[Layton13]

So... Yeah... Episode 15...

Aka, the episode the show just clicked for me where it went from having fun with it to actually liking it. Where all the "buts" became so insignificant that it was just "I'm enjoing this!"

That said, hilarious that it seems to have had the opposite effect on you.

And because of that, I have some things to say.

First, on the table of contents, since it kind of feels like you downplay what it is a bit too much. It's a bit more than a map; it's more of a very quick summary of the world's history and every truth unknown to man, which would be rather interesting for both people wanting to remake the world and searching for something unknown.

Second, I love the parallels between Kamijo, Kento, and Touma in this one. They all are ultimately motivated by the death of a treasured person, but they took this in completely different directions. Unlike Kamijo, who abounded his comrads to burden all the world's problems himself, hello Kento, Touma keeps insisting that only by working with them can he achieve his goals. Adding to that, Kamijo abandons all his morals by working with the Mejgid, the creatures he fought before this all started, while looking for the easiest way to solve his problems, simply obtaining the universal truth and not really showing any care for the people he originally swore to protect since the methods justify the means for him. All wrapped in a sense of nihilistic hopelessness that anything he does won't matter since the world's end is already set in stone, wonderfully contradicting his catchphrase, which is also used in this episode.

And through it, Touma shows him true determination by fighting with his fallen comrat instead of being consumed by his loss and effectively becoming him as Kamijo did with Calibur.

It's just... YES! That is the stuff I come to Rider for and makes for a great "Big Damn Rider"-moment for Touma, even being able to reawaken the man Kamijo had buried 15 years ago, only for it to be tragically cut short, while also setting the stage for what's to come.

As I said, I think whenever Saber pulls together its story strings for a climax, it always delivers!