[DreamSword]

Episode 6: Intricacy

This episode struck a nice balance of all the elements of a usual GARO episode.

It's not exactly evenly split up, but I felt that enough focus was given to each aspect of character development, investigation, and action.

The mission this time being investigating a movie theater where people have been rumored to just vanish while watching a film. Luke, annoyed at how Sword has gotten Sophie mixed up in the Makai world, investigates on his own.

During all this, we get some further insight into Sword and especially Luke. Sword makes a living working for a Chinese restaurant, which actually gives a new layer to his love of greasy meat and potatoes; I imagine he's kinda sick of the Chinese cuisine he's surrounded with all the time.

Luke is the standout though, as we get an almost literal window into his past an aspiring Makai Knight, and how his mother died infront of him. I also got a giggle at how normal people mistake him bringing out his Horror-detecting lighter as him asking for or offering a smoke. And his gunplay gets to shine once more as soon as the Horror is discovered.

Lastly, in terms of the dub, something that stood out to me about this episode was that the script for it had alot of at the time modern lingo and slang terms in it. Which, while a bit distracting at first, does make some sense, given that this show takes place in the "near future" and all. It's definitely an effect of me having only seen the other anime in terms of GARO content though, given that those shows took place in the distant past.

Just never thought I'd hear the word "creepypasta" in an GARO show until now.