[DreamSword]

Episode 5: El Brave Isn't Small

Eh, probably the weakest episode so far for me?

It's not a bad episode by any means, it's just that like 90% of it is one joke(El Brave is short!) played up, and not in any sort of super funny way.

The mini arc and the message that accompanies it works well enough though: El Brave learning to accept his own shortcomings as a hero, just as Jiro has to given how he just started heroing.

And while the running gag of the episode came up a bit short for me, alot of the other humor in it really did work for me. The rabbit being a very obvious hand puppet who needs a stuntman to fight, everyone moving into Jiro's' house, and the very gifable moment I showcased in this very post!

Probably the biggest disappointment to me though was how Yuki shows up only very briefly at the start of the episode and then never again. Seemed as if her and Jiro were finally going to talk, but then all focus turns to El Brave and almost never stops. I mean, rightfully so given it's his episode, but that initial mini-hook really got my hopes up.

But there's always next episode I suppose. Again, not a bad episode, it's just that none of its elements really engaged me as much as the previous ones. Still like El Brave as a character though.