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Pretty nice two-parter for one I somehow did not remember despite the importance of it.

We get our first true crossing of our heroes and villains, and it's very tense and action filled as well. The more I end up rewatching this show, the more I end up remembering how much I loved the Sonozaki family as a villain group.

Hindsight is reminding me that "oh right, these episodes are actually very important" but that can wait till the time is right. But while we have seen Ryubei as Terror before, we never really get to see what he can do till now and it's insanely tense and menacing. Especially that scene with Shotaro at the museum. But I also enjoy how he's very much an old man enjoying himself.

That scene where he's like "Oh there's going to be a surprise" and then later going "Oh I thought the surprise was the dessert..." was hilarious.

Speaking of characters, Akiko... it was a mixed bag for me tbh. There are times where Akiko can come off as unreasonable, but this episode definitely showed she can be more than what we usually see her as. A good showing, especially in the second part, though the first episode definitely started to push my buttons when it came to her antics.

Only last thing I can say though is in regards to something people bring up. Listen, I get people want things translated properly and not stay untranslated like say Keikaku, Mou, etc. But like, Begins Night is not something that needs to be translated. Literally, they say Begins Night in the show in English. It's a purposefully given title, and that kind of thing does not need to be translated.