[Enchilada645]

So fun fact, the past four episodes you watched aired during the same month. Which the production blog joked as "This month we are airing Kamen Rider Blades" I believe. So yeah, Rintaro really got a whole month to himself, his struggles, and his triumphs after being on the bench for the most part after Q2 started up.

Anyway Tategami Blades is a fun design. I feel sorry for it as a suit though due to it being pure white as well as that fur! That fur will not last!

But yeah, real nice that we just evolve Rintaro's water move-set into something relating to ice, because of course that's a good natural escalation. It's also a fun debut in the setpieces it gets.

Zooous definitely left more of an impression than Legeiel, his rivalry with Rintaro, while they could've kept it up a bit more prominently, is definitely what sealed the deal in him being stronger than Legeiel to me in terms of character. He also gets a nice little one-liner at the end when he realizes, "Oh hey, I'm beat. Maybe next time" before dying.

I also like how Zooous didn't even get this new form out of some forbidden magic technique either. He just got seriously angry that Touma and Rintaro beat him so thoroughly that he uses his anger to bypass what should've been his first death and shaped it into a monstrous form that tore through a lot of things. It's pretty cool, and the scar on the chest from where Touma and Rintaro clearly cross-slashed last episode is a really good detail to have.

Other points of note, I know it was already confirmed about how Durendal's powers worked in the thread. But here we get to basically see it in full force... and he is just King Crimson. Like I said, you know the Futurama episode with the Harlem Globetrotters? That's basically how it works.

Not much else to say other than a fun siege episode and a good cap for Rintaro as we start progressing deeper into the story. Since, well, despite winning, the heroes still lost quite a lot of stuff as a result of the siege. Very much a give and take situation.

Also very nice story. It's nice to see you write for Daishinji again and I do love that you delve into him figuring how to read Swordsmen because of how they're extensions of their blades. Real fun insight and I agree with Daishinji's observation about Rintaro being the best of the guild! Also I'm glad you added that little touch of how Daishinji was absolutely cold while in awe at the end there.

===Zero Presents: Desast Walk===

Desast Walk #11:

"Hello, humans.

I'm Dessert.

I've been looking around the world for a while now, but I don't see a place for me.

I find it most interesting and fun to fight against strong guys.

You think so too, don't you?"