[Enchilada645]

So I really do enjoy this episode. While like you said the villains in Saber are lacking (Though I do feel the Book Club does reach their full potential later on as best they can), the heroes are absolutely on point.

From the quiet and somber start of Touma staring at Ikazuchi, to all of them getting super pumped up and handing out all of Kento's equipment to utilize. Then everyone making use of them as well as new tactics in the fight? Incredible.

Everyone's spirit is on display here, everyone is fighting their hardest. And surprisingly no Dragonic Knight which... I didn't even mind? Especially when we get something as cool as Dragon Alangina. The idea that one of the Swordriver Rider's gets to use another one's main book? That's something really cool and seeing Touma dual wield and do combination fire and lightning attacks was great to see.

I think the only part of the fight I sort of rolled my eyes at was the book swap between the veteran members? Cause while cool in concept... only Daishinji actually bothers to use his alternate book's abilities to clone himself. Granted, this is why I consider Slash one of my favorites, dude knows how to work those books.

As for King Lion Daisenki... you basically hit the nail on the head of what I loved about this debut. You have Rintaro's earnest determination to fight his hardest, coupled alongside Mei cheering him on with all her heart/charisma, and you get a really good debut! The suit is pretty alright to me, I do like how it's a more tech and streamlined version of Fantastic Lion in a sense. It's very much a manufactured form compared to the more natural knightly look that Saber gets.

And that might be why I prefer how it came about compared to Dragonic Knight? While I'm alright with Touma holding his determination and not giving up to access his magic book he got in Avalon, Rintaro's way of getting it is a lot easier to digest. You've got Rintaro just straight up asking "Make me a power-up" to Daishinji who complies and then proceeds to wait until the power up is done cooking. It just... works nicely for me.

Also the story... oh man this story. I feel like you've got a real good handle on Desast and him writing wise. There was just a huge grin on my face as I kept reading further and further in, seeing about this sort of side story of a neighborhood that Desast just frequents that has no idea what his deal is but quite a few like him cause he's quirky. Great job, though I will offer a bit of criticism in that I think you renamed your guy at least once during this.