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Originally Posted by Mesnick

Wow, I'm the first to write a review for this episode! Apparently the rest are either too distracted by the Black Sun and a lot of teasers, or they don?t want to spoil the viewing for others with spoilers.

It's been almost a day now and I'm surprised you're still the only one before me. In my case, I'm holding out on watching Black Sun until I've watched Black. No point watching something derivative of something I'm unfamiliar with, you know?

Raise Buckles being sentient items that hatch from eggs reminds me of Ryusouls. Pretty cool how the way the eggs are raised determines what they become, with Ace's tough love producing the strongest spawn. Definitely a "don't try this at home" moment though.

Keiwa's absence has the effect I expected, putting Ace in the focus and even having him be the one to learn a moral for once, following Michinaga's example of reckless courage to realize what his egg needed to hatch. Michinaga was annoyed that he inadvertently inspired Ace to win, but after Ace paying him a sincere compliment and encouraging advice, their rivalry seems to be growing in to something mutually constructive, like how the Monster Raise Buckle was born.

Ace's advice to Neon was helpful as well. Neon already proved she could win the DGP when she successfully kicked the can out of the Jyamar Area, something even Ace didn't consider. The only reason she didn't win was that the Jyamato changed the rules. Neon used to be the underdog, but in the next game, I think she's going to be a strong contender for sure.

Masked Guy revealing himself as Giroli wasn't exactly much of a surprise considering the lack of suspects, even less than Calibur revealing himself as Kamijo. We know very little about either of Giroli's identities other than that they're both DGP staff, so the question now is, who's Giroli and how is this reveal going to become important?