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-The Karizaki family dynamic has always been...Complicated, providing a neat contrast to the Igarashi family life. It was one of the things I praised the show for earlier, not simply resolving the pain and anger that comes from such a complicated dynamic in a single episode. And well...........

- Ok, so, we can all agree that Ikki spinning Masumi giving George his demon as a good thing to be a bit silly, right? Other than that....I guess im fine with how things turned out? Yeah, you can make your own opinions on how truly shitty or good Masumi as a father was, but that doesn't deny George of his complicated desires to, y'know, reconcile with the guy and rebulid their relationship, and his regrets for not understanding his true feelings until he died, and his pride as a scientist (and anger of an abandonded child) to surpass his father. You can say "It's ridculous for George to still desire a connection to his father due to how much of an ass he was!" as much as you like...but I've found that it's a more common emotion for people with complicated relationships toward their families than you may think? (Look at me defending this 2-parter lol, i'm still pretty not fond on Juuga being the way we wrap their plotline up for the Karizakis.)

-Speaking of plotlines I was never really fond of! Ikki's memory loss has reached its climax, he's forgotten all of his family, how unfortunate. As much as I didn't like the plotline from the moment it was intro'd and think it could be executed in better ways, I do admit all the actors in the Igarashi family do a wonderful job of selling the emotional pain of this whole ordeal. Now then.....

-We all know what's going to happen next episode, right? I don't even need to say it. The only question is.......It's definitely not going to end tearfully, so how are we actually going to resolve this issue? Because, if the answer is just "*shrugs* Let's just make a new contract, dude!", I'm going to have the biggest headache. Ikki and Vice are the only demon-human pair with an actual contract, so the writers can free to do whatever they please with it. At the very least......let it at least manage to hit emotionally somehow.