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Episode 4: The Fourth Night

A relatively simple episode compared to the others, which is so odd to say given the subject matter.

The mysterious girl who could sever the connect between Kazeo and Mikazuki? Her name is Yuki, and she's a friend of Akane. And it also turns out that she's possessed by some sort of ancient alien.

And while that certainly advances the plot forward, especially as it seems the grand master plan is to revive an ancient being called Shingetsu, the majority of the episode is more about both Kazeo's' memories of his father, and some creepy stalker who has it out for Yuki. No these are not connected.

Yet again, I gotta give it up for Amemiya's' directing, as it does alot in making a majority of the episode feel really unsettling in all of the best ways while also bringing out the emotional weight of the actors needed for carrying the more quiet and somber scenes, which are mostly in but not exclusive to Kazeo's' part in the episode.

Speaking of Kazeo, it was such a weird thing for me to thinking about during the "creepy stalker nerd creates kaiju" episode, but it's so interesting to me just how much more Tekkouki Mikazuki is in line with Kamen Rider Hibiki than the half of Hibiki that Inoue actually wrote. Like, yeah, the tone of these two shows is way different, but the things Kazeo goes through throughout the series are things I could easily be turned into plots for Asumu in Hibiki proper.

And outside of the Kaiju being a very blatant Godzilla homage(to the point of reusing the iconic Godzilla roar), there isn't too much else to say about this one? It's one which very much pushes us into the endgame of Mikazuki, while providing some very nice atmosphere and character moments. Given how next episode is most likely set to be a showdown between Mikazuki and Shingetsu, I do have to wonder how exactly the final episode is gonna go. But alas, we have one episode before that point.

Tune in either Monday or Tuesday for episode 5. In the meantime, enjoy the show's' ED, which is really nice.