature of a villian, and I do appericate them actually adding some depth a little bit before the last minute like last time, but I'm still not exactly sold on the guy as a good villian, yknow?

-"You're all bark and no bite!" Daiji says, as Ikki plummets him into the pavement and Vice is smacking Vail around. Sure, buddy, sure! I'm not exactly sure how we'll get Daiji back, if a good ol' fashioned main-secondary brawl/clash of ideals didn't work. (Maybe we need a second try, preferably in some kind of water, lol?) Maybe if Akaishi's plan involves morphing everyone into horrid demons like Akemi to live under Giff's rule, Daiji will finally wake up and realize "holy shit, this isn't what I wanted!?" and turn sides. (And if you ask me if it's a good or bad thing they're dragging this out, hmmmmm. I don't mind it not being resolved in this episode, I'll say that.)

-Yukimi and Genta are soooo cute, seriously. Love those two.

-Happy Father's Day! We're celebrating by killing Weekend Dad! I'll put this death exactly 1.4 points above Weekend Mom's death, because there was actually a bit (not a lot, but at least there was Something!!!) of bulidup to it. Once again, I'd feel like this whole plot with Hikaru and his family would work a lot better if it just had a little bit more time to cook.

-Overall, it's a pretty mixed episode of Revice, with things that interested me and a lot of things I particularly didn't care for. Next time, it's time for that overdue Vail vs Genta showdown? Honestly thought they'd scarifice Vail to show how powerful Ult Revice is on its debut, but I'm glad they know the only way to end things is with Genta.