[DreamSword]

Episode 19: Farewell

Martin's kinda dumb.

He's essentially the type of media parent who abandons their kid and then tries to justify it with work or some dumb garbage.

Not only that, he for some reason has this idea in his head that Sophie is an absolute lost cause unless he helps create a virtual reality for her? For a genius level programmer he sure doesn't understand why smiles are important.

Because that's what El Dorado's' end goal is: A virtual reality to trap people in under the false pretense of eternal happiness, and this episode is a raid on the main enemy base in order to set up for the next episode which will in turn elaborate and expand on that idea.

Out of that and the reveal that El Dorado is also responsible for the death of Sword's' sister, this episode was just what I said: A raid. And a somewhat lower budget one too given that the action is kinda minimal and there's some weird animation here and there(mainly in the way mouths move this episode). Like, it's not bad, but it's very much a stepping stone episode.

It's important sure, but the show is gonna have to do alot if it wants me to care about Martin after his being a neglectful family member. Like, sure, he thought he was writing to Sophie while he was gone, but that doesn't change that he just up and left without a word one day.

Needless to say, I'm far more interested in the promised interaction between Sword and the virtual version of his sister.