[DreamSword]

Episode 24: The Worst Date of My Life

Interesting, but not exactly great, per say.

The episode certainly has a cool enough premise, which is to recycle the "monster falls in love" scripts of previous episodes, only for things to take a dark turn.

And unfortunately, the premise is kind of all this episode has got. There's still humor, but none of it lands, especially given it's usually during scenes where the darker aspects should be played up more.

There's also some very confusing bits of decision making on the part of the characters, mainly in the climax. Most notably, there was no reason for Akira to have let Zapphire live at the end, both due to all he'd gone through as well as his experiences from past episodes.

I know it's played for a joke, but I also didn't like how no lesson was learned at the end either. The episode could've served as a cool cautionary tale about how Akira's' usual antics realistically only lead to trouble, but I guess maybe they felt that'd go against the usual tone of the show. Which only in turn makes me wonder why this episode even exists to begin with.

So, yeah. An interesting watch, but not exactly a fulfilling one.