[GoldenXtreme]

I had fallen behind in Geats but caught up to episode 42 today.

Ages and ages ago in an early episode thread for the series I had speculated about Keiwa having a villainous turn and it seems I was spot on. However, I don't really *like* how this and many other aspects of the show are being handled. I think the pacing is all wrong and the show just doesn't do enough to get me invested in the cast? Combine that with the borderline incomprehensible worldbuilding and it just isn't proving to be a great experience for me. There are flashes of something great here! I like Michinaga feeling the need to kill civilians because there isn't a better option (even if I think his various shifts from villain to hero to get here have been contrived) and there's some good suits. Like, no lie, I ended up laughing at Sara's death scene because of how abrupt and silly the framing felt, which is a bad sign. Definitely a Ghost-esque experience where I'm entertained but not in a good way.