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Funnily enough I have the same feelings with this episode, and admittedly... I kind of like it? I'll explain what I mean later on, but for now I'll let you know you're not alone in this episode very much being kind of there aside from the Daishinji vs. Touma part.

There's something just very ingenious about using our new setup for a classic 1 vs. 1 duel between two swordsmen. Daishinji very much went above and beyond in how cool he was and this episode is very much one of the ones that cemented him as one of my favorites. It's also like I mentioned briefly when talking about Episode 16. How Daishinji and Ogami are the ones who are clearly trying to think more rationally about everything. And here we see Daishinji trying to seek answers even if Touma's not in a position to answer them.

I do also like the touch of Daishinji attacking the King Megid and actually hearing the muffled cries of Shingo because of his enhanced hearing. It's such a nice little touch.

As for the story. HA! Okay, I love you riffing on Sword X Man. It's such a funnily drawn comic, one of which actually got sample pages shown off to the public via the production blog. Normally I'd share those... but I've got an image or two I need to save space for so...

I enjoyed the subtle Donbrothers reference! Simple story, but got the point across.

That being said I'm not done.

===Zero Presents: Desast Walk===

So at this point in Saber, our very fun Megid known as Desast began to post every now and again on Twitter between episodes. While it's sporadic the further we get in, I figured I'd give you the true Saber experience by giving you Desast Walk every time we reach an appropriate point. So here you go, Desast Walk, with Google Translate on Twitter translations (you'll understand why in a second):

Desast Walk #1:



"Hi humans.

I'm dessert He's a genie born from a book. Are you pretty cool?

Now then, it looks like it will still take some time for the Wind Swordsman, so I guess I'll wander around this world as I please.

If you've arrived, do whatever you want."