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Episode 21: Teaching Love!

There's a reason few people use the term "getting high on life" anymore.

Not just because it's old, but because, like with anything that gives you any sort of high, you run the risk of becoming addicted to it.

Heck, wanna know what "being woke" used to mean when the phrase first started circulating the internet? It was a way to express learning "the truth" or knowing what many others don't.

However, the phrase soon turned into a mocking one because, while learning an idea that stands out from the norm can be a liberating feeling, that same feeling can also cause those to experience it to not stop to actually think about or otherwise investigate what they've read or heard.

Such is the danger in the type of person Sawada is. He's someone who's lived his whole life on autopilot, but the moment he actually found genuine passion for something in his life, he became obsessive of it until he ended up being a serious danger to those around him. While it's a bit of an extreme example, it's something many of us have experienced on a smaller scale.

Meanwhile, on the part of Masayoshi, a big part of this ordeal is one of self discovery. This whole time he's been helping others with their problems, and living his life with superheroes as his guide. But really, like with many a classic hero, he himself has not grown all that much. In reality, stagnation can be soul crushing, and if Masayoshi wants to keep being his best self, then he also needs to take the time to look inward rather than outward for once.

To end this off, there's something that I wanna give this episode some major props for: Talking about how love comes in many forms, not just in a romantic way. Many other shows, superhero ones included, would just simplify it as being romantically interested in someone, and at first, it seems like Samurai Flamenco is gonna do it too, but no. They instead acknowledge love of various different kinds, even noting how Masayoshi's' passion for superheroes stems from a form of love. It was really nice to see!

Next up is the final episode and uh, I won't spoil what the title of it is yet, but let's just say that it is very, very Flamenco.