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This episode had its ups and downs.

I liked Hikaru beating the stuffing out of Akaishi and Daiji blasting him... but that's about it.

Again, I can see what they're doing with Daiji, which, it's better than suddenly making him obedient to Akaishi (I knew what he was going to do to him the moment he started approaching him), and it does work (somewhat) since Kagerou's gone, but I still feel like his character is inconsistent. I don't mind the "Daiji becoming a villain to divide the family" angle, but it could have been done better, to me at least. Like maybe, you could spin a more compelling reason to break him to make him fear Giff like killing Genta or something, but with everything leading up to this, it doesn't work for me.

And then there's George possessing his daddy's demon (I was wondering if he had a demon being saved for Battle Familia), which, is kind of out of the blue. I feel like they should have alluded to it before this, but I don't have any real standing on it, which we'll see how that works after the series concludes.

Also, I think Giff should have remained a statue until the final arc, if he was going to just sit in a space room for 20 or so episodes. Which I think would have worked better in making his monster form more threatening, but the way he "speaks" is interesting.

Next Episode: New Show! Kamen Rider Giflive!